From Product Hunt

New Year's Day launches — AI copilots, strict reminders, and developer tools.

Mom Clock — Strict Reminder & App Blocker No snooze, no "5 more minutes." When it's time to act, it blocks distracting apps until you do. Built for procrastinators who are tired of negotiating with themselves.
▲ 397 · apps.apple.com
Its Hover — Animated React Icons Icon library where animation is a core feature. Icons respond to user intent with motion. Built for React/Next.js and shadcn. Open source and community-owned.
▲ 226 · itshover.com
Friendware — Tab-to-Complete Everywhere on macOS Native macOS AI copilot with system-wide tab completion. Uses screen context to understand what you're doing. No copy-pasting to ChatGPT needed.
▲ 155 · friendware.ai
OnlyHate — Filter Out Positive Comments Chrome extension that hides positive comments to surface criticism and complaints. Useful for finding real product feedback or spotting issues before buying.
▲ 107 · chrome web store
Huey — Color Palette Generator Creates structured palettes with hierarchy using the 60-30-10 principle. Pin colors you like, regenerate the rest. Shows HEX/RGB/HSL/CMYK values. Free, no signup.
▲ 10 · huey.design
From Reddit

New Year, new architectures — DeepSeek drops a scaling innovation, and new local models emerge.

Software FP8 for Older GPUs Brings FP8 to GPUs without native support (RTX 30/20 series). Uses bitwise operations and Triton kernels to pack lower-precision values. Claims 3x speedup on memory-bound operations. Could extend the life of mid-tier GPUs for training.
IQuest-Coder-V1: 40B Coding Model New 40B coding model from Chinese quant trading company. Claims SOTA on SWE-Bench Verified (81.4%), BigCodeBench (49.9%), LiveCodeBench v6 (81.1%). Uses "Code-Flow" training on repository evolution. Already merged into llama.cpp.
OpenAI New Audio Model Coming Q1 2026 New voice architecture for standalone audio device. Features natural/emotional speech, faster responses, real-time interruption for "companion-style AI."
From Reddit

Z-Image Turbo workflows and practical tools for image generation.

Z-Image Turbo Training Presets (12GB VRAM) Training presets for Z-Image Turbo LoRAs on 12GB VRAM using AI-Toolkit. Includes settings for character LoRAs with good results. One-click easy install via GitHub.
Realistic Snapshot LoRA for Z-Image Turbo LoRA for candid/amateur photography look. Captures "camera roll" aesthetic with direct flash, high ISO grain, imperfect lighting. Works at 0.60 strength as general realism booster.
MAP Auto-Tuner for ComfyUI Custom node that automatically tunes Steps/CFG using geometric analysis. Built by RF engineer. Uses oscilloscope-style signal analysis to find mathematically stable parameters.
Z-Image Turbo Vector Graphics LoRA Multi-concept LoRA for generating vector graphics, SVGs, logos, silhouettes, and stencils.
From Reddit

Self-hosted tools — SSH management, torrent UIs, and utilities.

qbitwebui — Modern qBittorrent Frontend Lightweight frontend built with Vite. Real-time stats, filtering by tracker/category, collapsible details panel. Cleaner than the default webui.
Karakeep v0.30 — Bookmark Manager with AI Self-hosted bookmark manager with AI tagging and summarization. 22k GitHub stars. v0.30 brings improvements to sharing and retrieval.
Inkheart — Self-Hosted PDF Organization PDF organization and reader. Handles large PDFs better than Google Drive. Simpler than Calibre when you just need PDF organization.
macblock — Local Pi-hole for macOS CLI for local DNS sinkhole. No server, no Docker — runs locally on your Mac.
TempFastMail — Self-Hosted Disposable Email Create temporary inboxes on your own server. Full control and privacy.