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1.
How uv got so fast (nesbitt.io)
1290 points by zdw 15 days ago | 459 comments
2.
Package managers keep using Git as a database, it never works out (nesbitt.io)
784 points by birdculture 16 days ago | 464 comments
3.
Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI (skyview.social)
1550 points by christoph-heiss 16 days ago | 1800 comments
4.
Experts explore new mushroom which causes fairytale-like hallucinations (utah.edu)
494 points by astronads 15 days ago | 320 comments
5.
LearnixOS (learnix-os.com)
273 points by gtirloni 16 days ago | 109 comments
6.
The best things and stuff of 2025 (fogus.me)
415 points by adityaathalye 18 days ago | 99 comments
7.
Show HN: Witr – Explain why a process is running on your Linux system (github.com/pranshuparmar)
526 points by pranshuparmar 15 days ago | 105 comments
8.
My insulin pump controller uses the Linux kernel. It also violates the GPL (reddit.com)
504 points by davisr 15 days ago | 262 comments
9.
How Lewis Carroll computed determinants (2023) (johndcook.com)
209 points by tzury 15 days ago | 73 comments
10.
The Algebra of Loans in Rust (nadrieril.github.io)
227 points by g0xA52A2A 19 days ago | 112 comments
11.
Show HN: Xcc700: Self-hosting mini C compiler for ESP32 (Xtensa) in 700 lines (github.com/valdanylchuk)
154 points by isitcontent 15 days ago | 36 comments
12.
FFmpeg has issued a DMCA takedown on GitHub (twitter.com/ffmpeg)
555 points by merlindru 15 days ago | 187 comments
13.
MiniMax M2.1: Built for Real-World Complex Tasks, Multi-Language Programming (minimaxi.com)
228 points by 110 16 days ago | 81 comments
14.
Show HN: Gaming Couch – a local multiplayer party game platform for 8 players (gamingcouch.com)
437 points by ChaosOp 21 days ago | 121 comments
15.
TurboDiffusion: 100–200× Acceleration for Video Diffusion Models (github.com/thu-ml)
248 points by meander_water 16 days ago | 46 comments
16.
Seven diabetes patients die due to undisclosed bug in Abbott's glucose monitors (sfconservancy.org)
446 points by pabs3 16 days ago | 155 comments
17.
Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?
340 points by kwar13 16 days ago | 448 comments
18.
Tiled Art (tiled.art)
261 points by meander_water 23 days ago | 12 comments
19.
Unix "find" expressions compiled to bytecode (nullprogram.com)
125 points by rcarmo 16 days ago | 18 comments
20.
Paperbacks and TikTok (calnewport.com)
142 points by zdw 19 days ago | 100 comments
21.
Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2026?
272 points by meridion 16 days ago | 416 comments
22.
Parasites plagued Roman soldiers at Hadrian's Wall (arstechnica.com)
72 points by sipofwater 22 days ago | 58 comments
23.
Drawing with zero-width characters (swerdlow.dev)
122 points by benswerd 15 days ago | 31 comments
24.
Building an AI agent inside a 7-year-old Rails monolith (catalinionescu.dev)
109 points by cionescu1 16 days ago | 53 comments
25.
Geometric Algorithms for Translucency Sorting in Minecraft [pdf] (douira.dev)
77 points by HeliumHydride 16 days ago | 22 comments
26.
What happened to all the gold Spain got from the New World? (1985) (straightdope.com)
125 points by titaniumtown 20 days ago | 151 comments
27.
When a driver challenges the kernel's assumptions (online.fr)
81 points by todsacerdoti 16 days ago | 20 comments
28.
Tachyon: High frequency statistical sampling profiler (python.org)
101 points by vismit2000 20 days ago | 3 comments
29.
Gaussian Splatting 3 Ways (github.com/nullandkale)
74 points by nullandkale 15 days ago | 8 comments
30.
Overlooked No More: Inge Lehmann, Who Discovered the Earth's Inner Core (nytimes.com)
92 points by Hooke 19 days ago | 21 comments

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