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1. A Uniqlo T-shirt hid a runnable Bash Easter egg▲ 1476 · 232 commentsin 2 episodes:▶ Jul 10, 09:24 UTC · 5:35▶ Jul 8, 12:04 UTC · 4:04
2. Chatto open-sources its self-hosted team chat app▲ 1087 · 300 comments▶ Jul 10, 09:24 UTC · 7:00
3. Bun’s AI-assisted Rust rewrite lights up Hacker News▲ 772 · 525 comments▶ Jul 10, 09:24 UTC · 8:21
4. Zig’s creator welcomes Bun’s Rust rewrite—and airs the breakup▲ 777 · 678 comments▶ Jul 10, 09:24 UTC · 8:48
5. GitHub alternatives get a moment, but HN questions the “exodus”▲ 363 · 256 comments▶ Jul 10, 09:24 UTC · 9:08
6. Rust Postgres rewrite passes the regression suite▲ 797 · 712 comments▶ Jul 10, 09:24 UTC · 9:32
7. Report: Microsoft layoffs may gut idTech at id Software▲ 673 · 595 commentsin 2 episodes:▶ Jul 8, 12:04 UTC · 2:33▶ Jul 8, 00:05 UTC · 4:55
8. Why 98 percent support may still be a broken web experience▲ 525 · 350 commentsin 2 episodes:▶ Jul 8, 12:04 UTC · 3:46▶ Jul 8, 00:05 UTC · 5:14
9. Davit gives Apple Containers a native Mac front end▲ 387 · 100 comments▶ Jul 8, 12:04 UTC · 4:25
10. Herdr pitches a tmux-style terminal built for AI agent herding▲ 394 · 174 comments▶ Jul 8, 12:04 UTC · 4:48
11. Knuth’s TAOCP gets the Hacker News reverence treatment▲ 237 · 60 commentsin 2 episodes:▶ Jul 8, 12:04 UTC · 5:09▶ Jul 8, 00:05 UTC · 6:18
12. SICP’s classic 1986 lectures resurface▲ 353 · 48 comments▶ Jul 8, 12:04 UTC · 5:33
13. PgDog pitches a less leaky Postgres pooler▲ 257 · 64 comments▶ Jul 8, 12:04 UTC · 5:56
14. Why “learn to code” still has a case in the vibe-coding era▲ 316 · 310 comments▶ Jul 8, 00:05 UTC · 5:37
15. Clojure 1.13 alpha adds fail-fast destructuring keys▲ 225 · 47 comments▶ Jul 8, 00:05 UTC · 5:56
16. C&C Generals runs on iPhone and iPad, but HN says the headline overclaims▲ 687 · 288 commentsin 3 episodes:▶ Jul 6, 00:03 UTC · 3:17▶ Jul 5, 12:03 UTC · 4:54▶ Jul 5, 00:03 UTC · 5:40
17. A tiny rotate button exposes a big UX rule▲ 592 · 275 commentsin 2 episodes:▶ Jul 6, 00:03 UTC · 4:43▶ Jul 5, 12:03 UTC · 6:48
18. A Linux htop explainer gets a second life▲ 513 · 63 commentsin 4 episodes:▶ Jul 6, 00:03 UTC · 5:03▶ Jul 5, 12:03 UTC · 6:08▶ Jul 5, 00:03 UTC · 4:48▶ Jul 4, 20:11 UTC · 9:01
19. ProseMirror’s creator plants a new rich-text editor▲ 338 · 105 commentsin 7 episodes:▶ Jul 6, 00:03 UTC · 5:23▶ Jul 5, 12:03 UTC · 6:25▶ Jul 5, 00:03 UTC · 5:12▶ Jul 4, 20:11 UTC · 8:13▶ Jul 4, 16:07 UTC · 5:38▶ Jul 4, 00:02 UTC · 5:07▶ Jul 3, 20:43 UTC · 4:20
20. Shadcn/UI makes Base UI the default, but says Radix isn’t going away▲ 281 · 165 comments▶ Jul 6, 00:03 UTC · 5:52
21. A free compilers textbook resurfaces, and HN debates the “language design” label▲ 326 · 51 comments▶ Jul 6, 00:03 UTC · 6:14
22. A 2014 anti-ORM classic returns: learn SQL first▲ 275 · 337 commentsin 2 episodes:▶ Jul 6, 00:03 UTC · 6:39▶ Jul 5, 12:03 UTC · 7:43
23. Zig moves package management out of the compiler▲ 232 · 105 commentsin 2 episodes:▶ Jul 6, 00:03 UTC · 7:00▶ Jul 5, 12:03 UTC · 8:03
24. Odin’s Wikipedia deletion turns into a sourcing fight▲ 260 · 405 commentsin 4 episodes:▶ Jul 5, 12:03 UTC · 7:09▶ Jul 5, 00:03 UTC · 6:06▶ Jul 4, 20:11 UTC · 9:48▶ Jul 4, 16:07 UTC · 7:02
25. Postgres as the workflow engine’s safety net▲ 232 · 94 commentsin 7 episodes:▶ Jul 5, 00:03 UTC · 6:35▶ Jul 4, 20:11 UTC · 11:29▶ Jul 4, 16:07 UTC · 6:33▶ Jul 4, 00:02 UTC · 5:30▶ Jul 3, 20:43 UTC · 4:44▶ Jul 3, 16:37 UTC · 3:56▶ Jul 3, 16:15 UTC · 5:36
26. A 16-year SQLite WAL bug gets the TLA+ treatment▲ 239 · 29 commentsin 2 episodes:▶ Jul 4, 20:11 UTC · 10:39▶ Jul 4, 16:07 UTC · 6:11
27. Podman 6 arrives with networking, machine, and Quadlet updates▲ 645 · 257 commentsin 5 episodes:▶ Jul 4, 00:02 UTC · 2:51▶ Jul 3, 20:43 UTC · 2:11▶ Jul 3, 16:37 UTC · 1:35▶ Jul 3, 16:15 UTC · 3:22▶ Jul 3, 12:05 UTC · 4:31
28. Rustc, translated into C▲ 386 · 90 commentsin 5 episodes:▶ Jul 4, 00:02 UTC · 4:20▶ Jul 3, 20:43 UTC · 3:35▶ Jul 3, 16:37 UTC · 3:31▶ Jul 3, 16:15 UTC · 4:33▶ Jul 3, 12:05 UTC · 5:48
29. Safari gets an MCP server for AI-assisted web debugging▲ 272 · 76 commentsin 3 episodes:▶ Jul 4, 00:02 UTC · 4:39▶ Jul 3, 20:43 UTC · 3:54▶ Jul 3, 16:37 UTC · 4:19
30. Code review is for future maintainers, not just bug hunts▲ 379 · 177 commentsin 4 episodes:▶ Jul 3, 16:37 UTC · 3:12▶ Jul 3, 16:15 UTC · 3:53▶ Jul 3, 12:05 UTC · 5:25▶ Jul 3, 00:11 UTC · 3:13
31. Immich 3.0 levels up the self-hosted photo cloud▲ 648 · 293 comments▶ Jul 3, 12:05 UTC · 4:57
32. FFmpeg’s AAC encoder gets a full rewrite▲ 447 · 149 commentsin 2 episodes:▶ Jul 3, 00:11 UTC · 2:44▶ Jul 2, 00:12 UTC · 8:44
33. Vite+ Beta Wants to Make Frontend Tooling Boring▲ 234 · 152 comments▶ Jul 3, 00:11 UTC · 3:37
34. Box2D’s creator takes game physics into 3D▲ 521 · 130 comments▶ Jul 2, 00:12 UTC · 7:49
35. Google’s Copybara tackles the messy job of syncing code across repos▲ 299 · 60 commentsin 2 episodes:▶ Jul 2, 00:12 UTC · 8:25▶ Jul 1, 12:06 UTC · 9:20
36. Graphics programming: learn the pixels, but know the career tradeoffs▲ 421 · 241 comments▶ Jul 2, 00:12 UTC · 9:07
37. A graphical shell for SSH, built around tiny web apps▲ 367 · 226 commentsin 2 episodes:▶ Jul 1, 12:06 UTC · 7:35▶ Jun 29, 23:00 UTC · 5:32
38. Knoppix reminds HN how Linux learned to boot anywhere▲ 338 · 120 comments▶ Jul 1, 12:06 UTC · 8:01
39. Kubernetes, simulated inside your browser▲ 335 · 102 comments▶ Jul 1, 12:06 UTC · 8:18
40. A CUDA Kernel Launch, From Triple Chevrons to Doorbells▲ 294 · 32 comments▶ Jul 1, 12:06 UTC · 8:38
41. Godot draws a hard line against AI slop▲ 558 · 402 comments▶ Jul 1, 12:06 UTC · 8:57
42. A Game Boy emulator JITs to WebAssembly—and beats a native interpreter▲ 227 · 37 comments▶ Jul 1, 12:06 UTC · 9:38
43. OpenRA playtest adds random maps and Dune 2000 upgrades▲ 813 · 166 commentsin 6 episodes:▶ Jun 29, 23:00 UTC · 4:04▶ Jun 28, 18:35 UTC · 6:28▶ Jun 28, 16:22 UTC · 6:02▶ Jun 28, 14:06 UTC · 6:15▶ Jun 28, 12:16 UTC · 6:03▶ Jun 27, 19:16 UTC · 6:12
44. A Fintech Handbook Sparks a Money-Types Fight▲ 631 · 217 commentsin 8 episodes:▶ Jun 28, 18:35 UTC · 7:42▶ Jun 28, 16:22 UTC · 7:04▶ Jun 28, 14:06 UTC · 7:24▶ Jun 28, 12:16 UTC · 7:00▶ Jun 28, 12:02 UTC · 5:37▶ Jun 28, 10:25 UTC · 6:12▶ Jun 28, 00:03 UTC · 7:15▶ Jun 27, 19:16 UTC · 7:35
45. TownSquare tries to make websites feel populated again▲ 318 · 138 commentsin 6 episodes:▶ Jun 28, 18:35 UTC · 8:02▶ Jun 28, 16:22 UTC · 7:27▶ Jun 28, 14:06 UTC · 7:43▶ Jun 28, 12:16 UTC · 7:48▶ Jun 28, 12:02 UTC · 6:43▶ Jun 28, 10:25 UTC · 7:01
46. AWS Lambda gets stateful Firecracker sandboxes▲ 384 · 212 commentsin 5 episodes:▶ Jun 28, 12:16 UTC · 7:22▶ Jun 28, 12:02 UTC · 6:18▶ Jun 28, 10:25 UTC · 6:38▶ Jun 28, 00:03 UTC · 7:43▶ Jun 27, 19:16 UTC · 7:05
47. Libre Barcode Turns Barcodes Into Fonts▲ 286 · 64 comments▶ Jun 27, 19:16 UTC · 8:24
48. F3 proposes a future-proof columnar file format with embedded Wasm decoders▲ 655 · 134 commentsin 2 episodes:▶ Jun 24, 12:03 UTC · 6:43▶ Jun 24, 10:04 UTC · 6:29
49. Google fires engineer after viral Workspace CLI▲ 727 · 428 commentsin 2 episodes:▶ Jun 24, 12:03 UTC · 7:57▶ Jun 24, 10:04 UTC · 7:43
50. Accidental wigglegrams hiding in an iCloud photo library▲ 577 · 127 commentsin 5 episodes:▶ Jun 24, 12:03 UTC · 9:14▶ Jun 23, 12:05 UTC · 7:29▶ Jun 23, 00:04 UTC · 8:46▶ Jun 22, 14:42 UTC · 7:46▶ Jun 22, 12:06 UTC · 7:32
51. Remembering Tony Krueger, the engineer behind Word’s red squiggles▲ 606 · 122 commentsin 2 episodes:▶ Jun 24, 12:03 UTC · 10:41▶ Jun 24, 10:04 UTC · 9:28
52. A visual TikZ editor for LaTeX figures gets Hacker News excited▲ 450 · 74 commentsin 2 episodes:▶ Jun 24, 12:03 UTC · 11:03▶ Jun 24, 10:04 UTC · 9:04
53. Apple brings Swift Package Index in-house▲ 235 · 82 commentsin 2 episodes:▶ Jun 24, 12:03 UTC · 11:26▶ Jun 24, 10:04 UTC · 9:55
54. Deno takes on Electron and Tauri with Deno Desktop▲ 1120 · 398 commentsin 4 episodes:▶ Jun 23, 12:05 UTC · 4:49▶ Jun 23, 00:04 UTC · 6:24▶ Jun 22, 14:42 UTC · 6:26▶ Jun 22, 12:06 UTC · 6:10
55. Mitchell Hashimoto Pledges Another $400K to Zig▲ 810 · 295 commentsin 2 episodes:▶ Jun 23, 12:05 UTC · 6:15▶ Jun 23, 00:04 UTC · 7:37
56. A Project Euler solution sparks programmer nostalgia▲ 366 · 145 comments▶ Jun 23, 12:05 UTC · 8:57
57. Codex logging bug threatened to burn through SSD endurance▲ 509 · 271 commentsin 2 episodes:▶ Jun 23, 00:04 UTC · 9:10▶ Jun 22, 14:42 UTC · 8:32
58. JSON-LD for personal sites meets an AI-era backlash▲ 275 · 90 commentsin 3 episodes:▶ Jun 23, 00:04 UTC · 9:35▶ Jun 22, 14:42 UTC · 9:14▶ Jun 22, 12:06 UTC · 8:59
59. A laid-off Blizzard engineer says the software job hunt is broken▲ 324 · 304 comments▶ Jun 23, 00:04 UTC · 9:59
60. Linux finally removes strncpy from the kernel▲ 300 · 327 commentsin 7 episodes:▶ Jun 22, 14:42 UTC · 8:08▶ Jun 22, 12:06 UTC · 7:52▶ Jun 22, 06:08 UTC · 7:23▶ Jun 22, 00:05 UTC · 6:03▶ Jun 21, 19:07 UTC · 5:45▶ Jun 21, 18:03 UTC · 4:39▶ Jun 21, 16:35 UTC · 5:40
61. TownSquare makes websites feel inhabited — and immediately tests moderation▲ 277 · 168 commentsin 4 episodes:▶ Jun 22, 14:42 UTC · 8:54▶ Jun 22, 12:06 UTC · 8:10▶ Jun 22, 06:08 UTC · 8:12▶ Jun 22, 00:05 UTC · 6:51
62. Linux async I/O: epoll’s old model versus io_uring’s new one▲ 260 · 71 commentsin 6 episodes:▶ Jun 22, 12:06 UTC · 8:31▶ Jun 22, 06:08 UTC · 8:41▶ Jun 22, 00:05 UTC · 7:19▶ Jun 21, 19:07 UTC · 6:03▶ Jun 21, 18:03 UTC · 5:04▶ Jun 21, 16:35 UTC · 6:14
63. Proxmox gets a fast microVM hack▲ 231 · 49 comments▶ Jun 22, 12:06 UTC · 9:18
64. Quake, rendered with CSS▲ 546 · 115 commentsin 8 episodes:▶ Jun 22, 06:08 UTC · 6:11▶ Jun 22, 00:05 UTC · 4:51▶ Jun 21, 19:07 UTC · 4:31▶ Jun 21, 18:03 UTC · 3:35▶ Jun 21, 16:35 UTC · 4:13▶ Jun 21, 14:51 UTC · 7:59▶ Jun 21, 12:05 UTC · 8:13▶ Jun 21, 06:05 UTC · 8:02
65. A reverse-engineered F-15 Strike Eagle II needs DOS test pilots▲ 283 · 75 commentsin 5 episodes:▶ Jun 22, 06:08 UTC · 7:45▶ Jun 22, 00:05 UTC · 6:24▶ Jun 21, 19:07 UTC · 5:27▶ Jun 21, 18:03 UTC · 4:17▶ Jun 21, 16:35 UTC · 5:10
66. Cloudflare gives AI agents one-hour deploy accounts▲ 249 · 151 comments▶ Jun 22, 00:05 UTC · 7:46
67. X11 windows, floating in Vision Pro space▲ 230 · 63 commentsin 2 episodes:▶ Jun 22, 00:05 UTC · 8:09▶ Jun 21, 19:07 UTC · 6:22
68. Hiding a Website Inside a Favicon: Creative Data Storage▲ 313 · 109 commentsin 2 episodes:▶ Jun 21, 18:03 UTC · 3:57▶ Jun 21, 16:35 UTC · 4:45
69. Why I Reject AI-Generated Code, Even When It Works▲ 236 · 167 commentsin 2 episodes:▶ Jun 21, 18:03 UTC · 5:27▶ Jun 21, 16:35 UTC · 6:46
70. Lore: Open Source Version Control for Game Assets, Now Public▲ 1276 · 680 commentsin 5 episodes:▶ Jun 21, 14:51 UTC · 5:48▶ Jun 21, 12:05 UTC · 6:11▶ Jun 21, 06:05 UTC · 5:45▶ Jun 21, 00:05 UTC · 5:23▶ Jun 20, 19:01 UTC · 4:29
71. Project Valhalla Brings Value Types to Java in JDK 28▲ 658 · 447 commentsin 5 episodes:▶ Jun 21, 14:51 UTC · 6:54▶ Jun 21, 12:05 UTC · 7:05▶ Jun 21, 06:05 UTC · 6:49▶ Jun 21, 00:05 UTC · 6:19▶ Jun 20, 19:01 UTC · 5:40
72. .gitignore Isn't the Only Way to Ignore Files in Git▲ 598 · 175 commentsin 5 episodes:▶ Jun 21, 14:51 UTC · 7:42▶ Jun 21, 12:05 UTC · 7:57▶ Jun 21, 06:05 UTC · 7:43▶ Jun 21, 00:05 UTC · 7:09▶ Jun 20, 19:01 UTC · 6:29
73. Emacs 31 Nears Release with Quality-of-Life Upgrades▲ 471 · 285 commentsin 4 episodes:▶ Jun 21, 14:51 UTC · 8:17▶ Jun 21, 12:05 UTC · 8:32▶ Jun 21, 06:05 UTC · 8:23▶ Jun 21, 00:05 UTC · 7:31
74. DuckDB Internals: Under the Hood of a Fast, Easy Analytics Database▲ 480 · 153 commentsin 4 episodes:▶ Jun 21, 14:51 UTC · 8:37▶ Jun 21, 12:05 UTC · 8:50▶ Jun 21, 06:05 UTC · 8:46▶ Jun 21, 00:05 UTC · 7:53
75. John Carmack Praises Programming Legend Fabrice Bellard▲ 938 · 463 comments▶ Jun 20, 19:01 UTC · 5:12
76. Bash's /dev/tcp: Making HTTP Requests Without curl▲ 547 · 238 comments▶ Jun 20, 19:01 UTC · 6:53