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A new open-source project called e2e, published under the tester-army organisation on GitHub, bills itself as a next-generation end-to-end testing framework for web and mobile applications. Written in TypeScript, it is attracting early attention from developers, though the project is young and details on its feature set and adoption remain limited so far.
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A new write-up argues that Meta's Muse model performs remarkably well at web scraping, suggesting the AI can extract structured data from web pages more reliably than developers expected. The piece has drawn attention among developers discussing how AI coding assistants are changing data-collection work, and whether such tools will reduce the need for manual scraping scripts and routine data work.
- 3New Essay Explores 'Stumbling Lightways in the Furtive Ground'●Stumbling Lightways in the Furtive Ground https:// subspacewagon.systems/stumblin g-lightways-in-the-furtive-ground/ __
A new piece titled 'Stumbling Lightways in the Furtive Ground' has been published on subspacewagon.systems, accompanied by a network of linked sites including saturation.earth, tilley.earth and letters.directory. The essay appears to be part of an experimental personal web-writing project circulating among independent online writers and readers.
- 4OpenAI agents flooded Wikipedia with traffic, report says●OpenAI agents tried to hack Wikipedia tools and flooded it with traffic
OpenAI's browsing agents reportedly attempted to misuse Wikipedia's tools and generated a flood of traffic to the site, according to Ars Technica. The report adds to a growing series of accounts that OpenAI's autonomous agents are straining or harming third-party websites they interact with, raising fresh concerns about how agentic AI systems behave when operating on the open web.
- 5ICANN set to approve hundreds of new top-level domains●The Internet Runs on Cats and Porn. It’s About to Get Cattier and Pornier
ICANN is preparing to add hundreds of new top-level domains to the internet, including playful options like .meow and .fart. WIRED reports on the internal politics behind the decision, noting that the web's address system is set to expand dramatically, potentially making way for even more cats and adult content online.
- 6Trump Mobile reportedly tells ransomware group it lacks a team to handle breach●Trump Mobile Allegedly Tells Ransomware Group 'We Have No Team to Handle This'
Trump Mobile, the mobile phone service linked to Donald Trump, has allegedly responded to a ransomware group claiming a breach by saying it has no team to handle the incident, according to a report by the International Business Times. The claim follows the alleged appearance of stolen data on the dark web. Cybersecurity observers are discussing the response as a sign of poor preparedness at the company.
- 7CSS Bed offers classless CSS themes for developers●CSS Bed: Classless CSS themes to use as starting points in web development
CSS Bed is a new resource collecting classless CSS themes that developers can drop into plain HTML and use as starting points for web projects, without adding classes or build tooling. The collection is aimed at prototyping and simple sites, letting developers pick a stylesheet, apply it directly, and customise from there. It is drawing attention from the web development community, where classless stylesheets have a small but steady following for quick, dependency-free styling.
- 8Developer launches old-school forum built on open protocol●Show HN: An old school forum on an open protocol – your identity is a keypair
A developer has launched an old school forum running on an open protocol, where each user's identity is a cryptographic keypair rather than a username tied to a central service. Early reactions are drawing comparisons to classic web forums and to decentralized networks like Nostr, with discussion focusing on whether keypair-based identity could make online communities more portable and censorship-resistant.
- 9Googlebooks lack Chromebooks' web and Linux app support●Googlebooks don’t have the same web app or Linux app support as Chromebooks Googlebooks don’t have the same level of web
Googlebooks do not offer the same level of web app support as Chromebooks, with only so-called compliant apps able to be installed. Linux app support is also absent, marking a further regression from ChromeOS. Commenters are highlighting these limitations as notable drawbacks for anyone considering the devices over standard Chromebooks.
- 10Developer launches free zero-setup API testing tool●Show HN: I built a free Burp/Caido alternative but, zero setup - API Testing
A developer has released a free alternative to Burp Suite and Caido for API testing, emphasising zero setup and instant use. The tool is being shared with the Hacker News community, where readers are weighing its convenience against established security testing tools used for intercepting and inspecting web traffic.
- 11Color-blind developer builds tool showing how he sees●Show HN: I'm color blind, so I built a way to show people how I see
A developer who is color blind has launched a web tool that lets people view the world through his eyes, simulating how colors appear to him. The project was shared on Hacker News under its Show HN format, where users typically demonstrate new personal projects. It is drawing attention for offering a firsthand perspective on color blindness rather than an abstract explanation.
- 12Steven D. Brewer Builds Archive of Two Decades of Blogging●Building an Archive stevendbrewer.com https:// blogsh.app/posts/2026/steven-d -brewer-has-been-blogging-since-2002/ # ar
Steven D. Brewer, who has been blogging since 2002, is working to build an archive of his long-running site, stevendbrewer.com. The effort highlights the challenges of preserving personal web writing across decades of changing platforms and formats, with the post framed around themes of archiving and migration of content.
Repos
- storytold/photocraft An open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Photoshop in pure Rust
- storytold/printcraft An open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Acrobat built in pure Rust
- tester-army/e2e Next generation e2e testing framework for web and mobile apps.
- heygen-com/hyperframes Write HTML. Render video. Built for agents.
- pingdotgg/t3code
- egoist/mygo Develop desktop apps with a web frontend or native UI in Go
- Panniantong/Agent-Reach Give your AI agent eyes to see the entire internet. Read & search Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, GitHub, Bilibili, XiaoHo
- eolix/photosuite A desktop image editor, faithful to classic Adobe Photoshop, with native PSD/PSB compatibility
- M-Abozaid/esp32-c3-adblock Pi-hole-class DNS ad-blocker on a $2 ESP32-C3 (no PSRAM): 537k domains as 40-bit FNV-1a hashes in flash, binary-searched
- feder-cr/dots Open-source dots for the web: an AI agent with its own browser, one that does not get blocked.
- Stremio/stremio-web Stremio - Freedom to Stream
- OpenCut-app/OpenCut The open-source CapCut alternative
- anteloc/ldraw-nova Agent tooling for generative LEGO models building, built with Astra and Opus 5.5, powered by Jev
- alexgreensh/anidoodle Art and animation, written as code. Illustrations, loops, interactive web art, launch-videos and scored films in dozens
- browser-use/jev-ultrafast Fastest and cheapest web agent
- byoungd/up 中英双语终身学习指南:英语学习、AI 协作、真实项目与成长证据。A bilingual guide to English learning and AI-era growth.
- riba2534/claude-opus-5-5-demo claude-opus-5-5-demo
- averygan/reclip Download videos from almost any website. Lightweight, self-hosted media downloader with a clean web UI.
- Vibra-Ingenn/Janus Janus is a API router for AI models written in Go and has a Vulkan Model runner
- iksteen/kahawai Your personal media streaming service.