Top Tools from Jun 2–8, 2026

  1. PostgreSQL-licensed Microsoft project that adds durable execution primitives directly inside Postgres — workflows defined in SQL, checkpointed step by step, resumed after crashes without a separate orchestrator. 1.5k stars since February. Pairs with Azure HorizonDB
    Hacker News discussion Database 468 pts
  2. Closed-source paid keyboard-driven cursor control for macOS, Linux and Windows. Recursive grid hinting positions the pointer anywhere on screen, including arbitrary drag actions. $49 lifetime, monthly and yearly subscriptions also offered
    Hacker News discussion Productivity 590 pts
  3. MIT Linux tool that exposes your NVIDIA GPU's VRAM as swap space over the network block device protocol. Aimed at laptops with soldered RAM that can't be upgraded but have an idle GPU sitting next to them. 443 stars in nine days
    Hacker News discussion Developer Tool 470 pts
  4. Apache-2.0 Rust video effect that emulates NTSC and VHS artifacts — composite blur, ringing, chroma noise, head-switching. Ships as a standalone GUI plus After Effects, Premiere and OpenFX plugins. 2.2k stars
    Hacker News discussion Creative Tool 405 pts
  5. MIT CLI that turns an LLM into a tutor instead of a shortcut — generates hands-on multi-part technical tutorials tuned to be approachable, then has you work through them yourself. 728 stars in a month
    Show HN discussion AI Tooling 283 pts
  6. Paid €5/month EU-only search engine — servers, storage and payment processing all in the EU, backed by Marginalia, Mojeek and EUSP indexes. Mullvad-style account numbers, no ads, no AI, source code released to paying customers after twelve months
    Show HN discussion Search 232 pts
  7. Apache-2.0 GPU over IP bridge that exposes a GPU on a remote machine as a local device — share one GPU across machines, attach a GPU to a CPU-only CI runner, or pool GPUs from multiple boxes. 2.2k stars
    Reddit r/selfhosted discussion Infrastructure 283 pts
  8. AGPL-3.0 self-hosted Strava alternative — fitness tracking on your own server, no API tiers, no platform paywall. Hosted on Codeberg. Attention surge tied to Strava's announcement this week of restricted API tiers and a paywalled MCP server
    Reddit r/selfhosted discussion Self-Hosted 631 pts
  9. Apache-2.0 self-hosted CI/CD as a single binary, in-memory by default, no external dependencies to start. Terraform-style HCL pipelines instead of YAML, local job execution without a server, optional SQLite or Postgres with distributed workers at scale
    Reddit r/selfhosted discussion Developer Tool 118 pts
  10. Apache-2.0 observability tool from Superlog Labs that watches your app, surfaces recurring errors, and proposes fixes back. OpenTelemetry-based SDKs for Expo and React Native shipped alongside. Took the
    Product Hunt discussion Observability 463 pts
  11. Paid SaaS AI agent that runs investor outreach for founders — pulls from a 300k-lead database, sends personalized intros, books meetings on your calendar. Pricing on application. Took the
    Product Hunt discussion Sales 1123 pts
  12. Apache-2.0 open-source backend platform built for AI coding agents — Postgres database, auth, storage, edge functions, hosting and an AI model gateway, all under one API surface. 11.6k stars since July. Took the
    Product Hunt discussion Developer Tool 541 pts