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A Nipkow Disk Mechanical TV Simulator
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Don't trust large context windows
Article URL: https://garrit.xyz/posts/2026-05-06-dont-trust-large-context-windows Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48524620 Points: 240 # Comments: 178
Free SQL→ER diagram tool, runs in the browser, nothing uploaded
Article URL: https://sqltoerdiagram.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48523992 Points: 336 # Comments: 66
Show HN: Inkwash, a watercolor sketching app and explanation
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Honda Civics and the Evil Valet
Previously: Show HN: Honda Civic Infotainment Reverse-Engineering - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36052753 - May 2023 (43 comments) Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48523080 Points: 384 # Comments: 92
Five context-engineering principles that survive production
Your agent passes every test you throw at it. The demo is clean, the eval suite is green, and you ship. Then a week later, the support tickets start: agents looping, costs spiking, responses that confidently cite facts that were never true. The model ...
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