Quality News: Hacker News Rankings

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OpenAI faces a make-or-break year in 2026 (economist.com)

×0.98 | 1 points by Austin_Conlon 1 minute ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
AB316: No AI Scapegoating Allowed (shub.club)

×0.98 | 1 points by forthwall 1 minute ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Proteus: The AI-native editor for multimodal creation (github.com/gezilinll)

×0.89 | 1 points by gezilinll 4 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Scientists Found a 'Yellow Brick Road' at the Bottom of the Ocean (sciencealert.com)

×0.84 | 1 points by ranit 7 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Xleak: Rust utility brings Excel spreadsheets to your command line (github.com/bgreenwell)

×0.79 | 1 points by quantummagic 11 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
My one-liner Linux Dropbox client (lpan.io)

×0.79 | 1 points by keepamovin 11 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Agloe, New York (wikipedia.org)

×0.74 | 1 points by thunderbong 15 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: LeaveNote – A privacy-focused instant messaging QR code application (leavenote.me)

×0.76 | 1 points by noteable 17 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Coco: A simple stackless, single-threaded, and header-only C++20 coroutine lib (luajit.io:80)

×0.71 | 1 points by kingluo 21 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
DHH is immortal, and costs $200M (danieltenner.com)

×1.63 47 | 3 points by walterbell 24 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
You Have Only X Years to Escape Permanent Moon Ownership (astralcodexten.com)

×1.63 | 2 points by chhxdjsj 25 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Threat of California Billionaire Tax Draws Criticism from Ultrawealthy (wsj.com)

×1.61 | 2 points by monero-xmr 28 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Col. Jacques Baud (ret) explains being sanctioned by the EU (youtube.com)

×1.59 | 2 points by SanjayMehta 31 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
China taxes condoms, contraceptive drugs in bid to spur birth rate (reuters.com)

×3.49 69 | 5 points by DustinEchoes 32 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Gas Town – Multi Agent Workspace Manager (github.com/steveyegge)

×1.60 | 2 points by sawirricardo 35 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Mini Apps Builder – a no-code way to build Telegram mini apps (miniappsbuilder.com)

×1.88 32 | 3 points by Anton_Ingachev 42 minutes ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Is Next Year 2027? (google.com)

×2.17 31 | 3 points by CodeCrusader 42 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Australia Enforces Age ID Checks for Search Engine Users (reclaimthenet.org)

×3.70 32 #48 | 7 points by turrini 42 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Open Source JavaScript Choplifter / Defender (raould.github.io)

×1.47 | 2 points by cypherpunk666 43 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
What Is Plus Times Plus? (Lambda Calculus Visually) [video] (youtube.com)

×2.45 45 | 4 points by rramadass 56 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The US's 2k-year-old mystery mounds (bbc.com)

×1.15 | 2 points by 1659447091 57 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Monty Hall Problem, a side-by-side simulation (pcloadletter.dev)

×1.89 14 #65 | 4 points by ronbenton 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The State of Agentic iOS Engineering in 2026 (medium.com)

×1.05 | 2 points by Anon84 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
On biological & artificial consciousness: A case for biological computationalism (sciencedirect.com)

×3.43 58 | 6 points by bookofjoe 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Sentinel Shield – Pure C DMZ for AI Security (23K LOC, <1ms latency)

×1.71 8 | 3 points by Chgdz 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Favorite Articles in the ACM Digital Library

×1.65 7 | 3 points by lioeters 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Interpreter – Offline screen translator for Japanese retro games (github.com/bquenin)

×1.55 4 | 3 points by bane 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Making beautiful PDF documents from HTML and CSS (css4.pub)

×1.58 3 | 3 points by jez 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Which AI productivity tools are you using in 2026?

×1.23 | 3 points by Vishal19111999 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ukraine enters EU's single mobile roaming zone (yahoo.com)

×2.67 44 | 5 points by gok 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Steam On Linux Ends 2025 With 3.19% Marketshare (phoronix.com)

×4.39 63 | 8 points by doener 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Engineering Is Becoming Beekeeping (logic.inc)

×3.92 59 | 7 points by highfrequency 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Balsa M2-F3 Lifting Body (engineersneedart.com)

×1.65 3 | 3 points by chmaynard 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Outrage as X's Grok morphs photos of women, children into explicit content (cnbctv18.com)

×5.81 79 | 14 points by anonymousab 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
China's BYD set to overtake Tesla as top EV seller (bbc.com)

×2.69 16 #23 | 23 points by decimalenough 1 hour ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: VideoCalling.app – Free Video Calling Service (videocalling.app)

×1.07 | 2 points by Airyisland 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Webmention is an open web standard (W3C Recommendation) for conversations (indieweb.org)

×2.33 22 | 4 points by doener 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Turning 100-plus comments HN threads into readable discussions

×2.45 39 | 5 points by freakynit 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
DENT: A network operating system (NOS) for everyone else (dent.dev)

×0.79 18 #17 | 7 points by teleforce 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Best videos for learning Java concurrency?

×1.11 | 2 points by michalgad 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform (Drop) (ca.gov)

×1.73 8 | 3 points by doener 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Simulating a negative tax city on Cities Skylines 2 [video] (youtube.com)

×1.08 | 2 points by MinimalAction 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
ReactOS Starts 2026 with a Major Step Toward Windows NT6 Compatibility (phoronix.com)

×3.07 27 #47 | 11 points by hackthemack 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Building a tool to ensure things get done on time

×0.85 12 | 3 points by Vishal19111999 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I bootstrapped an AI OSINT search engine to 35k users. Trying $5 Day Pass Model (cylect.io)

×1.06 | 2 points by nuzzl 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Cerelog ESP-EEG is a new 8-channel biosensing board at a hobbyist-friendly price (autodidacts.io)

×1.49 16 | 3 points by Curiositry 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Designing Predictable and Maintainable Forms in React (jsdev.space)

×1.49 17 | 3 points by javatuts 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Construction to begin on Florida expressway that will charge EVs while driving (nbcmiami.com)

×2.00 18 #61 | 7 points by geox 1 hour ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
How much gold is kept in the Bank of England? (bankofengland.co.uk)

×2.57 25 | 5 points by thunderbong 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Marmot – A distributed SQLite server with MySQL wire compatible interface (github.com/maxpert)

×1.63 4 #4 | 29 points by zX41ZdbW 1 hour ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
neTV: A new option for self hosted IPTV transcoding (github.com/jvdillon)

×1.56 19 | 3 points by dfacto 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ruamel.yaml gave me the first incident of 2026 (yaml.dev)

×2.06 1 | 4 points by pandemiclatte 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Scalable Oral Exams with an ElevenLabs Voice AI Agent (behind-the-enemy-lines.com)

×0.91 | 2 points by owl_vision 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Learnings from 100K Lines of Rust with AI (zfhuang99.github.io)

×0.96 | 2 points by dputtick 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A Solid Load of Bull (loup-vaillant.fr)

×0.42 | 1 points by signa11 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
2025 in Review at DemandSphere (demandsphere.com)

×0.43 | 1 points by rgrieselhuber 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Rav1d will never beat dav1d in performance

×2.79 14 | 5 points by key_aavoja 2 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Thoughts on the emergence of artificial general intelligence (jesse.id)

×0.93 | 2 points by jesse_dot_id 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Collage87.com – Free photo collage/grid maker (no login, no watermarks) (collage87.com)

×0.91 | 2 points by brianchanwh 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
AI Futures Model: Dec 2025 Update (ai-futures.org)

×1.08 29 #60 | 12 points by amstam 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
PG&E to Lower Electric Prices on Jan. 1, Fourth Decrease in Two Years (pge.com)

×0.96 | 2 points by bryan0 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
RyOS (github.com/ryokun6)

×0.94 | 2 points by handfuloflight 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Happy Public Domain Day 2026 (publicdomainreview.org)

×1.81 #1 | 112 points by apetresc 2 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
HP-UX hits end-of-life today, and I'm sad (osnews.com)

×1.59 5 | 5 points by notpushkin 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Stolze-Smith Shorthand (stolze-smith.com)

×0.93 | 2 points by crux 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Humane Guidelines for Computer Usage and Design (horeszko.ca)

×0.41 | 1 points by horeszko 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Extensibility: The "100% Lisp" Fallacy (iroiro.party)

×0.74 17 #8 | 16 points by todsacerdoti 1 hour ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Pelican: Multi-step SVG generation with vLLMs (alexey.work)

×0.94 | 2 points by xl0 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Rust9x update: Rust 1.93.0-beta (seri.tools)

×1.53 40 | 3 points by pornel 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Saks Prepares for Bankruptcy After Missing Debt Payment (wsj.com)

×1.53 41 | 3 points by bookofjoe 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Security breaks during partial failures – design notes from distributed systems

×0.51 18 #79 | 5 points by sandhyavinjam 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Automated WebRTC Livestream Recording

×1.53 43 | 3 points by PhilipWee 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Everyone's Watching Stocks. The Real Bubble Is AI Debt (bloomberg.com)

×2.62 9 | 5 points by zerosizedweasle 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Norman Foster's steroidal new skyscraper is an affront to the New York skyline (theguardian.com)

×3.33 20 #75 | 9 points by PaulHoule 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Why users cannot create Issues directly (github.com/ghostty-org)

×2.70 1 #3 | 66 points by xpe 2 hours ago | 24 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Why CoreWeave Is Weighed Down by Its Debt Load (yahoo.com)

×1.63 47 | 3 points by zerosizedweasle 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
DeepSeek MHC: Manifold-Constrained Hyper-Connections (huggingface.co)

×1.66 49 | 3 points by marc__1 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Bud-Sex: Sexual Flexibility Among Rural White Straight Men Who Have Sex with Men (uoregon.edu)

×4.78 27 | 8 points by lesk 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
From Silicon to Darude Sand-storm: breaking famous synthesizer DSPs [video] (ccc.de)

×1.65 51 | 3 points by tzmlab 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Type-Safe User Interfaces and the Manifest Pattern (andrewhathaway.net)

×1.08 | 2 points by handfuloflight 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
California Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP) (ca.gov)

×1.61 19 #15 | 16 points by 8organicbits 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: BreachLab – Can you hack our AI? (xsourcesec.com)

×1.55 57 | 3 points by xsourcesec 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
California dessert empire Sprinkles Cupcakes abruptly closes all stores (sfgate.com)

×2.19 29 | 4 points by apparent 3 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Journalism, media, and technology trends and predictions 2025 (ox.ac.uk)

×1.05 | 2 points by barishnamazov 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
LakeFS Acquires DVC (lakefs.io)

×1.61 60 | 3 points by farhanhubble 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
In-house electronics manufacturing from scratch: How hard can it be? [video] (ccc.de)

×1.65 62 | 3 points by Fnoord 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
File manager for the COSMIC desktop environment (github.com/pop-os)

×0.43 | 1 points by doener 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
New California Laws Going into Effect in 2026 (ca.gov)

×1.46 21 #40 | 10 points by ChadNauseam 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
You Are Not an Average (thinkhuman.com)

×1.61 31 | 4 points by jamesgill 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Lean: Open source algorithmic trading engine (github.com/QuantConnect)

×1.62 65 | 3 points by nateb2022 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???