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1.
Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI (skyview.social)
1375 points by christoph-heiss 19 hours ago | 1637 comments
2.
Package managers keep using Git as a database, it never works out (nesbitt.io)
628 points by birdculture 20 hours ago | 359 comments
3.
How uv got so fast (nesbitt.io)
855 points by zdw 16 hours ago | 282 comments
4.
The Algebra of Loans in Rust (nadrieril.github.io)
211 points by g0xA52A2A 4 days ago | 102 comments
5.
LearnixOS (learnix-os.com)
221 points by gtirloni 20 hours ago | 90 comments
6.
My insulin pump controller uses the Linux kernel. It also violates the GPL (reddit.com)
413 points by davisr 14 hours ago | 180 comments
7.
MiniMax M2.1: Built for Real-World Complex Tasks, Multi-Language Programming (minimaxi.com)
210 points by 110 1 day ago | 76 comments
8.
FFmpeg has issued a DMCA takedown on GitHub (twitter.com/ffmpeg)
468 points by merlindru 15 hours ago | 155 comments
9.
TurboDiffusion: 100–200× Acceleration for Video Diffusion Models (github.com/thu-ml)
236 points by meander_water 1 day ago | 43 comments
10.
Show HN: Gaming Couch – a local multiplayer party game platform for 8 players (gamingcouch.com)
414 points by ChaosOp 5 days ago | 114 comments
11.
Seven Diabetes Patients Die Due to Undisclosed Bug in Abbott's Glucose Monitors (sfconservancy.org)
421 points by pabs3 1 day ago | 141 comments
12.
Experts explore new mushroom which causes fairytale-like hallucinations (utah.edu)
378 points by astronads 16 hours ago | 191 comments
13.
Show HN: Xcc700: Self-hosting mini C compiler for ESP32 (Xtensa) in 700 lines (github.com/valdanylchuk)
118 points by isitcontent 18 hours ago | 20 comments
14.
Show HN: Witr – Explain why a process is running on your Linux system (github.com/pranshuparmar)
315 points by pranshuparmar 17 hours ago | 46 comments
15.
Tiled Art (tiled.art)
249 points by meander_water 7 days ago | 12 comments
16.
Unix "find" expressions compiled to bytecode (nullprogram.com)
111 points by rcarmo 20 hours ago | 16 comments
17.
How Lewis Carroll computed determinants (2023) (johndcook.com)
174 points by tzury 14 hours ago | 45 comments
18.
Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?
228 points by kwar13 20 hours ago | 316 comments
19.
Paperbacks and TikTok (calnewport.com)
139 points by zdw 4 days ago | 94 comments
20.
Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2026?
213 points by meridion 1 day ago | 349 comments
21.
The best things and stuff of 2025 (fogus.me)
234 points by adityaathalye 3 days ago | 25 comments
22.
Building an AI agent inside a 7-year-old Rails monolith (catalinionescu.dev)
102 points by cionescu1 1 day ago | 47 comments
23.
Geometric Algorithms for Translucency Sorting in Minecraft [pdf] (douira.dev)
70 points by HeliumHydride 23 hours ago | 22 comments
24.
Parasites plagued Roman soldiers at Hadrian's Wall (arstechnica.com)
61 points by sipofwater 7 days ago | 39 comments
25.
Tachyon: High frequency statistical sampling profiler (python.org)
95 points by vismit2000 4 days ago | 3 comments
26.
What happened to all the gold Spain got from the New World? (1985) (straightdope.com)
101 points by titaniumtown 5 days ago | 120 comments
27.
When a driver challenges the kernel's assumptions (online.fr)
73 points by todsacerdoti 1 day ago | 20 comments
28.
Drawing with zero-width characters (swerdlow.dev)
102 points by benswerd 14 hours ago | 29 comments
29.
Gaussian Splatting 3 Ways (github.com/nullandkale)
66 points by nullandkale 13 hours ago | 7 comments
30.
Overlooked No More: Inge Lehmann, Who Discovered the Earth's Inner Core (nytimes.com)
85 points by Hooke 4 days ago | 16 comments

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