The Unemployed Professor
Show HN: Django-Style Queries for SQLAlchemy
Hey!Wanted to share the project I've worked on for more than a year. The core was done last summer but since then I couldn't find time to implement all the functionality I had in mind. But a few months ago, I made myself sit down and plan the introduction of the remaining things.And with the release of 0.7.0 I can say that 85 percent is done and I'm ready to share it.I wrote a Python package which serves as a layer on top of SQLAlchemy and allows you to write Django-style queries.
Show HN: TickClip – An AI shopping agent that can recommend not buying
My name is Tarik Aarbaoui, I am an affiliate and influencer marketing specialist. For the last 14 years I’ve worked to grow revenue while trying to meet shoppers’ expectations.But during my time there, I observed a core conflict: shoppers often look to influencers and affiliate content to help them decide what to buy, but the people making those recommendations are usually only compensated when a purchase happens. Usually this means that the incentive is to encourage the sale, even when waiting
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AI Prompts to improve your writing skills for book essays and more
Have you ever wondered if there’s a way to make the daunting task of outlining your book or essay a bit easier? Imagine having a tool that not only helps you overcome creative blocks but also ...
Bring Back the Blue-Book Exam
The humble booklet is more than just a last redoubt against cheating. Staring down its empty pages, students discover what they’re capable of as writers and thinkers.
Orwell’s Roses: A beautiful meditation on writing and truth
I would like to write that Orwell’s Roses is one of the most architecturally imaginative and beautiful books I have ever read. That’s true. But I also know that – despite the parasitic nature of the ...
Show HN: Stagehand – the open source SDK for browser agents
Hey HN, I’m Sam, a maintainer of Stagehand, and I’m excited to show off Stagehand v4: the SDK for browser agents.For agents to do most knowledge work, they needs access to the internet. Today most people allow their agents to use Playwright to control a browser for them.But Playwright was built for testing, not agents.If you’ve ever tried to give it to your agent, you’ll quickly run into bloated context windows, inability to use iframes, and painful state sync issues (on remote browsers).We buil
I Tried Using AI to Uncover AI-Written Work. I Don’t Know if I’m Sold
I’ve seen numerous mentions online of plagiarism checkers, whether by a writer getting feedback from a client, someone noting what’s “obviously AI” or people wondering if artificial ...
Educators warn AI debate has focused too much on cheating, not enough on student learning
Generative AI in higher education has educators rethinking assessment design. Some professors are returning to handwritten exams to evaluate what students actually know.
As Colorado universities align with ChatGPT, student AI resisters take a stand against the ‘plagiarism machine’
During the last academic year, the University of Colorado system announced a $2 million partnership with OpenAI to roll out a CU-specific ChatGPT.
Plagiarism, attacks and dependencies: the disastrous summer that AI has brought us
From fake images generated on social media to chatbots that replace human affection, right through to models capable of circumventing their own safeguards: the summer of AI has reminded us that the problem is not just what the machine can do, but how ill-prepared we are
County employee accused of using AI for images of child sexual abuse
A Larimer County IT worker faces felony charges after police say he used AI to create child sexual abuse material.
Author 'devastated' after festival judges accuse her of using AI to write novel
A Welsh learner who submitted a novel to one of the National Eisteddfod's most prestigious writing competitions said she was ...
Johnson City teen pleads guilty to using AI to make pornographic images of classmates
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A Johnson City teenager who was accused of using artificial intelligence to create pornographic images of his classmates pleaded guilty to several charges on Friday.
North Carolina teen accused of using AI for sexual exploitation. Are state laws strong enough?
A boy, whose name is not public because of his age, faces multiple felony charges and is accused of using AI to create sexually explicit photos of teen girls.
A high school student says she’s falsely accused of using AI to write a paper
As students increasingly use AI to complete their school assignments, teachers are using AI detection tool to catch them. But ...
Taylor County man accused of taking photos of child off parents’ social media, making AI porn
TAYLOR COUNTY, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – A Taylor County man is accused of taking photographs of children off parents’ social media accounts and using them to make AI pornography. James Michael Jones, 46, ...
Cambridge University professor embroiled in plagiarism row now accused of using AI to write his resignation letter
A CAMBRIDGE professor allegedly wrote his resignation letter “using AI” after the university launched an investigation into ...
Author who lost $2M book deal over AI concerns claims allegations are racially motivated: ‘Definitely innocent!!!’
An author who lost a $2 million book deal over allegations he may have used AI to write it is denying the claims, saying they are racially motivated. Jerry Falade, a grad student at Southern Methodist ...
Show HN: Everfree -AI cowriter note app on GitHub backend & Evernote migration
EverFree started as a script to get my notes out of Evernote, and grew into the writing tool I actually wanted: a focused editor where notes stay in Github in a repo I own, with an AI cowriterWith an in-built AI assistant using free models like Gemini 3.5 to help me in my daily writing The AI has a search and image generation feature as well, for which you will need paid licenses from Gemini or OpenRouter. Bring your own keyIt is fully featured, syncs across devices and your backend stays the sa