top 10 hacker news stories for 2026-01-03

Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/loud-noises-heard-venezuela-capital-southern-area-without-electricity-2026-01-03/

3 months ago

1771 upvotes – 4689 comments

Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time

https://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/1926661#graph

3 months ago

1548 upvotes – 996 comments

2026 will be my year of the Linux desktop

https://xeiaso.net/notes/2026/year-linux-desktop/

3 months ago

835 upvotes – 639 comments

The Most Popular Blogs of Hacker News in 2025

https://refactoringenglish.com/blog/2025-hn-top-5/

3 months ago

692 upvotes – 134 comments

The suck is why we're here

https://nik.art/the-suck-is-why-were-here/

3 months ago

466 upvotes – 277 comments

Report: Microsoft kills official way to activate Windows 11/10 without internet

https://www.neowin.net/news/report-microsoft-quietly-kills-official-way-to-activate-windows-1110-without-internet/#google_vignette

3 months ago

414 upvotes – 403 comments

Microsoft kills official way to activate Windows 11/10 without internet

https://www.neowin.net/news/report-microsoft-quietly-kills-official-way-to-activate-windows-1110-without-internet/

3 months ago

379 upvotes – 323 comments

The C3 Programming Language

https://c3-lang.org

3 months ago

371 upvotes – 259 comments

Swift on Android: Full Native App Development Now Possible

https://docs.swifdroid.com/app/

3 months ago

293 upvotes – 234 comments

Explosions reported in Venezuelan capital Caracas

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/03/explosions-reported-venezuela-caracas

3 months ago

270 upvotes – 11 comments
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