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1.
Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI (skyview.social)
1367 points by christoph-heiss 18 hours ago | 1631 comments
2.
Package managers keep using Git as a database, it never works out (nesbitt.io)
622 points by birdculture 19 hours ago | 357 comments
3.
How uv got so fast (nesbitt.io)
829 points by zdw 15 hours ago | 272 comments
4.
The Algebra of Loans in Rust (nadrieril.github.io)
209 points by g0xA52A2A 4 days ago | 102 comments
5.
MiniMax M2.1: Built for Real-World Complex Tasks, Multi-Language Programming (minimaxi.com)
210 points by 110 1 day ago | 76 comments
6.
LearnixOS (learnix-os.com)
217 points by gtirloni 19 hours ago | 88 comments
7.
FFmpeg has issued a DMCA takedown on GitHub (twitter.com/ffmpeg)
466 points by merlindru 14 hours ago | 152 comments
8.
TurboDiffusion: 100–200× Acceleration for Video Diffusion Models (github.com/thu-ml)
236 points by meander_water 1 day ago | 43 comments
9.
My insulin pump controller uses the Linux kernel. It also violates the GPL (reddit.com)
407 points by davisr 13 hours ago | 177 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)
420 points by pabs3 1 day ago | 140 comments
12.
Experts explore new mushroom which causes fairytale-like hallucinations (utah.edu)
366 points by astronads 15 hours ago | 187 comments
13.
Tiled Art (tiled.art)
248 points by meander_water 7 days ago | 12 comments
14.
Show HN: Xcc700: Self-hosting mini C compiler for ESP32 (Xtensa) in 700 lines (github.com/valdanylchuk)
114 points by isitcontent 17 hours ago | 20 comments
15.
Show HN: Witr – Explain why a process is running on your Linux system (github.com/pranshuparmar)
304 points by pranshuparmar 17 hours ago | 44 comments
16.
Unix "find" expressions compiled to bytecode (nullprogram.com)
110 points by rcarmo 19 hours ago | 15 comments
17.
Paperbacks and TikTok (calnewport.com)
139 points by zdw 4 days ago | 94 comments
18.
How Lewis Carroll computed determinants (2023) (johndcook.com)
172 points by tzury 13 hours ago | 43 comments
19.
Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?
220 points by kwar13 19 hours ago | 306 comments
20.
Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2026?
213 points by meridion 1 day ago | 347 comments
21.
Building an AI agent inside a 7-year-old Rails monolith (catalinionescu.dev)
102 points by cionescu1 1 day ago | 47 comments
22.
The best things and stuff of 2025 (fogus.me)
228 points by adityaathalye 3 days ago | 25 comments
23.
Geometric Algorithms for Translucency Sorting in Minecraft [pdf] (douira.dev)
70 points by HeliumHydride 22 hours ago | 22 comments
24.
Tachyon: High frequency statistical sampling profiler (python.org)
95 points by vismit2000 4 days ago | 3 comments
25.
What happened to all the gold Spain got from the New World? (1985) (straightdope.com)
100 points by titaniumtown 5 days ago | 120 comments
26.
When a driver challenges the kernel's assumptions (online.fr)
73 points by todsacerdoti 1 day ago | 19 comments
27.
Gaussian Splatting 3 Ways (github.com/nullandkale)
66 points by nullandkale 13 hours ago | 7 comments
28.
Overlooked No More: Inge Lehmann, Who Discovered the Earth's Inner Core (nytimes.com)
85 points by Hooke 4 days ago | 15 comments
29.
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
30.
ChatGPT conversations still lack timestamps after years of requests (community.openai.com)
229 points by Valid3840 19 hours ago | 151 comments

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