Quality News: Hacker News Rankings

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GitHub Spec Kit (github.com/spec-kit)

×0.89 | 1 points by ankitg12 4 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The US is charging an American citizen for wiping his phone at the border (gizmodo.com)

×1.85 52 | 3 points by thinkcontext 9 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: RelativeDB – OSS query engine for relational foundation models (github.com/RelativeDB)

×0.76 | 2 points by scottcodie 12 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Indie Hacker Economy Is a Pyramid Scheme (medium.com)

×1.77 | 2 points by joanwestenberg 14 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I Championed Prediction Markets. Look What They've Become (platypuseconomics.com)

×1.61 | 2 points by NomNew 20 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Triton: DirectX 11 Driver for QEMU (getutm.app)

×0.67 | 1 points by thunderbong 24 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Simple HIIT timer for efficient workouts (hiitmeup.fit)

×0.70 | 1 points by takee 24 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
How the Atmos Clock Functions (atmos-atelier.de)

×0.69 | 1 points by r3trohack3r 26 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
PGSimCity - How PostgreSQL Works (nikolays.github.io)

×1.61 | 2 points by jonbaer 26 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Turn an image into a 3D blockbench model (github.com/orca-gamedev)

×0.71 | 1 points by ekduman 26 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
DLC Protect – Open-Source ECDH Encryption for Steam DLCs (github.com/Schummlerr)

×0.69 | 1 points by DLCProtect 27 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Liveness proofs in Veil: Part 1 (proofsandintuitions.net)

×0.71 | 1 points by Kinrany 27 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Open coordination stack for lattice-building robot swarms (github.com/jdyar)

×0.66 | 1 points by JoshuaDryer 31 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Quebec scraps AI and automation projects in the public sector (ctvnews.ca)

×1.58 | 2 points by cdrnsf 31 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Introducing Odella [video] (youtube.com)

×1.52 | 2 points by jordanhparker6 34 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Blind-box commerce made easy (chancey.run)

×0.67 | 1 points by 13001r 34 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Unlocking the Halo: Campaign Evolved Secret Debug Menu (den.dev)

×0.64 | 1 points by daveidol 36 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
UBI-ticon: High Effort Feature Film using programmatic sonification (r2.dev)

×0.64 | 1 points by MaybeGoodRoyal 37 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Open-source 3D-printed portable MRI machine built for under $70k (tomshardware.com)

×3.01 9 #35 | 6 points by sbulaev 36 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Port Zero – how I learned to stop worrying and love PORT=0 (portzero.net)

×1.26 | 2 points by octopoc 41 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Data centres in NZ: Jobs creators or destroyers? (rnz.co.nz)

×3.06 50 | 4 points by billybuckwheat 41 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Qwen 27B with local well writen tools just as powerful as cluade models?

×1.80 29 | 3 points by llmdreamer 50 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
From A.I. To the Deep State, Michel Foucault Foresaw It All (nytimes.com)

×0.56 | 1 points by bookofjoe 51 minutes ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A Personal Note from Our Founder (2025) (hindenburgresearch.com)

×1.34 | 2 points by pinkmuffinere 51 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Visualizing the Artemis II Mission (foxglove.dev)

×2.04 27 | 3 points by intrepidsoldier 55 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Is Zig worth it over Rust in 2026?

×1.31 | 2 points by soywod 56 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Most Googlebots Are Fake (digitalseams.com)

×2.67 45 | 4 points by bobbiechen 58 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Jeffy Loop, an autonomous code improvement loop for Claude Code (github.com/lenamonj)

×0.55 | 2 points by lenamonj 59 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Fonts In Use – Find out where a font is used (fontsinuse.com)

×1.74 49 #18 | 3 points by open_ 59 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
From Soft to Hard Skills (creators.industries)

×2.63 43 | 4 points by noreplydev 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Lowkey Studio – Shader Powered visual effects compositor in the Browser (lowkeyviewer.com)

×1.04 | 2 points by tracerbulletx 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
AI Moves into Family Life (axios.com)

×1.22 | 2 points by karakoram 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
How to self-host servers in your living room on static IPs (vimuser.org)

×2.98 17 #41 | 9 points by birdculture 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Distill and serve models with frontier quality for half the cost (github.com/experientiallabs)

×2.32 90 | 41 points by SilenN 1 hour ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
105M Americans Are Not Working – More Than Covid or the Great Recession (nypost.com)

×1.99 21 | 3 points by karakoram 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Christian Persecution World Map (rinchen.github.io)

×0.68 | 1 points by joey911 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Why do we do astrophysics? (arxiv.org)

×1.20 | 2 points by i_no_can_eat 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Godot Benchmark 2: Opus 5 > Sol > Terra (ziva.sh)

×1.24 | 2 points by OsrsNeedsf2P 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Wattage: A token-spend profiler and cost-regression gate for AI agents (github.com/faizannraza)

×0.70 32 #25 | 4 points by faizanraza03 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Year old solves propriatery psvr2 cotroller tracking (github.com/odin30814-cmyk)

×1.23 | 2 points by odinsmith321 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Signs of AI Design Slop (github.com/febbhav)

×1.26 | 2 points by febians 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Josh James selling Domo for $400M (deseret.com)

×1.24 | 2 points by toomuchtodo 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Alberta Learner Practice Test (driversedhub.com)

×1.28 | 2 points by therenis 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Paper – A Journaling CLI for Developers (rewrlution.com)

×1.11 | 2 points by dmsehuang 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Productivity Paradox (wikipedia.org)

×2.93 24 #43 | 12 points by azhenley 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Genetics and intelligence differences: five special findings (nature.com)

×1.78 5 | 3 points by gmays 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Japan legend Miura, 59, scores first goal since 2022 (bbc.com)

×2.16 30 #32 | 38 points by brudgers 1 hour ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Types with AI (alecvo.org)

×1.71 3 | 3 points by Vgoose 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A Minecraft-alpha-style voxel game written in Rust with a custom engine (github.com/dollspace-gay)

×1.09 | 2 points by wertyk 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
FastJson 1.2.83 Remote Code Execution (fearsoff.org)

×1.09 | 2 points by miniBill 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Cursor Bridge – Run Unlimited Claude Code on Your Cursor Subscription (github.com/hkc5)

×1.23 70 | 15 points by hakancan 1 hour ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Scriptc by Vercel: TypeScript-to-Native compiler, no JavaScript engine in binary (github.com/vercel-labs)

×1.63 10 | 3 points by maxloh 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Shepherd Model Gateway – Model-routing gateway for LLM deployments (github.com/lightseekorg)

×0.93 | 2 points by rekl 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Your GPS Is Lying to You (medium.com)

×2.06 15 #62 | 7 points by jonbaer 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
"A vicious circle of incompatibility" – Unsung (aresluna.org)

×2.15 11 | 4 points by rbanffy 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A live black-box capability eval for autonomous offensive-security agents (entropicsystems.net)

×1.04 | 2 points by snorbleck 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Claude of Duty (github.com/mshumer)

×1.05 | 2 points by SweetSoftPillow 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Stories Told About Data Centres – Pixel Envy (pxlnv.com)

×0.46 | 1 points by rbanffy 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tesler's Law (wikipedia.org)

×1.85 19 #64 | 8 points by soupspaces 2 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Videos Helped Me Uncover Abuse at an Arkansas Private School (propublica.org)

×1.70 15 | 3 points by Jimmc414 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Court Reporter Submitted AI-Generated Errors in Official Court Transcript (404media.co)

×0.47 | 1 points by Jimmc414 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Fabric Interfaces Tutorial [video] (youtube.com)

×0.48 | 1 points by soupspaces 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Hundreds of Drone-as-First-Responder Programs to Be Launched Across the Country (eff.org)

×1.87 6 | 4 points by Jimmc414 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Anyclaude-SDK – Claude Code-Style SDK for OpenAI/Anthropic Endpoints (github.com/pipilot-dev)

×1.05 | 2 points by hansade 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: The Jac Programming Language (jaclang.org)

×2.92 22 | 5 points by marsninja 2 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Metaverse Fever Dream – Pixel Envy (pxlnv.com)

×1.86 19 | 3 points by rbanffy 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Why does every mammal get 1B heartbeats in their life? [video] (youtube.com)

×1.52 10 #79 | 4 points by binyu 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The highest-leverage bet in the whole market is not AI, it's LSD (singularityrainbow.ai)

×1.87 21 | 3 points by charliejordan 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: GG Translator – Turn gaming shit talk into friendly phrases (ggtranslator.com)

×1.13 | 2 points by mcadenhe 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during airport search (techspot.com)

×9.55 18 #24 | 46 points by eecc 2 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
So-called 'Skynet Day' came too close to SF after rogue agent hacked a startup (apnews.com)

×1.21 1 | 4 points by billybuckwheat 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: LuaJIT with Native SIMD (github.com/TheLuaOSProject)

×1.13 | 2 points by frityet 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Can Frontier Models Recall Long-Tail Facts? A Cricket Stress Test (corvi.careers)

×1.90 24 | 3 points by sp1982 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Building a CEL Engine for .NET (bsid.io)

×1.94 25 | 3 points by jackedEngineer 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Refactoring cuisine: how an Iraqi stew sailed to Singapore (iza.ac)

×1.27 | 2 points by infinitewalk 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Browser-Based QBasic Environment (kavak.run)

×2.52 5 | 4 points by rickcarlino 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
RAMpocalypse, Now With Lawyers – ByteHaven – Where I ramble about bytes (ppb1701.com)

×1.20 | 2 points by abdelhousni 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Codex fixed my 2010 MacBook Pro driver troubles with kernel patches (github.com/ldyeax)

×0.52 | 1 points by jimmaswell 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Frontier LLMs drop from 83% to 43% once reasoning has to chain across domains (arxiv.org)

×1.20 | 2 points by MarcoDewey 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Anti-AI nostalgia and the cult of the past (seangoedecke.com)

×1.89 28 | 3 points by gfysfm 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: ClinicEvo – Know your face. Own your look (clinicevo.com)

×0.53 | 1 points by not_wowinter13 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Venus's rift valleys may still be actively growing (ethz.ch)

×1.17 | 2 points by MarcoDewey 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Owen Song releases complete local speech synthesis in 9.36M parameters (runtimewire.com)

×0.52 | 1 points by ryanmerket 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Lexicon a free Grammarly alternative, local writing assistant (lexicon-writer.pages.dev)

×0.53 | 1 points by aashishharishch 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Emacs Writing Machine (chainsawriot.com)

×0.54 | 1 points by rbanffy 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Discrete6502 – one thing led to another (epatel.github.io)

×1.17 32 #39 | 6 points by epatel99 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Kintsugi: A Japanese traditional ceramic conservation skill (cardiff.ac.uk)

×1.83 33 | 3 points by lopespm 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Pin every country you've visited on a 3D globe (pinglobe.world)

×0.52 | 1 points by Yueyin 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Zig by Example (neocities.org)

×0.53 | 1 points by rbanffy 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Multiple people injured in collision involving Waymo near downtown Los Angeles (latimes.com)

×1.17 | 2 points by gamblor956 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???