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New
The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 2,111 posts.
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Stardew Valley developer made a $125k donation to the FOSS C# framework MonoGame
One framework for creating powerful cross-platform games
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Efficient method to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
The method is based on a recyclable filtration fluid consisting of a superbase-alcohol compound. One gram of the new compound can absorb 156 milligrams of carbon dioxide.
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Quality of drinking water varies significantly by airline
A 2026 Airline Water Study released today by the Center for Food as Medicine and Longevity reveals that the quality of drinking water varies significantly by airline, and many airlines…
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Project ideas to appreciate the art of programming
Curated list of project ideas for programmers who aren't sure what to build. We chose 73 projects that teach a lot and are fun to build.
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Everything as code: How we manage our company in one monorepo
Frontend, backend, marketing website, documentation, blog content, investor site, Chrome extension, Google Docs add-on,cloud functions, demo repos—all in…
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A faster heart for F-Droid
Donations are a key part of what keeps F-Droid independent and reliable and our latest hardware update is a direct result of your support. Thanks to donation...
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Electrolysis can solve one of our biggest contamination problems
ETH Zurich researchers have developed a process that can be used on site to render environmental toxins such as DDT and lindane harmless and convert them into valuable chemicals – a breakthrough for the remediation of contaminated sites and a sustainable circular economy.
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MongoDB Server Security Update, December 2025
The following is an update on the security vulnerability identified in December 2025.
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ManusAI Joins Meta
Manus is joining Meta, and we’ll continue delivering our current services while accelerating product improvements to bring more powerful, reliable general AI agent capabilities to more users and businesses.
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When someone says they hate your product
How to reset the thermostat, and CodeRabbit as a case study
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AI is forcing us to write good code
When Best Practices Are Best
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GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder
Hey everyone, GOG Team here.
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Demystifying DVDs
Hidden Palace and Last Minute Continue PROUDLY present... Shadow the Hedgehog (May 27, 2005 prototype) Shadow the Hedgehog (Sep 15, 2005 prototype) Shadow the Hedgehog (Sep 22, 2005 prototype) More Gifts and Stocking Stuffers: Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (Jan 12, 2006 prototype) Sega Classics...
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Researchers discover molecular difference in autistic brains
Brains of autistic individuals have fewer of a specific kind of glutamate receptor, supporting an idea that autism is driven by a signaling imbalance. The
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Dolphin Progress Report: Release 2512
With the holiday season reaching its apex, we have a few surprises for those of you that have been patiently waiting. The latest release of Dolphin is stuffed with treats. Our first present is presentation - frame presentation, that is. Two new options have arrived and will help users both…
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AI Slop Report: The Global Rise of Low-Quality AI Videos
Kapwing’s new research shows that 21-33% of YouTube’s feed may consist of AI slop or brainrot videos. But which countries and channels are achieving the greatest reach — and how much money might they make? We analyzed social data to find out.
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C++ says “We have try... finally at home”
The destructor serves as the "finally".
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Replacing JavaScript with Just HTML
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.
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Public Domain Day 2026
January 1, 2026 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1930 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1925! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle[1]CC BY 4.0Please note that this site is only about US law; the copyright terms in other countries are different.[2] On January 1, 2026, thousands of copyrighted works from 1930…
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Say No to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
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Janet Jackson had the power to crash laptop computers (2022)
Not an artistic judgement. Just a technical one.
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QNX Self-Hosted Developer Desktop
Try the first release of the QNX Developer Desktop, a self‑hosted QNX development environment that eliminates cross‑compilation for faster workflows.
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Experts explore new mushroom which causes fairytale-like hallucinations
Between traditional folklore and modern biology, the wild forest floor and the sterile scientific laboratory, lies the story of the lilliputian mushroom.
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Steve wants us to make the Macintosh boot faster
We always thought of the Macintosh as a fast computer, since its 68000 microprocessor was effectively 10 times faster than an Apple II, but our Achilles heel was the floppy disk. We had limited RAM, so it was often necessary to load data from the floppy, but there we were no faster than an Apple II. Once we had real…
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Odin: Moving Towards a New "core:OS"
The rationale and transition period to moving to the new “core:os”
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MiniMax M2.1: Built for Real-World Complex Tasks, Multi-Language Programming
在 M2.1 中, 我们系统性提升了 Rust / Java / Golang / C++ / Kotlin / Objective-C / TypeScript / JavaScript 等语言的能力, 多语言任务整体表现达到业内领先水平, 覆盖从底层系统到应用层开发的完整链路。