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Most cited
Posts that commenters keep linking to, ranked by how many different people have cited them in Hacker News comments. 4,918 posts.
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Tracking Every Release
We spend a lot of time gathering metrics for our network, servers, and many things going on within the code that drives Etsy....
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Introduction to tmux (alternative to GNU screen)
tmux is similar to screen as it lets you run numerous TTY’s in the same terminal window. It supports some very cool and intuitive features natively as well as a much more readable configuration syntax (ever looked at a .screenrc file?). Why TMUX over Screen? Well according to the FAQ for tmux it has the following…
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Reddit, Stumbleupon, Del.icio.us and Hacker News Algorithms Exposed
It is greatly ironic that algorithms, the quintessential example of all that is not human, would be so fundamental to social media. Last week I wrote a post about how Google gathers user data. This week I continue by exposing how popular social media websites use algorithms to ut...
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The Fourth Quadrant: a Map of the Limits of Statistics (by Nassim Nicholas Taleb)
Statistical and applied probabilistic knowledge is the core of knowledge; statistics is what tells you if something is true, false, or merely anecdotal; it is the "logic of science"; it is the instrument of risk-taking; it is the applied tools of epistemology; you can't be a modern intellectual and not think…
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Large-scale graph computing at Google
Posted by Grzegorz Czajkowski, Systems Infrastructure TeamIf you squint the right way, you will notice that graphs are everywhere. For example, soc...
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SvN: Design Decisions: The new Highrise signup chart
A couple weeks ago we launched the new Highrise marketing site. We’re still iterating that design post-launch, and we have a big post brewing about that design process, but today I wanted to share some of the iterations we explored for the new signup chart. The start Here’s where we…
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VentureHacks: How to Pick a Co-founder
Update: Also see our 40-minute interview on this topic. Picking a co-founder is your most important decision. It’s more important than your product, market, and investors. The ideal founding …
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WebKit: 3D Transforms
WebKit on Mac OS X now has support for CSS 3D transforms, which allow you to position elements on the page in three-dimensional space using CSS.
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The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday
Six years, no deadlines, and one rule: write some code every day. That slow, stubborn routine turned a side project into a sustainable search company.
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Email from Jeff Bezos to employees
Fellow Amazonians:
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Google releases Gemma 4 open models
Our most intelligent open models, built from Gemini 3 research.
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Claude Opus 5.5
Claude Opus 5.5 leads in agentic coding and knowledge work, and costs 40% less to run than Opus 5 on typical workloads.
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Google broke its promise to me – now ICE has my data
In 2025, Google gave Amandla Thomas-Johnson's data to ICE without giving him the chance to challenge the subpoena, breaking a nearly decade-long promise to notify users before handing their data to law enforcement.
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Stoop Coffee: A simple idea transformed my neighborhood
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Patty Smith.
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Apple introduces M4 chip
Apple today announced M4, the latest Apple-designed silicon chip delivering phenomenal performance to the all-new iPad Pro.
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GPT-5.3-Codex
GPT-5.3-Codex is a Codex-native agent that pairs frontier coding performance with general reasoning to support long-horizon, real-world technical work.
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F-Droid and Google’s developer registration decree
For the past 15 years, F-Droid has provided a safe and secure haven for Android users around the world to find and install free and open source apps. When co...
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Sublime Text 4
Meet the new Sublime Text - it's faster and smarter than ever with hardware acceleration, Apple silicon support, and more!
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Claude Sonnet 4.6
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is a full upgrade of the model’s skills across coding, computer use, long-reasoning, agent planning, knowledge work, and design.
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Moving Forward on Basic Income
We have a few updates we want to share on our Basic Income Project [https://ycombinator.wpengine.com/basic-income]: Our Research Director Elizabeth Rhodes is joining Basic Income Project as our Research Director. She recently completed a joint PhD in Social Work and Political Science at the University of Michigan…
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Apple announces Self Service Repair
Apple parts, tools, and manuals — starting with iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 — available to individual consumers.
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Claude Design
Claude Design lets you collaborate with Claude to create polished visual work like designs, prototypes, slides, and one-pagers.