{"slug": "show-hn-7-zip-quine", "title": "Show HN: 7-Zip Quine", "summary": "A developer using the handle unmayx created a 7-Zip quine with AI assistance, posting the code on GitHub at https://github.com/Mabbs/mabbs.github.io/blob/master/_tools/blogquine.py and sharing it on Hacker News. The quine is a self-reproducing program that outputs its own source code when run, demonstrating a novel use of AI in generating self-replicating code.", "body_md": "| [Guidelines](newsguidelines.html) \\|[FAQ](newsfaq.html) \\|[Lists](lists) \\|[API](https://github.com/HackerNews/API) \\|[Security](security.html) \\|[Legal](https://www.ycombinator.com/legal/) \\|[Apply to YC](https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/) \\|[Contact](mailto:hn@ycombinator.com) | \n\n|  | **[Hacker News](news)**[new](newest) \\|[past](front) \\|[comments](newcomments) \\|[ask](ask) \\|[show](show) \\|[jobs](jobs) \\|[submit](submit) | [login](login?goto=item%3Fid%3D49612367) | \n\n|  |  | [Show HN: 7-Zip Quine](item?id=49612367) | \n|  |  | 2 points by [unmayx](user?id=unmayx)[18 minutes ago](item?id=49612367) \\|[hide](hide?id=49612367&goto=item%3Fid%3D49612367) \\|[past](https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Show%20HN%3A%207-Zip%20Quine&type=story&dateRange=all&sort=byDate&storyText=false&prefix&page=0) \\|[favorite](fave?id=49612367&auth=32a93270cbb9656e1731a85f012818be7887f5d7) \\|[1 comment](item?id=49612367) | \n|  |  | I made 7-Zip Quine by AI, this is the code: [https://github.com/Mabbs/mabbs.github.io/blob/master/_tools/...](https://github.com/Mabbs/mabbs.github.io/blob/master/_tools/blogquine.py) Example: |", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-7-zip-quine", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49612367", "published_at": "2026-09-08 16:09:46+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-08 16:28:51.102955+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["unmayx", "7-Zip", "GitHub", "Hacker News"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-7-zip-quine", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-7-zip-quine.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-7-zip-quine.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-7-zip-quine.jsonld"}}