750
138
Square Theory
https://aaronson.org/blog/square-theory
1 year ago
529
165
Show HN: My LLM CLI tool can run tools now, from Python code or plugins
https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/27/llm-tools/
463
145
How a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more successfully
https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2025/05/23/street-smarts-hawk-use-traffic-signals-hunting
438
150
Show HN: Lazy Tetris
https://lazytetris.com/
394
160
Pyrefly vs. Ty: Comparing Python's two new Rust-based type checkers
https://blog.edward-li.com/tech/comparing-pyrefly-vs-ty/
370
407
The Myth of Developer Obsolescence
https://alonso.network/the-recurring-cycle-of-developer-replacement-hype/
336
BGP handling bug causes widespread internet routing instability
https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/bgp-attr-40-junos-arista-session-reset-incident
276
107
DuckLake is an integrated data lake and catalog format
https://ducklake.select/
258
321
I salvaged $6k of luxury items discarded by Duke students
https://indyweek.com/culture/duke-students-dumpster-diving/
253
86
LumoSQL
https://lumosql.org/src/lumosql/doc/trunk/README.md
220
71
Negotiating PoE+ Power in the Pre‑Boot Environment
https://roderickkhan.com/posts/2025-05-16-poe-uefi-solution
206
285
The UI future is colourful and dimensional
https://www.flarup.email/p/the-future-is-colourful-and-dimensional
182
135
Why the original Macintosh had a screen resolution of 512×324
https://512pixels.net/2025/05/original-macintosh-resolution/
178
124
Why Cline doesn't index your codebase
https://cline.bot/blog/why-cline-doesnt-index-your-codebase-and-why-thats-a-good-thing
173
121
Why is everybody knitting chickens?
https://ironicsans.ghost.io/why-is-everybody-knitting-chickens/
172
161
Yes-rs: A fast, memory-safe rewrite of the classic Unix yes command
https://github.com/jedisct1/yes-rs
166
22
OpenTPU: Open-Source Reimplementation of Google Tensor Processing Unit (TPU)
https://github.com/UCSBarchlab/OpenTPU
27
FromSoft's singular mech game Chromehounds is back online
https://www.readonlymemo.com/interview-15-years-after-the-servers-shut-down-fromsofts-singular-mech-game-chromehounds-is-back-online/
158
101
Making C and Python Talk to Each Other
https://leetarxiv.substack.com/p/making-c-and-python-talk-to-each
157
41
Running GPT-2 in WebGL: Rediscovering the Lost Art of GPU Shader Programming
https://nathan.rs/posts/gpu-shader-programming/
156
43
LiveStore: State management based on reactive SQLite and built-in sync engine
https://livestore.dev
152
21
Mistral Agents API
https://mistral.ai/news/agents-api
146
66
Revisiting the algorithm that changed horse race betting (2023)
https://actamachina.com/posts/annotated-benter-paper
134
40
Just make it scale: An Aurora DSQL story
https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2025/05/just-make-it-scale-an-aurora-dsql-story.html
133
62
The Art of Fugue – Contrapunctus I (2021)
https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2021/the-art-of-fugue-contrapunctus-i/
24
Vrs: Personal Software Runtime inspired by Emacs, Plan 9, Erlang, Hypermedia
https://github.com/leoshimo/vrs
132
Calendars, Contacts and Files in Stalwart
https://stalw.art/blog/collaboration/
131
207
US pauses new student visa interviews as it mulls expanding social media vetting
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/27/trump-team-orders-stop-to-new-student-visa-interviews-as-it-weighs-expanding-social-media-vetting-00370501
129
114
Dr John C. Clark, a scientist who disarmed atomic bombs twice
https://daxe.substack.com/p/disarming-an-atomic-bomb-is-the-worst
117
63
Show HN: Malai – securely share local TCP services (database/SSH) with others
https://malai.sh/hello-tcp/
111
51
Launch HN: Relace (YC W23) – Models for fast and reliable codegen
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44108206
99
15
Outcome-Based Reinforcement Learning to Predict the Future
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17989
97
188
They used Xenon to climb Everest in days – is it the future of mountaineering?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/world/europe/mount-everest-xenon-gas-nepal-uk-climbers.html
96
32
Mustard Watches (1990)
https://girard.perso.math.cnrs.fr/mustard/article.html
89
49
Chimps strike stones against trees as communication, study suggests
https://phys.org/news/2025-05-year-chimpanzees-stones-trees-communication.html
85
47
Smallest Possible Files
https://github.com/mathiasbynens/small
83
57
In Vietnam, an unlikely outpost for Chicano culture
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-05-27/chicano-culture-vietnam
81
168
Starship Flight 9 booster explodes on impact [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okOzxHN9NOA
13
Car Physics for Games (2003)
https://www.asawicki.info/Mirror/Car%20Physics%20for%20Games/Car%20Physics%20for%20Games.html
69
8
The atmospheric memory that feeds billions of people: Monsoon rainfall mechanism
https://phys.org/news/2025-05-atmospheric-memory-billions-people-monsoon.html
19
Using Logic in Writing
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/logic_in_argumentative_writing/logic_in_writing.html
60
10
Mastering Vim Grammar
https://irian.to/blogs/mastering-vim-grammar
4
Grid-Free Approach to Partial Differential Equations on Volumetric Domains [pdf]
http://rohansawhney.io/RohanSawhneyPhDThesis.pdf
Mesa3D Drivers for Windows
https://github.com/pal1000/mesa-dist-win
54
9
Show HN: Weather2Geo – Geolocate screenshots from weather widgets
https://github.com/elliott-diy/Weather2Geo
61
He has powered his house for 8 years using laptop batteries
https://3dvf.com/en/he-has-powered-his-house-for-8-years-using-laptop-batteries/
53
Can Open Source Projects Exit Foundations?
https://www.infoq.com/news/2025/05/nats-cncf-open-source/
50
25
Some signs of AI model collapse begin to reveal themselves
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/27/opinion_column_ai_model_collapse/
6
Interactive Cancer Risk Matrix
https://www.wcrf.org/research-policy/interactive-cancer-risk-matrix/
Ask HN: Decided I no longer want to be a SWE – what next?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44110944
11
Meta refuses to crack down on rampant scams from bogus ads: avoid losing revenue
https://nypost.com/2025/05/16/business/mark-zuckerbergs-meta-refuses-to-crack-down-on-rampant-scams-from-bogus-ads-to-avoid-losing-revenue-report/
48
The dystopia of '1984' is already here
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-05-26/orwell-was-right-the-dystopia-of-1984-is-already-here.html