84
I made a word game - and it has come a long way • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:41 AM • pivotthegame.com • ~games
15
Show HN: The Answering Machine – A screenless AI phone for kids with questions • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:40 AM • tdaltonc.github.io • Hacker News
46
Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans To Expand 'Search Party' Surveillance Beyond Dogs • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:40 AM • 404media.co • yro.slashdot
104
Cistercian Numbers • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:37 AM • omniglot.com • Hacker News
70
Show HN: Trust Protocols for Anthropic/OpenAI/Gemini • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:33 AM • mnemom.ai • Hacker News
6
Norway's men's curling team delighted supporters at the 2026 Winter Olympics by reviving the famous red, white and blue-patterned trousers that became a sensation sixteen years ago • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:30 AM • theguardian.com • ~sports
593
Zero-day CSS: CVE-2026-2441 exists in the wild • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:28 AM • chromereleases.googleblog.com • Hacker News
106
Leaked email suggests Ring plans to expand ‘search party’ surveillance beyond dogs • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:28 AM • 404media.co • ~tech
31
Show HN: A Unix environment in a single HTML file (420 KB) • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:26 AM • shiro.computer • Hacker News
578
Brainwaves of mothers and children synchronize when playing together – even in an acquired language • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:19 AM • frontiersin.org • r/science
226
Pocketbase lost its funding from FLOSS fund • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:11 AM • github.com/pocketbase • Hacker News
3
C++/WinRT envy: Bringing thread switching tasks to C# (UWP edition) • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:10 AM • devblogs.microsoft.com • Lobsters
46
Bear-ly Awake • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:09 AM • futureperfect.bearblog.dev • Bear
344
The Future of AI Software Development • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:08 AM • martinfowler.com • Hacker News
660P
The only moat left is money? • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:07 AM • elliotbonneville.com • Hacker News
47
Meta's Zuckerberg faces questioning at youth addiction trial • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:05 AM • reuters.com • Hacker News
26
Vinyl Cache has left GitHub • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:02 AM • vinyl-cache.org • Hacker News
10
Gemini can now create music • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:01 AM • blog.google • Hacker News
15
What programming/technical projects have you been working on? • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:00 AM • tildes.net • ~comp
21
WordPress Gets AI Assistant That Can Edit Text, Generate Images and Tweak Your Site • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:00 AM • techcrunch.com • Slashdot
81
The AI disruption has arrived, and it sure is fun (gifted link) • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:56 AM • nytimes.com • ~tech
7
Social Media Is Dead • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:55 AM • joinkith.com • Hacker News
172
Garment Notation Language: Formal descriptive language for clothing construction • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:53 AM • github.com/khalildh • Hacker News
3
WolfSSL Doesn't Suck, Author Reflects • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:50 AM • blog.feld.me • Hacker News
81
How do freelancers find their clients? • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:45 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
29
The Worst-Case Future for White-Collar Workers • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:44 AM • theatlantic.com • Hacker News
200P
Stephen Colbert going down swinging • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:41 AM • nytimes.com • Hacker News
16P
'First feline' Larry marks fifteen years as Britain's political top cat • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:35 AM • courthousenews.com • ~life.pets
119
Show HN: VectorNest responsive web-based SVG editor • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:31 AM • ekrsulov.github.io • Hacker News
10P
Reddit and Discord users forced to use biometric ID system backed by Palantir • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:30 AM • openrightsgroup.org • Hacker News
7
A new review asks whether graphene-based memristors could be the answer to AI's energy problem • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:28 AM • mdpi.com • r/science
8
What determines whether a post gets visibility on Hacker News • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:20 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
209
Lab-Grown Meat Exists (But Nobody Wants To Eat It) • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:20 AM • mydigitaldive.com • science.slashdot
24
Breccia: Single-file, append-only, blob storage with efficient random access • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:18 AM • github.com/petertodd • Hacker News
6P
What's a "gig work minimum wage" • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:14 AM • pluralistic.net • Hacker News
2
Show HN: TUI open-source Python tool for network discovery and port auditing • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:13 AM • github.com/mennylevinski • Hacker News
3637
Extreme endurance running damages red blood cells in ways that may affect their ability to function properly, according to a study published in the American Society of Hematology’s journal Blood Red Cells & Iron. • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:08 AM • news.cuanschutz.edu • r/science
89
Show HN: Formally verified FPGA watchdog for AM broadcast in unmanned tunnels • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:06 AM • github.com/Park07 • Hacker News
2
Show HN: Opaal Visual multi-agent prompt designer for Claude Code and agentic AI • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:59 AM • github.com/Agravak • Hacker News
264
What is happening to writing? Cognitive debt, Claude Code, the space around AI • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:59 AM • resobscura.substack.com • Hacker News
11
20 Years Ago I Bought a Tank of Gas in Mississippi and Decided to Draw It • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:58 AM • katebingamanburt.substack.com • Hacker News
1169
How far back in time can you understand English? • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:56 AM • deadlanguagesociety.com • Hacker News
43
what's my age again? • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:52 AM • blog.absurdpirate.com • Bear
2
Show HN: PolyMCP – MCP Tools, Autonomous Agents, and Orchestration • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:45 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
41
AI-generated password isn't random, it just looks that way • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:43 AM • theregister.com • Hacker News
17
Show HN: Teapot – A methodology for pen testing voice AI agents • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:42 AM • redcaller.com • Hacker News
3
Show HN: X402 Agent Starter Kit: AI agents that pay for their own APIs • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:42 AM • gitlab.com • Hacker News
149P
FDA Reverses Decision and Agrees To Review Moderna's Flu Vaccine • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:40 AM • nytimes.com • science.slashdot
24
A New Perspective on Drawing Venn Diagrams for Data Visualization • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:34 AM • arxiv.org • Hacker News
5
Show HN: Codex skills as RE playbooks: unpacking and IOC extraction • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:33 AM • joshuamckiddy.com • Hacker News
29
Show HN: Axiom – A math-native OS where x² is valid syntax (built from scratch) • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:30 AM • fawazishola.ca • Hacker News
131
AI has fixed my productivity • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:20 AM • blog.dmcc.io • Hacker News
5
Show HN: Clawy, a companion device to track your Claude Code sessions • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:18 AM • clawy.lol • Hacker News
16
Owning My Music Again • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:15 AM • yordi.me • Bear
8
Show HN: Lenzy – Find out what users struggle with in your AI agent, for free • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:14 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
3
Show HN: SentinelGate – Universal Firewall for AI Agents (Open Source, Go) • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:12 AM • github.com/Sentinel-Gate • Hacker News
31P
Epstein Files Explorer • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:12 AM • epsteinalysis.com • r/programming
8
Does Light Consist of "Object[S]"? • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:12 AM • reason.com • Hacker News
194
AVX2 is slower than SSE2-4.x under Windows ARM emulation • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:08 AM • blogs.remobjects.com • Hacker News
122
Show HN: CEL by Example • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:05 AM • celbyexample.com • Hacker News
48
Show HN: I built a fuse box for microservices • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:04 AM • openfuse.io • Hacker News
3
Show HN: Owoa – Image watermarking resistant to camera capture • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:01 AM • owoa.app • Hacker News
11P
India Tells University To Leave AI Summit After Presenting Chinese Robot as Its Own • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:00 AM • reuters.com • Slashdot
3P
The Global Trust Register (1999) • Feb 18, 2026 at 8:59 AM • cl.cam.ac.uk • Lobsters
40
Best email platform for smtp vs api sending • Feb 18, 2026 at 8:55 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
44
Blogging or thinking about blogging? • Feb 18, 2026 at 8:55 AM • robertbirming.com • Bear
22
I made a bookmarklet that lets you quickly edit your blogposts • Feb 18, 2026 at 8:50 AM • kami.bearblog.dev • Bear
14
Conway's Arcade • Feb 18, 2026 at 8:44 AM • specialguestx.com • Hacker News
6
Show HN: Nedagram – Transfer Text Over Sound, when internet isn't available • Feb 18, 2026 at 8:43 AM • nedagram.com • Hacker News
2
Volume Scaling Techniques for Improved Lattice Attacks in Python • Feb 18, 2026 at 8:42 AM • leetarxiv.substack.com • r/programming
116
A NASA Engineer Discovered a World of Semi Truck Aerodynamics by Accident • Feb 18, 2026 at 8:42 AM • thedrive.com • Hacker News
5
Show HN: Refine.tools – 10 client-side career tools (Next.js, no DB) • Feb 18, 2026 at 8:26 AM • refine.tools • Hacker News
19
Impact of the "when the fun stops, stop" gambling message on online gambling • Feb 18, 2026 at 8:23 AM • thelancet.com • Hacker News
316
Scientists have created a three-dimensional "heart-on-a-chip" (HOC) that could provide a breakthrough in the fight against the world's leading cause of death, cardiovascular disease. • Feb 18, 2026 at 8:22 AM • sciencealert.com • r/science
9
How LLM agents endanger open-source projects • Feb 18, 2026 at 8:20 AM • cusy.io • Hacker News
3
Understanding Whole Program Paths and Path Profiling • Feb 18, 2026 at 8:14 AM • abhamra.com • Lobsters
10
AVX2 is slower than SSE2-4.x under Windows ARM emulation • Feb 18, 2026 at 8:09 AM • blogs.remobjects.com • Lobsters
854P
Mark Zuckerberg Lied to Congress. We Can't Trust His Testimony • Feb 18, 2026 at 8:00 AM • dispatch.techoversight.org • Hacker News
73
Thousands of CEOs Just Admitted AI Had No Impact On Employment Or Productivity • Feb 18, 2026 at 8:00 AM • tech.slashdot.org • Slashdot
59
macOS Tahoe 26.3 is Broken • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:57 AM • taoofmac.com • Hacker News
8
BrowserPod: universal in-browser sandbox powered by Wasm (starting with Node.js) • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:57 AM • labs.leaningtech.com • r/webdev
5
BrowserPod: universal in-browser sandbox powered by Wasm (starting with Node.js) • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:55 AM • labs.leaningtech.com • r/programming
9
The A.I. Disruption Is Here, and It's Not Terrible • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:53 AM • nytimes.com • Hacker News
3
Show HN: SunnyFlight – Find cheap weekend flights to sunny destinations • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:50 AM • sunnyflight.com • Hacker News
3
Show HN: ReARM – Release-Level Supply Chain Evidence Platform • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:48 AM • rearmhq.com • Hacker News
35
Billionaires Gone Wild • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:41 AM • paulkrugman.substack.com • Hacker News
114
Carelessness versus craftsmanship in cryptography • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:34 AM • blog.trailofbits.com • Hacker News
12P
ICE tripled its reliance on Microsoft in last six months, leaked files reveal • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:32 AM • 972mag.com • Hacker News
5
Teaching Claude to Write Pony • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:24 AM • ponylang.io • Lobsters
16
Tell HN: We analyzed our dev time.80% is still infrastructure'setup',notfeatures • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:20 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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
55P
Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE's Dilley Facility • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:55 AM • propublica.org • Hacker News
5
AI adoption, productivity and employment: Evidence from European firms • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:54 AM • eib.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
I bloody hate vibe coded sites • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:19 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
17
Wave Twisters (2001) • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:17 AM • youtube.com • Hacker News
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
2568
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
11
Ask HN: How do you debug multi-step AI workflows when the output is wrong? • Feb 18, 2026 at 5:55 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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
4
Show HN: Benchmarking Apple Silicon unified mem for GPU-accelerated SQL analysis • Feb 18, 2026 at 5:47 AM • github.com/sadopc • Hacker News
2
Show HN: Jarvish – A New AI Integrated Shell inspired by J.A.R.V.I.S. on marvel • Feb 18, 2026 at 5:32 AM • github.com/tominaga-h • Hacker News
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
5
Show HN: PDFLince. Privacy first, client side PDF tool • Feb 18, 2026 at 5:24 AM • github.com/GSiesto • Hacker News
8
My side project caught $14.1B in acquisitions before they hit the market • Feb 18, 2026 at 5:02 AM • web-production-71423.up.railway.app • Hacker News
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
6
Show HN: AI agents designed and shipped this app end-to-end in 36 hours for $270 • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:43 AM • ninjaflix.ai • Hacker News
283
I Don't Like Magic • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:42 AM • adactio.com • Hacker News
125P
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
5P
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
6
Air pollution may directly contribute to Alzheimers • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:21 AM • theconversation.com • Hacker News
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
225P
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
34
Air Pollution Emerges As a Direct Risk Factor For Alzheimer's Disease • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:00 AM • science.slashdot.org • science.slashdot
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
Terminals should generate the 256-color palette • Feb 18, 2026 at 1:19 AM • gist.github.com • Hacker News
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
5
Show HN: OpenClaw – Open-source personal AI agent that lives on your machine • Feb 18, 2026 at 1:01 AM • github.com/openclaw • 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
22P
Against the state – a primer on terrorism, insurgency and protest • Feb 18, 2026 at 12:42 AM • acoup.blog • ~humanities.history
5
Babel – Captchas for AI • Feb 18, 2026 at 12:39 AM • babel.vercel.app • Hacker News
9
serve another site as sub-directory within a static site blog • Feb 18, 2026 at 12:31 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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
february 17 gwg • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:59 PM • combatdavey.net • Bear
9
Windows 99 • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:54 PM • win99.dev • Hacker News
15P
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
3
Agent Skills Hub – Security first directory for AI agent skills and MCP • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:25 PM • agentskillshub.dev • Hacker News
5
Minimal x86 Kernel in Zig • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:16 PM • github.com/lopespm • Lobsters
69
Giant DNA viruses encode a hallmark translation initiation complex of eukaryotic life • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:13 PM • cell.com • r/science
33
How to make a living as an artist • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:12 PM • essays.fnnch.com • ~arts
13P
Waiting for the barbarians • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:44 PM • simonsarris.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
20
pyrite64: N64 Game-Engine and Editor using libdragon and tiny3d • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:26 PM • github.com/HailToDodongo • ~games
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
3
Show HN: Start an Apple Container in Seconds • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:24 PM • github.com/beachdevs • Hacker News
6
Show HN: How I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:20 PM • hawksley.org • Hacker News
4
Zillow teams up with 'World of Warcraft' to exhibit virtual homes inside game • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:19 PM • geekwire.com • 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
8P
claimcheck: Narrowing the Gap between Proof and Intent • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:57 PM • midspiral.com • Lobsters
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
2
Show HN: Instagram Saved Collection Exporter • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:37 PM • chromewebstore.google.com • Hacker News
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The Final Bottleneck • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:37 PM • lucumr.pocoo.org • Hacker News
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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
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Ask HN: How do you overcome imposter syndrome? • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:29 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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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
24
NPR's Radio Host David Greene Says Google's NotebookLM Tool Stole His Voice • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:02 PM • yro.slashdot.org • yro.slashdot
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
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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
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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
24
Idea Raised For Nicer DRM Panic Screen Integration On Fedora Linux • Feb 17, 2026 at 6:20 PM • phoronix.com • Slashdot
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
4
Show HN: VisibleInAI – Check if ChatGPT recommends your brand • Feb 17, 2026 at 6:10 PM • visibleinai.ai • 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
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LeBron James Is President – Exploiting LLMs via "Alignment" Context Injection • Feb 17, 2026 at 5:43 PM • github.com/skavanagh • Lobsters
14
"Vendoring" is a vile anti-pattern (2014) • Feb 17, 2026 at 5:41 PM • gist.github.com • 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
Tildes Minecraft Weekly • Feb 17, 2026 at 5:37 PM • tildes.net • ~games
289
How I use Obsidian (2023) • Feb 17, 2026 at 5:30 PM • stephango.com • Hacker News
32
Hosting for simple HTML/CSS site with LOTS of subdomains • Feb 17, 2026 at 5:29 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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The Problem with Left Nationalism • Feb 17, 2026 at 5:14 PM • jacobin.com • Hacker News
13
Ask HN: How can a non-technical founder prove they're more than an "idea guy"? • Feb 17, 2026 at 5:11 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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
26
Most VMware Users Still 'Actively Reducing Their VMware Footprint,' Survey Finds • Feb 17, 2026 at 5:02 PM • arstechnica.com • Slashdot
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
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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
5
Welcome to the Death of the DSM • Feb 17, 2026 at 4:34 PM • whatwouldjesssay.substack.com • Hacker News
2
Show HN: Nobody asked for OpenClaw in the cloud. I did it anyway • Feb 17, 2026 at 4:32 PM • accordio.ai • 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
5
More millionaires than mansions: AI-fueled demand meets 'egregious shortage' • Feb 17, 2026 at 4:22 PM • sfstandard.com • 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
3
Show HN: Persistent memory for Claude Code with self-hosted Qdrant and Ollama • Feb 17, 2026 at 4:21 PM • github.com/elvismdev • 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
Approaches to writing two-sentence journal entries • Feb 17, 2026 at 4:11 PM • alexanderbjoy.com • Hacker News
13
Show HN: Corral – Auth and Stripe billing that AI coding agents can set up • Feb 17, 2026 at 4:03 PM • github.com/llama-farm • Hacker News
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
6
Show HN: Distillate – Zotero papers → reMarkable highlights → Obsidian notes • Feb 17, 2026 at 3:54 PM • distillate.dev • Hacker News
62
Humble Bundle Books: (Almost) the entirety of Discworld for $16 • Feb 17, 2026 at 3:52 PM • humblebundle.com • ~books
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The Small English Town Swept Up in the Global AI Arms Race • Feb 17, 2026 at 3:45 PM • wired.com • Slashdot
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
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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
6
Ask HN: Why) are you using AI to browse the web? • Feb 17, 2026 at 3:06 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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
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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
4
Reading an Ancient Comic Strip • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:47 PM • nationalgeographic.com • Hacker News
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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
3
Show HN: NBA-API-ts – Zero-dep TypeScript client for 138 NBA stats endpoints • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:42 PM • github.com/gek0z • 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
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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
4
When the sun sets, batteries rise: 24/7 solar in California • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:13 PM • pv-magazine-usa.com • Hacker News
64
Behavioral implications of an embedded tyrannosaurid tooth and associated tooth marks on an articulated skull of Edmontosaurus from the Hell Creek Formation, Montana • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:09 PM • peerj.com • r/science
5
AsteroidOS 2.0 Has Landed • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:08 PM • asteroidos.org • Lobsters
9
Visual Snow Syndrome • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:08 PM • en.wikipedia.org • Hacker News
48
[event] my bearblog creations • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:08 PM • blog.avas.space • Bear
325P
Russia's economy has entered the death zone • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:07 PM • economist.com • Hacker News
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Show HN: Orange Cheeto Browser extension that replaces Trump with nicknames • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:05 PM • cheetodon.com • Hacker News
6
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
7
I can't tell if I'm experiencing or simulating experiencing • Feb 17, 2026 at 1:54 PM • moltbook.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
4
Colon cancer breakthrough as scientists discover protein that can prolong life • Feb 17, 2026 at 1:40 PM • dailymail.co.uk • 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
101
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
6
I wrote about a bad paper • Feb 17, 2026 at 1:03 PM • girl.surgery • Hacker News
59
Oat, Ultra-lightweight UI library, Semantic, minimal, zero dependencies • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:53 PM • oat.ink • Lobsters
2563
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
105
Claude Sonnet 4.6 • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:45 PM • anthropic.com • Hacker News
94
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
2
Show HN: Lap – Fast photo browsing for libraries (Rust and Tauri) • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:40 PM • github.com/julyx10 • Hacker News
405
Discord Rival Gets Overwhelmed by Exodus of Players Fleeing Age-Verification • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:40 PM • kotaku.com • Hacker News
6
Picknar – Lightweight YouTube Thumbnail Extractor (No Login, No API Key) • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:40 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
98
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
75
Climbing Mount Fuji visualized through milestone stamps • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:29 PM • fuji.halfof8.com • Hacker News
164
Students Are Being Treated Like Guinea Pigs: Inside an AI-Powered Private School • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:29 PM • 404media.co • Hacker News
198
Can a Computer Science Student Be Taught to Design Hardware? • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:29 PM • semiengineering.com • Hacker News
30
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
109
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
21
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
66
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
419
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
2
Show HN: Self-Hosted Task Scheduling System (Back End and UI and Python SDK) • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:09 PM • github.com/Ghiles1010 • Hacker News
4
Grand Time: Time-Based Models in Decentralized Trust • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:09 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
51
Show HN: Continue – Source-controlled AI checks, enforceable in CI • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:08 PM • docs.continue.dev • Hacker News
234
Chess engines do weird stuff • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:07 PM • girl.surgery • Hacker News
2
Show HN: Listen to sounds around the world and guess the location • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:07 PM • placethesound.vikborges.com • Hacker News
30
Private, URL-powered calendar • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:06 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
1255
Thank HN: You helped save 33k lives • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:06 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
46
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
10
How to manage state and retries in long-running AI workflows • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:02 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
41
Show HN: 6cy – Experimental streaming archive format with per-block codecs • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:01 PM • github.com/byte271 • Hacker News
28
Grok 4.20 Beta • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM • grok.com • Hacker News
381
So you want to build a tunnel • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:59 AM • practical.engineering • Hacker News
2
Show HN: Trained YOLOX from scratch to avoid Ultralytics (aircraft detection) • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:58 AM • austinsnerdythings.com • Hacker News
103P
Most people are individually optimistic, but think the world is falling apart • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:57 AM • hannahritchie.substack.com • Hacker News
219
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
64
Polyploidy-induced senescence: Linking development, differentiation, repair, and (possibly) cancer • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:53 AM • aging-us.com • r/science
279
Async/Await on the GPU • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:53 AM • vectorware.com • Hacker News
18
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
543
HackMyClaw • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:48 AM • hackmyclaw.com • Hacker News
38
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
45
99% of Adults Over 40 Have Shoulder 'Abnormalities' on an MRI, Study Finds • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:44 AM • arstechnica.com • science.slashdot
69
Understanding Std:Shared_mutex from C++17 • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:43 AM • cppstories.com • Hacker News
508
Using go fix to modernize Go code • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:42 AM • go.dev • Hacker News