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LTT Linus Torvalds interview [video] (m.youtube.com)
The Fundamental Theorem of System Architecture and Change Management (pastebin.com)
Trillions Spent and Big Software Projects Are Still Failing (spectrum.ieee.org)
Why Staff+ Hiring Is a Different Game (medium.com)
You Want Microservices—But Do You Need Them? (docker.com)
Reverse Engineering the Next.js Job Interview Malware (Hidden in Next.config.js) (dzentota.medium.com)
David Lerner, Mr. Fix-it of Apple Computers and Tekserve co-founder, dies at 72 (nytimes.com)
Show HN: I Built Tinyfocus – A Minimal Tool to Help Solo Founders Focus (tinyfoc.us)
Hi HN,<p>I just launched Tinyfocus, a small productivity tool designed specifically for solo founders and builders. The goal is simple: help you focus on what matters and get more done in less time.<p>Here’s what Tinyfocus does:<p>Lets you track your top tasks and prioritize efficiently.<p>Provides ...
Dotcom Survivor Syndrome – How Perl’s Early Success Created the Seeds of Its Downfall (perlhacks.com)
From hiring at Gett to JobHire AI: building job search automation (medium.com)
AI Industry Interview Prep Guide (twopug.com)
Ask HN: How can we measure AI's impact on global developer productivity?
I’m curious whether there’s a meaningful way to quantify how much AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, etc.) are affecting software development productivity worldwide.<p>Obviously, metrics like “number of repos created,” “number of commits,” or “lines of code changed” are not quality indicators — but...
Key Questions Developers Ask in Interviews (Not About Pizza Parties) (medium.com)
Joe Armstrong interviews Alan Kay (2016) [video] (youtube.com)
Controversial genetics testing startup Nucleus Genomics raises $14M Series A (techcrunch.com)
Agentic AI at Scale: Redefining Management for a Superhuman Workforce (sloanreview.mit.edu)
Health Billing SaaS – Co-Founder/CTO – Hamburg, Germany
Health Billing (Hamburg, Germany) | Co-Founder&#x2F;CTO | 10% equity + salary<p>We&#x27;re automating private health insurance billing in Germany – solving real pain for 400K+ patients drowning in paperwork.<p>Traction: 100 paying customers, 91% retention, manual proof-of-concept validated.<p>Next s...
Ask HN: Is there a HN but more business/startup oriented?
I really like reading HN, but I find that there&#x27;s not quite enough startup, founder, and business content being posted as I would like.<p>When I check back on HN posts from a decade ago, there appears to have been more emphasis on those sorts of topics than there is now. Where did that go? Wher...
Ask HN: B2B SaaS founders: what are (or have been) your biggest problems?
I&#x27;m curious to hear from founders working on B2B SaaS. What feels like a constant pain point or bottleneck for you?<p>Could be distribution, demo scheduling, leads, onboarding, customer success, integrations — whatever consistently gets in the way.<p>I’m not trying to pitch anything. I’m 18 yea...
Interviewing for Evidence (dannorth.net)
Show HN: Traffic, funding rounds, and chai – Bangalore startup life as a game (xagi-labs.github.io)
What to Do When Creating Your CodeQL Database Fails – and How to Report the Perfect Reproducer Using cvise (intrigus.org)
The GitHub Infrastructure Powering North Korea's Contagious Interview NPM Attack (socket.dev)
LX: A CLI tool for LaTeX notes management
Hi everyone,<p>I made a small command-line tool called lx to help me manage my LaTeX notes. It’s written in Go and makes it easier to organize, compile, and work with a lot of LaTeX files from the terminal. I’m sharing it in case others find it helpful.<p>About contributions<p>This is a personal pro...
No More Self-Censorship (kerrick.blog)
Infosys co-founder once again calls for longer than 70-hour weeks – and no, he's (techradar.com)
How good engineers write bad code at big companies (seangoedecke.com)
LX: A CLI tool for LaTeX notes management (github.com)
'We Do Fail a Lot': Defense Startup Anduril Hits Setbacks with Weapons Tech (wsj.com)
Why 'hold forever' investors are snapping up venture capital 'zombies' (techcrunch.com)