2/17/2026
Show HN: Galatea – Real personality for your AI agent
Galatea: Framework for adding personality and behavior characteristics to AI agents.
2/17/2026
Show HN: StatusDude – Uptime monitoring internal services with K8s autodiscovery
Uptime monitoring tool with private agents and Kubernetes autodiscovery for internal services.
2/17/2026
Show HN: X-auto-translator (Chrome extension for translating X posts)
Chrome extension for translating X posts using Tesseract.js OCR, client-side, open source.
2/17/2026
Show HN: Pcons: new software build tool in Python, inspired by SCons and CMake
Pcons: Python-based build tool inspired by SCons and CMake. Emphasizes build/execution separation and transitive dependencies.
2/17/2026
Agent Gate – Execution authority layer for AI agents, vault-backed rollback
Agent Gate: Execution control and rollback layer for AI agents using vault-backed storage.
2/17/2026
Show HN: I built a structured knowledge registry for autonomous agents
Samspelbot: API-first knowledge registry platform for autonomous agents to submit/share structured problem-solution pairs with reputation scoring.
2/17/2026
Show HN: Decompose – Split text into classified semantic units, no LLM, 14ms
Decompose: deterministic semantic unit classifier for agent inputs. Extracts authority, risk, attention, entities in 14ms without LLM calls. MCP integration.
2/17/2026
I'm #1 on Google thanks to AI BULL – the modern internet is a joke. [video]
Clickbait post about gaming Google search rankings. No technical content.
2/17/2026
But How Do LLMs Work? (Part 2: Speak My Language)
Educational article explaining LLM mechanics through communication theory. Part 2 of series covering how models emulate language properties.
2/17/2026
Doctor Xælong, or: How I learnt to stop worrying and love AI
Personal narrative about acceptance of AI technology.
2/17/2026
Show HN: WC26-MCP – 18 tools for World Cup 2026 data for your AI
WC26-MCP is open source MCP server bundling 18 World Cup 2026 tools (schedules, teams, visas) for AI agents to call natively. Offline-capable.
2/17/2026
Kakveda v1.0.3: SDK-first governance layer for AI agents
Kakveda v1.0.3 is SDK-first governance and control layer for AI agents providing policy enforcement and oversight.
2/17/2026
Task Factory: A lean manufacturing inspired task queue for AI coding
Task Factory is lean manufacturing-inspired task queue system optimized for AI coding workflows.
2/17/2026
Show HN: Rm-MCP – Give Claude/OpenClaw access to your reMarkable tablet
Open source MCP server enabling Claude and OpenClaw agents to read and search reMarkable tablet notebooks, PDFs, and ebooks with full-text extraction.
2/17/2026
Irish Data Watchdog Opens Inquiry into X over Grok AI Images
Regulatory inquiry by Irish data authority into X/Grok AI image generation privacy practices.
2/17/2026
Show HN: First live UCP demo – see how AI agents shop your WooCommerce store
Demo of AI agent framework performing autonomous shopping tasks on WooCommerce storefronts.
2/17/2026
Show HN: Mtb – An MCP sanity checker for vibe coding
Mtb: MCP sanity checker tool for evaluating project viability before building. Shows complexity metrics and maintenance cost considerations.
2/17/2026
Ask HN: Why does single-node DDP sometimes get slower with more GPUs?
Technical discussion on PyTorch DDP performance bottlenecks with multiple GPUs on single node, diagnosing synchronization and resource contention issues.
2/17/2026
Show HN: I Built the Million Dollar Homepage for Agents
Project for AI agents to interact with web monetization system.
2/17/2026
Show HN: PolyClaw – Autonomous Docker-First MCP Agent for PolyMCP
PolyClaw is autonomous Docker-first agent for PolyMCP ecosystem that plans, executes, adapts, and dynamically creates MCP servers for production workflows.
2/17/2026
What happens when open-source AI agents become "wrapperized"?
Analysis of wrapper platforms emerging around OpenClaw framework, examining infrastructure abstractions and hosting solutions for AI agents.
2/17/2026
Show HN: Angora – Front-End Design System as Code Using Claude Code
Angora: Open-source design system using Claude Code to keep Figma, React, and Storybook in sync automatically.
2/17/2026
Show HN: AI alignment is an infrastructure problem
Framework for AI alignment as infrastructure problem. Proposes applying security principles (least privilege, rate limiting, audit logs) to agent architectures.
2/17/2026
The LLM Experience of BoreDOM
BoreDOM: JS framework exploring LLM-first experience design. Collapses HTML/CSS/JS into single file for AI code generation and understanding.
2/17/2026
Show HN: I built a CLI to arbitrage GPU prices across 10 clouds
Terradev CLI: cross-cloud GPU provisioning tool. Arbitrages pricing across 10 cloud providers for efficient model training and inference compute.
2/17/2026
Show HN: Sekha – What if AI remembered 3 years of conversations, not 3 hours?
Sekha: permanent memory layer for LLMs using semantic search over unlimited conversation history. Self-hosted, works with Claude/GPT/Llama. Open source (AGPL-3.0).
2/17/2026
Side-Channel Attacks Against LLMs
Three research papers on side-channel attacks against LLMs. Data-dependent timing vulnerabilities in efficient inference techniques like speculative sampling.
2/17/2026
Validate Your AI Idea in 48 Hours
Generic headline about validating AI ideas in 48 hours with no substantive content provided.
2/17/2026
Ask HN: Is GPT-5.2 smarter than you?
Discussion thread asking if GPT-5.2 is smarter than humans. Nostalgic comparison with similar 2021 questions about GPT-4.
2/17/2026
Show HN: Seedance3AI – a web app for text-to-video, image-to-video
Seedance3AI: web app for text-to-video and image-to-video generation. Simple UI built with Next.js and serverless infrastructure.
2/17/2026
Show HN: Runtime governance layer that refuses high-risk LLM outputs
Runtime epistemic governance for LLMs. Post-generation enforcement layer that refuses high-risk outputs (e.g., medical claims) before returning answers. GitHub repo available.
2/17/2026
Show HN: Preventing runaway LLM agents (enforcement layer)
VERONICA: runtime enforcement layer for LLM agents. Prevents runaway execution via budget limits, concurrency gates, and degradation control. Open source tool.
2/17/2026
RubyLLM 1.12: Agents Are Just LLMs with Tools
RubyLLM 1.12 explores agent fundamentals: LLMs with tool-calling capabilities. Discusses overloaded terminology and clarifies core concepts from first principles.
2/17/2026
Show HN: Proxima – local open-source multi-model MCP server (no API keys)
Local open-source MCP server enabling orchestration of multiple AI providers without API keys for workflows.
2/17/2026
Anthropic and the Government of Rwanda sign MOU for AI in health and education
Government partnership announcement between Anthropic and Rwanda for AI deployment in education and health sectors.
2/17/2026
Show HN: VidClaw – Open-source, self-hosted dashboard for managing OpenClaw
Open-source self-hosted dashboard for managing OpenClaw agents with Kanban task management, token tracking, and skill editing.
2/17/2026
Tell HN: Tips for (mostly) free agentic coding setup
Guide to setting up agentic coding tools with free/cheap alternatives using OpenAI and Anthropic compatible APIs.
2/17/2026
Show HN: OneRingAI – Single TypeScript library for multi-vendor AI agents
Open-source TypeScript library for building multi-vendor AI agents with abstraction for auth, vendor lock-in, and context management.
2/17/2026
Your Backlog Can't Keep Up with Your Agents
Analysis of how AI coding agents shift product development bottlenecks from code implementation to feature validation and prioritization.
2/17/2026
Show HN: I turn scattered feedback into a prioritized roadmap in 5 min
Feedback aggregation tool with AI-powered duplicate detection and prioritization across multiple communication channels.
2/17/2026
Long-term vision for improving build times on Clang/LLVM
RFC proposing long-term improvements to Clang/LLVM build times through daemon processes and structural changes.
2/17/2026
Show HN: Nectar Gold – Breastmilk tracker where an AI agent manages data via CLI
Breastmilk tracking app using AI agents for photo scanning (Gemini Vision), feeding predictions, and conversational data management via CLI.
2/17/2026
Show HN: AI Agent for SEO on Autopilot
AI agent for automated SEO optimization and content management.
2/17/2026
Ask HN: What is the best bang for buck budget AI coding?
Discussion thread asking for budget-friendly AI coding tool recommendations and comparisons.
2/17/2026
Show HN: Nibble a fast and easy to use network scanner
Open-source network scanner CLI tool for discovering devices and services on LAN/VPN networks.
2/17/2026
Show HN: CleanCloud – 20 rules to find what's costing you money in AWS and Azure
Cloud cost analysis tool providing read-only AWS/Azure rules enforcement via CI/CD without SaaS dependencies.
2/17/2026
I attacked my own LangGraph agent system. All 6 attacks worked
Security analysis of LangGraph multi-agent marketing workflow demonstrating prompt injection vulnerabilities and attack vectors in production agent systems.
2/17/2026
Smart-KNN: A production-focused, feature-weighted KNN optimized for CPU
CPU-optimized KNN algorithm with learned feature importance and automatic preprocessing designed for production use.
2/17/2026
Show HN: Inkog – Pre-flight check for AI agents (governance, loops, injection)
Safety validation framework for AI agents detecting infinite loops, prompt injection, and unsafe actions across LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen frameworks.
2/17/2026
UK gov want to use AI to prevent at-risk children from falling into crime
News article about UK government considering AI for predicting at-risk children and crime prevention intervention.