I ditched traditional lights for a smart home Christmas — and I’ll never go back
With a tree in every room and lights on every eave, holiday decorating was something I’d dread until I let my smart home do ...
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10 Hacks That Every Smart Home Owner Should Know
If you've been feeling bored by your smart home and its current routines too, keep reading. These are ways to configure the ...
HomeKit Weekly: Aqara Presence Multi-Sensor FP300 brings Thread and motion automations to your smart home
The Aqara FP300 is a battery-powered presence sensor with Thread and mmWave radar, giving HomeKit precise motion and environmental detection.
Smart-Home Tech in 2026: It Will Learn Your Habits, Recognize Faces and Listen Closely
Speaking of living rooms: You might need a bigger one as giant TVs are one of 2026’s home-tech headlines. Now that it’s just ...
Ask HN: Why do some people feel emotionally attached to AI models
This feels strange to admit. I notice that sometimes I speak to AI systems like they are a friend. I know they are not real. I know there is no person on the other side. Still my brain acts like there is. I feel a small emotional connection. I see comments online saying this happens to others too.I am trying to understand if this is a new psychological effect or if humans always did this with new technology. Maybe it is the same as talking to pets or giving names to cars. Or maybe it is somethin
Tell HN: Math academy and iPad and sleep issues solved = me learning math
Super casual post (typed on my phone, while lying on my bed), tried a lot of things but this is sticking. So I had to tell you because it may help some of you that are math curious like me.Sleep issues is tough, it took me 5 years and a friend who is a doctor. The Dutch medical system failed me but my doctor friend saved me from a lifetime of insomnia. In my case it is: 0.3 mg melatonin + 7.5 mg mirtazapine (anti-histamine, it makes me drowsy) + meditation + sleep hygiene. Your experience may be
Show HN: I built an open-source Linux-capable single-board computer with DDR3
I've made an ARM based single-board computer that runs Android and Linux, and has the same size as the Raspberry Pi 3!Why? I was bored during my 2-week high-school vacation and wanted to improve my skills, while adding a bit to the open-source community :PThese were the specs I ended up with: - H3 SoC - Quad-Core Cortex-A7 ARM CPU @ 1.3GHz - Mali400 MP2 GPU @ 600MHz - 512MiB of DDR3 RAM (Can be upgraded to 1GiB) - WiFi, Bluetooth & Ethernet PHY - HDMI display port - 1080p re
Web Programmer Considering a Reskill
I've been wondering about my career and its direction for about a year at least and I felt that's it would be good to share and ask for advice and opinions.-some background-I'm a programmer with about ten years of experience. I come from a math background. Never completed my uni studies but I was fortunate enough to build some good foundations that helped a ton in programming.Programming for me was also my only hobby for most of the last decade. Read many books, tried many tools a
Show HN: Figma Alternative Free – [In Progress]
I am building free Figma alternative with focus on performance. Sharing for early feedback.<p><a href="https://www.absl.design/home.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.absl.design/home.html</a>
Ask HN: How to gain a solid understanding of IMUs?
My background is primarily software (Python, AI/ML, large-scale data). This is my first serious hardware-heavy product.I’m working on a company concept that depends on embedded IMUs, and I’m trying to front-load learning so I don’t lock myself into poor architectural, software or component decisions early on, especially those pitfalls that someone with more knowledge/expertise would know how to avoid.I understand “learning by doing” is essential, but I suspect there are canonical pitfa
Show HN: A schema-first, multi-agent pipeline for autonomous research
I’m currently building with GIA Tenica (an anagram for Agentic AI), an experimental autonomous pipeline designed to handle the "heavy lifting" of academic research while maintaining a strict audit trail.The core problem I’m trying to solve is the "black box" nature of LLM research. Most agents just give you a final answer; GIA is designed so that every claim must have traceable support.Some technical choices I made for this project:Filesystem-first architecture: Instead of ke
Postgres for everything, does it work?
I recently revisited an HN discussion on using “Postgres for everything” (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42347606 ) and also read/participated in this Twitter thread: https://x.com/BenjDicken/status/2002742633966514544 . Both prompted a few reflections. What stood out to me was how divided opinions still are—some people strongly believe in this approach, while others don’t. I wanted to share my perspective on this.In my experience, many proponen
Brooks Nader Says She ‘Cannot Stand’ These 2 Holiday Decor Trends: ‘Not a Vibe’ (Exclusive)
The ‘Love Thy Nader’ star told PEOPLE that she tends to lean towards more “traditional” Christmas decorations in her home ...
10 Home Decor Finds Retirees Should Buy at This Balsam Hill Sale
Snag big savings on Balsam Hill decor during its sale. Discover 10 elegant holiday pieces that are perfect for retirees upgrading their seasonal style.
20 Best After-Christmas Wayfair Furniture And Decor Deals
A shopping writer combed through the after Christmas sales on Wayfair furniture and decor to find the 20 best buys. Grab area rugs from Joanna Gaines x Loloi, storage from Kelly Clarkson, and bedding ...
Dopamine Decor: What Is It And How To Incorporate Dopamine Decor At Home
Kristen has worked as a freelance home, design and lifestyle writer since 2021. In that time she has contributed to a number of online media outlets including Apartment Therapy, Hunker, The Everygirl, ...
Pick up a new craft to get ahead on a big 2026 home decor trend
Crafting your own home decor is a trend that's not going anywhere in 2026, and with that comes the resurgence of a ...
A (humble) new proposal for the FE ecosystem
For many years, I focused quietly on my work, but now I feel compelled to point out a problem that is becoming increasingly apparent.--1. Correct Model ≠ Adopted ModelHistorical fact: In the frontend ecosystem, the winners aren't those who create the most accurate abstraction; they're those who provide the “feel of working” with the least friction.The result: correct thought model → low adoption and incorrect but easy model → explosion.This is no coincidence.2. Why Didn't Intent-B
Show HN: No more writing shitty regexes to police usernames
Every product that allows usernames eventually ships the same broken solution. Someone adds a blacklist. Then a regex. Then another regex copied from StackOverflow. It works just long enough to ship, and then `admin`, `support`, city names, brand impersonation, and obvious slurs start leaking through anyway. Everyone knows it’s fragile, but it gets ignored because "it’s just usernames".I’ve had to rebuild this logic across multiple products, and I got tired of pretending it’s a solved
Show HN: Crossview – visualize Crossplane resources and compositions
Hi HN,Crossplane is powerful, but once you start working with multiple compositions, claims, and managed resources, it becomes hard to understand how everything is connected.We built Crossview to solve this problem for ourselves. It’s an open-source UI that visualizes Crossplane resources and compositions as graphs, making it easier to explore relationships, debug issues, and reason about complex setups.Some of the things we focused on:Visualizing relationships between compositions, claims, and