From Product Hunt
Claude usage tracking, agent skills, and a world model from DeepMind.
ClaudeUsageBar — Know exactly how much Claude you have left
Free, open-source macOS menu bar app for tracking Claude AI usage. Shows 5-hour session and weekly limits, threshold notifications, global shortcut (Cmd+U). Native Swift, under 5MB.
skills.sh — The Agent Skills Directory
Vercel's "npm for AI agents" — install reusable skills with npx skills add. Supports Claude Code, Cline, Cursor, Codex and more. The Standard Library for the agentic era.
Genie 3 — A new frontier for world models
Google DeepMind world model generating interactive 3D environments from text. Real-time at 24fps, 720p. Unlike video gen, these are playable simulated worlds.
RUSTWA — WhatsApp Web API built in Rust
REST API for WhatsApp automation with headless Chrome. Multi-session support, QR login, webhooks. Fast async Tokio runtime. Intentionally simple.
Mixels.ai — AI Pixel Art Generator
Convert photos to pixel art or generate game-ready sprites. Grid-perfect output, no cleanup needed. Free browser editor. 64x64 now, 128x128 coming.
From Reddit
Big robot news from XPENG, Apple's internal AI stack, and NVIDIA joining OpenAI's funding round.
XPENG's humanoid robot IRON rolled off the production line with automotive-grade manufacturing standards. Mass production planned for 2026. One of the first humanoids to reach this milestone.
Apple Runs on Anthropic Internally
Mark Gurman reports Apple uses custom Claude versions on internal servers for product development and tools. Update to ongoing Apple AI story.
UN Warns of "Permanent AI Labor Decoupling" by Late 2026
High-level UN economic report warns AI is creating widening social and economic divides. India flags 10-20% probability of 2008-style global crisis.
NVIDIA to Join OpenAI Funding Round
Jensen Huang confirms NVIDIA will invest in OpenAI's current round, though "nothing like" $100B. Despite WSJ report of tensions, Huang calls criticism "nonsense."
How Close Are Open-Weight Models to SOTA?
Community analysis comparing local models to frontier. Benchmarks aside, honest assessment of real-world performance gaps and where open models excel.
Quick hits.
Beating GPT-2 for Under $100
Karpathy demonstrates 3-hour training run on 8xH100 that beats GPT-2 on CORE benchmark.
From Reddit
New anime model from ComfyOrg and Z-Image's explosive adoption.
Novel architecture: Cosmos 2 (2B) + Qwen3 0.6B text encoder. Excellent prompt adherence, handles 8+ characters with good faces/hands. Faster than SDXL.
Z-Image Base Matches Flux Klein 9b LoRA Count in 4 Days
150 LoRAs created in 4 days — unprecedented adoption. Broad community contribution vs concentrated Klein uploads.
Character Replacement Workflow for Flux.2 Klein 9B
Proper technique for injecting characters from one image into another's pose. Controls information flow to avoid nasty fusions.
ComfyUI-QwenASR - Speech-to-Text + Subtitles
ComfyUI nodes for Qwen's ASR models. Long audio support, auto subtitles, keyword hints.
From Reddit
Self-hosted file sharing, terminal media browsers, and vinyl aesthetics.
Screenize - Open-Source Screen Studio Alternative
Free, open-source tool for recording promotional videos on macOS. Still early but functional alternative to $89 Screen Studio.
Kino - TUI for Plex/Jellyfin
Keyboard-driven terminal UI for browsing media libraries. Vim keys, fuzzy search, opens in mpv/vlc. Caches locally for instant search.
Safebucket v0.2.0 - Self-Hosted File Sharing
S3-agnostic WeTransfer/Dropbox alternative. v0.2.0 adds MFA, admin dashboard with statistics and user management.
TRIP 1.38.0 - Map Tracker & Trip Planner
Self-hostable minimalist map tracker. UI refactoring, collaborative POI planning, no telemetry.
Quick hits.
33rpm - Vinyl Screensaver for Mac
Free screensaver with spinning vinyl synced to Now Playing. Shows album art from Spotify/Apple Music.
AdAmp - Winamp 2 for macOS with Plex Support
Winamp 2.x recreation with Plex/Navidrome integration. ProjectM visualizations, sonic similarity radio.