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1.
Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI (skyview.social)
1408 points by christoph-heiss 22 hours ago | 1665 comments
2.
Package managers keep using Git as a database, it never works out (nesbitt.io)
663 points by birdculture 1 day ago | 375 comments
3.
How uv got so fast (nesbitt.io)
984 points by zdw 19 hours ago | 334 comments
4.
LearnixOS (learnix-os.com)
243 points by gtirloni 1 day ago | 95 comments
5.
Experts explore new mushroom which causes fairytale-like hallucinations (utah.edu)
411 points by astronads 19 hours ago | 231 comments
6.
My insulin pump controller uses the Linux kernel. It also violates the GPL (reddit.com)
443 points by davisr 17 hours ago | 200 comments
7.
The Algebra of Loans in Rust (nadrieril.github.io)
214 points by g0xA52A2A 4 days ago | 105 comments
8.
MiniMax M2.1: Built for Real-World Complex Tasks, Multi-Language Programming (minimaxi.com)
213 points by 110 1 day ago | 76 comments
9.
Show HN: Witr – Explain why a process is running on your Linux system (github.com/pranshuparmar)
355 points by pranshuparmar 21 hours ago | 78 comments
10.
FFmpeg has issued a DMCA takedown on GitHub (twitter.com/ffmpeg)
492 points by merlindru 19 hours ago | 169 comments
11.
Show HN: Xcc700: Self-hosting mini C compiler for ESP32 (Xtensa) in 700 lines (github.com/valdanylchuk)
130 points by isitcontent 22 hours ago | 25 comments
12.
TurboDiffusion: 100–200× Acceleration for Video Diffusion Models (github.com/thu-ml)
238 points by meander_water 1 day ago | 44 comments
13.
Show HN: Gaming Couch – a local multiplayer party game platform for 8 players (gamingcouch.com)
419 points by ChaosOp 5 days ago | 114 comments
14.
Seven Diabetes Patients Die Due to Undisclosed Bug in Abbott's Glucose Monitors (sfconservancy.org)
424 points by pabs3 1 day ago | 144 comments
15.
How Lewis Carroll computed determinants (2023) (johndcook.com)
190 points by tzury 18 hours ago | 49 comments
16.
Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?
248 points by kwar13 1 day ago | 348 comments
17.
The best things and stuff of 2025 (fogus.me)
292 points by adityaathalye 3 days ago | 33 comments
18.
Tiled Art (tiled.art)
251 points by meander_water 8 days ago | 12 comments
19.
Unix "find" expressions compiled to bytecode (nullprogram.com)
112 points by rcarmo 1 day ago | 17 comments
20.
Paperbacks and TikTok (calnewport.com)
140 points by zdw 4 days ago | 94 comments
21.
Parasites plagued Roman soldiers at Hadrian's Wall (arstechnica.com)
70 points by sipofwater 7 days ago | 48 comments
22.
Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2026?
220 points by meridion 1 day ago | 362 comments
23.
Drawing with zero-width characters (swerdlow.dev)
109 points by benswerd 18 hours ago | 30 comments
24.
Building an AI agent inside a 7-year-old Rails monolith (catalinionescu.dev)
103 points by cionescu1 1 day ago | 51 comments
25.
Geometric Algorithms for Translucency Sorting in Minecraft [pdf] (douira.dev)
70 points by HeliumHydride 1 day ago | 22 comments
26.
What happened to all the gold Spain got from the New World? (1985) (straightdope.com)
109 points by titaniumtown 5 days ago | 128 comments
27.
Tachyon: High frequency statistical sampling profiler (python.org)
96 points by vismit2000 5 days ago | 3 comments
28.
When a driver challenges the kernel's assumptions (online.fr)
74 points by todsacerdoti 1 day ago | 20 comments
29.
Gaussian Splatting 3 Ways (github.com/nullandkale)
66 points by nullandkale 17 hours ago | 7 comments
30.
Overlooked No More: Inge Lehmann, Who Discovered the Earth's Inner Core (nytimes.com)
86 points by Hooke 4 days ago | 16 comments

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