Show HN: Picknplace.js positions itself as an alternative to traditional drag-and-drop - a space long hampered by browser inconsistencies, mobile quirks, and a11y hurdles. What’s notable here is the explicit shift from continuous dragging to a discrete “select, then place” flow. That pattern tends to simplify input handling

China’s campaign to field homegrown AI accelerators has become a tightly coordinated, end-to-end buildout-less about a single miracle chip, more about aligning foundry, packaging, EDA, and software into a self-sufficient stack. Under the hood, SMIC has demonstrated 7 nm–class processes using deep-UV multi-patterning, while domestic players like Huawei

If your frontend feels heavier than your problem, HTMX is a solid reality check. Under the hood, it uses small HTML attributes (hx-get, hx-post, hx-swap, hx-trigger) to declare interactions, then swaps server-rendered fragments directly into the DOM. No build step, minimal JavaScript, and your existing templates keep doing the heavy

Jonathan Blow - the designer behind Braid and The Witness - says he’s spent the past ten years designing 1,400 puzzles. What’s notable here isn’t the raw count so much as the commitment to hand-authored, systemic design at a scale usually achieved with procedural generators. Under