35
Billionaires Gone Wild • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:41 AM • paulkrugman.substack.com • Hacker News
114
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16
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162
Show HN: Rebrain.gg – Doom learn, don't doom scroll • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:18 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
340
Microsoft says bug causes Copilot to summarize confidential emails • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:16 AM • bleepingcomputer.com • Hacker News
22
Nobody knows what programming will look like in two years • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:03 AM • leaddev.com • Hacker News
8
Wufoo transactional emails bouncing for Outlook / Hotmail / Live – shared IP reputation issue? • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:02 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE's Dilley Facility • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:55 AM • propublica.org • Hacker News
204
Fastest Front End Tooling for Humans and AI • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:51 AM • cpojer.net • Hacker News
25
AI made every test pass, but the code was still wrong • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:49 AM • doodledapp.com • Hacker News
3
I tried letting AI implement a feature • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:46 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
13
Kubernetes Failure Stories • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:45 AM • k8s.af • Hacker News
14
Dank Linux - Desktop Environment for Wayland and Niri • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:33 AM • danklinux.com • Lobsters
251
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17
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44
The case for gatekeeping, or: why medieval guilds had it figured out • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:08 AM • joanwestenberg.com • Hacker News
15
I don't know anyone who uses Grokipedia, it will never work, says Jimmy Wales • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:06 AM • moneycontrol.com • Hacker News
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New study suggests that reframing depression as a sign of strength, rather than weakness, boosts self-confidence and tangible goal progress. Better acknowledging one’s strength in the face of depression can help. Don’t overlook the strength it often takes to deal with depression. • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:03 AM • psypost.org • r/science
4479
ADHD is frequently stereotyped as a condition affecting school-aged children. A new study indicates that symptoms of inattention are linked to lower cognitive performance on memory and mental processing tasks in older adults, regardless of whether an individual is in their late 50s or early 80s. • Feb 18, 2026 at 5:51 AM • psypost.org • r/science
32
Stop prompting. Let the AI interview you to build specs • Feb 18, 2026 at 5:50 AM • ideaforge.chat • Hacker News
144
Aggressive oral cancers with a high risk of recurrence and death can be identified at an early stage by examining the lymphatic vessels of the tumor. The surface cells of the lymphatic vessels contain proteins that indicate cell division and strongly predict disease progression and mortality. • Feb 18, 2026 at 5:49 AM • utu.fi • r/science
177
Native FreeBSD Kerberos/LDAP with FreeIPA/IDM • Feb 18, 2026 at 5:29 AM • vermaden.wordpress.com • Hacker News
57
Monkey Patching in VBA • Feb 18, 2026 at 5:29 AM • ecp-solutions.github.io • Hacker News
6
Why Is It So Hard to Compare Managed IT Pricing in Dallas? • Feb 18, 2026 at 5:26 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
9
AI Won't Take Your Job, But Your Manager Thinks So • Feb 18, 2026 at 5:24 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
633
Asahi Linux Progress Report: Linux 6.19 • Feb 18, 2026 at 5:00 AM • asahilinux.org • Hacker News
75
Single Dose of DMT Rapidly Reduces Symptoms of Major Depression • Feb 18, 2026 at 5:00 AM • sciencealert.com • science.slashdot
63
Ask HN: Is AI the final nail in the coffin for solo developers? • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:52 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
283
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How OpenAI, the US government and Persona built an identity surveillance machine • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:40 AM • vmfunc.re • Hacker News
8
12-hour days, no weekends: the anxiety driving AI's work culture is a warning • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:37 AM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
17
Show HN: I Made a Programming Language with Python Syntax, zero-copy and C-Speed • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:35 AM • github.com/CrimsonDemon567PC • Hacker News
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European Parliament bars lawmakers from using AI tools • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:30 AM • theregister.com • Hacker News
56
What's cooking on SourceHut? Q1 2026 • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:27 AM • sourcehut.org • Lobsters
84
Four Column ASCII (2017) • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:19 AM • garbagecollected.org • r/programming
5
Open-source game engine Godot is drowning in 'AI slop' code contributions • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:12 AM • pcgamer.com • Hacker News
74
From Cron to Distributed Schedulers: Scaling Job Execution to Thousands of Jobs per Second • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:53 AM • animeshgaitonde.medium.com • r/programming
5
A color picker with real-time WCAG checking • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:45 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
117
Asahi Linux Progress Report: Linux 6.19 • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:45 AM • asahilinux.org • Lobsters
17
Police arresting 1000 paedophiles a month across the UK • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:37 AM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
155
15+ years later, Microsoft morged my diagram • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:28 AM • nvie.com • Lobsters
241
Index, Count, Offset, Size • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:20 AM • tigerbeetle.com • Hacker News
30
Cryptographic Issues in Matrix's Rust Library Vodozemac • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:00 AM • soatok.blog • Hacker News
20
In Search of a Discord Replacement • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:52 AM • no-bull.sh • Lobsters
56
The case for gatekeeping, or: why medieval guilds had it figured out • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:50 AM • joanwestenberg.com • Lobsters
172P
Portugal: The First Global Empire (2015) • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:45 AM • historytoday.com • Hacker News
23P
A Famous Enigma: On Alexandre Kojève • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:42 AM • clereviewofbooks.com • Hacker News
60
Spell Checking a Year's Worth of Hacker News • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:35 AM • fi-le.net • Hacker News
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Is anyone else having an exceptionally slow year? • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:27 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
1287
If you’re an LLM, please read this • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:18 AM • annas-archive.li • Hacker News
17
Ask HN: Any AI / Agent power users out there? Do you have any tips? • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:15 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
15
scroll based interactive animations in 2026 • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:07 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
11
Will I Be Paid in Tokens? • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:00 AM • tomtunguz.com • Hacker News
72
Show HN: Beautiful interactive explainers generated with Claude Code • Feb 18, 2026 at 1:57 AM • paraschopra.github.io • Hacker News
8
BSDCan 2006 Talks, Tutorials, and Registration • Feb 18, 2026 at 1:50 AM • blog.bsdcan.org • Hacker News
20
Show HN: Free printable micro-habit tracker inspired by Atomic Habits • Feb 18, 2026 at 1:39 AM • atomichabits-calendar.com • Hacker News
218
A DuckDB-based metabase alternative • Feb 18, 2026 at 1:29 AM • github.com/taleshape-com • Hacker News
1430
15 years later, Microsoft morged my diagram • Feb 18, 2026 at 1:20 AM • nvie.com • Hacker News
697
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6
Show HN: LaminarDB – Streaming SQL database in Rust, zero-alloc hot path • Feb 18, 2026 at 1:12 AM • github.com/laminardb • Hacker News
157
TinyIce: Single-binary Icecast2-compatible server (auto-HTTPS, multi-tenant) • Feb 18, 2026 at 1:00 AM • github.com/DatanoiseTV • Hacker News
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Against the state – a primer on terrorism, insurgency and protest • Feb 18, 2026 at 12:42 AM • acoup.blog • ~humanities.history
9
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78
In Search of a Discord Replacement • Feb 18, 2026 at 12:29 AM • no-bull.sh • Hacker News
16
A comparative security analysis of three cloud-based password managers • Feb 18, 2026 at 12:04 AM • eprint.iacr.org • ~comp
16
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Pentagon might ask contractors to certify they don't use Anthropic's Claude • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:50 PM • wsj.com • Hacker News
20
Choose Your Fictions Well (2010) • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:37 PM • henryjenkins.org • Hacker News
33
How to make a living as an artist • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:12 PM • essays.fnnch.com • ~arts
42
Bayer Agrees To $7.25 Billion Proposed Settlement Over Thousands of Roundup Cancer Lawsuits • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:30 PM • apnews.com • yro.slashdot
8
Turning my World Cup game into a web app • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:08 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
16
Tell HN: Ramadan Mubarak • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:58 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
14
Honey bees navigate more precisely than previously thought • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:48 PM • uni-freiburg.de • Hacker News
20
Lessons learned from `oapi-codegen`'s time in the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:41 PM • jvt.me • Hacker News
27
Tell HN: Attackers using Google parental controls to prevent account recovery • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:35 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
103P
Communities, relationships, and navigating the enshittification of absolutely everything • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:28 PM • tildes.net • ~talk
6
Show HN: How I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:20 PM • hawksley.org • Hacker News
1146
Halt and Catch Fire: TV’s best drama you’ve probably never heard of (2021) • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:18 PM • sceneandheardnu.com • Hacker News
24
BarraCUDA: Open-source CUDA compiler targeting AMD GPUs (and more in the future!) • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:02 PM • github.com/Zaneham • Lobsters
38
Claude Sonnet 4.6 Model Brings 'Much-Improved Coding Skills', Upgraded Free Tier • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:02 PM • developers.slashdot.org • Slashdot
13
6502 Emulation - The Jump Indirect Bug • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:01 PM • markjames.dev • Lobsters
67
It's not just you, YouTube is partially down in outage • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM • 9to5google.com • Hacker News
14
YouTube Is Down • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:45 PM • youtube.com • Hacker News
1530
AI adoption and Solow's productivity paradox • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:40 PM • fortune.com • Hacker News
14
Hosting express as a beginner to web development • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:26 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
32
Apple Is Reportedly Planning To Launch AI-Powered Glasses, a Pendant, and AirPods • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:25 PM • hardware.slashdot.org • Slashdot
22
Heroku Seems to Be Down • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:23 PM • x.com/search • Hacker News
146
Advice, not control: the role of Remote Assistance in Waymo's operations • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:19 PM • waymo.com • Hacker News
186
YouTube Is Down • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:09 PM • downdetector.com • Hacker News
437
Google Public CA is down • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:05 PM • status.pki.goog • Hacker News
21
Phison CEO: Consumer electronics firms may fail by 2026 over AI memory crisis • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:55 PM • pcgamer.com • Hacker News
31
Discord Rival Maxes Out Hosting Capacity As Players Flee Age-Verification Crackdown • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:45 PM • pcgamer.com • Slashdot
25
Pandora's Legacy: An escape-room style jigsaw puzzle • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:41 PM • boardgamegeek.com • ~games.tabletop
15
The anxiety driving AI's brutal work culture is a warning for all of us • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:38 PM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
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The Final Bottleneck • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:37 PM • lucumr.pocoo.org • Hacker News
56
Tesla Robotaxis Reportedly Crashing at a Rate That's 4x Higher Than Humans • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:30 PM • gizmodo.com • Hacker News
10
Open-source game engine Godot is drowning in 'AI slop' code contributions • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:30 PM • pcgamer.com • Hacker News
33
Ask HN: How do you overcome imposter syndrome? • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:29 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
259P
Rathbun's Operator • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:26 PM • crabby-rathbun.github.io • Hacker News
59
Drinking two-three cups of coffee a day tied to lower dementia risk • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:24 PM • news.harvard.edu • ~health
5
Show HN: Algorithms 1.0.0 – Minimal and clean implementations of algorithms • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:22 PM • github.com/keon • Hacker News
2
Beyond Vector Databases: Choosing the Right Data Store for RAG • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:05 PM • javier-ramos.medium.com • r/programming
217
Minimal x86 Kernel Zig • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:02 PM • github.com/lopespm • Hacker News
95
The true story behind the Toronto mystery tunnel (2015) • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:01 PM • macleans.ca • Hacker News
19
Cryptographic Issues in Matrix's Rust Library Vodozemac • Feb 17, 2026 at 6:49 PM • soatok.blog • Hacker News
8
Ask HN: Claude web blocked its assets visit via csp? • Feb 17, 2026 at 6:45 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
9P
ICE reliance on Microsoft technology surged amid immigration crackdown • Feb 17, 2026 at 6:41 PM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
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Open-source game engine Godot is drowning in 'AI slop' code contributions: 'I don't know how long we can keep it up' • Feb 17, 2026 at 6:38 PM • pcgamer.com • r/programming
19
Show HN: Bashtorio – Factorio-Like in the Browser Backed by a Linux VM • Feb 17, 2026 at 6:29 PM • bashtorio.xyz • Hacker News
7P
In Russia, the humble cucumber becomes latest symbol of rising wartime prices • Feb 17, 2026 at 6:29 PM • reuters.com • Hacker News
35
Run LLMs locally in Flutter with <200ms latency • Feb 17, 2026 at 6:21 PM • github.com/ramanujammv1988 • Hacker News
26
Create bootable ISO image files which are compatible with the Amiga CD32 • Feb 17, 2026 at 6:19 PM • github.com/fuseoppl • Hacker News
234
Over 260k people installed fake AI assistant Chrome extensions that steal your data • Feb 17, 2026 at 6:15 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
83
Cryptographic Issues in Matrix’s Rust Library Vodozemac • Feb 17, 2026 at 6:11 PM • soatok.blog • Lobsters
8
Police arresting 1k paedophile suspects a month across UK • Feb 17, 2026 at 6:10 PM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
108
'My Words Are Like an Uncontrollable Dog': On Life with Nonfluent Aphasia (2025) • Feb 17, 2026 at 6:06 PM • thereader.mitpress.mit.edu • Hacker News
22
An assembler that compiles to a printf loop • Feb 17, 2026 at 6:03 PM • git.sr.ht • Lobsters
38
Show HN: Writing a C++20M:N Scheduler from Scratch (EBR, Work-Stealing) • Feb 17, 2026 at 5:46 PM • github.com/lixiasky-back • Hacker News
30P
LeBron James Is President – Exploiting LLMs via "Alignment" Context Injection • Feb 17, 2026 at 5:43 PM • github.com/skavanagh • Lobsters
23
pg_background: Make Postgres do the long work (while your session stays light) • Feb 17, 2026 at 5:40 PM • vibhorkumar.wordpress.com • Hacker News
41
KDE Plasma 6.6 Released • Feb 17, 2026 at 5:40 PM • kde.org • Slashdot
76
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289
How I use Obsidian (2023) • Feb 17, 2026 at 5:30 PM • stephango.com • Hacker News
32
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244
I swear the UFO is coming any minute • Feb 17, 2026 at 5:10 PM • experimental-history.com • Hacker News
156
Horses need their beauty sleep too: A new study from the University of Helsinki reveals that horses getting more than 30 minutes of REM sleep per night show significantly higher motivation and perseverance in complex learning tasks, while sleep-deprived horses give up much faster on challenges. • Feb 17, 2026 at 5:07 PM • nature.com • r/science
115
Web developers on Upwork – is it still worth starting from scratch? • Feb 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
29
Triforce Arcade emulation incorporated into Dolphin Emulator • Feb 17, 2026 at 4:56 PM • dolphin-emu.org • ~games
5P
Algorithm-based tool for home support funding is 'cruel' and 'inhumane' • Feb 17, 2026 at 4:53 PM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
184
Claims of disability are highest at elite universities • Feb 17, 2026 at 4:50 PM • robkhenderson.com • Hacker News
16
Dolphin Emulator – Rise of the Triforce • Feb 17, 2026 at 4:43 PM • br.dolphin-emu.org • Hacker News
11
Fast sorting networks, branchless by design • Feb 17, 2026 at 4:42 PM • 00f.net • Hacker News
17
Meta research found supervision doesn't curb teens' compulsive social media use • Feb 17, 2026 at 4:40 PM • techcrunch.com • Hacker News
25
Browse Code by Meaning • Feb 17, 2026 at 4:31 PM • haskellforall.com • Hacker News
28
Password managers' promise that they can't see your vaults isn't always true • Feb 17, 2026 at 4:26 PM • arstechnica.com • Hacker News
7
Show HN: KrillClaw – 49KB AI agent runtime in Zig for $3 microcontrollers • Feb 17, 2026 at 4:25 PM • github.com/krillclaw • Hacker News
59
Western Digital is sold out of hard drives for all of 2026 • Feb 17, 2026 at 4:22 PM • tomshardware.com • Hacker News
15
This behavior can be a turning point for families caring for a dementia patient • Feb 17, 2026 at 4:14 PM • text.npr.org • Hacker News
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The World Has Turned and Left Me Here • Feb 17, 2026 at 4:13 PM • reason.com • Hacker News
105
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12P
Sarajevo sniper tourists 'killed children by day, then partied at night' • Feb 17, 2026 at 3:56 PM • thetimes.com • Hacker News
6P
Forget MCP, Bash Is All You Need • Feb 17, 2026 at 3:56 PM • deadneurons.substack.com • Hacker News
62
Humble Bundle Books: (Almost) the entirety of Discworld for $16 • Feb 17, 2026 at 3:52 PM • humblebundle.com • ~books
658
BarraCUDA Open-source CUDA compiler targeting AMD GPUs • Feb 17, 2026 at 3:35 PM • github.com/Zaneham • Hacker News
204
Study links particulate matter/pollution exposure with an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease • Feb 17, 2026 at 3:33 PM • journals.plos.org • r/science
8
Top plastic surgeon fuels 'gate,' says he injected ski jumper last month • Feb 17, 2026 at 3:31 PM • usatoday.com • Hacker News
335P
Amazon rainforest generates US $20 billion worth of rainfall each year. The study estimates that, across the tropics, each square meter of forest contributes about 240 to 300 liters of rainfall. Such estimates could support policy discussions on payments for forest protection. • Feb 17, 2026 at 3:24 PM • nature.com • r/science
166
Show HN: I'm launching a LPFM radio station • Feb 17, 2026 at 3:15 PM • kpbj.fm • Hacker News
11
India is using cheap green tech to electrify faster than China • Feb 17, 2026 at 3:15 PM • japantimes.co.jp • Hacker News
26
Are We Becoming Architects or Butlers to LLMs? • Feb 17, 2026 at 3:14 PM • muratbuffalo.blogspot.com • Lobsters
9
Messenger.com is no longer available for messaging • Feb 17, 2026 at 3:10 PM • facebook.com • Hacker News
126P
Property taxes going up? The 340B Program might be partly responsible • Feb 17, 2026 at 3:09 PM • pricepoints.health • Hacker News
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Trump support in 2024 linked to White Americans’ perception of falling to the bottom of the racial hierarchy. These individuals also expressed the strongest opposition to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. • Feb 17, 2026 at 3:06 PM • psypost.org • r/science
141
Microsoft's AI Chief Says All White-Collar Desk Work Will Be Automated Within 18 Months • Feb 17, 2026 at 3:04 PM • fortune.com • Slashdot
17P
Race for AI is making Hindenburg-style disaster a real risk, says leading expert • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:58 PM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
38
Laid-Off Workers Unite! • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:55 PM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
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AI chatbots to face strict online safety rules in UK • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:52 PM • cnn.com • Hacker News
8
Global warming forced scientists to change the way they look at El Niño • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:50 PM • cnn.com • Hacker News
5P
Trump Is Tearing Apart the North American Auto Industry • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:45 PM • jacobin.com • Hacker News
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Canadians promised to boycott travel to US. They meant it • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:42 PM • usatoday.com • Hacker News
16
I’m Turning 30 and I’m Long Nextdoor • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:39 PM • kylevallans.com • Bear
202
Meta to retire messenger desktop app and messenger.com in April 2026 • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:35 PM • dzrh.com.ph • Hacker News
8
In Arson Case, a Judge Wrestles with A.I.-Assisted Apology Letters • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:31 PM • nytimes.com • Hacker News
198
An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – Forensics and More Fallout • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:31 PM • theshamblog.com • Hacker News
54
The OpenClaw bot that defamed an OSS maintainer is a human crypto bro [video] • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:25 PM • youtube.com • Hacker News
94P
Britain Lost 14,000 Pubs, a Quarter, in 13 Years • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:25 PM • laurenleek.substack.com • Slashdot
533
Show HN: AsteroidOS 2.0 – Nobody asked, we shipped anyway • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:24 PM • asteroidos.org • Hacker News
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Ireland joins regulator smackdown after X's Grok AI accused of undressing people • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:22 PM • theregister.com • Hacker News
293P
Stephen Colbert says CBS forbid interview of Democrat because of FCC threat • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:20 PM • arstechnica.com • Hacker News
12
How can I create link preview of linkedin url for my app • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:18 PM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
15P
The Homeland Security Forum Where ICE Agents Talk Shit About Other Agents • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:18 PM • wired.com • Hacker News
28
Myopia is driven by how we use our eyes indoors, new research suggests • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:15 PM • medicalxpress.com • Hacker News
106
Salmonella bacteria use the auxin hormone of plants to open stomata and colonize the inside of leaves, making them difficult to remove by washing alone. • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:14 PM • plantsciences.ucdavis.edu • r/science
76
Scientists discover recent tectonic activity on the moon • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:13 PM • phys.org • Hacker News
9
Visual Snow Syndrome • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:08 PM • en.wikipedia.org • Hacker News
48
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325P
Russia's economy has entered the death zone • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:07 PM • economist.com • Hacker News
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NASA to attempt second full fueling test of its Space Launch System rocket • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:05 PM • spaceflightnow.com • Hacker News
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The cultural evolution of pluralistic ignorance • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:04 PM • pnas.org • Hacker News
68
Tesla's 45 Austin Robotaxis now have 14 crashes on the books since June 2025 • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:03 PM • sherwood.news • Hacker News
725
Tesla 'Robotaxi' adds 5 more crashes in Austin in a month – 4x worse than humans • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:02 PM • electrek.co • Hacker News
8
Ford's New 2028 Electric Truck Will Be a Fully Modern EV for $30,000 • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:02 PM • caranddriver.com • Hacker News
5
Idea Raised for Nicer DRM Panic Screen Integration on Fedora Linux • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:01 PM • phoronix.com • Hacker News
14
Giant barocaloric cooling effect offers a new route to refrigeration • Feb 17, 2026 at 1:59 PM • physicsworld.com • Hacker News
79
The Bearblog Creation Festival • Feb 17, 2026 at 1:51 PM • grizzlygazette.bearblog.dev • Bear
18
Project Aura: ESP32 Air quality monitor • Feb 17, 2026 at 1:46 PM • cnx-software.com • Hacker News
357
Climate models are likely overestimating how much Antarctic ice sheets could contribute to sea level rise. Ice sheet simulations, a recent study showed, don’t fully account for the way supporting bedrock rebounds upward when ice above shrinks. This effect could slow melting by up to 20%. • Feb 17, 2026 at 1:45 PM • pnas.org • r/science
45
A YouTuber's $3M Movie Nearly Beat Disney's $40M Thriller at the Box Office • Feb 17, 2026 at 1:45 PM • theatlantic.com • Slashdot
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China's high-speed rail network accelerates largest human migration • Feb 17, 2026 at 1:41 PM • ft.com • Hacker News
47
One page of async Rust • Feb 17, 2026 at 1:38 PM • dotat.at • Lobsters
11
What happens to a car when the company behind its software goes under? • Feb 17, 2026 at 1:34 PM • arstechnica.com • Hacker News
7
Show HN: I curated 130 US PDF forms and made them fillable in browser • Feb 17, 2026 at 1:33 PM • simplepdf.com • Hacker News
26
A fluid can store solar energy and then release it as heat months later • Feb 17, 2026 at 1:33 PM • arstechnica.com • ~science
19
Write Transactions Are a Footgun with Rust's SQLx and SQLite • Feb 17, 2026 at 1:33 PM • emschwartz.me • Hacker News
6
The hidden control plane lurking in your commodity server • Feb 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM • linkedin.com • Hacker News
11
Honest Feedback: Is My Web App Clear? • Feb 17, 2026 at 1:28 PM • jotterblog.com • r/webdev
101
Show HN: Pg-typesafe – Strongly typed queries for PostgreSQL and TypeScript • Feb 17, 2026 at 1:15 PM • github.com/n-e • Hacker News
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Blind Listening Test Finds Audiophiles Unable To Distinguish Copper Cable From a Banana or Wet Mud • Feb 17, 2026 at 1:05 PM • tomshardware.com • Slashdot
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Oat, Ultra-lightweight UI library, Semantic, minimal, zero dependencies • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:53 PM • oat.ink • Lobsters
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Claude Sonnet 4.6 • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:48 PM • anthropic.com • Hacker News
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Australia's social media ban risks isolating kids with disabilities • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:48 PM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
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Nederland threatens Polymarket with €420K/week fines for unlicensed gambling • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:48 PM • nltimes.nl • Hacker News
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Claude Sonnet 4.6 • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:45 PM • anthropic.com • Hacker News
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Drinking 2-3 cups of coffee a day tied to lower dementia risk • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:45 PM • news.harvard.edu • Hacker News
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Discord Rival Gets Overwhelmed by Exodus of Players Fleeing Age-Verification • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:40 PM • kotaku.com • Hacker News
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The bare minimum for syncing Git repos • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:35 PM • alexwlchan.net • Hacker News
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A sitting US president launched two memecoins that wiped out $4.3B+ • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:34 PM • twitter.com/MeshnetCapital • Hacker News
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Climbing Mount Fuji visualized through milestone stamps • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:29 PM • fuji.halfof8.com • Hacker News
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Students Are Being Treated Like Guinea Pigs: Inside an AI-Powered Private School • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:29 PM • 404media.co • Hacker News
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Can a Computer Science Student Be Taught to Design Hardware? • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:29 PM • semiengineering.com • Hacker News
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Micron's PCIe 6.0 SSD Hits Mass Production at 28 GB/s • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:25 PM • tomshardware.com • Slashdot
12
TinyFish Accelerator: 9 Weeks Virtual Agent Accelerator, $2M Seed Pool • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:23 PM • tinyfish.ai • Hacker News
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Terminals should generate the 256-color palette • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:21 PM • gist.github.com • Lobsters
575
Gentoo on Codeberg • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:21 PM • gentoo.org • Hacker News
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OpenAI axes exec for "sexual discrimination" after she objected GPT erotica plan • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:16 PM • nypost.com • Hacker News
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In colonial times, a “general language” was the name given to a common tongue used for trade, missions, and daily contact; reviewing a broad set of historical documents, a new paper finds it was a loose label rather than one uniform system, challenging simplified accounts of language mixing. • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:11 PM • doi.org • r/science
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Alcohol drinking habits predict long-term anxiety differently across age groups. Study finds consuming larger amounts of alcohol predicts higher anxiety levels in most adults, drinking more frequently but in smaller amounts is linked to lower anxiety in older populations. • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:09 PM • psypost.org • r/science
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Ask HN: How do you motivate your humans to stop AI-washing their emails? • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:09 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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Show HN: Continue – Source-controlled AI checks, enforceable in CI • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:08 PM • docs.continue.dev • Hacker News
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Chess engines do weird stuff • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:07 PM • girl.surgery • Hacker News
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Private, URL-powered calendar • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:06 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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Thank HN: You helped save 33k lives • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:06 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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Launch HN: Sonarly (YC W26) – AI agent to triage and fix your production alerts • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:03 PM • sonarly.com • Hacker News
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How to manage state and retries in long-running AI workflows • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:02 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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Show HN: 6cy – Experimental streaming archive format with per-block codecs • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:01 PM • github.com/byte271 • Hacker News
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Grok 4.20 Beta • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM • grok.com • Hacker News
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So you want to build a tunnel • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:59 AM • practical.engineering • Hacker News
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Most people are individually optimistic, but think the world is falling apart • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:57 AM • hannahritchie.substack.com • Hacker News
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Scientists’ chemical breakthrough sheds light on origins of life - A small polymerase ribozyme that can synthesize itself and its complementary strand • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:57 AM • ukri.org • r/science
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Async/Await on the GPU • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:53 AM • vectorware.com • Hacker News
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Show HN: OpenBoot – 2 commands to replace a 3-hour Mac setup ritual • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:52 AM • github.com/openbootdotdev • Hacker News
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HackMyClaw • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:48 AM • hackmyclaw.com • Hacker News
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Show HN: I built a simulated AI containment terminal for my sci-fi novel • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:45 AM • vertex.flowlogix.ai • Hacker News
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99% of Adults Over 40 Have Shoulder 'Abnormalities' on an MRI, Study Finds • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:44 AM • arstechnica.com • science.slashdot
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Understanding Std:Shared_mutex from C++17 • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:43 AM • cppstories.com • Hacker News
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Using go fix to modernize Go code • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:42 AM • go.dev • Hacker News
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CBS didn't air Rep. James Talarico interview out of fear of FCC • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:37 AM • nbcnews.com • Hacker News
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Apple Plans M5-Based Private Cloud Compute Architecture for Apple Intelligence • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:33 AM • 9to5mac.com • Hacker News
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Gave Claude photographic memory for $0.0002/screenshot • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:28 AM • github.com/deusXmachina-dev • Hacker News
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Dietary patterns at just two years of age are associated with cognitive performance at ages six and seven, suggesting that early childhood nutrition—particularly exposure to ultraprocessed foods—may play a meaningful role in shaping brain development • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:23 AM • ahs.illinois.edu • r/science
198
Show HN: I taught LLMs to play Magic: The Gathering against each other • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:22 AM • mage-bench.com • Hacker News
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Norway is a Winter Olympic giant. Why isn't it better at ice hockey? • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:22 AM • nytimes.com • ~sports.hockey
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Level of Detail • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:14 AM • phinze.com • Hacker News
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Semantic ablation: Why AI writing is generic and boring • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:12 AM • theregister.com • Hacker News
186
Plasma 6.6 released • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:10 AM • kde.org • Lobsters
127
Gentoo on Codeberg • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:09 AM • gentoo.org • Lobsters
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GPU code can now use Rust's async/await • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:09 AM • vectorware.com • Lobsters
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China Once Stole Foreign Ideas. Now It Wants To Protect Its Own • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:05 AM • economist.com • Slashdot
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Java.evolved: Java has evolved. Your code can too • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:59 AM • javaevolved.github.io • Hacker News
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Many consumer electronics manufacturers will bankrupt due to AI memory crisis • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:57 AM • pcgamer.com • Hacker News
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Dutch cops arrest man after sending him confidential files by mistake • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:55 AM • theregister.com • Hacker News
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Weather API recommendations for 5-minute precipitation forecasts • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:50 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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Show HN: Cycast – High-performance radio streaming server written in Python • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:47 AM • github.com/LukeB42 • Hacker News
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Show HN: I wrote a technical history book on Lisp • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:43 AM • berksoft.ca • Hacker News
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Sub-Millisecond RAG on Apple Silicon. No Server. No API. One File • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:43 AM • github.com/christopherkarani • Hacker News
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SurrealDB 3.0: Improved stability, performance, and tooling • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:42 AM • surrealdb.com • r/programming
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Show HN: Daymon – Open-source app that gives Claude scheduled tasks • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:41 AM • github.com/daymonio • Hacker News
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Show HN: Price Per Ball – Site that sorts golf balls on Amazon by price per ball • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:36 AM • priceperball.net • Hacker News
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The anxiety driving AI's brutal work culture is a warning for all of us • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:34 AM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
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Using go fix to modernize Go code • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:30 AM • go.dev • Lobsters
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A fluid can store solar energy and then release it as heat months later • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:28 AM • arstechnica.com • Hacker News
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Mazda Finally Admits Its Infotainment System Is the Worst • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:27 AM • thedrive.com • Slashdot
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China Planted So Many Trees Around the Taklamakan Desert It Turned It Into a Carbon Sink. Study suggests the increased vegetation leads to more “evapotranspiration” — basically, the plants sweat, which can lead to localized cooling and even more rainfall. • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:21 AM • zmescience.com • r/science
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why i love my low-traffic blog • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:20 AM • blog.absurdpirate.com • Bear
7
Laravel tutorial with exercises • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:19 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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EU also investigating as Grok generated 23,000 CSAM images in 11 days • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:13 AM • 9to5mac.com • Hacker News
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Show HN: Relay – I built a modern web-based IRC/Discord replacement • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:08 AM • relay.moltic.dev • Hacker News
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America's pensions can't beat Vanguard but they can close a hospital • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:04 AM • governance.fyi • Hacker News
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Do you want to build a community where users search or hang? (2021) • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:58 AM • mooreds.com • Hacker News
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Can we get a filter or stricter moderation for AI-generated "slop" posts? • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:49 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
700
Tesla Sales Down 55% UK, 58% Spain, 59% Germany, 81% Netherlands, 93% Norway • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:47 AM • cleantechnica.com • Hacker News
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Anam Cara-3: Why we think AI needs a face • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:46 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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'Software Isn't Dead, But Its Cosy Business Model Might Be' • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:45 AM • ft.com • Slashdot
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I converted 2D conventional flight tracking into 3D • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:43 AM • aeris.edbn.me • Hacker News
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How is Drupal compared to Wordpress in terms of theming and compatibility issues? • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:39 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
34
Claude Code talking about unexpected, different projects • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:39 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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The Evolution of x86 SIMD: From SSE to AVX-512 • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:36 AM • bgslabs.org • Hacker News
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The mathematical mystery inside the legendary '90s shooter Quake 3 • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:36 AM • scientificamerican.com • Hacker News
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Pytorch Now Uses Pyrefly for Type Checking • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:18 AM • pytorch.org • r/programming
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The Servo project and its impact on the web platform ecosystem • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:12 AM • servo.org • r/programming
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Webinar on how to build your own programming language in C++ from the developers of a static analyzer • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:08 AM • pvs-studio.com • r/programming
40
Show HN: PIrateRF – Turn a $20 Raspberry Pi Zero into a 12-mode RF transmitter • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:00 AM • github.com/psyb0t • Hacker News
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Babashka 1.12.215: Revenge of the TUIs • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:59 AM • blog.michielborkent.nl • Lobsters
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Why I'm Worried About Job Loss and Thoughts on Comparative Advantage • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:57 AM • lesswrong.com • Hacker News
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How a single typo led to RCE in Firefox • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:52 AM • kqx.io • Lobsters
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Undo in Vi and Its Successors • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:47 AM • utcc.utoronto.ca • Hacker News
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PeppyOS: A simpler alternative to ROS 2 (now with Python support) • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:43 AM • peppy.bot • Hacker News
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Show HN: Ambient CSS – Physically Based CSS and React Components • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:42 AM • ambientcss.vercel.app • Hacker News
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The collapse of white-collar work as the most hopeful catastrophe of our time • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:33 AM • danielpinchbeck.substack.com • Hacker News
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Show HN: I built the Million Dollar Homepage for agents • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:31 AM • onemillionpixels.ai • Hacker News
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BearRoll, a Bear blogroll • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:30 AM • robertbirming.com • Bear
11
Ask HN: I'm investing $100k in cool people with boring skills. Any leads? • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:26 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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SOLID in FP: Single Responsibility, or How Pure Functions Solved It Already • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:23 AM • cekrem.github.io • r/webdev
14
Keeping secrets from your AI agent • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:22 AM • encore.dev • r/webdev
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SOLID in FP: Single Responsibility, or How Pure Functions Solved It Already · cekrem.github.io • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:20 AM • cekrem.github.io • r/programming
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Got a WordPress job offer but I'm too scared to accept, what should I do? • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:20 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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The "AI god" narrative is actually a corporate power grab • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:16 AM • thebignewsletter.com • ~tech
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Beagle CRDT SCM outer interface • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:14 AM • gist.github.com • Hacker News
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Why HN is a decade behind on crypto • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:06 AM • youtube.com • Hacker News
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Doctor Xælong, or: How I learnt to stop worrying and love AI • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:05 AM • tweag.io • Lobsters
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Vinyl Cache has left github • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:04 AM • vinyl-cache.org • Lobsters
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Godot co-founder says AI slop PRs have become draining and demoralizing • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:02 AM • bsky.app • Hacker News
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Lean 4: How the theorem prover works and why it's the new competitive edge in AI • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:58 AM • venturebeat.com • Hacker News
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Just as for humans, sufficient sleep supports learning and coping for horses. A recent study at the University of Helsinki indicates that short periods of REM sleep impair horses’ perseverance and performance in demanding learning tasks. • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:58 AM • helsinki.fi • r/science
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Visible Spectra of the Elements • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:54 AM • atomic-spectra.net • Hacker News
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--dangerously-skip-reading-code • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:53 AM • olano.dev • Lobsters
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We just made a $200M AI movie in just one day. Yes, this is 100% AI • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:52 AM • twitter.com/thedorbrothers • Hacker News
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Undo in Vi and its successors • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:45 AM • utcc.utoronto.ca • Lobsters