GoKawiil - Tech News

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Show HN: LuaCAD – Parametric CAD Scripted in Lua (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: lua, openscad, manifold

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Bytecode-to-Source Mapping (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: bytecode, jlox, jvm

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Build Systems Discussion (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: bazel, lua civ, permacomputing

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Hyprland 0.55 announced the switch to Lua for its config files (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: hyprland, lua, icc profiles

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Moonstone: Modern, cross-platform Lua runtime and package manager written in Zig (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-18 | tags: moonstone, lua, zig

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Optimizing Lua string literals to save 400 bytes (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-13 | tags: lua, computercraft, compression

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LuaJIT 3.0 proposed syntax extensions (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-25 | get LuaJIT 3.0 Programming Book → | tags: lua, luajit, syntax extensions

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The Green Side of the Lua (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-24 | get Lua Programming Book → | tags: lua, green, programming

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Simulated Evolution on the PICO-8 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-18 | by Michael Martin | get PICO-8 Fantasy Console → | tags: pico-8, simulated evolution, lua

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Building my own Vi text editor in BASIC (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-05 | tags: vi text editor, yabasic, panblog

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NetHack 5.0 Released (slashdot.org)

2026-05-04 | by Posted | get NetHack Official Guidebook → | tags: nethack, roguelike, lua

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NetHack 5.0.0 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-02 | get NetHack Official Guidebook → | tags: nethack, roguelike, cross-compiling

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Decades-old pre-Stuxnet cyber sabotage tool breaks cover, NSA listed it as 'nothing to see here' — fast16 targeted nuclear reactors, dam design, and other high-precision civil engineering software years before Stuxnet broke cover (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-28 | by Mark Tyson | get Cybersecurity Software Suite → | tags: stuxnet, nsa, fast16

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How to make a fast dynamic language interpreter (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-21 | tags: zef, lua, quickjs

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Panic says the Playdate Catalog won't accept games made with generative AI (engadget.com)

2026-04-17 | get Playdate Game Development Kit → | tags: playdate, panic, generative ai

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Retrofitting JIT Compilers into C Interpreters (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-15 | tags: jit, c interpreters, lua

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New ‘LucidRook’ malware used in targeted attacks on NGOs, universities (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-04-09 | get Cybersecurity USB Defense Kit → | tags: lucidrook, lua, cisco talos

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An ode to bzip (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-14 | get bzip2 Compression Tool → | tags: bzip, minecraft, libdeflate

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Hammerspoon (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-13 | get Hammerspoon Automation Tool → | tags: hammerspoon, os x, lua

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Show HN: The Mog Programming Language (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-09 | get Mog → | tags: mog programming language, rust, javascript

21.

Textadept (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-01 | get Textadept → | tags: c++, lua, windows 10

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Lua 5.5 (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-22 | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 → | tags: features, lua released, main

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Lux: A luxurious package manager for Lua (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | get art supplies → | tags: api, build, lua

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Redis warns of critical flaw impacting thousands of instances (bleepingcomputer.com)

2025-10-31 | get computer monitor → | tags: access, instances, lua

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Why I chose Lua for this blog (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Andre Alves Garzia | get Meta Quest → | tags: blog, don, js

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Row-level transformations in Postgres CDC using Lua (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Sai Srirampur | get Google Nest Hub → | tags: data, end, local

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Lua beats MicroPython for serious embedded devs (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Wilfred Nilsen | get Emotional Intelligence book → | tags: embedded, library, logic

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Pluto is a unique dialect of Lua with a focus on general-purpose programming (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | get How to Win Friends book → | tags: bytecode, compatibility, compatible

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Why Go Rocks for Building a Lua Interpreter (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Roxy Light | get Microsoft Surface Pro → | tags: interpreter, lua, package