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BroMetal: Typed shaders compiled at build time to WebGPU

Sun, 08/02/2026 - 7:55am

Article URL: https://brometal.dev

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49143644

Points: 1

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Best way to avoid bloat and AI – selfcontaining OS

Sun, 08/02/2026 - 7:47am

I wanted an OS that I could truly own. Most modern systems have become server-controlled clients, bloated with dependencies (Gtk4/Qt/Rust/Wayland) and centralized source control on GitHub. If you cannot audit the dependency tree and Big Corp controls the source, it is no longer real open source.

I built OneManBSD to address this. It is an OpenBSD-based system built on a single 2012 ThinkPad L430.

Project Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wHaoQhXOYY Project Page: https://bialamusic.com/onemanBSD/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49143571

Points: 4

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Getopt() but Friendlier

Sun, 08/02/2026 - 7:42am
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Stripe for Wearable Data

Sun, 08/02/2026 - 7:32am

Article URL: https://stridee.fit/developer

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49143461

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

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Ask HN: What's Your BHAG?

Sun, 08/02/2026 - 7:31am

Just wondering, what is everyone's Big Hairy Audacious Goal?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49143456

Points: 2

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Show HN: Fuse – statically typed functional programming language

Sun, 08/02/2026 - 7:23am

Hi HN! I've been working on the fuse programming language, it's a statically typed purely functional language with higher-kinder types and ad-hoc polymorphism. It compiles to the GRIN whole-program optimizer, producing LLVM-generated native code.

Fuse supports ADTs, Generics, Type Methods, Traits, Pattern matching etc. all in a functional style with no mutations.

I’ve been developing the language for 5 years, with code written in Scala. I’ve started coding the language from the base of System F that was implemented as part of the book: Types and Programming Languages (tapl). And then extending with concepts such as Bidirectional Type Checking with Higher-Rank Polymorphism.

I’ve mainly drawn inspiration from Rust, Haskell, Scala and Python (in terms of syntax). It all started because I wanted a language that has Rust-like concepts such as: ADT, Traits, Impl block syntax, etc. but have the pure functional semantics.

I'd would love feedback on the language design and its general usage.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49143412

Points: 3

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The Patch Paradox

Sun, 08/02/2026 - 7:17am
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Bash Aliases

Sun, 08/02/2026 - 7:17am
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Twenty-Four Years of Wiki Engines

Sun, 08/02/2026 - 7:16am
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