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Show HN: FainLane – Paste screenshots into remote coding agents with Ctrl+V

https://fainlane.com/

Hi all,I run all my CLI coding agents in a remote cloud VM and not being able to paste screenshots has been my only annoyance.So I built this small (2mb) native macOS app that helps me paste screenshots into remote coding agents with Ctrl+V, same as pasting images on coding agents running on my local mac. The app automatically detects the remote host based on the focused window and uploads the...

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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026) on Sunday September 13, 2026 @02:04PM (#49686782)
Haven't added a demo to the repo yet (will do soon) but building this TUI [1] in Go to manage my agent skills.

I don't like putting 20-30 agent skills in the .claude/skills/ dir and letting the agent figure it out. I keep all the skills I've created and adapted over time in a separate git repo and then from there I copy them to the project skill dir when i need them for a session and then remove them when I'm done.

This TUI just replaces all the manual work with ls, cp -r, and rm -rf commands with a few keystrokes.

[1] https://github.com/primaprashant/sei

Pretty cool. Added to this awesome-style GitHub repo I maintain containing all the best open-source voice typing tools:

https://github.com/primaprashant/awesome-voice-typing

Re:Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @11:53AM (#48993982)
A couple tidbits:

> Beyond today’s releases, Gemini 3.5 Pro is currently testing with partners and we plan to make it broadly available as soon as it’s ready.

> We have started our most ambitious pre-training run yet, for Gemini 4, and are excited by the progress.

Re:Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @11:36AM (#48993739)
Pricing per million input/output tokens:

2.5 Flash: $0.3 / $2.5

3.0 Flash: $0.5 / $3

3.5 Flash: $1.5 / $9

3.6 Flash: $1.5 / $7.5

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2.5 Flash-Lite: $0.1 / $0.4

3.1 Flash-Lite: $0.25 / $1.5

3.5 Flash-Lite: $0.3 / $2.5

Re:Show HN: Hns – Local open source speech-to-text CLI on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @08:36AM (#48991540)
Hi all, demo is at the bottom of the readme. Or you can watch here:

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2aa3752e-bd16-453...

Re:Transcribe.cpp on Sunday July 19, 2026 @03:52AM (#48965840)
If you're talking about translated text, then that should be super easy. Most of these dictation tool support post-processing with LLM to remove filler words, fix punctuation, etc. I'd imagine you can change the system prompt for the post-processing step to do the translation instead, and you'd get translated text.
Re:Transcribe.cpp on Sunday July 19, 2026 @02:42AM (#48965544)
Handy is an amazing cross-platform app for dictation from the author. There are other awesome open-source dictation tools as well like native macOS ones. You do not need SaaS subscription in this day and age for transcription.

I maintain this list of all the best open-source ones in this awesome-style GitHub repo. People looking for open-source dictation tools, hope you find something that works for you here:

https://github.com/primaprashant/awesome-voice-typing

Re:Transcribe.cpp on Sunday July 19, 2026 @01:57AM (#48965364)
Totally understandable, but I’ve found that software that transcribes everything after I finish recording actually works better for me. I’ve tried both kinds, and systems that continuously type what I’m saying distract me from completing my thought. I end up reading what’s being typed and noticing transcription mistakes instead of focusing on what I’m trying to say.

I often prefer to dictate everything in my head about a particular thing for 5–10 minutes and then go through it afterward. I find that much more useful because it doesn’t break my thought process the way continuous transcription does.

Re:Grok Build is open source on Wednesday July 15, 2026 @10:58PM (#48929876)
> This repository contains the Rust source for the grok CLI/TUI and its agent runtime. It is synced periodically from the SpaceXAI monorepo.

This means if we install the released CLI binaries, there can still be some fucked up things happening, without those things being in the github repo.

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026) on Sunday July 12, 2026 @06:17PM (#48885427)
Continuing my newsletter about agentic coding:

https://www.agenticcodingweekly.com/

Re:Text Art Tools on Sunday July 12, 2026 @04:57AM (#48879526)
I built this [1] for myself so that I can comment lgtm in PR comments with an ASCII art. Pretty silly but fun.

[1]: LGTM ASCII Art as a Service - https://lgtms.app/

Re:How to ask for help from people who don't know you on Thursday July 02, 2026 @07:06PM (#48768538)
sending nohello website [1] back to people who just say hello without additional context is a classic solution

[1] https://nohello.net/en/

Re:Claude Sonnet 5 on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @02:56PM (#48737586)
Based on both performance vs price charts, it seems using Opus 4.8 with med effort is almost a better choice than using Sonnet 5 at xhigh effort
These are the price changes mentioned in the article:

Macs

  MacBook Neo: $699 (up from $599)
  13-inch MacBook Air: $1,299 (up from $1,099)
  15-inch MacBook Air: $1,499 (up from $1,299)
  M5 MacBook Pro: $1,999 (up from $1,699)
  M5 Pro MacBook Pro: $2,499 (up from $2,199)
  M5 Max MacBook Pro: $4,099 (up from $3,599)
  iMac: $1,499 (up from $1,299)
  M4 Max Mac Studio: $2,499 (up from $1,999)
  M3 Ultra Mac Studio: $5,299 (up from $3,999)
iPads

  iPad: $449 (up from $349)
  11-inch iPad Air: $749 (up from $599)
  13-inch iPad Air: $949 (up from $749)
  11-inch iPad Pro: $1,199 (up from $999)
  13-inch iPad Pro: $1,499 (up from $1,299)
  iPad mini: $599 (up from $499)
More products:

  Apple TV 4K: $199 (up from $129)
  HomePod: $349 (up from $299)
  HomePod mini: $129 (up from $99)
  Vision Pro: $3,699 (up from $3,499)
I am big fan of VoiceInk which is also local and open-source. I also maintain this list of all the best open-source ones in this awesome-style GitHub repo. People looking for open-source dictation tools, hope you find something that works for you here: https://github.com/primaprashant/awesome-voice-typing
Re:Gemini CLI will stop working from June 18, 2026 on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @03:54AM (#48204497)
Well, there is no IDE in antigravity 2.0
Open-source STT apps are plenty and just as good. Pick one from this list:

https://github.com/primaprashant/awesome-voice-typing

I’d say STT is pretty much a solved problem. Everyday there is a new product and can be one-shotted by any current top of the line LLMs. Take a look at this [1]. Apple is just stuck in the past.

https://github.com/primaprashant/awesome-voice-typing

Re:Google I/O on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @01:58PM (#48196793)
Looks like it. Found this:

> On June 18, 2026, Gemini CLI and Gemini Code Assist IDE extensions will stop serving requests for Google AI Pro and Ultra, as well as those using it free of charge using Gemini Code Assist for individuals.

https://developers.googleblog.com/an-important-update-transi...

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