Quality News: Hacker News Rankings

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$100 to a Debian Developer who can get Fresh Editor into Trixie

×0.48 44 | 23 points by jph 18 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Recruiters, How do you vet resume in 2026?

×0.60 69 | 12 points by CoffeeSky 19 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: What Is the State of App Development in 2026?

×1.00 53 | 92 points by karakoram 1 day ago | 66 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tell HN: Meta's AI support feature allows Instagram accounts to be stolen

×1.75 15 | 23 points by parable 12 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: What are your worst war stories bringing agentic applications into prod

×0.50 87 | 10 points by yaoke259 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Donating AI credits to open source projects

×0.28 82 | 5 points by happyPersonR 20 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Corporate Disconnect Between "Tokenmaxxing" and Token Optimization

×0.37 84 | 5 points by mc-0 20 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: How you pass legacy to others?

×0.48 92 | 7 points by jojwong 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I made an free unlimited captcha alternative

×0.75 93 | 7 points by david3289 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Any advice on how to learn good software architecture practices?

×0.23 109 | 15 points by jimsojim 2 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: What Is an "AI Engineer"?

×0.28 117 | 19 points by seattle_spring 3 days ago | 32 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Does Claude Code remove the need for so many front-end frameworks?

×0.29 127 | 10 points by ex-aws-dude 3 days ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: If I cancel Codex today whats the next best local inference agent?

×0.29 114 | 11 points by Bulbasaur2015 2 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Students, What Impact Is AI Having on Your Education?

×0.79 98 | 8 points by ciwolex 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Is anyone working at least 4 hours daily on an Apple Vision Pro?

×1.13 99 | 153 points by widenrun 6 days ago | 111 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: How do you feel about posts about GenAI taking over the HN front page?

×0.36 124 | 14 points by blenderob 3 days ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
IXI's autofocusing lenses are almost ready to replace multifocal glasses (engadget.com)

×1.49 48 #78 | 204 points by amichail 2 days ago | 95 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Sweetpad – VS Code extension for building iOS/Swift apps (github.com/sweetpad-dev)

×2.02 152 | 7 points by hyzyla 4 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The people who actually want AI to replace humanity (vox.com)

×4.25 2 | 75 points by plastic-enjoyer 20 hours ago | 85 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Komi-learn – continuous memory and self-improvement for coding agents (github.com/kurikomi-labs)

×0.68 73 | 23 points by rainxchzed 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Quay.io Is Down (redhat.com)

×1.62 19 #47 | 5 points by ilpianista 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A pictorial introduction to differential geometry (2017) (arxiv.org)

×1.25 40 #61 | 131 points by ricudis 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
It's Not Just X. It's Y (cyberneticforests.com)

×2.71 62 #81 | 160 points by mooreds 12 hours ago | 131 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Nvidia announces new AI chip for personal computers (bbc.com)

×0.77 | 1 points by rishikeshs 18 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Colorize Your Kubectl Output (github.com/kubecolor)

×1.24 | 2 points by ankitg12 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Zig ELF Linker Improvements Devlog (ziglang.org)

×1.29 19 | 223 points by kristoff_it 1 day ago | 101 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Concrete Ways I Use AI During a Normal Engineering Workday (Week 4 Roundup) (theaileverageweekly.com)

×0.55 | 1 points by talvardi7 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Corporate America Is Starting to Ration AI as Cost Skyrockets (wsj.com)

×3.89 34 | 183 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 1 day ago | 171 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Two Ways to Draw Infinite Jest's Sierpinski Gasket (chiply.dev)

×0.89 24 #11 | 27 points by chiply 5 hours ago | 24 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Weekend trivia: your process' memory is a file (lcamtuf.substack.com)

×1.07 63 #46 | 9 points by surprisetalk 7 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Google's top result is 16yo when searching for "Ubuntu 24.04 install fonts" (google.com)

×0.75 | 1 points by felooboolooomba 21 minutes ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Open-source sync-engine for managing websites at scale (github.com/gospecter)

×0.63 | 1 points by aabergkvist 43 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Memo: Memory as a Model (arxiv.org)

×1.24 | 1 points by melvinroest 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Hard-Won Lessons from a Year of Using AI (atomicobject.com)

×1.18 | 2 points by henrik_w 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Avian Visitors (theodore.net)

×1.04 44 #58 | 123 points by fdb 1 day ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Breathe CLI – Paced resonance breathing in the macOS terminal (github.com/marekkowalczyk)

×1.03 39 #59 | 123 points by marekkowalczyk 1 day ago | 38 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: FuguUX – science-backed, AI user testing to identify key web UX issues (fuguux.com)

×1.58 81 | 5 points by sdas7 20 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Thermal conductivity modulation as a mechanism of thermotolerance in tardigrades (royalsocietypublishing.org)

×0.70 | 1 points by bookofjoe 24 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Rebuilding the Access Edge: Why We Replaced PPPoE with a Custom DHCP Server (medium.com)

×0.67 | 1 points by musnas 35 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Student astronomer discovers 'Rosetta Stone' for mysterious cosmic signals (phys.org)

×1.89 31 | 3 points by pseudolus 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Hormuz crisis side effect: a sharp rise in container shipping rates (lloydslist.com)

×2.52 22 | 199 points by mooreds 1 day ago | 180 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ahoy, DECmate II the little PDP-8 that could (oldvcr.blogspot.com)

×0.59 46 | 56 points by TMWNN 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Teleport-env – <500ms stateful rollbacks for AI agents via CRIU (github.com/JaiCode08)

×1.41 142 | 9 points by Jainish08 4 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Axis That Made the Chips (hoeijmakers.net)

×0.83 | 1 points by janvdberg 14 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Growing the Linux App Ecosystem with RISC-V and RVA23 Platforms (youtube.com)

×1.33 | 2 points by fork-bomber 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
FCA's Palantir deal could expose UK financial data to Trump's US, critics fear (theguardian.com)

×2.48 34 | 5 points by robtherobber 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
WebXR BCI for Neural-Adaptive Avatar Control in Mixed Reality (preprints.org)

×0.51 | 1 points by Christiangmer 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Leo's first encyclical attacks technological messianism (economist.com)

×1.72 28 | 231 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 2 days ago | 302 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Adding Linux support back for the BASIC (free) version of Vivado (amd.com)

×1.65 72 | 59 points by hasheddan 1 day ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Open-source private home security camera system (end-to-end encryption) (github.com/secluso)

×1.26 66 | 128 points by arrdalan 2 days ago | 29 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: 500 years of Joseon court omens as an observability dashboard (ajin.im)

×1.09 45 #75 | 146 points by poppypetalmask 1 day ago | 24 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
wolfSSL releases a new product; wolfCOSE a zero alloc C embbedded COSE stack (github.com/wolfSSL)

×0.82 55 #76 | 112 points by aidangarske 1 day ago | 27 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
React adoption drops from 36% to 20% once you remove Vercel-hosted launches (stackscope.dev)

×0.95 | 1 points by stackscope 2 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Run your first marathon in your 50s, get chased by zombies (theguardian.com)

×0.54 | 1 points by 6LLvveMx2koXfwn 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Slowing Down (ssp.sh)

×1.94 24 | 3 points by eigenBasis 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Go Experiments Explained (alexedwards.net)

×0.51 | 1 points by ingve 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Deliberate – log what your agent rejected, not just what it ran (deliberate.dev)

×0.97 83 | 4 points by garysmith1234 18 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence at Hay festival (theguardian.com)

×5.41 41 #42 | 128 points by beardyw 2 hours ago | 34 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Shantell Sans (2023) (shantellsans.com)

×2.24 5 #71 | 395 points by aleda145 1 day ago | 44 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Rsync thing was inevitable and it's happening everywhere (robertjwebb.substack.com)

×1.41 | 2 points by haburka 53 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
AI fiction is the new fast food (washingtonpost.com)

×1.88 19 | 3 points by KnuthIsGod 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The household battery revolution that could change energy bills and the world (theguardian.com)

×2.52 14 | 4 points by montalbano 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: I built an Android OS in the browser (mobilegym.dev)

×1.76 86 | 27 points by haozaz 2 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: AionOS – self-healing microkernel in Zig (boots on real hardware) (github.com/rodancz)

×1.06 126 | 6 points by rodancz 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: VT Code – open-source terminal coding agent in Rust (github.com/vinhnx)

×0.82 102 | 16 points by vinhnx 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Get a webhook the moment a webpage changes (firecrawl.dev)

×0.65 154 | 3 points by ericciarla 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Rift: Better Alternative to Git Worktrees (github.com/anomalyco)

×1.81 20 #30 | 43 points by f4n4tiX 3 hours ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The AV2 Video Standard Has Released (Final v1.0 Specification) (aomedia.org)

×2.59 9 #73 | 351 points by ksec 1 day ago | 163 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
What are locusts and what happened to them? (explosion-scratch.github.io)

×2.06 35 #82 | 274 points by explosion-s 2 days ago | 71 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Nordstjernen Web Browser (nordstjernen.org)

×3.42 66 | 5 points by andreasrosdal 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Proveyouragent: Cryptographic identity for AI agents (Ed25519 and DPoP) (github.com/lujainkhalil)

×0.53 | 1 points by lujainkhalil 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
AI job grief: A psychological crisis hitting tech workers (jackmaguire.org)

×3.29 27 | 192 points by LilBytes 1 day ago | 197 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I put a datacenter GPU in my gaming PC (tymscar.com)

×3.20 29 #62 | 307 points by birdculture 20 hours ago | 174 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Openrsync: An implementation of rsync, by the OpenBSD team (github.com/kristapsdz)

×2.48 | 475 points by sph 1 day ago | 183 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Stable Audio 3 – one-shot sample generator (110gb download) (github.com/shiehn)

×2.20 77 | 7 points by stevehiehn 21 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Domain expertise has always been the real moat (brethorsting.com)

×3.60 3 #48 | 835 points by aaronbrethorst 1 day ago | 529 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
'Backrooms' Stuns with $81M Debut (variety.com)

×3.18 27 #51 | 200 points by mindcrime 15 hours ago | 125 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Helios – what plug-in solar could generate for any address in Britain (southlondonscientific.com)

×0.85 52 | 121 points by ruaraidh 1 day ago | 44 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Entropic — information-driven variable-rate media playback (github.com/patrickxia)

×1.44 88 | 4 points by pxx 19 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: leaf – one month later: website, releases and lots of improvements (rivolink.mg)

×1.42 120 | 4 points by RivoLink 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The History of "Prisencolinensinainciusol" (dirkdeklein.net)

×1.29 33 #54 | 53 points by NaOH 15 hours ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Design Engineering Magazine (interfaces.dev)

×1.23 45 | 98 points by hnhsh 1 day ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Steam Deck sells out in North America within 24 hours of price hike (arstechnica.com)

×2.27 1 | 44 points by frutiger 15 hours ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: CakeML-based self-verifying, self-improving system (emberian.github.io)

×1.15 76 | 4 points by cmrx64 15 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Elemental – simple front ends in plain JavaScript (github.com/fynyky)

×1.08 131 | 6 points by fynyky 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Divinity: Original Sin – Enhanced Edition 90% off (steampowered.com)

×0.54 | 1 points by doener 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Decades of Effort Restore Steelhead and Salmon Passage on Alameda Creek (noaa.gov)

×1.41 10 #7 | 127 points by rawgabbit 10 hours ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Efficiently Cooling Satellite Components in Space (fraunhofer.de)

×1.77 | 2 points by giuliomagnifico 11 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Tiny-vLLM – high performance LLM inference engine in C++ and CUDA (github.com/jmaczan)

×1.24 57 | 195 points by yu3zhou4 2 days ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Beacon CLI for self-hosted monitoring, remote access and deployments (github.com/Bajusz15)

×1.03 144 | 7 points by matebajusz 3 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???