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April 12, 2026

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The Closing of the Frontier

The article 'The Closing of the Frontier' discusses the end of an era in tech innovation, reflecting on how major platforms and corporate control have limited the open, exploratory nature of earlier i...

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The peril of laziness lost

Bryan Cantrill explores how modern software development's focus on productivity tools and abstractions has eroded the 'virtue of laziness' that drove early Unix developers to create elegant, simple so...

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Tell HN: docker pull fails in spain due to football cloudflare block

A Spanish court order blocking Cloudflare IP addresses during football matches has unexpectedly broken Docker image pulls, causing widespread infrastructure failures. The block affects docker-images-p...

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Why I'm Building a Database Engine in C#

A developer is building Typhon, an embedded ACID database engine in C# targeting 1-2 microsecond transaction latency for game servers and real-time simulations. The project challenges conventional wis...

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An undocumented bug in the Apollo 11 guidance computer code

Researchers used AI and a behavioral specification language to identify a previously undocumented bug in the Apollo 11 guidance computer code, involving a resource lock leak in gyro control. The disco...

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European AI. A playbook to own it

Mistral AI has released a strategic playbook titled 'European AI' aimed at positioning Europe as a leader in the AI sector. The document outlines technical and policy recommendations to foster innovat...

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Phyphox – Physical Experiments Using a Smartphone

Phyphox is an open-source app that enables smartphones to serve as portable physics labs by utilizing built-in sensors for real-time data collection and experiments. It supports educational and DIY sc...

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I run multiple $10K MRR companies on a $20/month tech stack

A developer shares how they operate multiple businesses generating $10K in monthly recurring revenue using a minimal $20/month tech stack, emphasizing cost efficiency and simplicity. The approach reli...

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LLM Reviews in cargo-crev

cargo-crev, a Rust dependency review tool, now integrates LLM-assisted code reviews to automate security analysis and reduce manual effort. This addresses the longstanding challenge of developer time ...

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The Business Case for Vanilla JS

A developer argues for using vanilla JavaScript over modern frameworks, citing better maintenance, improved browser APIs, and simpler development workflows. The author shares personal experience of su...

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Surely there must be a way to make container secrets less dangerous?

A developer explores the security risks of container secrets stored in /run/secrets, arguing current methods are vulnerable to exploitation. The article critiques common workarounds like environment v...

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The quest for the perfect 2D sprite pipeline

A developer explores modern alternatives to XNA SpriteBatch for 2D sprite rendering, evaluating different approaches to handle texture atlases, flipping, anchor points, and efficient batch rendering. ...

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The End of Eleventy

The Font Awesome team launched a Kickstarter for 'Build Awesome,' which is revealed to be a rebranding of the Eleventy static site generator, causing concern among existing Eleventy users and develope...

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Mark’s Magic Multiply

This technical post explores optimized floating-point multiplication implementations for embedded processors without hardware FPUs. The author discusses their custom RISC-V extension Xh3sfx for accele...

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Trump officials may be encouraging banks to test Anthropic’s Mythos model

Trump administration officials are reportedly encouraging banks to test Anthropic's Mythos AI model, despite the Department of Defense recently labeling Anthropic as a supply-chain risk. This move sug...

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I want a better [build] action graph serialization

The author proposes a new serialization format for build system action graphs to address limitations in existing tools like Ninja. Key issues discussed include dependency edge problems, negative depen...

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Apple reportedly testing four designs for upcoming smart glasses

Apple is reportedly testing four different designs for upcoming smart glasses, representing a scaled-back approach from earlier ambitious mixed and augmented reality device plans. The development sugg...

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TechCrunch Mobility: Who is poaching all the self-driving vehicle talent?

The article examines the ongoing talent war in the self-driving vehicle industry, highlighting which companies are aggressively recruiting experts in AI and autonomous systems. It reflects the competi...

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At the HumanX conference, everyone was talking about Claude

At the HumanX AI conference, Anthropic's Claude was the dominant topic of discussion among attendees and vendors, with many praising its agentic AI capabilities for business and coding tasks. In contr...

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Shock from Iran war has Trump's vision for US energy dominance flailing

The conflict with Iran has disrupted global energy markets despite Trump's claims of US energy independence, with gasoline prices surging above $4 per gallon for the first time in four years. Iran's c...

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The Hisense UR9 is a great first shot against OLED’s bow

Hisense launches the UR9 RGB LED TV, the first consumer model using individual red, green, and blue LEDs for backlighting. The technology offers superior color accuracy, HDR performance, and brightnes...

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The AI code wars are heating up

The AI code assistant competition is intensifying, with major players like OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic expanding their tools for developers. GitHub Copilot, launched in 2021, pioneered AI-powered co...

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Google removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play

Google has removed the popular visual novel 'Doki Doki Literature Club' from Google Play, sparking discussions about content moderation policies. The removal, which garnered significant attention on H...

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Show HN: boringBar – a taskbar-style dock replacement for macOS

Developer creates boringBar, a macOS taskbar replacement that shows only windows in the current workspace and provides Space switching functionality. The tool aims to help users transitioning from Lin...

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Bring Back Idiomatic Design

An essay argues for a return to idiomatic design in software development, emphasizing the importance of intuitive and context-appropriate solutions over generic or overly abstract approaches. It discu...

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JVM Options Explorer

A new tool called JVM Options Explorer has been released, allowing developers to explore and understand various JVM configuration options across different versions. It provides a searchable database o...

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Anthropic downgraded cache TTL on March 6th

Anthropic reduced the cache TTL (Time to Live) for Claude Code on March 6th, generating significant discussion with 444 points and 339 comments on Hacker News. This technical change affects how long c...

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Forgejo monthly report - March 2026

Forgejo published its March 2026 monthly report, highlighting the upcoming v15.0.0 release candidate testing phase and security patches for versions v11 and v14. The team encouraged community testing ...

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What is a property?

This article explores the concept of 'properties' in property-based testing (PBT), explaining them as universally quantified computations that must hold for all inputs. It discusses challenges in abst...

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Rust is Just a Tool

A developer reflects on Rust's technical merits while cautioning against language tribalism, arguing that programming languages are just tools rather than identity markers. The article emphasizes that...

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Speeding up access to OpenStreetMap vector tiles

An OpenStreetMap contributor shares technical insights on optimizing vector tile performance for web maps, describing schema design and data transformation approaches that reduced loading times at low...

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DOOM, played over cURL

A developer has created a novel implementation of DOOM that runs entirely over cURL commands, streaming game frames as ANSI art to the terminal via HTTP. The project requires no installation beyond cu...

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X says it’s reducing payments to clickbait accounts

X is reducing payments to accounts that flood timelines with clickbait and rapid-fire news aggregation, as announced by head of product Nikita Bier. This move aims to improve content quality and user ...

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Rockstar Games says hack will have ‘no impact’

Rockstar Games confirmed a data breach through third-party provider Snowflake, with hacking group ShinyHunters claiming responsibility and threatening to leak data unless paid ransom. The company stat...