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1.
Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI (skyview.social)
1349 points by christoph-heiss 16 hours ago | 1606 comments
2.
Package managers keep using Git as a database, it never works out (nesbitt.io)
606 points by birdculture 17 hours ago | 348 comments
3.
The Algebra of Loans in Rust (nadrieril.github.io)
204 points by g0xA52A2A 4 days ago | 99 comments
4.
How uv got so fast (nesbitt.io)
738 points by zdw 13 hours ago | 245 comments
5.
MiniMax M2.1: Built for Real-World Complex Tasks, Multi-Language Programming (minimaxi.com)
210 points by 110 1 day ago | 74 comments
6.
TurboDiffusion: 100–200× Acceleration for Video Diffusion Models (github.com/thu-ml)
235 points by meander_water 1 day ago | 43 comments
7.
Show HN: Gaming Couch – a local multiplayer party game platform for 8 players (gamingcouch.com)
414 points by ChaosOp 5 days ago | 114 comments
8.
Seven Diabetes Patients Die Due to Undisclosed Bug in Abbott's Glucose Monitors (sfconservancy.org)
418 points by pabs3 1 day ago | 139 comments
9.
FFmpeg has issued a DMCA takedown on GitHub (twitter.com/ffmpeg)
448 points by merlindru 12 hours ago | 148 comments
10.
LearnixOS (learnix-os.com)
206 points by gtirloni 17 hours ago | 83 comments
11.
My insulin pump controller uses the Linux kernel. It also violates the GPL (reddit.com)
384 points by davisr 11 hours ago | 161 comments
12.
Tiled Art (tiled.art)
248 points by meander_water 7 days ago | 12 comments
13.
Experts explore new mushroom which causes fairytale-like hallucinations (utah.edu)
346 points by astronads 13 hours ago | 174 comments
14.
Unix "find" expressions compiled to bytecode (nullprogram.com)
108 points by rcarmo 17 hours ago | 15 comments
15.
Paperbacks and TikTok (calnewport.com)
138 points by zdw 4 days ago | 93 comments
16.
Show HN: Xcc700: Self-hosting mini C compiler for ESP32 (Xtensa) in 700 lines (github.com/valdanylchuk)
104 points by isitcontent 15 hours ago | 19 comments
17.
Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2026?
213 points by meridion 1 day ago | 345 comments
18.
Show HN: Witr – Explain why a process is running on your Linux system (github.com/pranshuparmar)
263 points by pranshuparmar 14 hours ago | 37 comments
19.
Building an AI agent inside a 7-year-old Rails monolith (catalinionescu.dev)
101 points by cionescu1 22 hours ago | 46 comments
20.
How Lewis Carroll computed determinants (2023) (johndcook.com)
160 points by tzury 11 hours ago | 42 comments
21.
Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?
199 points by kwar13 17 hours ago | 280 comments
22.
Geometric Algorithms for Translucency Sorting in Minecraft [pdf] (douira.dev)
70 points by HeliumHydride 20 hours ago | 21 comments
23.
Tachyon: High frequency statistical sampling profiler (python.org)
94 points by vismit2000 4 days ago | 3 comments
24.
When a driver challenges the kernel's assumptions (online.fr)
71 points by todsacerdoti 1 day ago | 19 comments
25.
Overlooked No More: Inge Lehmann, Who Discovered the Earth's Inner Core (nytimes.com)
83 points by Hooke 4 days ago | 15 comments
26.
Joan Didion and Kurt Vonnegut had something to say. We have it on tape (nytimes.com)
101 points by tintinnabula 5 days ago | 21 comments
27.
What happened to all the gold Spain got from the New World? (1985) (straightdope.com)
93 points by titaniumtown 4 days ago | 119 comments
28.
ChatGPT conversations still lack timestamps after years of requests (community.openai.com)
228 points by Valid3840 17 hours ago | 151 comments
29.
I'm a laptop weirdo and that's why I like my new Framework 13 (matthewbrunelle.com)
272 points by todsacerdoti 17 hours ago | 260 comments
30.
How to Reproduce This Book with LaTeX (github.com/benjamingor)
97 points by nill0 7 days ago | 11 comments

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