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20 JUL 2026

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ContestCodeforcescodeforces.com2026-07-26

Codeforces Round (Div. 2) on July 26

  • July 26
  • 2.5h duration

The contest is open to participants and will be held on the specified date and time.

NewsHacker Newsnews.ycombinator.com1,944 pts2026-07-19

Bowling center system replaced with ESP32s for $1,600

  • $120k original cost
  • $1,600 replacement cost

The replacement system uses ESP32s and has significantly reduced costs while maintaining functionality.

NewsHacker Newstomshardware.com82 pts2026-07-19

ESP32 ad-blocking dongle fits 537,000 domains

  • 537,000 domains
  • $5 cost

The dongle is a cost-effective solution for ad-blocking and can fit a large number of domains.

Releaselwnlwn.net2026-07-19

Kernel prepatch 7.2-rc4 released

  • 7.2-rc4 version

The prepatch is available for testing and has been released as part of the normal development cycle.

RepoGitHub trending · pythongithub.com28,530 pts

Cognee AI memory platform released

The platform provides a self-hosted knowledge graph engine for AI agents, enabling persistent long-term memory across sessions.

3 items

ReleaseHF trendinghuggingface.co129 pts2026-07-10

Wan-AI/Wan-Dancer-14B model released

  • 2,408 downloads
  • 129 likes

The model is for image-to-video tasks and has gained significant attention on the platform.

ReleaseHF trendinghuggingface.co2,215 pts2026-06-19

Baidu/Unlimited-OCR model released

  • 2,122,848 downloads
  • 2215 likes

The model is for image-text-to-text tasks and has achieved a high number of downloads and likes.

ReleaseHF trendinghuggingface.co429 pts2026-07-07

Conradlocke/krea2-identity-edit model released

  • 429 likes

The model has gained some attention but less compared to other models on the platform.

6 items

NewsHacker Newsnews.ycombinator.com1,944 pts2026-07-19

Bowling center system replaced with ESP32s for $1,600

  • $120k original cost
  • $1,600 replacement cost

The replacement system uses ESP32s and has significantly reduced costs while maintaining functionality.

NewsHacker Newstomshardware.com82 pts2026-07-19

ESP32 ad-blocking dongle fits 537,000 domains

  • 537,000 domains
  • $5 cost

The dongle is a cost-effective solution for ad-blocking and can fit a large number of domains.

Releaselwnlwn.net2026-07-19

Kernel prepatch 7.2-rc4 released

  • 7.2-rc4 version

The prepatch is available for testing and has been released as part of the normal development cycle.

Analysishackadayhackaday.com2026-07-19

Automated Pressure Advance using bed-leveling sensor

The technique uses a bed-leveling sensor to improve the accuracy of FDM 3D printing by adjusting the flow rate.

Newshackadayhackaday.com2026-07-19

Skyroot Aerospace launches India's first private orbital rocket

The launch is a significant milestone for the Indian space industry and marks a major achievement for the company.

Repohackadayhackaday.com2026-07-20

Pong-like cabinet for classic dinosaur jumper

The project involves creating a custom cabinet for a classic game, showcasing creativity and nostalgia.

1 items

ContestCodeforcescodeforces.com2026-07-26

Codeforces Round (Div. 2) on July 26

  • July 26
  • 2.5h duration

The contest is open to participants and will be held on the specified date and time.

6 items

RepoGitHub trending · pythongithub.com28,530 pts

Cognee AI memory platform released

The platform provides a self-hosted knowledge graph engine for AI agents, enabling persistent long-term memory across sessions.

RepoGitHub trendinggithub.com36,766 pts

AstrBot AI agent assistant released

The framework integrates multiple IM platforms, LLMs, and plugins, offering a comprehensive solution for AI development.

RepoGitHub trending · pythongithub.com5,427 pts

OWASP/Nettacker is an open-source vulnerability scanner

  • Open-Source

It is used for automated penetration testing and vulnerability management, providing a framework for identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities.

RepoGitHub trendinggithub.com18,474 pts

ktransformers is a framework for LLM inference

It allows for experiencing heterogeneous large language model optimizations and fine-tuning, providing flexibility in LLM inference.

RepoGitHub trending · c++github.com18,588 pts

LightGBM is a gradient boosting framework

  • Distributed
  • High Performance

It is based on decision tree algorithms and is used for ranking, classification, and other machine learning tasks, offering high efficiency and scalability.

RepoGitHub trending · rustgithub.com1,214 pts

Topcoat is a framework for building web apps

  • Rust

It provides a batteries-included approach, simplifying the development process for web applications by offering a comprehensive set of tools and features.

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