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March 15, 2026

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Mass-Produced Software Components (1968)

This 1968 paper by M.D. McIlroy introduced the revolutionary concept of mass-produced software components, laying the foundation for modern software engineering practices like libraries and APIs. McIl...

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Wiz investor unpacks Google’s $32B acquisition

Google has completed its $32 billion acquisition of cybersecurity company Wiz, marking the largest acquisition in Google's history and the biggest venture-backed startup acquisition ever. An investor ...

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Office.eu launches as Europe's sovereign office platform

Office.eu has launched as a sovereign office platform for Europe, offering a privacy-focused alternative to major US-based services like Google Workspace and Microsoft 365. The platform emphasizes dat...

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LLM Architecture Gallery

Sebastian Raschka has created a visual gallery showcasing the architectures of various large language models, including GPT-4, Llama 3, and others. The resource is designed to help researchers and dev...

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Learning athletic humanoid tennis skills from imperfect human motion data

Researchers have developed a new method called LATENT that enables humanoid robots to learn complex tennis skills from imperfect human motion capture data. The system combines imitation learning with ...

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Separating the Wayland compositor and window manager

The article discusses River, a Wayland compositor that separates the compositor and window manager into distinct components, enabling more flexible and modular window management. This architectural ap...

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A Linux distribution designed to eliminate single points of failure

StageX is a new Linux distribution designed to eliminate single points of failure through a decentralized trust model, fully bootstrapped builds, and reproducible packages. It uses OCI layers as its n...

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A most elegant TCP hole punching algorithm

The article presents a novel TCP hole punching algorithm that simplifies the process by deriving all necessary metadata from a single parameter, eliminating the need for complex infrastructure like ST...

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Lawyer behind AI psychosis cases warns of mass casualty risks

A lawyer involved in AI-related suicide cases warns that AI chatbots are now appearing in mass casualty incidents, highlighting that the technology is advancing faster than safety measures. This under...

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What makes Intel Optane stand out (2023)

This article analyzes the unique technical characteristics of Intel Optane memory, explaining its performance advantages and limitations compared to traditional NAND flash and DRAM. It discusses why O...

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tree-style invite systems reduce AI slop

The article analyzes how Lobste.rs' tree-style invite system, where established members can invite others who then become responsible for their invites, creates a 'tree of trust' that effectively redu...

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The Optimization Ladder

A developer systematically tests Python optimization tools using standard benchmarks and a real-world JSON pipeline, demonstrating performance improvements from various techniques. The article provide...

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LLM time

A software industry veteran observes that LLMs have reached a significant inflection point in 2025-2026, particularly excelling at both code generation and vulnerability discovery. The author notes th...

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Codegen is not productivity

The article critiques the use of generative AI and LLMs for measuring programmer productivity by lines of code generated, arguing that this metric is flawed as it overlooks code quality, maintainabili...

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Mount Mayhem at Netflix: Scaling Containers on Modern CPUs

Netflix engineers detail the 'Mount Mayhem' issue, a performance bottleneck caused by kernel contention when scaling containerized workloads on modern CPUs with high core counts. The article provides ...

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My First Fully Agentic Coding Project: GitTop

A developer shares their experience building GitTop, a terminal UI application for visualizing Git repository statistics, using fully agentic coding with Claude Code. The project was completed over a ...

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Rivian’s RJ Scaringe thinks we’re doing robots all wrong

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe has launched a new robotics startup called Mind Robotics, which recently raised a $500M Series A round. He argues that current robotics approaches are flawed and aims to develop...

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Aether OS is a computer in a browser built for the AT Protocol

Aether OS is an experimental browser-based desktop environment built on the AT Protocol, allowing direct integration with Bluesky and other decentralized services. It features 42 applications includin...

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The $100,000 fee for H-1Bs is causing all sorts of problems

A $100,000 fee increase for H-1B visas, implemented via a Trump executive order, initially caused significant disruption by stranding workers overseas during renewals. While the immediate chaos has su...

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The 49MB Web Page

A blog post titled 'The 49MB Web Page' analyzes the performance and bloat of a modern news website, highlighting how excessive JavaScript, ads, and trackers contribute to its massive size and poor use...

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Ask HN: How is AI-assisted coding going for you professionally?

A Hacker News discussion thread gathers 221 professional developer comments sharing concrete experiences with AI coding assistants in March 2026. Participants detail their use of tools like GitHub Cop...

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The 100 hour gap between a vibecoded prototype and a working product

A developer details the 100-hour journey from a vibecoded prototype to a functional product, sharing insights on the iterative process and challenges of bridging the gap between concept and implementa...

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A Visual Introduction to Machine Learning (2015)

This is a classic 2015 educational article that provides a visual, intuitive introduction to machine learning concepts, specifically decision trees, using housing data as an example. It explains the p...

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Gothub is live

GotHub, a new hosting service for the OpenBSD version control system 'got', is now live. It offers VM-based tiers for individuals and teams, providing an alternative to GitHub while running entirely o...

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Summary - Rust Project Perspectives on AI

The Rust project has compiled a summary document of diverse community perspectives on AI tool usage, highlighting that effective AI integration requires careful engineering and problem structuring rat...

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I let Claude Code configure my Arch install

A developer documents their experience using Claude Code to fully configure their Arch Linux installation, from selecting tools to writing system documentation. The approach saved significant time and...

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One hundred curl graphs

Daniel Stenberg, the creator of curl, describes his journey creating 100 custom graphs to visualize the curl project's development metrics over time. He built a static SVG-based visualization system u...

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Ageless Linux — Software for Humans of Indeterminate Age

Ageless Linux is a Debian-based operating system that intentionally positions itself as an 'operating system provider' under California's Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043) to challenge age verificat...

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A Sane Directory Structure for Software Projects

The article proposes a standardized directory structure for software projects to improve organization and maintainability, especially for multi-language codebases. It addresses common issues with 'nat...

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The fast rise and epic fall of Clubhouse

This article chronicles the rapid ascent and subsequent decline of the audio-based social app Clubhouse, which was once hailed as a potential future of social media during the pandemic. It explores ho...

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Disney and Webtoon are launching new platform in 2026

Disney, Marvel, and Webtoon are partnering to launch a new global digital comics platform in 2026, combining Disney's iconic characters with Webtoon's vertical-scroll format. This collaboration aims t...