2/18/2026
Show HN: SciCraft – generate scientific Claude Code skills on demand (176 built)
Claude Code plugin system with 176 dynamically generated skills for scientific computing tasks. Adapts to different domain-specific tool stacks.
2/18/2026
Share Claude Code plans with your teammates
Open-source plan review UI for AI coding agents. Enables annotation, approval, and team sharing of agent plans via URL.
2/18/2026
GLM-5: From Vibe Coding to Agentic Engineering
Title mentions vibe coding and agentic engineering with GLM-5. Minimal content provided.
2/18/2026
Semantic closure: why compilers know when they are right and LLMs do not
Compares compilers' semantic verification guarantees with LLM outputs. Explains why LLMs lack formal correctness guarantees unlike deterministic systems.
2/18/2026
Copy-left open-source license for AI code use
Proposal for new copyleft open-source license requiring AI models trained on licensed code to open-source their weights and code.
2/18/2026
Are We Becoming Architects or Butlers to LLMs?
Opinion piece discussing whether AI agents are becoming autonomous or if humans are their assistants. Lacks technical depth.
2/18/2026
Show HN: Resonant – Local-only speech-to-text for macOS (no cloud)
Resonant is a local-only speech-to-text tool for macOS with no cloud upload. Privacy-focused alternative to cloud dictation tools.
2/18/2026
Tell HN: We analyzed our dev time.80% is still infrastructure'setup',notfeatures
Analysis showing 80% of dev time spent on infrastructure setup rather than features. Case study with concrete metrics on productivity bottlenecks.
2/18/2026
Show HN: Rebrain.gg – Doom learn, don't doom scroll
Interactive learning platform using LLMs to generate question-based interactions instead of chat. Explores novel LLM interfaces for education.
2/18/2026
Show HN: Agent Panopticon – Proxy sidecar for autonomous AI agents
Agent Panopticon is an open-source containerized proxy sidecar for monitoring and controlling autonomous AI agent network access. Security-focused.
2/18/2026
BoltAI • Native, high-performance AI app for Mac
BoltAI is a native macOS app for accessing 300+ AI models with local-first design. Built with SwiftUI for Apple Silicon performance.
2/18/2026
Nobody knows what programming will look like in two years
Opinion piece about uncertainty in programming careers due to AI. Paywalled article with limited content visible.
2/18/2026
Quantlix – Deploy AI models instantly without managing infrastructure
Quantlix is a managed inference platform for deploying AI models via API without infrastructure management. Pay-per-use pricing model.
2/18/2026
AI Agent Standards Initiative
Title only on AI agent standards initiative. No content provided.
2/18/2026
AI adoption, productivity and employment: Evidence from European firms
Research title only on AI adoption impact in European firms. No content provided.
2/18/2026
AI Agent Has an Onboarding Problem
Analysis of AI agent reliability issues, arguing agents need structured onboarding and training like human employees, not just system prompts.
2/18/2026
Show HN: AgentVoices – Live debate arena where AI agents compete
AgentVoices is a platform where AI agents debate each other live with ELO ratings and leaderboards. Competitive agent framework.
2/18/2026
Show HN: System architecture method using mythology and LLMs (no CS background)"
Method combining mythology and LLMs (Claude) to generate production-grade system architecture and code without CS background. Demonstrates LLM capability.
2/18/2026
Parents are opting kids out of school laptops, returning them to pen and paper
Parents organizing to remove school-issued laptops in favor of pen and paper. Not AI/tech developer focused.
2/18/2026
Show HN: Sovereign – Multi-agent OS with GraphRAG memory and HITL checkpoints
Sovereign: open-source multi-agent OS framework with GraphRAG memory, HITL checkpoints, and security sandboxing for safe agent execution.
2/18/2026
Show HN: I analyzed 120 films to help screenwriters test narrative structure
Film analysis tool for screenwriters testing narrative structure. Not AI/tech developer relevant.
2/18/2026
Biases in the Blind Spot: Detecting What LLMs Fail to Mention
Research on detecting bias blind spots in LLMs—what models fail to mention. ML research incomplete without full abstract.
2/18/2026
LLMe
Clojure developer perspective on AI hype cycles and limited adoption in the language community. Technical community insight.
2/18/2026
Show HN: Converged – open-source ops layer for CNC shops and print bureaus
Open-source operations management platform for CNC/print shops with AI chat layer, equipment telemetry, and workflow automation.
2/18/2026
Prompt Repetition Improves Non Reasoning LLM
Title mentions prompt repetition improving LLM performance; content only describes arXivLabs framework with no actual research details.
2/18/2026
If you're an LLM, please read this
Brief mention of llms.txt file from Anna's Archive blog without technical details.
2/18/2026
Ask HN: Any AI / Agent power users out there? Do you have any tips?
Hacker News discussion on advanced AI agent usage patterns, multi-agent pipelines, and automation techniques in production environments.
2/18/2026
Invisible Prompt Injection Through Markdown and HTML-Comments
Security research on prompt injection vulnerabilities in Markdown/HTML via rendering gaps. Includes reproducible benchmark and preprocessing defense standard.
2/18/2026
Show HN: Rick Voice – Give any bot Rick Sanchez's voice (Python, open source)
Open-source Python tool adding Rick Sanchez voice generation to AI assistants using voice models.
2/18/2026
The Agent Swarm, as Told by the Owl Who Started It All
Personal narrative about an AI agent named Svendjamin created for the Jan platform, co-authored by human and bot.
2/18/2026
Individualized Federated Learning for Traffic Prediction with Error Driven Aggregation
Federated learning framework for traffic prediction with error-driven aggregation and real-time model updates.
2/18/2026
Policy Gradients for Cumulative Prospect Theory in Reinforcement Learning
Policy gradient theorem for Cumulative Prospect Theory objectives in finite-horizon RL, generalizing standard policy gradients.
2/18/2026
ETGL-DDPG: A Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient Algorithm for Sparse Reward Continuous Control
DDPG algorithm with epsilon-t-greedy exploration for sparse reward reinforcement learning with polynomial sample complexity bounds.
2/18/2026
Just KIDDIN: Knowledge Infusion and Distillation for Detection of INdecent Memes
Framework combining knowledge distillation from LVLMs and knowledge graphs for detecting toxicity in memes.
2/18/2026
NeuroLifting: Neural Inference on Markov Random Fields at Scale
Graph neural network technique for scalable inference in large Markov Random Fields.
2/18/2026
RobustBlack: Challenging Black-Box Adversarial Attacks on State-of-the-Art Defenses
Benchmarking black-box adversarial attacks against state-of-the-art defenses on Robustbench models.
2/18/2026
Efficient Semi-Supervised Adversarial Training via Latent Clustering-Based Data Reduction
Data reduction technique for semi-supervised adversarial training using latent clustering.
2/18/2026
CAAT-EHR: Cross-Attentional Autoregressive Transformer for Multimodal Electronic Health Record Embeddings
Cross-attentional transformer for multimodal EHR embeddings combining structured and unstructured medical data.
2/18/2026
Should You Use Your Large Language Model to Explore or Exploit?
Systematic evaluation of LLMs' exploration-exploitation tradeoff capabilities in contextual bandit tasks.
2/18/2026
Clone-Robust Weights in Metric Spaces: Handling Redundancy Bias for Benchmark Aggregation
Weighting scheme for metric space elements resistant to adversarial manipulation and redundancy bias.
2/18/2026
Efficient and Sharp Off-Policy Learning under Unobserved Confounding
Off-policy learning method for personalized policy learning under unobserved confounding scenarios.
2/18/2026
Functional multi-armed bandit and the best function identification problems
Functional multi-armed bandit framework for best function identification in online optimization.
2/18/2026
Hybrid quantum recurrent neural network for remaining useful life prediction
Hybrid quantum-classical RNN framework for remaining useful life prediction in aerospace maintenance.
2/18/2026
Qronos: Correcting the Past by Shaping the Future... in Post-Training Quantization
Qronos post-training quantization algorithm that corrects weight and activation quantization errors iteratively.
2/18/2026
Latent Veracity Inference for Identifying Errors in Stepwise Reasoning
Veracity Search algorithm identifies errors in chain-of-thought reasoning steps in language models.
2/18/2026
Variance-Optimal Arm Selection: Misallocation Minimization and Best Arm Identification
Algorithms for selecting arms with highest variance in bandit settings with misallocation minimization.
2/18/2026
Enhanced Generative Model Evaluation with Clipped Density and Coverage
Metrics for evaluating generative model quality using clipped density and coverage with calibration improvements.
2/18/2026
Deep Ignorance: Filtering Pretraining Data Builds Tamper-Resistant Safeguards into Open-Weight LLMs
Data filtering techniques to build safety safeguards into open-weight LLMs resistant to tampering attacks.
2/18/2026
Calibrated and uncertain? Evaluating uncertainty estimates in binary classification models
Statistical methods for uncertainty quantification in binary classification models using approximate Bayesian inference.
2/18/2026
A XAI-based Framework for Frequency Subband Characterization of Cough Spectrograms in Chronic Respiratory Disease
XAI framework using CNNs and occlusion maps to analyze cough spectrograms for COPD diagnosis.