Best of 2024

The blog posts Hacker News loved most in 2024. 138 posts.

Open Source
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The Next Big Step in Mojo Open Source

At Modular, open source is ingrained in our DNA. We firmly believe for Mojo to reach its full potential, it must be open source. We have been progressively open-sourcing more of Mojo and parts of the MAX platform, and today we’re thrilled to announce the release of the core modules from the Mojo standard library under…

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Firefox 127

You can now set Firefox to automatically launch whenever you start or restart your Windows computer. Setting Firefox to auto-launch optimizes efficiency in our browser-centric digital routines, eliminating manual startup delays and facilitating immediate web access. ( Learn more )

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(Re)Using rustc components in gccrs

In order to speed up development, as well as make sure gccrs exposes the exact same behavior as rustc in critical compiler passes, we decided last year to start reusing components and crates from the official Rust compiler where possible. These components range from external crates used for certain nightly options to…