From Product Hunt
AI design tools, agent observability, a native macOS Claude Code GUI, and two open-source security/workflow projects worth bookmarking.
Moda — AI Design Tool with Fully Editable Output
AI-powered design tool that generates slides, posters, and ads as fully editable layered canvases—not flat images. Everything Moda creates has real layers you can rearrange, restyle, and export. Built by the maker of Slab. Free tier with 2,000 AI credits.
ClawMetry — Real-Time AI Agent Observability
Free, open-source dashboard for monitoring AI agents in real time. Tracks token costs, cron jobs, sub-agents, and memory usage. Install via pip. Useful for anyone running multi-agent workflows who needs visibility into what’s actually happening.
SPECTRE — Structured Agentic Coding Workflow
Seven-step methodology for AI coding agents: Scope, Plan, Execute, Clean, Test, Rebase, Evaluate. Open-source framework that adds structure to how AI agents approach code generation, resulting in higher-quality output.
yottoCode — Native macOS GUI for Claude Code
Apple Silicon app that wraps Anthropic’s official Agent SDK to give Claude Code a proper GUI. Uses your existing Claude Max, Team, or Enterprise subscription—no separate API keys. Telegram integration built in. Requires macOS 14.0+.
Cencurity — Security Gateway for LLM Agents
Policy-driven proxy that inspects, masks, and blocks sensitive data in LLM requests and responses in real time. Supports OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini endpoints. Full audit logging. Go + React dashboard, Docker Compose deployment. Apache-2.0.
OpenFlowKit — Free Diagram Tool with AI & Mermaid.js
Open-source diagramming with AI generation, Mermaid.js support, Figma export, and one-click auto-layout. No signup required.
From Reddit
Google launches Lyria 3 music generation in Gemini. Anthropic publishes hard data on agent autonomy. Claude Code’s creator says the “software engineer” title is going away. Plus Devstral Small 2 lands as a 24B local coding beast, and Unitree aims for 20,000 humanoid robots this year.
Google DeepMind’s most advanced music generation model is now rolling out in the Gemini app. Create 30-second tracks with lyrics, vocals, and cover art from text prompts or uploaded images. Available to all 18+ Gemini users globally in 8 languages.
All generated tracks are watermarked with SynthID. Also available via YouTube Dream Track. A significant step toward making AI music creation mainstream and accessible.
Anthropic Publishes First Large-Scale Agent Autonomy Data
Analysis of millions of human-agent interactions reveals 73% of tool calls still have a human in the loop and only 0.8% of actions are irreversible. The 99.9th percentile turn duration nearly doubled from ~25 to 45+ minutes between Oct 2025 and Jan 2026. 80% of tool calls come from agents with at least one safeguard.
Claude Code Creator: “Software Engineer” Title Will Go Away in 2026
Boris Cherny told Y Combinator’s Lightcone podcast that AI will have “solved coding for everyone” by end of 2026. Engineers become “builders” or “product managers.” Clarified that engineers are “more important than ever”—someone still has to prompt the Claudes, talk to customers, and decide what to build.
Devstral Small 2 — 24B Coding Model That Runs Locally
Mistral’s new 24B parameter coding model scores 68% on SWE-bench Verified—competing with models 5x its size. 256K context window, Apache 2.0 license, runs on consumer hardware. API pricing at $0.10/$0.30 per million tokens. Alongside it, Alibaba released Qwen3 Coder 30B as another strong local option.
Unitree Targets 20,000 Humanoid Robots in 2026
After their Spring Festival Gala appearance—where G1 and H2 robots performed fully autonomous martial arts with backflips exceeding 3 meters—Unitree announced plans to ship 10,000–20,000 humanoid robots this year, up from ~5,500 in 2025. H2 pre-orders open at $29,000.
Quick hits — research papers, local inference, and model releases.
Prompt Repetition Boosts LLM Performance Up to 97%
Google Research paper shows simply repeating the input prompt (<QUERY><QUERY>) significantly boosts performance across Gemini, GPT, Claude, and DeepSeek—without increasing generated tokens or latency.
DDR5 RDIMM vs RTX 3090: The Local Inference Economics Debate
r/LocalLLaMA debates whether cheap DDR5 RDIMM memory on old Xeon boards can beat used 3090s for local inference. GPU prices jumped—dual 3090 builds now $1,900 vs $1,500 six months ago.
$30 LoRa Radio + AI Agent = Off-Grid Intelligence
Ukrainian developer demos a Meshtastic radio controlling an AI agent off-grid. A $30 LoRa device sending commands to a local LLM, no internet required. Practical for disaster response and remote areas.
MiniMax M2.5 Gets Cerebras REAP Treatment
Cerebras released a pruned MiniMax M2.5 variant: 172B params (down from 230B) with near-lossless accuracy on code and agentic tasks. 25% memory reduction via Router-weighted Expert Activation Pruning.
GLM-OCR Lands in llama.cpp
Zhipu AI’s OCR model now runs locally via llama.cpp. Document and image text extraction without cloud APIs.
From Reddit
ComfyUI gets a proper node migration system, video-to-mocap arrives as a native node, and AceStep 1.5 makes music LoRA training accessible.
ComfyUI Node Replacement API — Official Migration System
ComfyUI now has an official Node Replacement API for custom node developers. Define migration paths from deprecated nodes to newer equivalents—handling class name changes, node merges, and input refactoring. Workflows auto-upgrade via the API. Long-overdue infrastructure for the ecosystem.
ComfyUI Video to Motion Capture
Native ComfyUI wrapper for GVHMR-based 3D human motion capture. Feed in video, get SMPL parameters and 3D skeletal data out. Pipeline: VideoLoader → SAM3 Segmentation → GVHMR Inference. Useful for animation workflows and character rigging.
Side-Step — LoRA/LoKR Training for AceStep 1.5 Music Gen
CLI toolkit for fine-tuning AceStep 1.5 music models. Auto-detects model variants, applies correct training strategies, VRAM optimized. Train a style LoRA with just a few songs.
From Reddit
A free per-app volume controller for macOS, a mobile *arr stack client, and a self-hosted Google Timeline replacement. Plus camera monitoring, file association protection, and more.
BetterAudio — Free Per-App Volume Control for macOS
Menu bar app with per-app volume sliders, Now Playing controls with seek bar, media key interception for specific players, and AI transcription. No audio driver required—unlike SoundSource. Open source, completely free.
ArrMatey — Mobile Client for Your *arr Stack
All-in-one mobile app for managing Sonarr, Radarr, and Lidarr from your phone. Built with Kotlin Multiplatform—Jetpack Compose on Android, SwiftUI on iOS. Supports multiple instances. MIT licensed.
GeoPulse — Self-Hosted Google Timeline Alternative
Privacy-first location tracking with automatic trip detection, Immich integration for photo overlays, and detailed analytics. Works with OwnTracks, GPSLogger, and Home Assistant. Java/Quarkus backend uses only 40–100MB RAM. Can import from Google Timeline, GPX, GeoJSON.
Quick hits — macOS utilities and self-hosted tools.
Vigil — Camera & Mic Monitoring for macOS
Free menu bar app showing which app is using your camera or microphone in real time. Native SwiftUI, no telemetry, fully local.
FileTypeGuard — Lock Your File Associations on macOS
Detects and auto-restores file type associations when apps silently hijack your defaults during updates. Open source.
Caderno — Self-Hosted Journal with Safety Timer
Privacy-first digital journal with a “Safety Timer” that ensures your journal reaches loved ones if you can’t check in. Passkey auth, Markdown shortcuts, Docker Compose deployment.
Monarch — All-in-One macOS Launcher Gets Faster
App launcher, calculator, clipboard history, emoji picker, dictionary, and color palette in one hotkey. Latest update brings 34% faster search. Free 30-day trial.