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112 titles from 99 authors in the last 30 days, with 106 distinct links and 10 Show HN.

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• Show HN: Glider: A single-node vector database with S3 as its only durable state · score 7.8

  Glider is a single-node vector database that uses S3-compatible object storage as its only durable state, ensuring every write is persisted before acknowledgment. It offers nearest-neighbor search with metadata filters via HTTP/JSON, includes Python and MCP clients for AI agent memory, and provides robust features like crash-safe takeover and retry-safe writes. Its innovative architecture and thorough documentation make it a compelling solution for durable, cloud-native vector search.

• Show HN: Forked – Git for AI agent state · score 7.3

  Forked is a Rust-based state management system for AI agents that implements git-like branching, rewinding, and commit history for structured agent state, with an idempotent effect log to prevent duplicate side effects (e.g., double charges) across retries. It uses a persistent HAMT with content-addressed hashing for efficient diffs and O(1) forks, and offers multiple integration modes (Rust library, self-hosted server, cloud) plus LangGraph and MCP clients.

• Show HN: Stepbook – run long agent tasks as short steps with saved state · score 7.3

  Stepbook runs long agent tasks as a series of short, stateless steps where each step is a fresh agent session that reads and updates a small saved state, enabling pause/resume and handoff between agents. It adds a journal, git commits, and schema-validated state patches on top of the SKILL.state approach, with built-in skills for checklists and eval loops. The project is well-documented and technically ambitious, targeting tasks with verifiable completion criteria.

• Show HN: Pure State Compile – one requirement sentence to C, C++ or Ada source · score 6.7

  Pure State Compile translates controlled English requirement sentences into source code for 11 targets including C, C++, Ada, SPARK, and VHDL, with deterministic hashing and audit evidence for safety-critical certification. It is interesting because it avoids LLMs, uses a rule-based grammar, and produces traceable MISRA-C and DO-178C artifacts, combining formal methods with a natural-language interface.

Recent titles

1. State of Security Champions Report
   2026-11-01 · katilyst.com · HN discussion
2. Fruth – A semantic state inference engine for AI
   2026-11-01 · github.com · HN discussion
3. One bit in RAM: fixing a Phison SSD controller in "SATAFIRM S11" state
   2026-10-31 · stperin.github.io · HN discussion
4. State of the Prompt: What People Ask AI
   2026-10-31 · stateoftheprompt.net · HN discussion
5. The State of Yuzu, Ryujinx, and Their Forks in 2026
   2026-10-31 · boilingsteam.com · HN discussion
6. Bay Area counties have the highest income inequality in the state
   2026-10-30 · sfchronicle.com · HN discussion
7. Russia Adds Apple and Microsoft to State Surveillance Registry
   2026-10-30 · bloomberg.com · HN discussion
8. Is a $100K salary good enough in your state?
   2026-10-30 · salary-statistics.netlify.app · HN discussion
9. Qwenputer turns Gated DeltaNet state into exact RAM for a CPU
   2026-10-30 · theainewsreport.com · HN discussion
10. A Pig, the State, and War: Porco Rosso (Kurenai No Buta) (2014)
    2026-10-29 · journal.animationstudies.org · HN discussion
11. Show HN: Rankings of the state of the art, each figure sourced from the maker
    2026-10-29 · tminuslabs.space · HN discussion
12. State of Public Code: how governments contribute to publicly available code?
    2026-10-29 · stateofpubliccode.org · HN discussion
13. State of Harness Engineering
    2026-10-29 · harness-hub.org · HN discussion
14. Show HN: The 51st State – a satirical real-or-fake Trump quote quiz
    2026-10-29 · 51st-state.grok.me · HN discussion
15. The Future Trait Has a Missing State
    2026-10-29 · blog.yoshuawuyts.com · HN discussion
16. State Department Asked Employees Up for Promotion Whether They Voted for Trump
    2026-10-28 · washingtonsun.com · HN discussion
17. Recycler: Cost-Free Latent Reasoning via Hidden State Recycling
    2026-10-28 · seed.bytedance.com · HN discussion
18. The State of Greenhouse Gases in the Atmosphere
    2026-10-27 · library.wmo.int · HN discussion
19. The Actual State of Machine Translation
    2026-10-27 · redvice.org · HN discussion
20. Magic state cultivation on a superconducting quantum processor
    2026-10-26 · arxiv.org · HN discussion
21. ReplaySSM: Cache SSM Inputs, Not State (Tri Dao)
    2026-10-24 · tridao.me · HN discussion
22. The current state of new media
    2026-10-24 · twitter.com · HN discussion
23. Drowning in slop. Can the state survive the rise of AI?
    2026-10-23 · thelivinglib.org · HN discussion
24. State of ARM Support for Puget Bench
    2026-10-23 · pugetsystems.com · HN discussion
25. The State of PyTorch 2026
    2026-10-23 · techstrong.ai · HN discussion
26. The biggest square in each US state, which states fit inside which, and more
    2026-10-22 · michael-gebis.github.io · HN discussion
27. Show HN: State Machines for Software Factories
    2026-10-22 · twitter.com · HN discussion
28. Show HN: Forked – Git for AI agent state
    2026-10-22 · github.com · HN discussion
29. State of IaaS and Compute 2026: market benchmark and cost analysis
    2026-10-22 · cloudcompare.dev · HN discussion
30. Absolute State of Unreal 2026
    2026-10-22 · joewintergreen.com · HN discussion

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