# Digest: 2026-04-19

## Status
phase: selection-complete
updated: 2026-04-19

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## Final Selection

Total items: 22

### Product Hunt Items

#### Item 1: Gemini App for Mac
- source: Product Hunt
- card_type: ph
- urls:
    primary: https://gemini.google/mac/
    producthunt: https://www.producthunt.com/products/gemini-6
- title: Gemini App for Mac
- tagline: Native macOS AI assistant with Option+Space shortcut
- description: Google's official Gemini app is now native on macOS. Option+Space brings it up anywhere — share your active window for contextual help, analyze local files, and generate content without switching tabs. Apple Silicon only, requires macOS 15+.
- votes: 236
- domain: gemini.google

#### Item 2: Tell — Mac Widgets
- source: Product Hunt
- card_type: ph
- urls:
    primary: https://www.producthunt.com/r/KDCFPKYUUCDS7I
    producthunt: https://www.producthunt.com/products/tell-2
- title: Tell — 3D Desktop Widgets for Mac
- tagline: Monitor CPU, network, battery as interactive 3D objects
- description: Native macOS app that transforms system stats into interactive 3D objects on your desktop. Smooth animations, minimal footprint. More collections and system modules coming soon.
- votes: 103
- domain: tell.app

#### Item 3: Paperweight
- source: Product Hunt
- card_type: ph
- urls:
    primary: https://www.paperweight.email/
    producthunt: https://www.producthunt.com/products/paperweight
    github: https://github.com/wslyvh/paperweight
- title: Paperweight — Digital Footprint Cleanup
- tagline: Scan your inbox, map your accounts, delete your data
- description: Open-source, local-first app that scans your inbox to find every account and service connected to your email. Bulk unsubscribe, breach alerts, GDPR deletion requests. All data stays on your machine.
- votes: 101
- domain: paperweight.email

#### Item 4: AGG Loop
- source: Product Hunt
- card_type: ph
- urls:
    primary: https://www.agglabs.com/loop
    producthunt: https://www.producthunt.com/products/agg-loop
- title: AGG Loop — Free Localhost Tunnels
- tagline: Secure, zero-config tunneling with no bandwidth limits
- description: Rebuilt from Deposure with enterprise-grade security. Instant localhost to public URL routing. 100% free forever, no bandwidth throttles, no session limits. Funded by Aeolink Group lab program.
- votes: 84
- domain: agglabs.com

#### Item 5: Assemble
- source: Product Hunt
- card_type: ph
- urls:
    primary: https://www.producthunt.com/r/K5MMPCBEXZZ63A
    producthunt: https://www.producthunt.com/products/assemble-2
- title: Assemble — AI Config Generator
- tagline: One /go command, memory, spec-driven workflows, 21 platforms
- description: Open-source configuration generator for AI work. Generates native configs for Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Copilot, Windsurf, and more. Zero runtime, zero dependencies, MIT licensed.
- votes: 85
- domain: assemble.ai

### AI-LLMs Items

#### Item 6: Robot Half-Marathon — Beijing
- source: AI-LLMs
- card_type: featured
- urls:
    primary: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/19/robots-beat-human-records-at-beijing-half-marathon/
    reddit: https://reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1spwegr/
- title: Humanoid Robot Breaks Half-Marathon World Record in Beijing
- description: Honor's "Lightning" robot finished a half-marathon in 50m26s — beating the human world record (57m20s) by over 6 minutes. Last year's fastest robot took 2h40m. Dozens of humanoid robots ran alongside 12,000 humans.
- meta: techcrunch.com · r/singularity

#### Item 7: GPT-5.5 "Spud"
- source: AI-LLMs
- card_type: link
- urls:
    primary: https://the-decoder.com/openais-leaked-memo-says-new-spud-model-will-make-all-its-products-significantly-better/
    reddit: https://reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1spysr9/
- title: GPT-5.5 "Spud" — OpenAI's Next Frontier Model Incoming
- description: Pre-training completed March 24. Leaked internal memo says it'll make all OpenAI products "significantly better." Described as competing directly with Claude Mythos. Release expected within weeks.
- meta: the-decoder.com · r/openai

#### Item 8: Tech Layoffs Q1 2026
- source: AI-LLMs
- card_type: link
- urls:
    primary: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/tech-industry-lays-off-nearly-80-000-employees-in-the-first-quarter-of-2026-almost-50-percent-of-affected-positions-cut-due-to-ai
    reddit: https://reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/1spw2w0/
- title: 80,000 Tech Jobs Cut in Q1 2026 — Half Attributed to AI
- description: Oracle led with 25K cuts, followed by Amazon (16K) and Meta (2.4K). The US accounts for 77% of global layoffs. Many cuts are pre-emptive cost-cutting to fund AI infrastructure rather than direct automation displacement.
- meta: tomshardware.com · r/artificial

#### Item 9: llama.cpp Speculative Checkpointing
- source: AI-LLMs
- card_type: link
- urls:
    primary: https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/19493
    reddit: https://reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1sprdm8/
- title: llama.cpp Merges Speculative Checkpointing
- description: New feature enables speculative decoding with recurrent models via checkpoints. Users report 0-50% coding speedup, with some prompts seeing up to 665% improvement. Reviewed and merged by ggerganov.
- meta: github.com · r/LocalLLaMA

#### Item 10: LLM Neuroanatomy — Geometry Not Language
- source: AI-LLMs
- card_type: compact
- urls:
    primary: https://reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1spy497/
    reddit: https://reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1spy497/
- title: LLM Neuroanatomy III — Models Think in Geometry, Not Language
- description: Research series analyzing internal representations of LLMs. Latest installment includes results for Gemma-4 31B. Suggests models use geometric structures rather than linguistic ones for reasoning.
- meta: r/LocalLLaMA

#### Item 11: Mac Studio Delayed Until October
- source: AI-LLMs
- card_type: compact
- urls:
    primary: https://9to5mac.com/2026/04/19/new-mac-studio-may-not-arrive-until-october/
    reddit: https://reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1spz6kj/
- title: Bloomberg: No M5 Mac Studios Until October at Earliest
- description: Bad news for local LLM enthusiasts waiting for M5 Ultra. DeepSeek V4 may arrive before the hardware to run it.
- meta: 9to5mac.com · r/LocalLLaMA

#### Item 12: Ukraine Deploying 25K Ground Robots
- source: AI-LLMs
- card_type: compact
- urls:
    primary: https://united24media.com/latest-news/ukraine-moves-to-replace-frontline-soldiers-with-25000-ground-robots-18047
    reddit: https://reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1sq70yt/
- title: Ukraine Plans to Replace Frontline Soldiers with 25,000 Ground Robots
- description: Major military AI deployment — Ukraine moving to field autonomous ground robots to reduce human casualties on the front lines.
- meta: united24media.com · r/singularity

#### Item 13: WSJ: Embrace Open-Source AI to Beat China
- source: AI-LLMs
- card_type: compact
- urls:
    primary: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/to-beat-china-embrace-open-source-ai-a211bf59
    reddit: https://reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1sqa40j/
- title: WSJ Op-Ed: To Beat China, Embrace Open-Source AI
- description: Wall Street Journal argues US should embrace open-source AI rather than restrict it, as closed models create vulnerabilities China can exploit.
- meta: wsj.com · r/LocalLLaMA

### GenAI-Media Items

#### Item 14: Flux Klein Outperforms Closed Models
- source: GenAI-Media
- card_type: link
- urls:
    primary: https://reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/1spq72f/
    reddit: https://reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/1spq72f/
- title: Flux Klein Outperforms Closed Models for Image Editing
- description: Community argues open-source Flux Klein 9B with ComfyUI gives more control than Nano Banana or GPT Image for serious editing. Mask-based editing, ControlNet pipelines, and local execution beat prompt-only approaches.
- meta: r/StableDiffusion

#### Item 15: Flux2Klein KSampler Node
- source: GenAI-Media
- card_type: compact
- urls:
    primary: https://github.com/capitan01R/ComfyUI-Flux2Klein-Enhancer
    reddit: https://reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/1sq7no5/
- title: Flux2Klein KSampler — Better Color Accuracy for Klein
- description: New ComfyUI custom node using the raw formula for more accurate color reproduction in Flux2 Klein. Sample workflows included.
- meta: github.com · r/StableDiffusion

#### Item 16: ZPix Image Generator Gets Klein Editing
- source: GenAI-Media
- card_type: compact
- urls:
    primary: https://reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/1spqczz/
    reddit: https://reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/1spqczz/
- title: ZPix — Open-Source Local Image Generator Adds Klein Editing
- description: Free, open-source local image generator now supports Flux2 Klein 4B editing. Drag reference images, auto-save to Pictures folder, searchable prompt history. ~10s per 720p image on RTX 3070.
- meta: r/StableDiffusion

### Apps-Software Items

#### Item 17: CCCCorners Update
- source: Apps-Software
- card_type: link
- urls:
    primary: https://apps.apple.com/ua/app/ccccorners/id6754601983
    reddit: https://reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1spzip9/
- title: CCCCorners — Making macOS Hot Corners Actually Useful
- description: Mac utility that upgrades Hot Corners with custom actions. Major updates recently. Lifetime purchase. Getting traction with YouTube coverage.
- meta: apps.apple.com · r/macapps

#### Item 18: Canto v0.5.11
- source: Apps-Software
- card_type: link
- urls:
    primary: https://reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1sq8mxp/
    reddit: https://reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1sq8mxp/
- title: Canto — Local AI Notebook for Mac with @ Mentions and Skills
- description: Free note-taking app with private, on-device AI. Notes, wikilinks, daily notes, code notebooks free forever. One-time license for unlimited AI. Nothing leaves your Mac.
- meta: r/macapps

#### Item 19: Reitti v4.0 — Self-Hosted Location Tracker
- source: Apps-Software
- card_type: link
- urls:
    primary: https://github.com/dedicatedcode/reitti
    reddit: https://reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1sps0gj/
- title: Reitti v4.0 — Self-Hosted Google Timeline Alternative
- description: Major release of this privacy-first location tracker. Visit detection, trip analysis, transport mode detection. Imports from GPX, Google Takeout, OwnTracks. RabbitMQ removed, simplified stack.
- meta: github.com · r/selfhosted

#### Item 20: Menu Bar Banking App (Germany/EU)
- source: Apps-Software
- card_type: compact
- urls:
    primary: https://reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1spni6c/
    reddit: https://reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1spni6c/
- title: Open-Source Menu Bar Banking App for Germany/EU
- description: Free, open-source Mac menu bar app showing account balances at a glance. Germany and EU banks supported, UK coming soon. Built by a fintech developer.
- meta: r/macapps

#### Item 21: Luminaria — Kobo Highlight Browser
- source: Apps-Software
- card_type: compact
- urls:
    primary: https://luminaria.uk
    reddit: https://reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1sq05c4/
- title: Luminaria — Private Readwise Alternative for E-Reader Highlights
- description: Import highlights from KOReader, Kobo, Kindle. Full-text search, Obsidian export. Free alternative to Readwise's £8/month. Built because paying monthly to browse your own highlights felt wrong.
- meta: luminaria.uk · r/SideProject

#### Item 22: Search Panel — Google Search Console for Mac
- source: Apps-Software
- card_type: compact
- urls:
    primary: https://apps.apple.com/app/search-panel-search-console/id6745721627
    reddit: https://reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1sq5zgj/
- title: Search Panel — Native Search Console Client for macOS & iOS
- description: Native interface for Google Search Console. Pop-out graphs, site management, sitemap controls. Lifetime purchase.
- meta: apps.apple.com · r/macapps

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phase: selection-complete
