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Why I Always End Up Going Back to C • Jan 29, 2026 at 8:08 PM • deplet.ing • Hacker News
123
No, Cloudflare's Matrix server isn't an earnest project • Jan 29, 2026 at 7:43 PM • nexy.blog • Lobsters
185
Bluesky 2025 Transparency Report • Jan 29, 2026 at 6:48 PM • bsky.social • Hacker News
48
10 Years of Wasm: A Retrospective • Jan 29, 2026 at 6:37 PM • bytecodealliance.org • Lobsters
47
Tildes Book Club - January 2026 - Fire on the Mountain by Terry Bisson • Jan 29, 2026 at 5:59 PM • tildes.net • ~books
193
Employers, please use postmarked letters for job applications (2025) • Jan 29, 2026 at 5:49 PM • soapstone.mradford.com • Hacker News
523
Grid: Free, local-first, browser-based 3D printing/CNC/laser slicer • Jan 29, 2026 at 5:38 PM • grid.space • Hacker News
152
Making 8k–14k/month as a freelancer… and scaling still feels like a trap • Jan 29, 2026 at 5:30 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
265
Do you view it as an annoyance when a website has no passwords, but rather send a 1 time code to your email each time you wanna access? • Jan 29, 2026 at 5:28 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
311
Backseat Software • Jan 29, 2026 at 5:10 PM • blog.mikeswanson.com • Hacker News
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County Pays $600,000 To Pentesters It Arrested For Assessing Courthouse Security • Jan 29, 2026 at 5:02 PM • arstechnica.com • yro.slashdot
150P
EFF to Close Friday in Solidarity with National Shutdown • Jan 29, 2026 at 4:51 PM • eff.org • Hacker News
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I'm building a web app that requires API access to sensitive accounts - how can I build trust early on? • Jan 29, 2026 at 4:13 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
75
Building docs like a product • Jan 29, 2026 at 4:11 PM • emschwartz.me • Hacker News
699
Retiring GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and OpenAI o4-mini in ChatGPT • Jan 29, 2026 at 4:02 PM • openai.com • Hacker News
164
iPhone 16 Best-Selling Smartphone in 2025; Apple Takes 7 Spots in Top Models • Jan 29, 2026 at 3:49 PM • counterpointresearch.com • Hacker News
415
The WiFi only works when it's raining (2024) • Jan 29, 2026 at 3:47 PM • predr.ag • Hacker News
22
Disrupting the world's largest residential proxy network • Jan 29, 2026 at 3:41 PM • cloud.google.com • ~tech
173
Apple buys Israeli startup Q.ai • Jan 29, 2026 at 3:37 PM • techcrunch.com • Hacker News
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Slopaganda: AI images posted by the White House and what they teach us • Jan 29, 2026 at 3:35 PM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
146P
Reid Hoffman: Silicon Valley can't be neutral any longer • Jan 29, 2026 at 3:35 PM • sfstandard.com • Hacker News
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Swarms of AI personas mimic humans so well they can infiltrate online communities, shape conversations and tilt elections. Early warning signs include AI-generated deepfakes and fabricated news outlets that influenced recent election debates. AI swarms could tilt the balance of power in democracies. • Jan 29, 2026 at 3:23 PM • eurekalert.org • r/science
52
Solving Fossil's ASCII art CAPTCHA in 171 characters • Jan 29, 2026 at 2:57 PM • blog.nns.ee • Lobsters
73
Vercel Alternative for 1 Million Visitors Per Month • Jan 29, 2026 at 2:32 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
102
Microsoft Admits Windows 11 Has a Trust Problem, Promises To Focus on Fixes in 2026 • Jan 29, 2026 at 2:22 PM • it.slashdot.org • Slashdot
15928
Study: Marijuana Access Associated With “Striking” Decline in Daily Opioid Use by IV Drug Consumers • Jan 29, 2026 at 2:14 PM • norml.org • r/science
895
PlayStation 2 Recompilation Project Is Absolutely Incredible • Jan 29, 2026 at 1:55 PM • redgamingtech.com • Hacker News
151
SpaceX in Merger Talks with xAI • Jan 29, 2026 at 1:53 PM • reuters.com • Hacker News
763
How we created more tech debt in 6 months than in a 10-year-old system • Jan 29, 2026 at 1:50 PM • superkacper4.github.io • r/programming
640P
County pays $600k to pentesters it arrested for assessing courthouse security • Jan 29, 2026 at 1:48 PM • arstechnica.com • Hacker News
149P
Founding is a snowball • Jan 29, 2026 at 1:46 PM • blog.bawolf.com • Hacker News
384
My Mom and Dr. DeepSeek (2025) • Jan 29, 2026 at 1:45 PM • restofworld.org • Hacker News
79P
Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4M followers reports TikTok ban • Jan 29, 2026 at 1:42 PM • aljazeera.com • Hacker News
152
Ratchets in software development (2021) • Jan 29, 2026 at 1:31 PM • qntm.org • Hacker News
89
OpenAI's In-House Data Agent • Jan 29, 2026 at 1:17 PM • openai.com • Hacker News
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Tesla is committing automotive suicide • Jan 29, 2026 at 1:16 PM • electrek.co • Hacker News
715
Best Gas Masks • Jan 29, 2026 at 1:01 PM • theverge.com • Hacker News
343
AI’s impact on engineering jobs may be different than expected • Jan 29, 2026 at 1:00 PM • semiengineering.com • Hacker News
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A new study from Chicago found that every 1% increase in eviction rate in a census tract was associated with 2.66 more shootings. The study also showed that evictions disrupt a neighborhood’s “collective efficacy,” or residents’ shared belief in their ability to work together for the common good. • Jan 29, 2026 at 12:29 PM • news.uchicago.edu • r/science
235
The largest zip tie is nearly 4 feet long and $75 • Jan 29, 2026 at 12:08 PM • thedrive.com • Hacker News
991
Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive worlds • Jan 29, 2026 at 12:02 PM • blog.google • Hacker News
366
MicroPythonOS graphical operating system delivers Android-like user experience • Jan 29, 2026 at 11:54 AM • cnx-software.com • Hacker News
24P
Sean McCoy at the Western Gate • Jan 29, 2026 at 11:50 AM • jaredsinclair.bearblog.dev • Bear
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Mozilla is building an AI 'rebel alliance' to take on OpenAI, Anthropic • Jan 29, 2026 at 11:46 AM • cnbc.com • Hacker News
336
Launch HN: AgentMail (YC S25) – An API that gives agents their own email inboxes • Jan 29, 2026 at 11:42 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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Wolverhampton Wanderers have agreed to sell Jørgen Strand Larsen to Crystal Palace after receiving a bid totalling £50m for the Norway striker • Jan 29, 2026 at 11:32 AM • theguardian.com • ~sports.football
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A true artificial lung system kept a man alive for 2 days until he could get a transplant | The new system put oxygen into his blood while maintaining blood flow through the heart • Jan 29, 2026 at 11:25 AM • sciencenews.org • r/science
67
Apple says Patreon creators must switch to subscription billing • Jan 29, 2026 at 11:22 AM • theverge.com • ~tech
174
Show HN: Kolibri, a DIY music club in Sweden • Jan 29, 2026 at 11:19 AM • kolibrinkpg.com • Hacker News
85
Microsoft stock plummets as investors fret on AI spend • Jan 29, 2026 at 11:14 AM • finance.yahoo.com • Hacker News
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US cybersecurity chief leaked sensitive government files to ChatGPT: Report • Jan 29, 2026 at 11:12 AM • dexerto.com • Hacker News
85
Windows 11 Has Reached 1 Billion Users Faster Than Windows 10 • Jan 29, 2026 at 11:12 AM • theverge.com • Slashdot
416
Drug trio found to block tumour resistance in pancreatic cancer in mouse models • Jan 29, 2026 at 11:11 AM • drugtargetreview.com • Hacker News
426
You can code only 4 hours per day. Here’s why. • Jan 29, 2026 at 11:07 AM • newsletter.techworld-with-milan.com • r/programming
30
What creative projects have you been working on? • Jan 29, 2026 at 11:00 AM • tildes.net • ~creative
103
Heating homes with the largest particle accelerator • Jan 29, 2026 at 10:49 AM • home.cern • Hacker News
8P
‘Rage knitting’ against the machine: the hobbyists putting anti-US Immigration and Customs Enforcement messages into crafts • Jan 29, 2026 at 10:45 AM • theguardian.com • ~arts
477
Is the RAM shortage killing small VPS hosts? • Jan 29, 2026 at 10:42 AM • fourplex.net • Hacker News
224
Benchmarking OpenTelemetry: Can AI trace your failed login? • Jan 29, 2026 at 10:37 AM • quesma.com • Hacker News
178
US trade deficit widens by the most in nearly 34 years in November • Jan 29, 2026 at 10:26 AM • finance.yahoo.com • Hacker News
163
Waymo Robotaxi Hits a Child Near an Elementary School in Santa Monica • Jan 29, 2026 at 10:22 AM • techcrunch.com • Slashdot
6
Fitness Weekly Discussion • Jan 29, 2026 at 10:00 AM • tildes.net • ~health
333
Deep dive into Turso, the “SQLite rewrite in Rust” • Jan 29, 2026 at 9:51 AM • kerkour.com • Hacker News
281
How to choose colors for your CLI applications (2023) • Jan 29, 2026 at 9:49 AM • blog.xoria.org • Hacker News
313
Moltworker: a self-hosted personal AI agent, minus the minis • Jan 29, 2026 at 9:43 AM • blog.cloudflare.com • Hacker News
52
Seven of the World's Ten Best-Selling Smartphones in 2025 Were iPhones • Jan 29, 2026 at 9:40 AM • counterpointresearch.com • Slashdot
6
How sustainable Copenhagen became fashion's fifth city – in twenty years the Danish capital's fashion week has pushed for greener standards and catapulted homegrown talent • Jan 29, 2026 at 9:29 AM • theguardian.com • ~design
98
How to explain Generative AI in the classroom • Jan 29, 2026 at 9:23 AM • dalelane.co.uk • Hacker News
103
How to Choose Colors for Your CLI Applications (2023) • Jan 29, 2026 at 9:20 AM • blog.xoria.org • Lobsters
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The dev who asks too many questions is the one you need in your team • Jan 29, 2026 at 9:19 AM • leadthroughmistakes.substack.com • r/programming
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Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica • Jan 29, 2026 at 9:08 AM • techcrunch.com • Hacker News
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Claude Code daily benchmarks for degradation tracking • Jan 29, 2026 at 8:59 AM • marginlab.ai • Hacker News
39
Steam Deck hits 25,000 games Valve have rated Playable or Verified • Jan 29, 2026 at 8:44 AM • gamingonlinux.com • ~games
719P
A lot of population numbers are fake • Jan 29, 2026 at 8:36 AM • davidoks.blog • Hacker News
238
A Step Behind the Bleeding Edge: A Philosophy on AI in Dev • Jan 29, 2026 at 8:20 AM • somehowmanage.com • Hacker News
703
AGENTS.md outperforms skills in our agent evals • Jan 29, 2026 at 8:08 AM • vercel.com • Hacker News
205
The Sovereign Tech Fund invests in Scala • Jan 29, 2026 at 7:42 AM • scala-lang.org • Hacker News
295
Once again processing 11 million rows, now in seconds • Jan 29, 2026 at 7:15 AM • stitcher.io • r/webdev
300
TÜV Report 2026: Tesla Model Y has the worst reliability of all 2022–2023 cars (2025) • Jan 29, 2026 at 7:07 AM • autoevolution.com • Hacker News
528
The tech market is fundamentally fucked up and AI is just a scapegoat • Jan 29, 2026 at 7:03 AM • bayramovanar.substack.com • Hacker News
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Scientists develop new nanomaterial that triggers chemical reactions inside cancer cells, killing them while leaving healthy tissues alone. When administered in mice bearing human breast cancer cells, it completely eradicated the cancer without side effects, with long-term prevention of recurrence. • Jan 29, 2026 at 6:41 AM • news.oregonstate.edu • r/science
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Narcissism shows surprisingly consistent patterns across 53 countries, study finds. The findings suggest that younger adults, men, and individuals who perceive themselves as having high social status tend to display higher levels of narcissistic traits, regardless of their cultural background. • Jan 29, 2026 at 6:01 AM • psypost.org • r/science
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Vitamin D and Omega-3 have a larger effect on depression than antidepressants • Jan 29, 2026 at 5:35 AM • blog.ncase.me • Hacker News
39
Git Shitstorm: How to Make Any Developer Lose Their Mind • Jan 29, 2026 at 5:33 AM • einenlum.com • r/webdev
171
AI on Australian travel company website sent tourists to nonexistent hot springs • Jan 29, 2026 at 5:15 AM • cnn.com • Hacker News
402P
“When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure” — Goodhart’s law • Jan 29, 2026 at 5:10 AM • l.perspectiveship.com • r/programming
170
Software Survival 3.0 • Jan 29, 2026 at 4:32 AM • steve-yegge.medium.com • Hacker News
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TypeScript inventor Anders Hejlsberg calls AI "a big regurgitator of stuff someone else has done" but still sees it changing the way software dev is done and reshaping programming tools • Jan 29, 2026 at 4:08 AM • devclass.com • r/programming
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Autism is linked to hundreds of different genes, yet many autistic people share similar features. Now, researchers at UCLA and Stanford University report that distinct autism-linked mutations begin to converge on common biological pathways during early brain development. • Jan 29, 2026 at 4:08 AM • technologynetworks.com • r/science
110P
Phantom Obligation • Jan 29, 2026 at 3:34 AM • terrygodier.com • Lobsters
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9front "GEFS SERVICE PACK 1" released • Jan 29, 2026 at 3:22 AM • 9front.org • Lobsters
88
30 years of ReactOS • Jan 29, 2026 at 3:20 AM • reactos.org • Lobsters
28
How to instantly change all text on your website to be lowercase • Jan 29, 2026 at 2:19 AM • kami.bearblog.dev • Bear
22
How to instantly change all text on your website to be lowercase • Jan 29, 2026 at 2:19 AM • kami.bearblog.dev • Bear
803
Europe’s next-generation weather satellite sends back first images • Jan 29, 2026 at 2:07 AM • esa.int • Hacker News
152
Carnegie Mellon Unversity Computer Club FTP Server • Jan 29, 2026 at 12:59 AM • 128.237.157.9 • Hacker News
73
Why do RSS readers look like email clients? • Jan 29, 2026 at 12:40 AM • terrygodier.com • Hacker News
36P
Changing negative narratives • Jan 29, 2026 at 12:28 AM • robertbirming.com • Bear
26P
Changing negative narratives • Jan 29, 2026 at 12:28 AM • robertbirming.com • Bear
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I’m having anxiety attacks due to AI • Jan 29, 2026 at 12:22 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
51
Elon Musk says Tesla ending Models S and X production • Jan 28, 2026 at 11:55 PM • cnbc.com • ~transport
11
Why academic competition >> athletic competition • Jan 28, 2026 at 11:40 PM • everestera.substack.com • ~humanities
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Astrological CPU Scheduler • Jan 28, 2026 at 11:18 PM • github.com/zampierilucas • Hacker News
796
We can’t send mail farther than 500 miles (2002) • Jan 28, 2026 at 10:58 PM • web.mit.edu • Hacker News
54
Some notes on starting to use Django • Jan 28, 2026 at 10:39 PM • jvns.ca • Lobsters
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I let my wife have an affair. Do I have to console her now that it’s over? • Jan 28, 2026 at 10:36 PM • nytimes.com • ~life
33
Extremophile Molds Are Invading Art Museums • Jan 28, 2026 at 10:30 PM • scientificamerican.com • science.slashdot
294
Maine’s ‘Lobster Lady’ who fished for nearly a century dies aged 105 • Jan 28, 2026 at 9:11 PM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
476
Mermaid ASCII: Render Mermaid diagrams in your terminal • Jan 28, 2026 at 9:08 PM • github.com/lukilabs • Hacker News
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A web server on a single floppy disk • Jan 28, 2026 at 9:00 PM • floppy.ddns.net • Hacker News