Issue / 2026-07-02
A daily board of tools, apps, and references that Hacker News readers pulled into view on 2026-07-02. Each row keeps the original HN thread close to the claim.
What surfaced that day
Container tool update; commenters praised easy Docker Desktop migrations and rootless workflows.
Several commenters said moving from Docker Desktop was easy and that Podman was a better implementation, with zero-compose changes and less daemon overhead.
Federated video platform for running your own video site.
Replies pointed to KDE and Blender instances, and argued that owning your own domain and hosting channel is the point.
MCP cloud platform for deploying and monetizing MCP servers.
Commenters asked about OpenAI and Claude store apps plus monetization, and the founders answered with pricing and credits details.
Embedding-based code duplication detector for non-exact clones.
The author said it finds similar-looking code with embeddings, and commenters asked about function granularity, dependencies, and BM25 baselines.
Linux mobile OS that commenters cited as a real Android alternative.
Commenters called out SailfishOS as one of the actual Linux OSes for mobile, and another said they liked using it.
Privacy-focused Linux phone that one commenter uses as their daily handset.
A commenter said they use a Librem 5 daily, noted PureOS is actively developed, and tied it to Waydroid/PureOS.
Programming puzzle game that still gets love from Zachtronics fans.
Fans called it an all-time favorite and compared it with Shenzhen I/O, TIS-100, and SpaceChem.
Engineering puzzle game from Coincidence, the new Zachtronics-adjacent release.
A commenter said Coincidence had just come out with a spacecraft engineering puzzle game and linked U.V.S. Nirmana.
Browser-based graph paper generator that outputs true-to-scale PDFs.
Commenters asked for SVG export, hex grids, plotter support, and praised the tool’s usefulness and polish.