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2.8.26 | Commands start with a comma, Vocal Guide for safe singing, SectorC: 512-byte C Compiler


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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 8, 2026.

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  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:19) - Start all of your commands with a comma (2009)
  • (01:18) - Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself
  • (02:28) - SectorC: A C Compiler in 512 bytes (2023)
  • (03:38) - Show HN: Look Ma, No Linux: Shell, App Installer, Vi, Cc on ESP32-S3 / BreezyBox
  • (04:54) - Software factories and the agentic moment
  • (06:10) - Show HN: LocalGPT – A local-first AI assistant in Rust with persistent memory
  • (07:18) - Stories from 25 Years of Software Development
  • (08:15) - Hoot: Scheme on WebAssembly
  • (09:17) - Speed up responses with fast mode
  • (10:35) - Outro

  • Start all of your commands with a comma (2009)
    https://rhodesmill.org/brandon/2009/commands-with-comma/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46890814

    Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself
    https://jesperordrup.github.io/vocal-guide/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46922049

    SectorC: A C Compiler in 512 bytes (2023)
    https://xorvoid.com/sectorc.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46925741

    Show HN: Look Ma, No Linux: Shell, App Installer, Vi, Cc on ESP32-S3 / BreezyBox
    https://github.com/valdanylchuk/breezydemo
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46918429

    Software factories and the agentic moment
    https://factory.strongdm.ai/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46924426

    Show HN: LocalGPT – A local-first AI assistant in Rust with persistent memory
    https://github.com/localgpt-app/localgpt
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46930391

    Stories from 25 Years of Software Development
    https://susam.net/twenty-five-years-of-computing.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46924264

    Hoot: Scheme on WebAssembly
    https://www.spritely.institute/hoot/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46923254

    Speed up responses with fast mode
    https://code.claude.com/docs/en/fast-mode
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46926043

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