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New top story on Hacker News: Why haven't quantum computers factored 21 yet?

Why haven't quantum computers factored 21 yet? 41 by ingve | 17 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Sniffly – Claude Code Analytics Dashboard

Sniffly – Claude Code Analytics Dashboard 5 by rand_num_gen | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Sometimes Software Is Done, or Why Hugo Why

Sometimes Software Is Done, or Why Hugo Why 11 by eric_khun | 6 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Is it possible to allow sideloading *and* keep users safe?

Is it possible to allow sideloading *and* keep users safe? 21 by ColinWright | 9 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Tell HN: My advice after I applied to 450 positions before getting hired

Tell HN: My advice after I applied to 450 positions before getting hired 32 by usernamed7 | 17 comments on Hacker News. I wanted to briefly share my experience as a senior engineer with 15 years of experience trying to find work in this market, because it was exhausting for me and i'm sure others will appreciate the perspective. As the title says, I have applied to over 450 positions. Most companies did not even send me a rejection. Ghost jobs are a thing, so are fake roles to get you to signup/join some rando job board. I interviewed for a director of engineering role, and all interviews went well, but they ghosted me at the end. I did several take homes and all were accepted, but companies dragged their feet on next steps. I did reject a few kinds of roles: ones that used AI for interviewing me, ones that had me do a coding challenge as the first step, and jobs that had "no working hours" and expected you to be "on" 24/7. Many of the job applicant expected ...

New top story on Hacker News: Amiga Hardware Reference Manual 3rd Edition (1991)

Amiga Hardware Reference Manual 3rd Edition (1991) 9 by doener | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: What the interns have wrought, 2025

What the interns have wrought, 2025 25 by yminsky | 12 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Probability of typing a wrong Bitcoin address

Probability of typing a wrong Bitcoin address 6 by ibobev | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: OpenRouter is down

OpenRouter is down 23 by gitmagic | 17 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Open Source is one person

Open Source is one person 29 by LawnGnome | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward

Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward 17 by speckx | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Malleable Software Will Eat the SaaS World

Malleable Software Will Eat the SaaS World 17 by tablet | 19 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Paying attention to feature distribution alignment (pun intended)

Paying attention to feature distribution alignment (pun intended) 5 by alexshtf | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: I Bought an N100 Mini PC, Then Another

I Bought an N100 Mini PC, Then Another 4 by alexellisuk | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Teletext in North America

Teletext in North America 9 by susam | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The great medieval water myth (2013)

The great medieval water myth (2013) 8 by apsec112 | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The SD Association has an official SD card format utility [Win/OS X/Linux]

The SD Association has an official SD card format utility [Win/OS X/Linux] 6 by Almondsetat | 9 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Writing with LLM is not a shame

Writing with LLM is not a shame 13 by flornt | 19 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: US halts work on almost finished wind farm because national security

US halts work on almost finished wind farm because national security 9 by hvb2 | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: How to Fix Your Context

How to Fix Your Context 5 by itzlambda | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Websites and web developers mostly don't care about client-side problems

Websites and web developers mostly don't care about client-side problems 9 by zdw | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Building a computer in the 90s (2019)

Building a computer in the 90s (2019) 7 by networked | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Scientists No Longer Find X Professionally Useful, and Have Switched to Bluesky

Scientists No Longer Find X Professionally Useful, and Have Switched to Bluesky 51 by sebg | 37 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Nano Banana

Nano Banana 8 by iamflimflam1 | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Using Podman, Compose and BuildKit

Using Podman, Compose and BuildKit 37 by LaSombra | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Open-Office Trap

The Open-Office Trap 6 by cebert | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Dev Reveals Secrets Behind New "3D" Platformer for the ZX Spectrum

Dev Reveals Secrets Behind New "3D" Platformer for the ZX Spectrum 12 by Flow | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Mirrorshades, the Cyberpunk Anthology

Mirrorshades, the Cyberpunk Anthology 12 by keepamovin | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Tidewave Web: in-browser coding agent for Rails and Phoenix

Tidewave Web: in-browser coding agent for Rails and Phoenix 17 by kieloo | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: I've made an easy to extend and flexible JavaScript logger

Show HN: I've made an easy to extend and flexible JavaScript logger 4 by inshinrei | 3 comments on Hacker News. hi! I've made a logger for JS/TS. It's easily extendable, easy to use and configure. Would like to hear a feedback from you!

New top story on Hacker News: EloqKV, a distributed database with Redis compatible API (GPLv2 and AGPLv3)

EloqKV, a distributed database with Redis compatible API (GPLv2 and AGPLv3) 9 by cloudsql | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Custom telescope mount using harmonic drives and ESP32

Custom telescope mount using harmonic drives and ESP32 20 by waerhert | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Mindless Machines, Mindless Myths

Mindless Machines, Mindless Myths 3 by lermontov | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Eliminating JavaScript cold starts on AWS Lambda

Eliminating JavaScript cold starts on AWS Lambda 24 by styfle | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: IQ Tests Results for AI

IQ Tests Results for AI 26 by stared | 19 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Forget Netflix, Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription

Forget Netflix, Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription 13 by t0bia_s | 4 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The U.S. grid is so weak, the AI race may be over

The U.S. grid is so weak, the AI race may be over 54 by plastic-enjoyer | 48 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Swiss vs. UK approach to major tranport projects

Swiss vs. UK approach to major tranport projects 6 by jbyers | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: UK government states that 'safety' act is about influence over public discourse

UK government states that 'safety' act is about influence over public discourse 81 by JoshTriplett | 41 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Meta accessed women's health data from Flo app without consent, says court

Meta accessed women's health data from Flo app without consent, says court 53 by amarcheschi | 29 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: What I look for in typeface licenses

What I look for in typeface licenses 4 by gregwolanski | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: iPhone DevOps

iPhone DevOps 26 by ustad | 9 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: [BUG] Claude says "You're absolutely right!" about everything

[BUG] Claude says "You're absolutely right!" about everything 70 by pr337h4m | 27 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: FFmpeg 8.0 adds Whisper support

FFmpeg 8.0 adds Whisper support 89 by rilawa | 47 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Perplexity offers to buy Google Chrome for $34.5B

Perplexity offers to buy Google Chrome for $34.5B 27 by ndr | 9 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Nearly 1 in 3 Starlink satellites detected within the SKA-Low frequency band

Nearly 1 in 3 Starlink satellites detected within the SKA-Low frequency band 14 by aragilar | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Move to dodge the bullets. How long can you survive?

Show HN: Move to dodge the bullets. How long can you survive? 20 by samdychen | 15 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: GPT-OSS-120B runs on just 8GB VRAM & 64GB+ system RAM

GPT-OSS-120B runs on just 8GB VRAM & 64GB+ system RAM 17 by zigzag312 | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Faster substring search with SIMD in Zig

Faster substring search with SIMD in Zig 23 by todsacerdoti | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Self-Guaranteeing Promises

Self-Guaranteeing Promises 11 by tie-in | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Cursor's Go-to-Market Playbook: How an AI Coding Assistant Hit $100M+ ARR

Cursor's Go-to-Market Playbook: How an AI Coding Assistant Hit $100M+ ARR 4 by gauravioli | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Open Lovable

Open Lovable 20 by iamflimflam1 | 5 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: GTP Blind Voting: GPT-5 vs. 4o

GTP Blind Voting: GPT-5 vs. 4o 10 by findhorn | 5 comments on Hacker News. https://ift.tt/N7xWf8L

New top story on Hacker News: Microsoft POML – Prompt Orchestration Markup Language

Microsoft POML – Prompt Orchestration Markup Language 5 by avestura | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: An Engineer's Perspective on Hiring

An Engineer's Perspective on Hiring 10 by pabs3 | 5 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: I prefer human-readable file formats

I prefer human-readable file formats 16 by Bogdanp | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Partially Matching Zig Enums

Partially Matching Zig Enums 18 by ingve | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Virtual 6NF

Virtual 6NF 5 by Bogdanp | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: I don't read your email threads

I don't read your email threads 14 by xvok | 14 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: How Attention Sinks Keep Language Models Stable

How Attention Sinks Keep Language Models Stable 5 by pr337h4m | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: New AI Coding Teammate: Gemini CLI GitHub Actions

New AI Coding Teammate: Gemini CLI GitHub Actions 24 by michael-sumner | 8 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: About AI

About AI 21 by emil_priver | 5 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Japan: Apple Must Lift Browser Engine Ban by December

Japan: Apple Must Lift Browser Engine Ban by December 60 by mtomweb | 18 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: About the BLOBs in Ventoy

About the BLOBs in Ventoy 7 by turrini | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: FFlags – Feature flags as code, served from the edge

Show HN: FFlags – Feature flags as code, served from the edge 8 by tushr | 8 comments on Hacker News. Hi HN, I'm the creator of FFlags. I built this because I wanted a feature flagging system that gave me the performance and reliability of an enterprise-scale solution without the months of dev time or the vendor lock-in. The core ideas are: 1. Feature Flags as Code: You define your flag logic in TypeScript. This lets you write complex rules, which felt more natural as a developer myself than using a complex UI for logic. 2. Open Standard: The platform is built on the OpenFeature standard (specifically the Remote Evaluation Protocol). The goal is to avoid vendor lock-in and the usual enterprise slop. You're not tied to my platform if you want to move. 3. Performance: It uses an edge network to serve the flags, which keeps the wall-time latency low (sub-25ms) for globally distributed applications. I was trying to avoid the heavy cost and complexity of existing enterprise tools...

New top story on Hacker News: Scientific fraud has become an 'industry,' alarming analysis finds

Scientific fraud has become an 'industry,' alarming analysis finds 33 by pseudolus | 23 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Build Your Own Lisp (In C)

Build Your Own Lisp (In C) 8 by lemonberry | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari 74 by Jiahang | 43 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Apache ECharts 6 New Features

Apache ECharts 6 New Features 16 by makepanic | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down

Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down 77 by croes | 11 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Htmx is hard, so let's get it right (Part 1)

Htmx is hard, so let's get it right (Part 1) 8 by thunderbong | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Job-seekers are dodging AI interviewers

Job-seekers are dodging AI interviewers 28 by robtherobber | 23 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Tokens are getting more expensive

Tokens are getting more expensive 33 by admp | 11 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: If You're Remote, Ramble

If You're Remote, Ramble 50 by lawgimenez | 28 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Algebra Gatekeepers

The Algebra Gatekeepers 11 by domofutu | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Compressing Icelandic name declension patterns into a 3.27 kB trie

Compressing Icelandic name declension patterns into a 3.27 kB trie 17 by alexharri | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Tesla Found Partly Liable in 2019 Autopilot Death

Tesla Found Partly Liable in 2019 Autopilot Death 17 by 01-_- | 4 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The First Widespread Cure for HIV Could Be in Children

The First Widespread Cure for HIV Could Be in Children 9 by sohkamyung | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Pride Versioning 0.3.0

Pride Versioning 0.3.0 33 by laacz | 9 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: You might not need tmux

You might not need tmux 13 by elashri | 5 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Palantir gets $10B contract from U.S. Army

Palantir gets $10B contract from U.S. Army 50 by aspenmayer | 39 comments on Hacker News.