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1.
Bambu Lab is abusing the open source social contract (jeffgeerling.com)
1236 points by rubenbe 17 hours ago | 392 comments
2.
If AI writes your code, why use Python? (medium.com/nmitchem)
873 points by indigodaddy 1 day ago | 926 comments
3.
Screenshots of Old Desktop OSes (typewritten.org)
666 points by adunk 1 day ago | 347 comments
4.
Googlebook (googlebook.google)
754 points by tambourine_man 14 hours ago | 1264 comments
5.
They Live (1988) inspired Adblocker (github.com/davmlaw)
552 points by tokenburner 1 day ago | 185 comments
6.
Rendering the Sky, Sunsets, and Planets (maximeheckel.com)
468 points by ibobev 18 hours ago | 38 comments
7.
Why senior developers fail to communicate their expertise (nair.sh)
543 points by nilirl 17 hours ago | 233 comments
8.
Learning Software Architecture (matklad.github.io)
549 points by surprisetalk 22 hours ago | 109 comments
9.
Show HN: Needle: We Distilled Gemini Tool Calling into a 26M Model (github.com/cactus-compute)
432 points by HenryNdubuaku 14 hours ago | 147 comments
10.
The Future of Obsidian Plugins (obsidian.md)
367 points by xz18r 16 hours ago | 138 comments
11.
EU to crack down on TikTok, Instagram's 'addictive design' targeting kids (cnbc.com)
494 points by thm 21 hours ago | 432 comments
12.
CERT is releasing six CVEs for serious security vulnerabilities in dnsmasq (thekelleys.org.uk)
308 points by chizhik-pyzhik 14 hours ago | 145 comments
13.
Interaction Models (thinkingmachines.ai)
326 points by smhx 1 day ago | 49 comments
14.
Claude Platform on AWS (claude.com)
224 points by matrixhelix 1 day ago | 89 comments
15.
Software Internals Book Club (eatonphil.com)
214 points by aragonite 1 day ago | 33 comments
16.
How to make your text look futuristic (2016) (typesetinthefuture.com)
324 points by _vaporwave_ 12 hours ago | 37 comments
17.
Show HN: Agentic interface for mainframes and COBOL (hypercubic.ai)
69 points by sai18 15 hours ago | 41 comments
18.
Quack: The DuckDB Client-Server Protocol (duckdb.org)
274 points by aduffy 14 hours ago | 54 comments
19.
Canada’s Bill C-22 Is a Repackaged Version of Last Year’s Surveillance Nightmare (eff.org)
329 points by Brajeshwar 14 hours ago | 105 comments
20.
Reimagining the mouse pointer for the AI era (deepmind.google)
191 points by devhouse 14 hours ago | 162 comments
21.
When life gives you lemons, write better error messages (wix-ux.com)
148 points by luispa 4 days ago | 51 comments
22.
Launch HN: Voker (YC S24) – Analytics for AI Agents (voker.ai)
52 points by ttpost 16 hours ago | 19 comments
23.
Extremely Low Frequencies (computer.rip)
209 points by pinewurst 1 day ago | 26 comments
24.
Show HN: A modern Music Player Daemon based on Rockbox firmware (github.com/tsirysndr)
116 points by tsiry 3 days ago | 25 comments
25.
Instructure pays ransom to Canvas hackers (insidehighered.com)
254 points by Cider9986 1 day ago | 235 comments
26.
Show HN: Gigacatalyst – Extend your SaaS with an embedded AI builder
48 points by namanyayg 15 hours ago | 19 comments
27.
Show HN: Statewright – Visual state machines that make AI agents reliable (github.com/statewright)
91 points by azurewraith 17 hours ago | 33 comments
28.
Kraftwerk's radical 1976 track (bbc.com)
145 points by tcp_handshaker 9 hours ago | 83 comments
29.
Dead.Letter (CVE-2026-45185) – How XBOW found an unauthenticated RCE on Exim (xbow.com)
66 points by fedek_ 14 hours ago | 41 comments
30.
Griffin PowerMate driver for modern macOS (github.com/jameslockman)
80 points by classichasclass 1 day ago | 29 comments

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