Daily issue / 2026-07-26
Useful things that surfaced in Hacker News discussions on 2026-07-26. Open the context to see why each one caught our attention—or jump straight to the original thread.
What we found
A compact, text-first weather forecast site with mobile-friendly interactivity.
Source discussion: Show HN: Brolly, a plain-text weather forecast site
“Love it. This reminds me of wttr.in, but with the benefit of interactivity and that it works much better on mobile.”
speerer · recommendation · first hand use
Direct HN comment
A dithering tool for image conversion, including six-color e-ink preparation.
Source discussion: How My Images Are Dithered
“Didder[0] is a good tool for dithering. I use it to pre-process images for the 6-color e-ink displays.”
ectoloph · recommendation · first hand use
Direct HN comment
An interactive visual explainer for adding satisfying feedback to interface controls.
Source discussion: Stolen Buttons
“Brad Woods has an amazing website dynamically illustrating the concept of "juice"”
1zael · recommendation
Direct HN comment
“Yes! Awesome site and post, I'd forgotten about it. Thanks for sharing!”
chrisweekly · recommendation
Direct HN comment
A WireGuard-to-SOCKS proxy for routing selected browser containers through specific VPNs.
Source discussion: Firefox Containers Preview
“I pair it with wireproxy [0]. This way you can assign any Wireguard-capable VPN for specific containers. It's extremely useful.”
nbaksalyar · recommendation · first hand use
Direct HN comment
A tongue-controlled touchpad designed to provide hands-free computer access.
Source discussion: MouthPad: A Tongue-Controlled Touchpad
“As someone who uses head, eye and facial gesture tracking regularly while doing long medical treatments which tie up both my hands, I would really love something like this.”
arm32 · recommendation · first hand use
Direct HN comment
A hands-on exercise series for building intuition about Docker and Kubernetes.
Source discussion: Open-weight AI is having its Kubernetes moment
“It's actually really neat, i wish i had bothered to learn it years ago.”
chias · recommendation · first hand use
Direct HN comment
A Tokyo museum dedicated to parasites and parasitology exhibits.
Source discussion: Extinct Media Museum Tokyo
“Meguro Parasitological Museum is fantastic and en...grossing. :) It's a fun area to visit in general. Highly recommend it.”
cl42 · recommendation
Direct HN comment
A science video channel covering astronomy and space policy with energetic commentary.
Source discussion: Charles Ross spent 50 yrs building Star Axis naked-eye observatory in New Mexico
“her knowledge + enthusiasm is infectious, love it”
ck2 · recommendation
Direct HN comment
An OpenStreetMap-based map for finding and contributing neighborhood bookcases.
Source discussion: Book Corners: Community map of neighborhood book exchange spots
“we'd better all contribute to OpenStreetMap”
pietervdvn · author context · author or maintainer
Direct HN comment