Quality News: Hacker News Rankings

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Tell HN: I'm a PM at a big system of record SaaS. We're cooked

×9.17 66 | 94 points by throwawaypm123 8 hours ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Hello world does not compile (github.com/anthropics)

×4.86 87 | 35 points by mfiguiere 2 hours ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Why I Joined OpenAI (brendangregg.com)

×3.81 54 #57 | 66 points by SerCe 3 hours ago | 59 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I'm going to cure my girlfriend's brain tumor (andrewjrod.substack.com)

×3.73 18 #24 | 70 points by ray__ 3 hours ago | 31 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Early Christian Writings (earlychristianwritings.com)

×3.82 67 #76 | 150 points by dsego 7 hours ago | 91 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
EU bans infinite scroll and autoplay in TikTok case (twitter.com/HennaVirkkunen)

×4.14 41 | 9 points by miohtama 3 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Waymo exec admits remote operators in Philippines help guide US robotaxis (eletric-vehicles.com)

×4.19 18 #55 | 53 points by anigbrowl 8 hours ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Amazon plunge continues $1T wipeout as AI bubble fears ignite sell-off (cnbc.com)

×6.99 31 | 87 points by truegoric 14 hours ago | 83 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
WiFi Could Become an Invisible Mass Surveillance System (scitechdaily.com)

×3.02 45 #85 | 14 points by mgh2 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
OpenCiv3: Open-source, cross-platform reimagining of Civilization III (openciv3.org)

×2.95 #1 | 475 points by klaussilveira 7 hours ago | 116 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
How we made geo joins 400× faster with H3 indexes (floedb.ai)

×1.92 4 #3 | 35 points by matheusalmeida 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Oregon raised spending by 80%, math scores dropped (educationnext.org)

×3.42 44 #77 | 57 points by grantpitt 7 hours ago | 99 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
US Immigration on the Easiest Setting (pluralistic.net)

×7.49 13 | 99 points by headalgorithm 18 hours ago | 119 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A new comet was just discovered. Will it be visible in broad daylight? (phys.org)

×2.36 34 #83 | 8 points by bookmtn 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams (kirkville.com)

×5.09 16 #21 | 998 points by cdrnsf 16 hours ago | 421 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Forcing Rust: How Big Tech Lobbied the Government into a Language Mandate (medium.com)

×2.15 33 | 4 points by akagusu 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Frisco residents divided over H-1B visas, 'Indian takeover' at council meeting (dallasnews.com)

×2.43 11 | 5 points by alephnerd 3 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Waymo World Model (waymo.com)

×3.62 #2 | 816 points by xnx 12 hours ago | 487 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
TikTok's 'addictive design' found to be illegal in Europe (nytimes.com)

×4.62 27 #40 | 612 points by thm 16 hours ago | 441 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
An Update on Heroku (heroku.com)

×3.86 3 #14 | 338 points by lstoll 13 hours ago | 243 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Installing Ollama and Gemma 3B on Linux (byandrev.dev)

×2.12 25 | 10 points by byandrev 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Switzerland's Extraordinary Medieval Library (bbc.com)

×1.91 2 | 4 points by bookmtn 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A century of hair samples proves leaded gas ban worked (arstechnica.com)

×1.86 6 #6 | 93 points by jnord 5 hours ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: I built a RAG engine to search Singaporean laws (github.com/adityaprasad-sudo)

×1.79 30 | 3 points by ambitious_potat 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: ZigZag – A Bubble Tea-Inspired TUI Framework for Zig (github.com/meszmate)

×1.43 1 | 3 points by meszmate 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Make Trust Irrelevant: A Gamer's Take on Agentic AI Safety (github.com/Deso-PK)

×1.20 60 | 9 points by DesoPK 1 hour ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Uber Found Liable in Rape by Driver, Setting Stage for Cases (nytimes.com)

×3.43 27 | 54 points by buellerbueller 11 hours ago | 70 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Do rich people live longer? (empirical.health)

×2.14 23 | 4 points by brandonb 4 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
How the Tandy Color Computer Works [video] (youtube.com)

×1.99 19 | 4 points by amichail 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Bash scripts are brittle – simple error handling in bash (notifox.com)

×2.00 21 | 4 points by Meetvelde 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Claude Opus 4.6 (anthropic.com)

×8.09 11 #30 | 2275 points by HellsMaddy 1 day ago | 981 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: If you lose your memory, how to regain access to your computer? (eljojo.github.io)

×2.43 5 #9 | 208 points by eljojo 10 hours ago | 134 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Economics Puzzle Leads to a New Understanding of a Fundamental Law of Physics (caltech.edu)

×1.36 20 | 3 points by geox 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Wearable textile-based phototherapy toward non-invasive hair loss treatment (nature.com)

×1.94 28 | 4 points by T-A 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
WebView performance significantly slower than PWA (chromium.org)

×1.67 69 #44 | 4 points by denysonique 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
If CNN Covered Star Wars (youtube.com)

×1.35 26 | 3 points by keepamovin 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Monty: A minimal, secure Python interpreter written in Rust for use by AI (github.com/pydantic)

×1.88 6 #5 | 156 points by dmpetrov 7 hours ago | 69 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
NIMBYs aren't just shutting down housing (yimbyaction.org)

×3.05 14 #48 | 147 points by toomuchtodo 13 hours ago | 338 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Claude Composer (josh.ing)

×2.09 18 #41 | 114 points by coloneltcb 8 hours ago | 73 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Introducing the Developer Knowledge API and MCP Server (googleblog.com)

×1.46 13 #22 | 26 points by gfortaine 5 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Portview what's on your ports (diagnostic-first, single binary, Linux) (github.com/Mapika)

×1.38 30 | 3 points by Mapika 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: I built a directory of $1M+ in free credits for startups (startupperks.directory)

×1.88 36 | 4 points by osmansiddique 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: FastLog: 1.4 GB/s text file analyzer with AVX2 SIMD (github.com/AGDNoob)

×1.31 38 | 3 points by AGDNoob 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Dark Alley Mathematics (szczepan.org)

×1.32 14 #7 | 50 points by quibono 4 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
How to effectively write quality code with AI (heidenstedt.org)

×2.18 2 #18 | 196 points by i5heu 10 hours ago | 146 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Bypassing Kernel32.dll for Fun and Nonprofit (ziglang.org)

×1.50 43 | 3 points by Retro_Dev 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
PC Floppy Copy Protection: Vault Prolok (martypc.blogspot.com)

×1.13 16 #13 | 24 points by kmm 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Female Asian Elephant Calf Born at the Smithsonian National Zoo (si.edu)

×0.88 15 #29 | 7 points by gmays 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Hackers (1995) Animated Experience (hackers-1995.vercel.app)

×2.91 6 #12 | 411 points by todsacerdoti 15 hours ago | 220 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Fraud investigation is believing your lying eyes (bitsaboutmoney.com)

×2.28 32 #62 | 141 points by dangrossman 11 hours ago | 179 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
We had sex in a Chinese hotel, then found we had been broadcast to thousands (bbc.com)

×7.19 45 | 64 points by notepad0x90 1 day ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: I spent 4 years building a UI design tool with only the features I use (vecti.com)

×1.83 #8 | 261 points by vecti 9 hours ago | 125 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Wall Street just lost $285B because of 13 Markdown files (martinalderson.com)

×3.00 10 | 60 points by nomdep 14 hours ago | 51 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info (sheldonbrown.com)

×2.33 4 #11 | 328 points by ostacke 13 hours ago | 86 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Look Ma, No Linux: Shell, App Installer, Vi, Cc on ESP32-S3 / BreezyBox (github.com/valdanylchuk)

×1.42 6 #4 | 157 points by isitcontent 7 hours ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Volkswagen overtook Tesla as Europe's top EV seller in 2025 (reuters.com)

×4.71 18 | 95 points by _fizz_buzz_ 1 day ago | 32 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Flock CEO calls Deflock a “terrorist organization” (2025) [video] (youtube.com)

×5.79 48 | 658 points by cdrnsf 1 day ago | 507 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A new bill in New York would require disclaimers on AI-generated news content (niemanlab.org)

×3.15 11 #33 | 523 points by giuliomagnifico 19 hours ago | 218 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
GPT-5.3-Codex (openai.com)

×5.66 17 #43 | 1486 points by meetpateltech 1 day ago | 587 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ultima IX (filfre.net)

×1.37 42 #53 | 11 points by doppp 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Data breach: DOGE 'accidentally' leaked the whole Social Security database [pdf] (courtlistener.com)

×8.52 57 | 124 points by chirau 1 day ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: 33rpm – A vinyl screensaver for macOS that syncs to your music (noonpacific.com)

×1.39 67 | 3 points by kaniksu 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Excalidraw MCP App Server (github.com/antonpk1)

×0.99 88 #61 | 3 points by gfortaine 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
GitHub Actions is slowly killing engineering teams (iankduncan.com)

×4.00 46 | 362 points by codesuki 1 day ago | 196 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I spent 5 years in DevOps – Solutions engineering gave me what I was missing (infisical.com)

×1.51 7 #17 | 116 points by vmatsiiako 9 hours ago | 38 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Non AI-obsessed tech forums

×1.19 22 | 18 points by nanocat 6 hours ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Delimited Continuations vs. Lwt for Threads (mirageos.org)

×0.39 54 #16 | 4 points by romes 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
U.S. asks American citizens to 'leave Iran now' (cnbc.com)

×2.49 2 | 56 points by mhb 15 hours ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: We built a way to see if you know anyone in the Epstein files (happenstance.ai)

×2.24 76 | 4 points by teichman 9 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Fallout 4 – The Mushroom Case (simonschreibt.de)

×1.66 63 #84 | 6 points by klaussilveira 8 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The first good Raspberry Pi Laptop (jeffgeerling.com)

×2.34 54 #90 | 12 points by thomasjb 12 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Chiptune Tracker (chiptunes.netlify.app)

×0.88 71 | 3 points by iamdan 6 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
It's 2026, Just Use Postgres (tigerdata.com)

×4.00 40 | 508 points by turtles3 1 day ago | 316 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
FORTH? Really!? (rescrv.net)

×1.01 13 #23 | 47 points by rescrv 7 hours ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Microsoft open-sources LiteBox, a security-focused library OS (github.com/microsoft)

×1.69 10 #10 | 328 points by aktau 13 hours ago | 158 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Learning from context is harder than we thought (tencent.com)

×1.45 9 #19 | 152 points by limoce 11 hours ago | 79 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Understanding Neural Network, Visually (visualrambling.space)

×1.74 7 #20 | 245 points by surprisetalk 14 hours ago | 32 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
macOS No Longer Ships with Emacs (batsov.com)

×1.70 50 #54 | 31 points by tosh 13 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
My AI Adoption Journey (mitchellh.com)

×3.97 12 #50 | 893 points by anurag 1 day ago | 376 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Slack CLI for Agents (github.com/stablyai)

×0.92 11 #28 | 41 points by nwparker 7 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Falcon's Eye (isometric NetHack) running in the browser via WebAssembly (rahuljaguste.github.io)

×0.73 71 #80 | 4 points by rahuljaguste 6 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: GitClaw – An AI assistant that runs in GitHub Actions (github.com/SawyerHood)

×1.69 70 | 8 points by sawyerjhood 13 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Horizons – OSS agent execution engine (github.com/synth-laboratories)

×0.82 8 #59 | 23 points by JoshPurtell 7 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Wyden Siren: Senator's Cryptic CIA Letter Pattern Has Never Been Wrong (techdirt.com)

×3.85 41 | 118 points by hn_acker 1 day ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Beauty of Slag (uchicago.edu)

×0.84 13 #35 | 33 points by sohkamyung 7 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: R3forth, a ColorForth-inspired language with a tiny VM (github.com/phreda4)

×0.77 17 #15 | 52 points by phreda4 6 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Evaluating and mitigating the growing risk of LLM-discovered 0-days (anthropic.com)

×0.80 16 #25 | 38 points by lebovic 7 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Fined $48k for using a jammer to keep commuters from using phones while driving (fcc.gov)

×5.17 73 | 56 points by felineflock 1 day ago | 92 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The RCE that AMD won't fix (mrbruh.com)

×2.84 26 #89 | 360 points by MrBruh 1 day ago | 155 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
LinkedIn checks for 2953 browser extensions (github.com/mdp)

×3.17 35 | 511 points by mdp 1 day ago | 232 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???