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Top Articles of the Day | 13-Aug-2026

Read the best articles of today, from around the globe, curated at one place for you!

AI & Data

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Launch HN: Discovered Materials (YC P26) – AI agents to discover new materials
Hacker News 11 min read 119 points

Measuring frontier model ability to discover new materials for the semiconductor industry — candidates verified by DFT and attempted in a real lab.

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I Built a RAG App on My Laptop Without Paying OpenAI a Single Rupee Here's How
Dev.to 4 min read 12 reactions

A few weeks ago I got tired of watching my API usage bill creep up every time I tested a new idea for...

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Web Search API for AI Developers: How It Works and When to Use One
Dev.to 7 min read 5 reactions

A practical guide to using web search APIs for AI agents, RAG systems, and applications that need fresh information from the web.

Product

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I Built a Notebook for Sharing Notes That Doesn't Ask You to Sign Up First
Dev.to 14 min read 19 reactions

Someone asked me to share meeting notes in Slack yesterday. I pasted the markdown. Slack ate the...

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i used to think in code. now i think in prompts.
Dev.to 2 min read 19 reactions

used to have a habit of thinking in code. it'd be like walking down the street and immediately seeing...

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Show HN: Woxi - Open-source Mathematica / Wolfram Language reimplementation
Hacker News 1 min read 261 points

Run Wolfram Language code in the browser playground, on the CLI, in Jupyter, or in the Woxi Studio notebook editor.

Programming

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is-kit Reached 50 Stars ⭐ Here’s How We Use It in Production
Dev.to 7 min read 23 reactions

Hoi hoi! I'm @nyaomaru, a frontend engineer who is trying to lose weight. 🐖🙀 I maintain a type...

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AI is removing the middle class of software engineering?
Hacker News 6 min read 749 points

AI makes projects with weak engineering culture fail much faster.

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React 19's useFormStatus Fixed My Prop Drilling. Then It Sat There Returning False
Dev.to 7 min read 11 reactions

Part 1 was about waiting well. Part 2 was about not waiting at all. This one is about a value I...

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