top 10 hacker news stories for 2025-07-05

Local-first software (2019)

https://www.inkandswitch.com/essay/local-first/

5 days ago

861 upvotes – 295 comments

Hidden interface controls that affect usability

https://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/july-august-2025/stop-hiding-my-controls-hidden-interface-controls-are-affecting-usability

4 days ago

558 upvotes – 439 comments

OBBB signed: Reinstates immediate expensing for U.S.-based R&D

https://www.kbkg.com/feature/house-passes-tax-bill-sending-to-president-for-signature

5 days ago

424 upvotes – 369 comments

What a Hacker Stole from Me

https://mynoise.net/blog.php

4 days ago

387 upvotes – 120 comments

How to Network as an Introvert

https://aginfer.bearblog.dev/how-to-network-as-an-introvert/

4 days ago

367 upvotes – 138 comments

Eastern Baltic cod grow much smaller than they did due to overfishing

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-cod-have-been-shrinking-dramatically-for-decades-now-scientists-say-theyve-solved-the-mystery-180986920/

5 days ago

273 upvotes – 89 comments

macOS Icon History

https://basicappleguy.com/basicappleblog/macos-icon-history

5 days ago

255 upvotes – 102 comments

Techno-feudalism and the rise of AGI: A future without economic rights?

https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.14283

4 days ago

237 upvotes – 243 comments

'Positive review only': Researchers hide AI prompts in papers

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Artificial-intelligence/Positive-review-only-Researchers-hide-AI-prompts-in-papers

5 days ago

229 upvotes – 142 comments

The Miyawaki Method of micro-forestry

https://www.futureecologies.net/listen/fe-6-5-the-method

5 days ago

229 upvotes – 55 comments
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