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1.
Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI (skyview.social)
1419 points by christoph-heiss 1 day ago | 1675 comments
2.
Package managers keep using Git as a database, it never works out (nesbitt.io)
681 points by birdculture 1 day ago | 381 comments
3.
How uv got so fast (nesbitt.io)
1020 points by zdw 21 hours ago | 340 comments
4.
LearnixOS (learnix-os.com)
244 points by gtirloni 1 day ago | 97 comments
5.
Experts explore new mushroom which causes fairytale-like hallucinations (utah.edu)
420 points by astronads 21 hours ago | 243 comments
6.
My insulin pump controller uses the Linux kernel. It also violates the GPL (reddit.com)
448 points by davisr 19 hours ago | 204 comments
7.
The Algebra of Loans in Rust (nadrieril.github.io)
214 points by g0xA52A2A 4 days ago | 106 comments
8.
Show HN: Witr – Explain why a process is running on your Linux system (github.com/pranshuparmar)
378 points by pranshuparmar 23 hours ago | 79 comments
9.
Show HN: Xcc700: Self-hosting mini C compiler for ESP32 (Xtensa) in 700 lines (github.com/valdanylchuk)
136 points by isitcontent 23 hours ago | 25 comments
10.
FFmpeg has issued a DMCA takedown on GitHub (twitter.com/ffmpeg)
501 points by merlindru 20 hours ago | 170 comments
11.
MiniMax M2.1: Built for Real-World Complex Tasks, Multi-Language Programming (minimaxi.com)
213 points by 110 1 day ago | 76 comments
12.
How Lewis Carroll computed determinants (2023) (johndcook.com)
191 points by tzury 19 hours ago | 50 comments
13.
TurboDiffusion: 100–200× Acceleration for Video Diffusion Models (github.com/thu-ml)
239 points by meander_water 1 day ago | 44 comments
14.
Show HN: Gaming Couch – a local multiplayer party game platform for 8 players (gamingcouch.com)
421 points by ChaosOp 6 days ago | 114 comments
15.
Seven Diabetes Patients Die Due to Undisclosed Bug in Abbott's Glucose Monitors (sfconservancy.org)
427 points by pabs3 1 day ago | 144 comments
16.
The best things and stuff of 2025 (fogus.me)
309 points by adityaathalye 3 days ago | 35 comments
17.
Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?
250 points by kwar13 1 day ago | 351 comments
18.
Tiled Art (tiled.art)
252 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)
141 points by zdw 4 days ago | 95 comments
21.
Parasites plagued Roman soldiers at Hadrian's Wall (arstechnica.com)
70 points by sipofwater 7 days ago | 49 comments
22.
Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2026?
222 points by meridion 1 day ago | 362 comments
23.
Drawing with zero-width characters (swerdlow.dev)
110 points by benswerd 19 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 | 53 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)
110 points by titaniumtown 5 days ago | 130 comments
27.
Tachyon: High frequency statistical sampling profiler (python.org)
97 points by vismit2000 5 days ago | 3 comments
28.
When a driver challenges the kernel's assumptions (online.fr)
76 points by todsacerdoti 1 day ago | 20 comments
29.
Gaussian Splatting 3 Ways (github.com/nullandkale)
66 points by nullandkale 19 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 | 17 comments

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