top 10 hacker news stories for today

Beginning January 2026, all ACM publications will be made open access

https://dl.acm.org/openaccess

5 hours ago

896 upvotes – 94 comments

Your job is to deliver code you have proven to work

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/18/code-proven-to-work/

5 hours ago

478 upvotes – 394 comments

Are Apple gift cards safe to redeem?

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/12/17/are-apple-gift-cards-safe-to-redeem

6 hours ago

452 upvotes – 367 comments

Classical statues were not painted horribly

https://worksinprogress.co/issue/were-classical-statues-painted-horribly/

8 hours ago

448 upvotes – 220 comments

Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46307973

19 hours ago

389 upvotes – 436 comments

Independent review of UK national security law warns of overreach

https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/creating-apps-like-signal-or-whatsapp-could-be-hostile-activity-claims-uk-watchdog

9 hours ago

385 upvotes – 242 comments

Please Just Try Htmx

http://pleasejusttryhtmx.com/

6 hours ago

327 upvotes – 291 comments

After ruining a treasured water resource, Iran is drying up

https://e360.yale.edu/features/iran-water-drought-dams-qanats

10 hours ago

317 upvotes – 262 comments

TikTok unlawfully tracks shopping habits and use of dating apps?

https://noyb.eu/en/tiktok-unlawfully-tracks-your-shopping-habits-and-your-use-dating-apps

20 hours ago

218 upvotes – 129 comments

Slowness is a virtue

https://blog.jakobschwichtenberg.com/p/slowness-is-a-virtue

9 hours ago

218 upvotes – 74 comments
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