Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Mar 23, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro

PC Gamer recommends RSS readers in a 37mb article that just keeps downloading
https://stuartbreckenridge.net/2026-03-19-pc-gamer-recommends-rss-readers-in-a-37mb-article/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47480507

The future of version control
https://bramcohen.com/p/manyana
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47478401

Project Nomad – Knowledge That Never Goes Offline
https://www.projectnomad.us
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47476821

GrapheneOS will remain usable by anyone without requiring personal information
https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116261301913660830
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47482217

Reports of code's death are greatly exaggerated
https://stevekrouse.com/precision
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47476315

The gold standard of optimization: A look under the hood of RollerCoaster Tycoon
https://larstofus.com/2026/03/22/the-gold-standard-of-optimization-a-look-under-the-hood-of-rollercoaster-tycoon/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47480886

Flash-MoE: Running a 397B Parameter Model on a Laptop
https://github.com/danveloper/flash-moe
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47476422

Why I love NixOS
https://www.birkey.co/2026-03-22-why-i-love-nixos.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47479751

MAUI Is Coming to Linux
https://avaloniaui.net/blog/maui-avalonia-preview-1
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47478687

More common mistakes to avoid when creating system architecture diagrams
https://www.ilograph.com/blog/posts/more-common-diagram-mistakes/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47476562

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Mar 22, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro

Some things just take time
https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/3/20/some-things-just-take-time/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47467537

Do Not Turn Child Protection into Internet Access Control
https://news.dyne.org/child-protection-is-not-access-control/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47470991

Tinybox – A powerful computer for deep learning
https://tinygrad.org/#tinybox
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47470773

Ubuntu 26.04 Ends 46 Years of Silent sudo Passwords
https://pbxscience.com/ubuntu-26-04-ends-46-years-of-silent-sudo-passwords/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47464134

The three pillars of JavaScript bloat
https://43081j.com/2026/03/three-pillars-of-javascript-bloat
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47473718

Professional video editing, right in the browser with WebGPU and WASM
https://tooscut.app/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47471601

Grafeo – A fast, lean, embeddable graph database built in Rust
https://grafeo.dev/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47467567

Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons
https://512pixels.net/2026/03/hide-macos-tahoes-menu-icons-with-this-one-simple-trick/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47469331

Floci – A free, open-source local AWS emulator
https://github.com/hectorvent/floci
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47471801

Electronics for Kids, 2nd Edition
https://nostarch.com/electronics-for-kids-2e
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47434986

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Mar 21, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro

OpenCode – Open source AI coding agent
https://opencode.ai/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47460525

Delve – Fake Compliance as a Service
https://deepdelver.substack.com/p/delve-fake-compliance-as-a-service
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47444319

France's aircraft carrier located in real time by Le Monde through fitness app
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/03/20/stravaleaks-france-s-aircraft-carrier-located-in-real-time-by-le-monde-through-fitness-app_6751640_4.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47453942

Our commitment to Windows quality
https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2026/03/20/our-commitment-to-windows-quality/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47459296

The Los Angeles Aqueduct Is Wild
https://practical.engineering/blog/2026/3/17/the-los-angeles-aqueduct-is-wild
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47416543

A Japanese glossary of chopsticks faux pas (2022)
https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h01362/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47460452

Ghostling
https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostling
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47461378

We rewrote our Rust WASM parser in TypeScript and it got faster
https://www.openui.com/blog/rust-wasm-parser
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47461094

VisiCalc Reconstructed
https://zserge.com/posts/visicalc/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47410871

Entso-E final report on Iberian 2025 blackout
https://www.entsoe.eu/publications/blackout/28-april-2025-iberian-blackout/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47452955

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Mar 20, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro

Astral to Join OpenAI
https://astral.sh/blog/openai
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47438723

Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/google-details-new-24-hour-process-to-sideload-unverified-android-apps/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47442690

Show HN: Three new Kitten TTS models – smallest less than 25MB
https://github.com/KittenML/KittenTTS
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47441546

4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c624330lg1ko
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47440430

Return of the Obra Dinn: spherical mapped dithering for a 1bpp first-person game
https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=40832.msg1363742#msg1363742
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47406160

Push events into a running session with channels
https://code.claude.com/docs/en/channels
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47448524

Waymo Safety Impact
https://waymo.com/safety/impact/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47445246

ArXiv Declares Independence from Cornell
https://www.science.org/content/article/arxiv-pioneering-preprint-server-declares-independence-cornell
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47450478

Cockpit is a web-based graphical interface for servers
https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47445599

How the Turner twins are mythbusting modern technical apparel
https://www.carryology.com/insights/how-the-turner-twins-are-mythbusting-modern-gear/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47416972

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Mar 19, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro

Rob Pike’s Rules of Programming (1989)
https://www.cs.unc.edu/~stotts/COMP590-059-f24/robsrules.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47423647

OpenRocket
https://openrocket.info/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47386703

Austin’s surge of new housing construction drove down rents
https://www.pew.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2026/03/18/austins-surge-of-new-housing-construction-drove-down-rents
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47433058

A sufficiently detailed spec is code
https://haskellforall.com/2026/03/a-sufficiently-detailed-spec-is-code
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47434047

Warranty Void If Regenerated
https://nearzero.software/p/warranty-void-if-regenerated
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47431237

Nvidia greenboost: transparently extend GPU VRAM using system RAM/NVMe
https://gitlab.com/IsolatedOctopi/nvidia_greenboost
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47388658

Nvidia NemoClaw
https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47427027

Wander – A tiny, decentralised tool to explore the small web
https://susam.net/wander/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47422759

Show HN: I built 48 lightweight SVG backgrounds you can copy/paste
https://www.svgbackgrounds.com/set/free-svg-backgrounds-and-patterns/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47427299

OpenAI Has New Focus (on the IPO)
https://om.co/2026/03/17/openai-has-new-focus-on-the-ipo/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47423976

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Mar 18, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro

Microsoft's 'unhackable' Xbox One has been hacked by 'Bliss'
https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/microsofts-unhackable-xbox-one-has-been-hacked-by-bliss-the-2013-console-finally-fell-to-voltage-glitching-allowing-the-loading-of-unsigned-code-at-every-level
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47413876

A Decade of Slug
https://terathon.com/blog/decade-slug.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47416736

Mistral AI Releases Forge
https://mistral.ai/news/forge
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47418295

Have a fucking website
https://www.otherstrangeness.com/2026/03/14/have-a-fucking-website/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47421442

Python 3.15's JIT is now back on track
https://fidget-spinner.github.io/posts/jit-on-track.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47416486

Get Shit Done: A meta-prompting, context engineering and spec-driven dev system
https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47417804

Honda is killing its EVs
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/14/honda-is-killing-its-evs-and-any-chance-of-competing-in-the-future/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47387268

Unsloth Studio
https://unsloth.ai/docs/new/studio
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47414032

It Took Me 30 Years to Solve This VFX Problem – Green Screen Problem [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ploi723hg4
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47368425

More than 135 open hardware devices flashable with your own firmware
https://openhardware.directory
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47369883

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Mar 17, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro

Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story
https://www.timesofisrael.com/gamblers-trying-to-win-a-bet-on-polymarket-are-vowing-to-kill-me-if-i-dont-rewrite-an-iran-missile-story/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47397822

Kagi Translate now supports LinkedIn Speak as an output language
https://translate.kagi.com/?from=en&to=LinkedIn+speak
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47408703

US SEC preparing to scrap quarterly reporting requirement
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-sec-preparing-eliminate-quarterly-reporting-requirement-wsj-says-2026-03-16/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47406779

Leanstral: Open-source agent for trustworthy coding and formal proof engineering
https://mistral.ai/news/leanstral
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47404796

Meta’s renewed commitment to jemalloc
https://engineering.fb.com/2026/03/02/data-infrastructure/investing-in-infrastructure-metas-renewed-commitment-to-jemalloc/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47402640

Why I love FreeBSD
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2026/03/16/why-i-love-freebsd/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47397574

The “small web” is bigger than you might think
https://kevinboone.me/small_web_is_big.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47401879

My Journey to a reliable and enjoyable locally hosted voice assistant (2025)
https://community.home-assistant.io/t/my-journey-to-a-reliable-and-enjoyable-locally-hosted-voice-assistant/944860
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47398534

The American Healthcare Conundrum
https://github.com/rexrodeo/american-healthcare-conundrum
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47401809

AirPods Max 2
https://www.apple.com/airpods-max/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47398681

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Mar 16, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro

Canada's bill C-22 mandates mass metadata surveillance
https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/03/a-tale-of-two-bills-lawful-access-returns-with-changes-to-warrantless-access-but-dangerous-backdoor-surveillance-risks-remains/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47392084

The 49MB web page
https://thatshubham.com/blog/news-audit
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47390945

Chrome DevTools MCP (2025)
https://developer.chrome.com/blog/chrome-devtools-mcp-debug-your-browser-session
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47390817

LLM Architecture Gallery
https://sebastianraschka.com/llm-architecture-gallery/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47388676

A Visual Introduction to Machine Learning (2015)
https://r2d3.us/visual-intro-to-machine-learning-part-1/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47386116

Stop Sloppypasta
https://stopsloppypasta.ai/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47389570

Separating the Wayland compositor and window manager
https://isaacfreund.com/blog/river-window-management/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47388137

Glassworm is back: A new wave of invisible Unicode attacks hits repositories
https://www.aikido.dev/blog/glassworm-returns-unicode-attack-github-npm-vscode
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47387047

LLMs can be exhausting
https://tomjohnell.com/llms-can-be-absolutely-exhausting/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47391803

How I write software with LLMs
https://www.stavros.io/posts/how-i-write-software-with-llms/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47394022

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Mar 15, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro

Ageless Linux – Software for humans of indeterminate age
https://agelesslinux.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381791

Python: The Optimization Ladder
https://cemrehancavdar.com/2026/03/10/optimization-ladder/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47327703

Baochip-1x: What it is, why I'm doing it now and how it came about
https://www.crowdsupply.com/baochip/dabao/updates/what-it-is-why-im-doing-it-now-and-how-it-came-about
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47339219

How kernel anti-cheats work
https://s4dbrd.github.io/posts/how-kernel-anti-cheats-work/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47382791

Marketing for Founders
https://github.com/EdoStra/Marketing-for-Founders
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47380295

Rack-mount hydroponics
https://sa.lj.am/rack-mount-hydroponics/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47384352

Show HN: Han – A Korean programming language written in Rust
https://github.com/xodn348/han
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381382

MCP is dead; long live MCP
https://chrlschn.dev/blog/2026/03/mcp-is-dead-long-live-mcp/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47380270

Allow me to get to know you, mistakes and all
https://sebi.io/posts/2026-03-14-allow-me-to-get-to-know-you-mistakes-and-all/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381736

Launching the Claude Partner Network
https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-partner-network
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381340

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Mar 14, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro

Can I run AI locally?
https://www.canirun.ai/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47363754

1M context is now generally available for Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6
https://claude.com/blog/1m-context-ga
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47367129

Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-week clock
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/qatar-helium-shutdown-puts-chip-supply-chain-on-a-two-week-clock
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47363584

Show HN: Channel Surfer – Watch YouTube like it’s cable TV
https://channelsurfer.tv
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47336100

The Wyden Siren Goes Off Again: We’ll Be “Stunned” By What the NSA Is Doing
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/12/the-wyden-siren-goes-off-again-well-be-stunned-by-what-the-nsa-is-doing-under-section-702/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47366374

Elon Musk pushes out more xAI founders as AI coding effort falters
https://www.ft.com/content/e5fbc6c2-d5a6-4b97-a105-6a96ea849de5
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47366666

Your phone is an entire computer
https://medhir.com/blog/your-phone-is-an-entire-computer
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47367568

Mouser: An open source alternative to Logi-Plus mouse software
https://github.com/TomBadash/MouseControl
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47368033

Hammerspoon
https://github.com/Hammerspoon/hammerspoon
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47367932

Parallels confirms MacBook Neo can run Windows in a virtual machine
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/13/macbook-neo-runs-windows-11-vm/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47364729