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  • Simon Willison's Weblog Read

    Tree Appreciator

    Tool: Tree Appreciator Another game experiment with Claude. This one used the default Claude iPhone app (chat mode, not Claude Code mode) where I prompted Claude Opus 5.5 Max with: Build a three js game called "Tree appreciator" - it shows you two algorithmically generated trees and the game mechanics is about appreciating the differences between them. Think hard about how to make sure it is both fun and beautiful. Somewhat embarrassingly given my recent talk, I've found that telling Opus 5.5 "make sure it is fun" works uncomfortably well.

  • Product Hunt Read

    CinemaLut: Any frame’s color, as a LUT for yours. | Product Hunt

    CinemaLut turns any reference frame into a LUT for your footage. Drop in a film still, a photo, or a clip. It measures the grade: tone curve, shadow/midtone/highlight tints, saturation per band. Then it builds a matching LUT for your shot. Works with log or Rec.709 from any camera. 60 original looks in 8 collections,cube + Lightroom profiles. First match free.

  • Stuff Read

    How the Apple HomeView might finally bring some video streaming apps to CarPlay

    Apple announced the HomeView smart display at its Welcome Home event on October 13, but hasn’t made itself particularly clear about support for video apps. First of all, the screen is square so it’s not optimised for video in the first place. Secondly there’s no App Store to download third-party apps. As I pointed out

  • Technology and the InternetAudio Read

    California’s Prop 45 aims to speed construction projects. Opponents say data centers will benefit

    Supporters of the initiative on the November ballot say it will speed up environmental review for "essential" projects, but opponents believes potentially polluting ones will be covered too — including data centers.

  • Stuff Read

    Xbox Nano Controller sounds perfect for on-the-go Game Pass action, and great for people with smaller hands

    Xbox is expanding its gamepad options with a travel-friendly Nano controller that won't weigh you down.

  • Alex HormoziVideo Read

    The Best Advice I’ve Ever Received

    This is the best advice I have ever received

  • Product Hunt Read

    Superdraft: Automatically identify opportunities to email your customers | Product Hunt

    Good email opportunities slip by when you’re busy running a business. Superdraft spots them and turns them into on-brand drafts with copy, images, and layout. Edit, export HTML, and send through your existing email platform.

  • Sequoia CapitalVideo Read

    What it takes for gigawatt of power at 99.99% reliability | Google's Amin Vahdat

    If you need a gigawatt at 99.99% reliability, you need one-plus-one redundancy, which means building two gigawatts, ideally clean, ideally right next to the data center. Amin Vahdat, head of AI infrastructure at Google, on the statistical multiplexing argument for partnering with utilities instead: spread the risk over a much larger base, feed power back to the grid at peak residential demand, and Google, the grid and the neighbors all win.

  • Y CombinatorVideo Read

    Alexandr Wang on what matters in an age of abundant intelligence

  • Starter StoryVideo Read

    Bro built an app that won't let you fake your workouts

    Bro built an app that won’t let you fake your workouts 🤯 It’s an alarm clock. To turn it off, you have to do push-ups and the app uses AI to actually verify you did them. No cheating. Jake (24) launched Early at the end of 2025. Four months later it’s doing $50K/month with 200K+ downloads.

  • FireshipVideo Read

    OpenAI’s lead engineer was secretly a spy

    Run GitHub Actions 2x faster and build with Codesmith at https://www.blacksmith.sh/ An OpenAI engineer built a wiretap with his wife’s ChatGPT account, hid it in toilet paper behind the executive boardroom TV, and lasted 48 hours before getting caught. Let's dive in. Want more Fireship? 🗞️ Newsletter: https://bytes.dev 🧠 Courses: https://fireship.dev

  • Product Hunt Read

    Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stingray)

    Ubuntu (/ʊˈbʊntuː/ uu-BUUN-too) is a free and open-source Linux distribution based on Debian.

  • Starter StoryVideo Read

    I built this app for my dad. Now it makes $18K/month

    Kourosh built an app in a very crowded market... and yet still managed to grow it to over $18K/month. His secret is insanely simple: everyone else is chasing tech-savvy power users, but Kourosh built this app for a type of custer everyone is ignoring (his dad). This video is the story of how to build a successful product in a "saturated" market. *50+ AI app ideas making millions:* https://clickhubspot.com/q8ij Say hi to Kourash: https://x.com/BuildingWaves Check out Voicy: https://usevoicy.com/ 🔔 Follow the Second Channel: @StarterStoryBuild 🏁 We're hiring: starterstory.com/jobs Chapters: 0:00 - He built this for his dad! 1:09 - What's your story? 1:59 - What's the app? 3:24 - Founder background 4:14 - More AI app ideas 4:56 - Finding the idea for Voicy 5:50 - Build process 7:28 - Tech stack 8:21 - Growth story 9:51 - Unique customers 11:22 - Building in a crowded market 13:06 - Final advice 14:28 - Reflections 15:17 - FREE app ideas This video is an educational case study of this founder’s experience. It is not financial advice and does not guarantee any income or results. Every business is different and your results may vary.

  • Stuff Read

    Bought an iPhone for Apple’s smarter Siri? You may be able to claim a payout

    Claims are open in Apple’s Siri AI settlement, but you’ll need to meet the US eligibility rules and apply before December’s deadline

  • Simon Willison's Weblog Read

    AI is mass decompiling games. That’s both awesome and scary

    AI is mass decompiling games. That's both awesome and scary. Indie game developer Popcar talks about the recent wave of AI-powered decompilation of existing games, enabling weird mashups between existing games, and producing a boom in game preservation projects to get old games working on new hardware (often in a browser using WebAssembly). I like how this piece captures both the positives and the negatives of this new development: Most people already realized the scary part by now.

  • Product Hunt Read

    withHuman: A human approval layer for AI Agents | Product Hunt

    withHuman is an approval layer for AI agents. It intercepts your agents’ tool calls before they run. Rules approve or deny routine calls automatically, and risky ones go to the right person on your team. It works across Claude Code, Codex and agents built with LangGraph, Pydantic AI and more, through an open protocol (AAP). One set of rules for every agent your company runs. Open source, with a hosted version. Use code PRODUCTHUNT for 3 months of Scale free - valid till Friday!

  • Stuff Read

    After using Apple HomeView I think it’s the smart display you’ve been waiting for – just don’t bring your Ring doorbell

    A cute, colourful smart display that's brilliant if you live in Apple's world

  • Product Hunt Read

    Actually Asked

    Actually Asked puts a FAQ section on your site, in your fonts and colours, not a chat bubble. Visitors ask their own question or highlight a sentence to ask about it. Answers come only from your pages, and the questions asked most join your FAQ.

  • Product Hunt Read

    Rushilo: Edit video by talking to Claude Code or Codex | Product Hunt

    Rushilo is a Mac and Windows video editor that your own AI drives. Connect Claude Code or Codex, select a clip, and say the edit: trim, split, caption, cut filler words, resize, export. Every change lands on a visible timeline you can undo. Screen recording with auto zoom on Mac, on-device Whisper captions, and direct YouTube upload. We ship no AI, so there are no credits: your subscription or keys pay. Files stay on your disk. $99 once, 3 computers.

  • EU-Startups Read

    New unicorn alert! Estonia’s Skeleton Technologies lands multi-million funding to expand AI infrastructure in the US

    Tallinn-based Skeleton Technologies, a developer high-power systems for AI infrastructure, today announced a “9-digit investment” from Siemens, bringing Skeleton’s valuation to more than €899 million ($1 billion). The investment will primarily accelerate the expansion of Skeleton’s US manufacturing footprint and R&D activities in Silicon Valley to meet growing demand from hyperscalers for AI data-center power

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