Hacker News Highlights

Show HN: Cs16.css – CSS library based on Counter Strike 1.6 UI
https://cs16.samke.me
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42814110

Wild – A fast linker for Linux
https://github.com/davidlattimore/wild
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42814683

Ask HN: Why buy domains and 301 redirect them to me?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42812779

A phishing attack involving g.co, Google's URL shortener
https://gist.github.com/zachlatta/f86317493654b550c689dc6509973aa4
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42810252

Caltrain's electric fleet more efficient than expected
https://www.caltrain.com/news/caltrains-electric-fleet-more-efficient-expected
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42818692

Snowdrop OS – a homebrew operating system from scratch, in assembly language
http://sebastianmihai.com/snowdrop/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42814820

Subpixel Snake [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDwganLjpW0
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42815288

A WebAssembly compiler that fits in a tweet
https://wasmgroundup.com/blog/wasm-compiler-in-a-tweet/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42814948

New book-sorting algorithm almost reaches perfection
https://www.quantamagazine.org/new-book-sorting-algorithm-almost-reaches-perfection-20250124/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42814275

How I Use Home Assistant in 2025
https://vpetersson.com/2025/01/22/how-i-use-home-assistant-in-2025.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42813513

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jan 24, 2025.

Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42806247

Hacking Subaru: Tracking and controlling cars via the admin panel
https://samcurry.net/hacking-subaru
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42803279

Llama.vim – Local LLM-assisted text completion
https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.vim
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42806328

Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online
https://t4t.social/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42800893

The Most Mario Colors
https://lmnt.me/blog/the-most-mario-colors.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42777948

Operator research preview
https://openai.com/index/introducing-operator/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42806301

A QR code that sends you to a different destination – lenticular and adversarial
https://mstdn.social/@isziaui/113874436953157913
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42809268

Turn any bicycle electric
https://dhruvvidyut.co.in/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42804434

Psychedelic Graphics 0: Introduction
https://benpence.com/blog/post/psychedelic-graphics-0
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42804566

How shut-down Bay Area tech companies ditch their fancy gear
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/silicon-valley-disposition-auction-company-20039023.php
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42790536

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jan 23, 2025.

Show HN: I made an open-source laptop from scratch
https://www.byran.ee/posts/creation/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42797260

Mastercard DNS error went unnoticed for years
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/01/mastercard-dns-error-went-unnoticed-for-years/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42793783

TabBoo – add random jumpscares to websites you're trying to avoid
https://tabboo.xyz/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42795237

How to improve your WFH lighting to reduce eye strain
https://rustle.ca/posts/articles/work-from-home-lighting
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42796950

The Tyranny of Structurelessness (1970)
https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42793483

Tailwind CSS v4.0
https://tailwindcss.com/blog/tailwindcss-v4
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42799136

Master the Art of the Product Manager 'No'
https://LetsNotDoThat.com
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42771310

Most Influential Papers in Computer Science History
https://terriblesoftware.org/2025/01/22/the-7-most-influential-papers-in-computer-science-history/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42799103

Simple CPU Design
http://simplecpudesign.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42793597

Understanding gRPC, OpenAPI and REST and when to use them in API design
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/api-management/understanding-grpc-openapi-and-rest-and-when-to-use-them
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42799245

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jan 22, 2025.

0-click deanonymization attack targeting Signal, Discord, other platforms
HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42780816
Link: https://gist.github.com/hackermondev/45a3cdfa52246f1d1201c1e8cdef6117
Points: 1196 | Comments: 74

Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon
HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42786962
Link: https://twitter.com/Free_Ross/status/1881851923005165704
Points: 982 | Comments: 87

Stargate Project: SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, MGX to build data centers
HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42785891
Link: https://apnews.com/article/trump-ai-openai-oracle-softbank-son-altman-ellison-be261f8a8ee07a0623d4170397348c41
Points: 628 | Comments: 115

Ask HN: Is anyone doing anything cool with tiny language models?
HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42784365
Points: 385 | Comments: 47

Invisible Electrostatic Wall at 3M plant (1996)
HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42782914
Link: http://amasci.com/weird/unusual/e-wall.html
Points: 332 | Comments: 29

Calm tech certification "rewards" less distracting tech
HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42780953
Link: https://spectrum.ieee.org/calm-tech
Points: 275 | Comments: 25

Hunyuan3D 2.0 – High-Resolution 3D Assets Generation
HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42786040
Link: https://github.com/Tencent/Hunyuan3D-2
Points: 196 | Comments: 7

Moving on from React, a year later
HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42769822
Link: https://kellysutton.com/2025/01/18/moving-on-from-react-a-year-later.html
Points: 195 | Comments: 27

What are these bumps on the top of a pull-tab can?
HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42788455
Link: https://old.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/comments/1i5ztq4/comment/m8a7m8m/
Points: 158 | Comments: 6

Mercator: Extreme
HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42783948
Link: https://mrgris.com/projects/merc-extreme/
Points: 153 | Comments: 16