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reminal

Reminal – A zero-config SSH alternative (no open ports, no keys)

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kanso-lang /

kq

Kq – jq but 1.5x faster on paths, from a language with no GC/lifetimes

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can1357 /

pon

Python 3.14 compiled to metal – no interpreter

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marsninja /

kimi-fetch

Easiest tool (65kb binary) to download Kimi K3 fast (while we can)

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obrienciaran /

dbt-debt

Technical-debt score for dbt projects on Snowflake/BigQuery/Redshift

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cmk /

connections

Galois connections for composable numeric casts in Rust

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qualityclouds /

state-of-ai-code-2026-

One issue every 62 lines: 21.6M lines of AI-generated code, scanned

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kaappi /

kaappi

Kaappi – r7rs scheme written in Zig

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OpenStrap /

edge

Whoop 4.0 Without a Subscription

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BicycleJunkie1971 /

wsl2-ar9271-monitor

WSL2 monitor mode/packet injection using an AR9271 and custom kernel

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endformdev /

playwright-opentelemetry

Playwright end-to-end tests as OpenTelemetry spans

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elyelysiox /

recaptcha

Google reCAPTCHA Reverse Engineered

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tokio-rs /

topcoat

Topcoat: The full full-stack framework for Rust

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Nomlings /

badge

A pixel pet for your GitHub README that eats your commits

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degibug-del /

spectral-grammar

Grammar Has Eigenvalues (and Your Brain Measures Them)

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futrx-com /

remote.futrx

Give every AI project its own computer

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ldursw /

ta7357p

Functional replacement for the Toshiba TA7357P sync separator IC

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