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Screenshots and web archives preserve moments of internet history, from famous homepage snapshots to everyday debugging. This section covers screenshot and page-capture tooling, archiving projects, and the stories behind memorable images of well-known technology sites.
Coverage includes automated screenshot services and headless browser techniques, projects that photograph notable homepages every day for posterity, and retrospectives built from archived snapshots of how famous sites once looked. Practical tutorials on capturing pages programmatically appear alongside the history pieces.
Web pages vanish and redesign themselves constantly, so deliberate capture is often the only way a moment survives. Digital archivists, designers studying interface history, and developers who need reliable page captures in their pipelines all have reasons to follow this niche.
Show HN: Shader Lab, like Photoshop but for shaders
2026-04-19Shader Lab is a new toolkit launched on Hacker News that provides a visual, Photoshop-like interface for shader development. The platform allows users to easily create, stack, and animate complex shaders without relying solely on manual coding.
"cat readme.txt" is not safe if you use iTerm2
2026-04-18A newly identified vulnerability in the iTerm2 terminal emulator allows attackers to turn a simple "cat readme.txt" command into arbitrary code execution. By exploiting how the application processes terminal output, hackers can weaponize seemingly harmless file reads to run malicious scripts.
Guy builds AI driven hardware hacker arm from duct tape, old cam and CNC machine
2026-04-16A hardware hacker has built an AI-driven automated probing arm using unconventional materials like duct tape, an old camera, and a CNC machine. The DIY system, named AutoProber, features an agent-driven automation stack that handles target discovery, microscope mapping, and precise pin probing.
Ask HN: Who is using OpenClaw?
2026-04-15Hacker News users are sharing diverse use cases for OpenClaw, an AI assistant integrated with tools like Obsidian and Telegram for daily life administration and automated memory tracking. While proponents praise the platform for preserving generational family histories and streamlining personal organization, critics argue that bots documenting intimate conversations feels invasive. The discussion ultimately highlights an ongoing debate over the ethical balance between leveraging AI for valuable archival purposes and preserving authentic human connections.
Show HN: Plain – The full-stack Python framework designed for humans and agents
2026-04-14A new open-source, full-stack Python web framework called Plain has been introduced on Hacker News to streamline application development. Uniquely designed to support both human developers and AI agents, the project is now available for community contribution via GitHub.
Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)
2026-04-13A developer has created "Still Kicking," a camera-free smart picture frame that uses mmWave sensors to monitor an elderly person's motion, detect falls, and track sleep quality. Following the project's announcement on Hacker News, elder care professionals and physicians strongly encouraged the creator to commercialize the device, noting that such privacy-focused technology could help seniors age in place safely without the intrusion of cameras or wearable pendants.