HN prophylaxis 2/28/2026

Why LLMs can't play chess

Analysis of why large language models fail at chess despite their size, examining limitations in reasoning and rule-following.

HN tngw 2/28/2026

Agentic Engineering Starter Pack

Repository template for building software with AI agent collaboration, structured knowledge base for LLM-powered coding tools.

HN RyanShook 2/28/2026

Rtk – reduce Claude Code token usage

CLI proxy written in Rust that reduces Claude API token consumption by 60-90% through filtering and compressing command outputs.

HN adebayoj 2/27/2026

Extracting 100K concepts from an 8B LLM

Research on mechanistic interpretability: extracted 100K concepts from Steering-8B LLM including language variants, spelling differences, Unicode errors. Novel interpretability findings.

HN paulpauper 2/27/2026

The hard problem of AI therapy

Discussion of LLM-based chatbots' impact on mental health and psychotherapy, exploring both benefits and harms at scale.

HN iamwil 2/27/2026

It's Time for LLM Connection Strings

Proposes llm:// URI scheme standardization for LLM connection configuration, similar to database connection strings. Draft IETF RFC submitted.

HN pretext 2/27/2026

Baudbot: OpenClaw for Teams

Slack-based coding agent for teams that opens branches, writes code, and creates PRs on shared Linux servers.