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  • Kit readyA few weeks

    Developer tools · Anywhere

    Desktop GIFs users can't post GIF comments on YouTube from a computer.

    Solved looks like

    A desktop YouTube user can post a GIF comment with the extension and it stays up after reloading the page.

    Proof1 source · 4 quoted claims · github.com/rayytor · Oct 2026

    MarketNot sized yet

    Kit5 steps · 20 tools · starter prompt ready

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    Developers can't easily keep track of which agent skills they have installed or whether they still work.

    Solved looks like

    A command-line tool that lists every skill installed across agents on a machine, flags duplicates and broken file references, checks each SKILL.md against the spec, and runs each skill's example prompts as a smoke test. Demonstrated on a folder of 20 community skills.

    Proof2 sources · 3 quoted claims · news.ycombinator.com, agentskills.io · Sep 2026

    Market320 points on Hacker News

    Kit5 steps · 15 tools · starter prompt ready

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    Python developers using uv can't cap how much disk its cache uses.

    Solved looks like

    A design note and prototype for an opt-in size limit that removes least-recently-used entries after an install, without breaking other uv processes running at the same time. Tested by filling a cache past the limit and checking it ends under the limit while recent packages still install offline.

    Proof2 sources · 3 quoted claims · github.com/astral-sh, docs.astral.sh · Sep 2026

    Market56 reactions on the issue

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