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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.

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Observed mentions: 2025-09-07 02:30:16 UTC to 2025-09-08 20:51:12 UTC.

012025-09-07 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-07 03:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsSep 7, 00:002025-09-07 03:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-07 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-07 06:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-07 09:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-07 09:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-07 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025-09-07 12:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-07 15:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-07 15:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-07 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-07 18:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-07 21:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-07 21:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsSep 7, 21:002025-09-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-08 03:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-08 03:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-08 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-08 06:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-08 09:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-08 09:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-08 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-08 12:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-08 15:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-08 15:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-08 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-08 18:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-08 21:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsSep 8, 18:00

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Sep 7, 00:002025-09-07 00:00:00 UTC2025-09-07 03:00:00 UTC110
Sep 7, 03:002025-09-07 03:00:00 UTC2025-09-07 06:00:00 UTC000
Sep 7, 06:002025-09-07 06:00:00 UTC2025-09-07 09:00:00 UTC000
Sep 7, 09:002025-09-07 09:00:00 UTC2025-09-07 12:00:00 UTC101
Sep 7, 12:002025-09-07 12:00:00 UTC2025-09-07 15:00:00 UTC000
Sep 7, 15:002025-09-07 15:00:00 UTC2025-09-07 18:00:00 UTC000
Sep 7, 18:002025-09-07 18:00:00 UTC2025-09-07 21:00:00 UTC000
Sep 7, 21:002025-09-07 21:00:00 UTC2025-09-08 00:00:00 UTC101
Sep 8, 00:002025-09-08 00:00:00 UTC2025-09-08 03:00:00 UTC000
Sep 8, 03:002025-09-08 03:00:00 UTC2025-09-08 06:00:00 UTC000
Sep 8, 06:002025-09-08 06:00:00 UTC2025-09-08 09:00:00 UTC000
Sep 8, 09:002025-09-08 09:00:00 UTC2025-09-08 12:00:00 UTC000
Sep 8, 12:002025-09-08 12:00:00 UTC2025-09-08 15:00:00 UTC000
Sep 8, 15:002025-09-08 15:00:00 UTC2025-09-08 18:00:00 UTC000
Sep 8, 18:002025-09-08 18:00:00 UTC2025-09-08 21:00:00 UTC101

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> Maybe this was a homegrown tool for managing VMs in their infuze platform and they decided to open source it? That would be the charitable interpretation, but there's no doubt that this was vibecoded[1]. Their claim was that they came up with this in a "couple of hours" when they needed it, not that they released something that was previously proprietary. As for my second comment: none of it was speculative. The accounts and links are there, you can see for yourself. I obviously can't prove that this in particular is a scam, but it certainly doesn't put the project in good light when its authors are part of scam circles. [1]: https://github.com/ccheshirecat/flint/blob/b49a90bc984f12857...
In Show HN: Lightweight tool for managing Linux virtual machines
Hey, thanks for sharing. As someone who uses QEMU via rudimentary shell scripts, this looks interesting. Unfortunately, I'm reluctant to trust a 26KLOC vibe-coded app[1] for something like this, so I'll pass. But if a polished React/Next.js app, with a CLI, HTTP/WebSocket API, authentication, and libvirt integration, truly took you a couple of hours to produce, and it solves your problem, that's a commendable achievement. I'm not sure if I should be praising you or the LLM, but it's notable nonetheless. [1]: https://github.com/ccheshirecat/flint/commit/eb90847db9da56c...
In Show HN: Lightweight tool for managing Linux virtual machines

Show HN: Lightweight tool for managing Linux virtual machines

hey guys. the other day i was migrating hosting providers and i just needed something not too heavy and convenient to spin up my backups for awhile and realised there is almost nothing out there. kimchi hasn't been updated for years and cockpit is heavy. so here's something i came up with in a couple hours because of a sudden urge, nothing fancy just basic creation with cloud init, lifecycle management and image/storage, but it's modern-ish and it compiles to a 8.4mb binary inclusive of the embedded web UI, CLI and API, and only dep is libvirt.
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