01
Inkling
thinkingmachines.ai
An open-weights multimodal model with audio support for local experimentation.
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Commenters highlighted its audio capability and shared llama.cpp and GGUF paths for local use.
Issue / 2026-07-15
10 interesting things surfaced from HN on 2026-07-15
A daily board of tools, apps, and references that Hacker News readers pulled into view on 2026-07-15. Each row keeps the original HN thread close to the claim.
At a glance:
Items:10
Threads:8
What surfaced that day
02
Samosa Chat
github.com
A local chat app for running open models on modest Mac hardware.
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The discussion linked Samosa Chat alongside a claimed 7–9 tokens/sec Qwen setup.
03
misa77
github.com
An experimental compression codec optimized for very fast decompression.
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A Google compression engineer called the approach a known but useful speed-versus-encode-time trade-off.
04
Déjà Vu
github.com
Open-source persistent memory for coding agents, synchronized over SSH.
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The Show HN submission presented the repository as agent memory that can sync between machines over SSH.
05
Telegram Serverless
core.telegram.org
A serverless execution platform for Telegram bots and mini-app workflows.
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Commenters called Telegram’s bot platform powerful while probing execution and storage limits.
06
clocks.dev
clocks.dev
A gallery of interactive digital clock designs and time-display experiments.
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Commenters praised the collection and specifically recommended its timeline interaction.
07
ibiblio Icon Archive
ibiblio-icon-archive.danq.dev
A browsable rescue archive of thousands of vintage web and file-format GIF icons.
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Commenters appreciated the rescued source-extension icons and linked the public archive.
08
CityRider
cityrider.jpsmaps.com
An open-world Philadelphia game built from terrain, map, and civic data.
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A commenter described its Philadelphia terrain, tree inventory, litter-collection loop, and customization systems.
09
Siedler Österreich
siedler-oesterreich.exe.xyz
A settlers-style game generated from Austrian public LiDAR and aerial data.
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HN commenters supplied the direct game link after readers asked where to try it.
10
Teletun
github.com
An experimental tunnel that carries network traffic over Telegram.
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A commenter linked Teletun while comparing Telegram tunneling with DNS tunneling.