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The source code was the moat. But not anymore • Feb 7, 2026 at 6:24 PM • philipotoole.com • Lobsters
222
The silent death of good code • Feb 7, 2026 at 6:23 PM • amit.prasad.me • Hacker News
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Is the 'Death of Reading' Narrative Wrong? • Feb 7, 2026 at 6:12 PM • persuasion.community • Slashdot
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I built a Gardening Tracker to help keep things organised • Feb 7, 2026 at 6:07 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
27
Netflix Engineering: Creating a Source of Truth for Impression Events • Feb 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM • netflixtechblog.com • r/programming
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State Department deleting 17 years of tweets (2009-2025); preservation needed • Feb 7, 2026 at 5:58 PM • npr.org • Hacker News
346
Waymo exec reveals company uses remote workers in the Philippines • Feb 7, 2026 at 5:36 PM • people.com • Hacker News
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GitBlack: Tracing America's Foundation • Feb 7, 2026 at 5:32 PM • gitblack.vercel.app • Hacker News
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FDA intends to take action against non-FDA-approved GLP-1 drugs • Feb 7, 2026 at 5:25 PM • fda.gov • Hacker News
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Layoffs Surge 118% in January – The Highest Since 2009 • Feb 7, 2026 at 5:13 PM • cnbc.com • Hacker News
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Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist, apocalypse linked to the 'end of modernity' • Feb 7, 2026 at 5:03 PM • fortune.com • Hacker News
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You Are Here • Feb 7, 2026 at 4:49 PM • brooker.co.za • Hacker News
30
How do I even post here without getting auto deleted? • Feb 7, 2026 at 4:47 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
242
Tiny C Compiler • Feb 7, 2026 at 4:45 PM • bellard.org • Hacker News
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Italy Railways Sabotaged • Feb 7, 2026 at 4:43 PM • bbc.co.uk • Hacker News
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Waymo Reveals Remote Workers In Philippines Sometimes Advise Its Driverless Cars • Feb 7, 2026 at 4:41 PM • newsweek.com • Slashdot
245
What are some of the most impressive libraries under 1,000 lines of code? • Feb 7, 2026 at 4:34 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
21
Compiling Prolog to Forth • Feb 7, 2026 at 4:32 PM • vfxforth.com • Lobsters
32
Top AI models fail at >96% of tasks • Feb 7, 2026 at 4:20 PM • zdnet.com • Hacker News
34
The Science of the Perfect Second (2023) • Feb 7, 2026 at 4:19 PM • harpers.org • Hacker News
14
Barn Owls Know When to Wait • Feb 7, 2026 at 4:14 PM • blog.typeobject.com • Hacker News
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Microsoft appointed a quality czar. He has no direct reports and no budget. • Feb 7, 2026 at 4:12 PM • jpcaparas.medium.com • r/programming
86
vouch: a contributor trust management system based on explicit vouches to participate • Feb 7, 2026 at 4:03 PM • github.com/mitchellh • Lobsters
14
We have broken SHA-1 in practice • Feb 7, 2026 at 3:34 PM • shattered.io • Hacker News
272
Supermassive black holes sit in ‘eye of their own storms,’ studies find • Feb 7, 2026 at 3:29 PM • news.uchicago.edu • r/science
194
Let's compile Quake like it's 1997! • Feb 7, 2026 at 3:16 PM • fabiensanglard.net • r/programming
23
I've created a new guestbook service - come join! • Feb 7, 2026 at 3:11 PM • kami.bearblog.dev • Bear
1011
Maternal perinatal depression - psychological distress occurring during pregnancy or postpartum - elevates the risk of autistic-related traits in toddlers, with a particularly strong impact on girls, finds Japanese study of over 23,000 mother-child pairs. • Feb 7, 2026 at 3:10 PM • eurekalert.org • r/science
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Your Best Thinking Is Wasted on the Wrong Decisions • Feb 7, 2026 at 3:07 PM • iankduncan.com • Lobsters
32
Adventures in Guix Packaging • Feb 7, 2026 at 3:03 PM • nemin.hu • Lobsters
10
NASA delays moon rocket launch by a month after fuel leaks during test • Feb 7, 2026 at 3:01 PM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
6
Typing for love or money: the hidden women’s labor behind modern literary masterpieces • Feb 7, 2026 at 2:56 PM • publicdomainreview.org • ~books
465
Microsoft account bugs locked me out of Notepad – Are thin clients ruining PCs? • Feb 7, 2026 at 2:51 PM • windowscentral.com • Hacker News
16
Show HN: A delightful Mac app to vibe code beautiful iOS apps • Feb 7, 2026 at 2:49 PM • milq.ai • Hacker News
101
Bitcoin Dropped Nearly 30% This Week. But Why? • Feb 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM • cnn.com • Slashdot
167
Brookhaven Lab's RHIC concludes 25-year run with final collisions • Feb 7, 2026 at 2:07 PM • hpcwire.com • Hacker News
23
Weekly thread for casual chat and photos of pets • Feb 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM • tildes.net • ~life.pets
33
Penisgate erupts at Olympics; scandal exposes risks of bulking your bulge • Feb 7, 2026 at 1:43 PM • arstechnica.com • Hacker News
51
An open replacement for the IBM 3174 Establishment Controller • Feb 7, 2026 at 1:39 PM • github.com/lowobservable • Hacker News
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We mourn our craft • Feb 7, 2026 at 1:32 PM • nolanlawson.com • Hacker News
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Finland's women's hockey team appears to be improving after outbreak of norovirus depleted its roster and forced the postponement of their first game at the 2026 Winter Olympics • Feb 7, 2026 at 1:27 PM • apnews.com • ~sports.hockey
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NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and person close to Trump • Feb 7, 2026 at 1:14 PM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
10
European Speedrunner Assembly’s Winter 2026 event, a weeklong charity marathon featuring speedruns, is live (runs February 6 - 14) • Feb 7, 2026 at 1:10 PM • twitch.tv • ~games
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I saw this cool navigation reveal, so I made a simple HTML+CSS version • Feb 7, 2026 at 1:10 PM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
443
Speed up responses with fast mode • Feb 7, 2026 at 1:08 PM • code.claude.com • Hacker News
53
MS-DOS game copy protection and cracks • Feb 7, 2026 at 1:07 PM • dosdays.co.uk • Hacker News
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Epstein took a photo of his 2015 dinner with Zuckerberg and Musk • Feb 7, 2026 at 1:06 PM • xcancel.com • Hacker News
166
New Study of 217,000 Adults Finds Higher Blood Omega-3 Levels Linked to 35–40% Lower Early-Onset Dementia Risk • Feb 7, 2026 at 1:06 PM • ayubanutrition.de • r/science
58
Reverse-Engineering Raiders of the Lost Ark for the Atari 2600 • Feb 7, 2026 at 12:58 PM • github.com/joshuanwalker • Hacker News
31
Game Boy Advance d-pad capacitor measurements • Feb 7, 2026 at 12:55 PM • gekkio.fi • Lobsters
63
Trending Posts • Feb 7, 2026 at 12:53 PM • jbrr.dev • Bear
15
Google and Microsoft Paying Creators $500K+ to Promote AI Tools • Feb 7, 2026 at 12:47 PM • cnbc.com • Hacker News
175
Show HN: I saw this cool navigation reveal, so I made a simple HTML+CSS version • Feb 7, 2026 at 12:45 PM • github.com/Momciloo • Hacker News
555
I write games in C (yes, C) (2016) • Feb 7, 2026 at 12:45 PM • jonathanwhiting.com • Hacker News
40
AI hallucination cases - When lawyers use hallucinated legal content • Feb 7, 2026 at 12:43 PM • damiencharlotin.com • ~tech
20
I built a 1v1 multiplayer guess the flag site. No ads, no login. • Feb 7, 2026 at 12:40 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
458
SectorC: A C Compiler in 512 bytes (2023) • Feb 7, 2026 at 12:39 PM • xorvoid.com • Hacker News
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Wolves killed more than 2,100 reindeer in Finland last year – herders suspect Russian wolf numbers have exploded after hunters were sent to the frontline in Ukraine • Feb 7, 2026 at 12:38 PM • theguardian.com • ~enviro
31
US users: how are you watching Olympics coverage? • Feb 7, 2026 at 12:31 PM • tildes.net • ~sports
58
The Contagious Taste of Cancer • Feb 7, 2026 at 12:31 PM • historytoday.com • Hacker News
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U.S. jobs disappear at fastest January pace since great recession • Feb 7, 2026 at 12:31 PM • forbes.com • Hacker News
15
Hackers 1995 ( UPDATE ) + GitHub repo • Feb 7, 2026 at 12:29 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
22
I tried making homemade Whoppers | Claire Recreates • Feb 7, 2026 at 12:22 PM • youtube.com • ~food
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Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters • Feb 7, 2026 at 12:14 PM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
14
Moltbook was peak AI theater • Feb 7, 2026 at 12:13 PM • technologyreview.com • Hacker News
5
Real-time collaborative draw.io inside a local-first LaTeX/Typst editor • Feb 7, 2026 at 12:11 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
20
Deadly dust: Explosions at Didion Milling • Feb 7, 2026 at 12:07 PM • youtube.com • ~engineering
62
Google Translate apparently vulnerable to prompt injection • Feb 7, 2026 at 12:04 PM • lesswrong.com • Hacker News
43
Living offline • Feb 7, 2026 at 11:50 AM • basic.bearblog.dev • Bear
870
Anxiety disorders aren’t caused by a single "anxiety gene". Instead, there are 58 genetic variants each of which makes a small contribution to the disease. This pattern is also known from depression and other complex mental illnesses, according to the largest genetic study on anxiety disorders • Feb 7, 2026 at 11:40 AM • uni-wuerzburg.de • r/science
57
Free Bi-Directional EV Chargers Tested to Improve Massachusetts Power Grid • Feb 7, 2026 at 11:34 AM • masscec.com • Slashdot
34
Beyond agentic coding • Feb 7, 2026 at 11:27 AM • haskellforall.com • Lobsters
1311
RIP Postman free tier. Here's an open-source local-first alternative we've been building for over a year • Feb 7, 2026 at 11:24 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
31
I turned that viral "IDE Resume" into a real, functional web app. • Feb 7, 2026 at 11:09 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
37
What Is Stoicism? • Feb 7, 2026 at 11:06 AM • stoacentral.com • Hacker News
112
(Bsky thread) "This turns the maintainer into an unwitting vibe coder" • Feb 7, 2026 at 11:01 AM • bsky.app • Lobsters
174
Japan's Dododo Land, the most irritating place on Earth • Feb 7, 2026 at 10:56 AM • soranews24.com • Hacker News
436
British drivers over 70 to face eye tests every three years • Feb 7, 2026 at 10:55 AM • bbc.com • Hacker News
396
Python Only Has One Real Competitor • Feb 7, 2026 at 10:55 AM • mccue.dev • r/programming
153
Al Lowe on model trains, funny deaths and working with Disney • Feb 7, 2026 at 10:52 AM • spillhistorie.no • Hacker News
42
StrongDM's AI team build serious software without even looking at the code • Feb 7, 2026 at 10:41 AM • simonwillison.net • Hacker News
292
First Proof • Feb 7, 2026 at 10:25 AM • arxiv.org • Hacker News
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Google staff call for firm to cut ties with ICE • Feb 7, 2026 at 10:19 AM • bbc.com • Hacker News
746
Software factories and the agentic moment • Feb 7, 2026 at 10:05 AM • factory.strongdm.ai • Hacker News
277
Stories from 25 Years of Software Development • Feb 7, 2026 at 9:42 AM • susam.net • Hacker News
373
GLM-OCR – A multimodal OCR model for complex document understanding • Feb 7, 2026 at 9:15 AM • github.com/zai-org • Hacker News
22
ReMemory - Split a recovery key among friends • Feb 7, 2026 at 8:58 AM • eljojo.github.io • Lobsters
117
We interfaced single-threaded C++ with multi-threaded Rust • Feb 7, 2026 at 8:45 AM • antithesis.com • Hacker News
33
3 Years - 100s of Commits • Feb 7, 2026 at 8:36 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
1141
France's homegrown open source online office suite • Feb 7, 2026 at 8:34 AM • github.com/suitenumerique • Hacker News
31
Is the detachment in the room? - Agents, cruelty, and empathy • Feb 7, 2026 at 8:27 AM • hailey.at • ~tech
73
Hacking the last Z80 computer – FOSDEM 2026 [video] • Feb 7, 2026 at 8:09 AM • fosdem.org • Hacker News
945
Coding agents have replaced every framework I used • Feb 7, 2026 at 8:07 AM • blog.alaindichiappari.dev • Hacker News
1206
The human brain processes romantic partners differently than close friends, specifically within the reward system. These findings offer insight into how the biological drivers of romantic love may evolve from passion to companionship over time. • Feb 7, 2026 at 8:01 AM • psypost.org • r/science
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Omarchy First Impressions • Feb 7, 2026 at 7:54 AM • brianlovin.com • Hacker News
136
Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback • Feb 7, 2026 at 7:53 AM • rlhfbook.com • Hacker News
20
LLMs could be, but shouldn't be compilers • Feb 7, 2026 at 7:23 AM • alperenkeles.com • Lobsters
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A Horrible Conclusion • Feb 7, 2026 at 7:20 AM • addisoncrump.info • Lobsters
276
Hoot: Scheme on WebAssembly • Feb 7, 2026 at 7:18 AM • spritely.institute • Hacker News
67
Claude Code is the Inflection Point • Feb 7, 2026 at 7:00 AM • newsletter.semianalysis.com • Slashdot
5
I made a game where everyone just presses the same button • Feb 7, 2026 at 6:50 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
337
LLMs as natural language compilers: What the history of FORTRAN tells us about the future of coding. • Feb 7, 2026 at 6:41 AM • cyber-omelette.com • r/programming
90
RISC-V Vector Primer • Feb 7, 2026 at 6:38 AM • github.com/simplex-micro • Hacker News
6255
Women with ADHD experience more perimenopausal symptoms, and earlier in life. This link may be due to consequences of ADHD such as anxiety and lower socio economic status. More intense symptoms also come from the relationship between estrogen and ADHD. • Feb 7, 2026 at 6:33 AM • psychologytoday.com • r/science
48
Flirt: The Native Backend • Feb 7, 2026 at 6:31 AM • blog.buenzli.dev • Hacker News
88
Stories From 25 Years of Software Development • Feb 7, 2026 at 6:27 AM • susam.net • Lobsters
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Big Tech's AI Push Is Costing More Than the Moon Landing • Feb 7, 2026 at 6:23 AM • wsj.com • Hacker News
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The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else • Feb 7, 2026 at 6:21 AM • washingtonpost.com • Hacker News
54
Best Heroku Alternatives • Feb 7, 2026 at 6:12 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
25
Flirt: The Native Backend • Feb 7, 2026 at 5:30 AM • blog.buenzli.dev • Lobsters
190
I built an open-source DAW using React, as a windows alternative for garageband • Feb 7, 2026 at 5:26 AM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
2487
Recreational ecstasy use is linked to lasting memory impairments. A new analysis indicates that people who use the drug recreationally perform worse on cognitive tests than those who have never used it. • Feb 7, 2026 at 5:23 AM • psypost.org • r/science
74
Claude Code Is the Inflection Point • Feb 7, 2026 at 5:13 AM • newsletter.semianalysis.com • Hacker News
92
UK infants ill after drinking contaminated baby formula of Nestle and Danone • Feb 7, 2026 at 4:34 AM • bbc.com • Hacker News
188
Trial to paid conversion is 23% for users who hit our aha moment, but most people never get there. • Feb 7, 2026 at 4:31 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
134
Rome is studded with cannon balls (2022) • Feb 7, 2026 at 4:10 AM • essenceofrome.com • Hacker News
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US to bankroll far-right think tanks in Europe against digital laws • Feb 7, 2026 at 4:07 AM • brusselstimes.com • Hacker News
174
200 commits. Still grinding. Here’s the progress on my 3D modeling web app.🥳 • Feb 7, 2026 at 3:42 AM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
14
I built an open-source browser-based video editor with WebGPU rendering • Feb 7, 2026 at 3:31 AM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
13
Show HN: Compile-Time Vibe Coding • Feb 7, 2026 at 3:19 AM • github.com/Michael-JB • Hacker News
37
Is Javascript + Node.js a good choice for my basic RPG game? • Feb 7, 2026 at 3:05 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
563
Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself • Feb 7, 2026 at 2:37 AM • jesperordrup.github.io • Hacker News
61
I built a 15KB zero-dependency lip-sync engine that makes any 2D browser avatar talk from streaming audio • Feb 7, 2026 at 2:34 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
28
Show HN: Slop News – HN front page now, but it's all slop • Feb 7, 2026 at 2:20 AM • dosaygo-studio.github.io • Hacker News
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Trump says America should move on from Epstein – it may not be that easy • Feb 7, 2026 at 1:56 AM • bbc.com • Hacker News
259
Kanchipuram Saris and Thinking Machines • Feb 7, 2026 at 1:19 AM • altermag.com • Hacker News
51
Typing for Love or Money: The Hidden Labor Behind Modern Literary Masterpieces • Feb 7, 2026 at 12:50 AM • publicdomainreview.org • Hacker News
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"The Stanford scam proves America is becoming a nation of grifters" • Feb 7, 2026 at 12:26 AM • thetimes.com • Hacker News
47
Zlob.h 100% POSIX and glibc compatible globbing lib that is faste and better • Feb 7, 2026 at 12:07 AM • github.com/dmtrKovalenko • Hacker News
125
Waymo is Having a Hard Time Stopping For School Buses • Feb 7, 2026 at 12:00 AM • theverge.com • Slashdot
55
What's good in modern flashlights/headlamps? • Feb 6, 2026 at 11:41 PM • tildes.net • ~hobbies
20
Building web based games is a good option? • Feb 6, 2026 at 11:36 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
49
Bob Beck (OpenBSD) on why vi should stay vi (2006) • Feb 6, 2026 at 11:15 PM • marc.info • Lobsters
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Support for banning hate speech tends to decrease as people get older • Feb 6, 2026 at 11:06 PM • psypost.org • r/science
100
Hello world does not compile • Feb 6, 2026 at 10:05 PM • github.com/anthropics • Hacker News
104
Female Asian Elephant Calf Born at the Smithsonian National Zoo • Feb 6, 2026 at 9:35 PM • si.edu • Hacker News
11
A new comet was just discovered. Will it be visible in broad daylight? • Feb 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM • phys.org • Hacker News
409
Why I Joined OpenAI • Feb 6, 2026 at 8:45 PM • brendangregg.com • Hacker News
322
Socioeconomic disadvantage accelerates one’s biological age. Anxiety appeared to be a really significant mediator between exposure and the outcome of epigenetic age acceleration. • Feb 6, 2026 at 8:44 PM • news.illinois.edu • r/science
26
emacs-tramp-rpc: High-performance TRAMP backend using JSON-RPC instead of shell parsing • Feb 6, 2026 at 8:40 PM • github.com/ArthurHeymans • Lobsters
620P
WiFi could become an invisible mass surveillance system • Feb 6, 2026 at 8:16 PM • scitechdaily.com • Hacker News
32
why there are so few classics on the goodreads top 100 • Feb 6, 2026 at 8:12 PM • tiramisu.bearblog.dev • Bear
54
Bash scripts are brittle – simple error handling in bash • Feb 6, 2026 at 8:10 PM • notifox.com • Hacker News
71
WebView performance significantly slower than PWA • Feb 6, 2026 at 8:10 PM • issues.chromium.org • Hacker News
239
I'm going to cure my girlfriend's brain tumor • Feb 6, 2026 at 8:05 PM • andrewjrod.substack.com • Hacker News
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Epstein arranged a meeting between highest-level Russian spy and Peter Thiel • Feb 6, 2026 at 7:19 PM • bsky.app • Hacker News
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Software engineer mental health crisis • Feb 6, 2026 at 7:03 PM • twitter.com/tomdale • Hacker News
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Amazon's Tax Bill Plunges 87% After Tax Cuts • Feb 6, 2026 at 7:01 PM • politico.com • Slashdot
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Introducing the Developer Knowledge API and MCP Server • Feb 6, 2026 at 6:58 PM • developers.googleblog.com • Hacker News