Issue / 2026-07-04
A daily board of tools, apps, and references that Hacker News readers pulled into view on 2026-07-04. Each row keeps the original HN thread close to the claim.
What surfaced that day
Mistral's reasoning model tuned for proof-heavy, small-model tasks.
One commenter said Mistral is great for OCR and file analysis at tiny cost, and another suggested trying Leanstral 1.5 through OpenATP.
An open-source theorem-prover runner with Docker and Modal support.
A commenter wrote "Try out Leanstral 1.5 on the latest version of OpenATP" and linked the repo and docs.
A modern terminal system monitor with GPU, disk, network, and watt stats.
One user said they migrated to btop because it is modern and informative, and another said it even replaced iStatMenu on a MacBook.
A bare-metal x86 tool for cold-boot memory-dump experiments.
The author described freezing RAM, swapping drives, booting the dumper, and successfully dumping raw physical memory.
A Windows CE port for Dreamcast with a one-command build path.
A commenter said one cmake invocation goes from source to a bootable disc image with no Platform Builder, SDK install, or CD key.
A free ebook and scan search site for hard-to-find books.
A commenter said they would not have read the books that shaped them without Anna's Archive and Z-Library.
A browser-based EPUB transfer service for Kobo readers.
One commenter said send.djazz.se is key for getting EPUBs to a Kobo.
A mobile ebook reader with library, annotation, and file tools.
One user said they have used MoonReader for many years and tuned it for a comfortable phone-and-tablet reading setup.
A catalog of Soviet-era books and technical translations.
Commenters praised Mir Publishers' science and math books and linked archive copies and translations.