Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans
(news.ycombinator.com)
Weekly Recap
This week vs last week — which categories are heating up, which are cooling. Ride the waves.
AI / Machine Learning
2003 / 2095 -92
Programming (General)
1327 / 1303 +24
Systems / Low-Level / OS
330 / 310 +20
Web Development
272 / 250 +22
Security / Privacy
254 / 259 -5
Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading
239 / 193 +46
Data / Databases / Infrastructure
233 / 231 +2
Programming Languages / CS Theory
195 / 181 +14
Productivity / Career / Business
187 / 202 -15
Apple / macOS / iOS
173 / 174 -1
Science / Math / Physics
171 / 172 -1
Gaming / Retro Computing
147 / 148 -1
Design / UX / Visualization
123 / 131 -8
Internet / Digital Culture
110 / 135 -25
Maker / DIY / Hardware
102 / 107 -5
Health / Fitness / Lifestyle
36 / 42 -6
Crypto / Blockchain
15 / 21 -6
This week
Last week
Top Stories This Week
Tony Hoare has died
(blog.computationalcomplexity.org)
Global warming has accelerated significantly
(researchsquare.com)
I’m ready to retire. In my younger days, I remember a few pivotal moments for me as a young nerd. Active Server Pages. COM components. VB6. I know these are laughable today but back then it was the greatest thing in the world to be able to call server-side commands. It kept me up nights trying to ab...
Wikipedia was in read-only mode following mass admin account compromise
(wikimediastatus.net)
<a href="https://wikipediocracy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=14555" rel="nofollow">https://wikipediocracy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=14555</a><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Meta-Wiki...
<a href="https://xcancel.com/JosephPolitano/status/2029916364664611242" rel="nofollow">https://xcancel.com/JosephPolitano/status/202991636466461124...</a><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/josephpolitano.bsky.social/post&#x...
GPT-5.4
(openai.com)
<a href="https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-4-thinking-system-card/" rel="nofollow">https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-4-thinking-system-card/</a><p><a href="https://x.com/OpenAI/status/2029620619743219811" rel="nofollow">https:/...
System76 on Age Verification Laws
(blog.system76.com)
Agent Safehouse – macOS-native sandboxing for local agents
(agent-safehouse.dev)
I don’t know if I’m the only one, but I see lots of clearly AI generated posts recently in HN and mostly coming from new accounts (green), it is more noticeable in the Show HN section.<p>I wish the team can either restrict new accounts from posting or at least offer a default filtering where I can o...
For the first time in my life, at 38, I'm alone. When I was 18 I basically moved out of my parents' straight in with my highschool sweetheart, and we were together ever since. That chapter of my life is over now, and I'm finding the adjustment very difficult.<p>There are a few parts t...
Plasma Bigscreen – 10-foot interface for KDE plasma
(plasma-bigscreen.org)
Create value for others and don’t worry about the returns
(geohot.github.io)