top 20 hacker news stories for 2025-08-16

Good system design

https://www.seangoedecke.com/good-system-design/

1 year ago

Show HN: I built an app to block Shorts and Reels

https://scrollguard.app/

1 year ago

Do things that don't scale, and then don't scale

https://derwiki.medium.com/do-things-that-dont-scale-and-then-don-t-scale-9fd2cd7e2156

1 year ago

PuTTY has a new website

https://putty.software/

1 year ago

Toothpaste made with keratin may protect and repair damaged teeth: study

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/toothpaste-made-from-hair-provides-natural-root-to-repair-teeth

1 year ago

OpenAI Progress

https://progress.openai.com

1 year ago

Dicing an Onion, the Mathematically Optimal Way

https://pudding.cool/2025/08/onions/

1 year ago

Candle Flame Oscillations as a Clock

https://cpldcpu.com/2025/08/13/candle-flame-oscillations-as-a-clock/

1 year ago

Pfeilstorch

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfeilstorch

1 year ago

Making Your Own Merchant Service Provider

https://voidfox.com/blog/payment_processor_fun_2025_making_your_own_msp/

1 year ago

Traps to Developers

https://qouteall.fun/qouteall-blog/2025/Traps%20to%20Developers

1 year ago

One person was able to claim 20M IPs

https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/MMCCEQKA4UPGGWFWEBWLYKHTYCAOQIZS/#MMCCEQKA4UPGGWFWEBWLYKHTYCAOQIZS

1 year ago

Dev Compass – Programming Philosophy Quiz

https://treeform.github.io/devcompas/

1 year ago

Eliminating JavaScript cold starts on AWS Lambda

https://goose.icu/lambda/

1 year ago

Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/volkswagen/367566/forget-netflix-volkswagen-locks-horsepower-behind-paid-subscription

1 year ago

Woz: 'I Am the Happiest Person'

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/08/15/woz-on-slashdot

1 year ago

Microsoft keeps adding stuff into Windows we don't need

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/16/microsoft_windows_features_help_productivity/

1 year ago

Best Practices for Building Agentic AI Systems

https://userjot.com/blog/best-practices-building-agentic-ai-systems

1 year ago

Walkie-Textie Wireless Communicator

http://www.technoblogy.com/show?2AON

1 year ago

Guid Smash

https://www.guidsmash.com

1 year ago