35
Messy 2026 F1 cars leave a deeply disturbing impression • Feb 17, 2026 at 1:18 AM • the-race.com • ~sports.motorsports
217
Xbox UI Portfolio Site • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:53 AM • gabrielcabrera.co • Hacker News
1169
The world’s oldest known vertebrates had two pairs of eyes • Feb 16, 2026 at 11:52 PM • newatlas.com • r/science
759
Infrastructure decisions I endorse or regret after 4 years at a startup (2024) • Feb 16, 2026 at 10:23 PM • cep.dev • Hacker News
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Deer prevent forests from regrowing on abandoned farmland by consuming saplings and depleting the "seedbank" in the soil, an 18-year Cornell study finds. But while high deer density halts reforestation, it unexpectedly boosts overall plant diversity by preventing dominant weeds from taking over. • Feb 16, 2026 at 9:42 PM • journals.plos.org • r/science
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Poor Deming never stood a chance • Feb 16, 2026 at 9:13 PM • surfingcomplexity.blog • Hacker News
208
Built a video downloader with drag & drop and zero ads • Feb 16, 2026 at 9:01 PM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
106
An AI CEO said something honest: ExperiencedDevs • Feb 16, 2026 at 8:59 PM • reddit.com • Hacker News
329
Thinking hard burns almost no calories but destroys your next workout • Feb 16, 2026 at 8:55 PM • vo2maxpro.com • Hacker News
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Poor Deming never stood a chance • Feb 16, 2026 at 8:11 PM • surfingcomplexity.blog • Lobsters
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Dark web agent spotted bedroom wall clue to rescue girl from abuse • Feb 16, 2026 at 8:01 PM • bbc.com • Hacker News
750
AI is destroying open source, and it's not even good yet • Feb 16, 2026 at 7:26 PM • jeffgeerling.com • Hacker News
529
AI is destroying open source, and it's not even good yet • Feb 16, 2026 at 7:15 PM • youtube.com • r/programming
223
Dolphin Emulator - Rise of the Triforce • Feb 16, 2026 at 7:12 PM • dolphin-emu.org • r/programming
23
Samsung Ad Confirms Rumors of a Useful S26 'Privacy Display' • Feb 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM • theverge.com • yro.slashdot
177
Building for an audience of one: starting and finishing side projects with AI • Feb 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM • codemade.net • Hacker News
148
Show HN: Scanned 1927-1945 Daily USFS Work Diary • Feb 16, 2026 at 6:40 PM • forestrydiary.com • Hacker News
266P
H-1B Exposed: Banking sector visa sponsorship investigation • Feb 16, 2026 at 6:15 PM • h1bexposed.tech • Hacker News
244
Running NanoClaw in a Docker Shell Sandbox • Feb 16, 2026 at 5:53 PM • docker.com • Hacker News
174
My 1981 adventure game is now a multimedia extravaganza • Feb 16, 2026 at 5:35 PM • technologizer.com • Hacker News
169
The Mongol Khans of Medieval France • Feb 16, 2026 at 5:27 PM • historytoday.com • Hacker News
91
Rise of the Triforce • Feb 16, 2026 at 5:24 PM • dolphin-emu.org • Lobsters
25
'They've probably been untouched for 49 million years': The New Mexico cave expanding our search for alien life • Feb 16, 2026 at 5:11 PM • bbc.com • ~science
68
Modern CSS Code Snippets • Feb 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM • modern-css.com • Lobsters
75
The Point of My Low Traffic Blog • Feb 16, 2026 at 4:29 PM • sebastianmalloy.bearblog.dev • Bear
519
Rise of the Triforce • Feb 16, 2026 at 4:24 PM • dolphin-emu.org • Hacker News
520
SkillsBench: Benchmarking how well agent skills work across diverse tasks • Feb 16, 2026 at 4:15 PM • arxiv.org • Hacker News
175
Show HN: Wildex – Pokémon Go for real wildlife • Feb 16, 2026 at 4:12 PM • apps.apple.com • Hacker News
397
Show HN: Free alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, and Monologue • Feb 16, 2026 at 4:10 PM • github.com/zachlatta • Hacker News
135
Anthropic's CEO Says AI and Software Engineers Are in 'Centaur Phase' - But It Won't Last Long • Feb 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM • businessinsider.com • Slashdot
284
The maintenance burden of AI-assisted codebases is different from traditional tech debt • Feb 16, 2026 at 3:52 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
181
Suicide Linux (2009) • Feb 16, 2026 at 3:34 PM • qntm.org • Hacker News
1965
The Amazon flipped to a net carbon source in 2023 releasing up to 170 million tons of CO2 as extreme heat—1.5°C above the 1991–2020 average—and drought weakened vegetation uptake more than fire activity according to new Max Planck Institute research. • Feb 16, 2026 at 3:24 PM • agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com • r/science
151
Testing Postgres race conditions with synchronization barriers • Feb 16, 2026 at 3:23 PM • lirbank.com • Hacker News
165
State of Show HN: 2025 • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:55 PM • blog.sturdystatistics.com • Hacker News
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Standard mental health tests may be inaccurate for highly intelligent people. Higher intelligence scores were associated with worse mental health. But for participants with high intelligence, the link between the specific questions and the general psychological condition became weaker. • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:25 PM • sciencedirect.com • r/science
71
Tesla 'Robotaxi' status check eight months in: a complete joke • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:18 PM • electrek.co • ~transport
107
Show HN: Breadboard – A modern HyperCard for building web apps on the canvas • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:18 PM • breadboards.io • Hacker News
260
Wero – Digital payment wallet, made in Europe • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:09 PM • wero-wallet.eu • Hacker News
72P
Our jobs are safe.. • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:05 PM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
79P
the tech-enabled surveillance of children • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM • blog.avas.space • Bear
235
Neurons outside the brain • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:54 PM • essays.debugyourpain.com • Hacker News
180
How not to answer the salary question • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:54 PM • adatosystems.com • Hacker News
212
Robert Duvall has died • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:52 PM • nytimes.com • Hacker News
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Swedes searching for their Colombian mothers forty years after their adoptions – government acknowledges processes were plagued with irregularities, from theft of babies to falsified documents • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:52 PM • english.elpais.com • ~life
434P
Use protocols, not services • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:44 PM • notnotp.com • Hacker News
172
A word processor from 1990s for Atari ST/TOS is still supported by enthusiasts • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:44 PM • tempus-word.de • Hacker News
1127
14-year-old Miles Wu folded origami pattern that holds 10k times its own weight • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:41 PM • smithsonianmag.com • Hacker News
667
What is the most "overrated" technology or trend in web development right now, and why? • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:30 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
499
"Token anxiety", a slot machine by any other name • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:23 PM • jkap.io • Hacker News
85
"token anxiety"; or, a slot machine by any other name • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:09 PM • jkap.io • Bear
267P
AI optimism is a class privilege • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:05 PM • joshcollinsworth.com • Hacker News
611P
Privilege is bad grammar • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:05 PM • tadaima.bearblog.dev • Hacker News
415
Here it comes... Chatgpt is gonna start showing "personalized" ads based on your chat history • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
308
Don't Trust the Salt: AI Summarization, Multilingual Safety, and LLM Guardrails • Feb 16, 2026 at 12:57 PM • royapakzad.substack.com • Hacker News
87
What's the point of having a low traffic blog? • Feb 16, 2026 at 12:42 PM • sameoldstory.co • Bear
147
Zero downtime migrations at petabyte scale (2024) • Feb 16, 2026 at 12:35 PM • planetscale.com • Hacker News
422
I guess I kinda get why people hate AI • Feb 16, 2026 at 12:22 PM • anthony.noided.media • Hacker News
34
A "Cosmic Odometer" that visualizes our helical path through the Milky Way and calculates your exact cosmic mileage since birth (or any other date) • Feb 16, 2026 at 12:20 PM • cosmicodometer.space • ~space
1897
Some brands of bottled water contain significantly higher levels of microplastics than tap water, according to results from a novel method for detecting nanoplastics. • Feb 16, 2026 at 12:20 PM • news.osu.edu • r/science
226
WebMCP Proposal • Feb 16, 2026 at 12:08 PM • webmachinelearning.github.io • Hacker News
110P
Ireland Launches World's First Permanent Basic Income Scheme For Artists, Paying $385 a Week • Feb 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM • irishcentral.com • Slashdot
1922
Higher cardiorespiratory fitness correlates with greater emotional resilience as researchers find lower-fit individuals face a 775% increased risk of shifting from moderate to high anxiety under stress compared to fitter peers who maintain significantly better anger control and lower trait anxiety. • Feb 16, 2026 at 11:55 AM • sciencedirect.com • r/science
139
How to take a photo with scotch tape (lensless imaging) [video] • Feb 16, 2026 at 11:55 AM • youtube.com • Hacker News
7
What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? • Feb 16, 2026 at 11:00 AM • tildes.net • ~food
78
What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? • Feb 16, 2026 at 11:00 AM • tildes.net • ~games
298
PostgreSQL Bloat Is a Feature, Not a Bug • Feb 16, 2026 at 10:31 AM • rogerwelin.github.io • r/programming
68P
Palantir was allegedly hacked, exposing CIA collusion and deep-rooted global surveillance/meddling • Feb 16, 2026 at 10:31 AM • x.com/KimDotcom • ~tech
119
Agent Psychosis: Are We Going Insane? • Feb 16, 2026 at 10:17 AM • lucumr.pocoo.org • r/webdev
113
Show HN: Maths, CS and AI Compendium • Feb 16, 2026 at 10:15 AM • github.com/HenryNdubuaku • Hacker News
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Pentagon Threatens Anthropic Punishment • Feb 16, 2026 at 10:01 AM • axios.com • Slashdot
83
TIL: Docker log rotation • Feb 16, 2026 at 9:58 AM • ntietz.com • Lobsters
226
iOS 27 'Rave' Update to Clean Up Code, Could Boost Battery Life • Feb 16, 2026 at 9:50 AM • macrumors.com • Hacker News
502P
UK Discord users were part of a Peter Thiel-linked data collection experiment • Feb 16, 2026 at 9:48 AM • rockpapershotgun.com • Hacker News
729
What your Bluetooth devices reveal • Feb 16, 2026 at 9:39 AM • blog.dmcc.io • Hacker News
283
The Sideprocalypse • Feb 16, 2026 at 9:26 AM • johan.hal.se • Hacker News
215
-fbounds-safety: Enforcing bounds safety for C • Feb 16, 2026 at 9:05 AM • clang.llvm.org • Hacker News
374
Running My Own XMPP Server • Feb 16, 2026 at 8:39 AM • blog.dmcc.io • Hacker News
863P
Ministry of Justice orders deletion of the UK's largest court reporting database • Feb 16, 2026 at 8:30 AM • legalcheek.com • Hacker News
210
How do you improve as a developer in this AI era without getting left behind? • Feb 16, 2026 at 8:27 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
188
Please consider tagging a vibecoding griefpost or hypepost as a rant • Feb 16, 2026 at 7:44 AM • lobste.rs • Lobsters
679
Thanks a lot, AI: Hard drives are sold out for the year, says WD • Feb 16, 2026 at 7:28 AM • mashable.com • Hacker News
353
Evaluating AGENTS.md: are they helpful for coding agents? • Feb 16, 2026 at 7:15 AM • arxiv.org • Hacker News
611P
The Israeli spyware firm that accidentally just exposed itself • Feb 16, 2026 at 7:00 AM • ahmedeldin.substack.com • Hacker News
193
Show HN: Glitchy camera – a circuit-bent camera simulator in the browser • Feb 16, 2026 at 6:57 AM • glitchycam.com • Hacker News
632
Anthropic tries to hide Claude's AI actions. Devs hate it • Feb 16, 2026 at 6:06 AM • theregister.com • Hacker News
3145
Cannabis use associated with better decision-making skills in people with bipolar disorder. These cognitive benefits were primarily associated with moderate use. Moderate use was defined as using cannabis between four and twenty-four times per week. • Feb 16, 2026 at 6:02 AM • psypost.org • r/science
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Intermittent fasting no better than typical weight loss diets, study finds. Researchers say limited eating approaches such as 5:2 diet not a ‘miracle solution’ amid surge in their popularity. • Feb 16, 2026 at 5:45 AM • theguardian.com • r/science
227
MessageFormat: Unicode standard for localizable message strings • Feb 16, 2026 at 5:26 AM • github.com/unicode-org • Hacker News
1499
Why “Skip the Code, Ship the Binary” Is a Category Error • Feb 16, 2026 at 4:42 AM • open.substack.com • r/programming
639
Qwen3.5: Towards Native Multimodal Agents • Feb 16, 2026 at 4:32 AM • qwen.ai • Hacker News
59
MessageFormat: Unicode standard for localizable message strings • Feb 16, 2026 at 4:23 AM • github.com/unicode-org • Lobsters
164
February 16, 2005 — The Day YouTube Was Officially Registered • Feb 16, 2026 at 3:41 AM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
156
'I Tried Running Linux On an Apple Silicon Mac and Regretted It' • Feb 16, 2026 at 3:34 AM • msn.com • Slashdot
14
Magnus Carlsen survived and then won a dead-lost position against Fabiano Caruana to win his 21st world championship title at the 2026 FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship in Germany • Feb 16, 2026 at 3:26 AM • chess.com • ~games.tabletop
197
Picol: A Tcl interpreter in 500 lines of code • Feb 16, 2026 at 3:04 AM • github.com/antirez • Hacker News
62
open-source-games: A list of open source games • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:46 AM • github.com/bobeff • Lobsters
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I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive? • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:31 AM • mastodon.world • Hacker News