Hacker News Digest

· 7 Hacker News

  1. ▲ 51Why I remain a skeptic of LLMs for real software

    Four years into the AI revolution, the author argues that LLMs have yet to deliver meaningful improvements in software quality, speed, or cost. Despite $1.5 trillion in investment, independent eviden…

  2. ▲ 30U.S. Credit Card Debt Hits $1.26 Trillion, Near Record High

    New data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows credit card debt rose by $21 billion in Q2 to $1.26 trillion, just shy of the all-time record. Strong consumer spending and higher prices for…

  3. ▲ 19A fortuitous decade as an indie software developer

    Ten years after quitting his job, indie developer Jeff Johnson reflects on his journey from financial struggle to success. His first app, Underpass, was a flop, but his second, StopTheMadness, became…

  4. ▲ 8ChatGPT's web share plunges 22 points as Gemini surges

    New data from Similarweb shows ChatGPT's share of worldwide AI-chatbot web visits fell from 76% to 54% in a year, while Gemini jumped from 6% to 28% and Claude from 1% to 9%. The figures track web vi…

  5. ▲ 6ESP32 FM Radio with Custom PCB: From Breadboard to Manufactured Board

    This project documents the journey of building an FM radio using an ESP32, TEA5767 tuner, KY-040 rotary encoder, PAM8403 amplifier, and 0.96" OLED display. The author started with an Arduino UNO prot…

  6. ▲ 3Oracle: A Photorealistic Browser for Every Magic Card Ever Printed

    Oracle is a web-based tool that lets you search through every Magic: The Gathering card ever printed, with photorealistic images. It offers powerful filtering by set, rarity, color, type, format, and…

  7. ▲ 3ASUS Oxiis Turns Any Bike into a Smart E-Bike with 500W Peak Power

    ASUS introduces the Oxiis Intelligent Bike Booster (E250G1), a universal friction-drive motor that converts any conventional bike into a smart e-bike. It features adaptive boost technology for effort…