top 50% hacker news stories for 2026-01-26

Karpathy: A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last few weeks

https://xcancel.com/karpathy/status/2015883857489522876

6 months ago

Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202601255198

7 months ago

France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, etc.

https://twitter.com/lellouchenico/status/2015775970330882319

6 months ago

After two years of vibecoding, I'm back to writing by hand

https://atmoio.substack.com/p/after-two-years-of-vibecoding-im

6 months ago

Television is 100 years old today

https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2026/01/tv100.html

6 months ago

Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/01/apple-introduces-new-airtag-with-expanded-range-and-improved-findability/

6 months ago

Fedora Asahi Remix is now working on Apple M3

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:okydh7e54e2nok65kjxdklvd/post/3mdd55paffk2o

6 months ago

Qwen3-Max-Thinking

https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3-max-thinking

6 months ago

ChatGPT Containers can now run bash, pip/npm install packages and download files

https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/26/chatgpt-containers/

6 months ago

Windows 11's Patch Tuesday nightmare gets worse

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-11s-botched-patch-tuesday-update-nightmare-continues-as-microsoft-confirms-some-pcs-might-fail-to-boot

6 months ago

MapLibre Tile: a modern and efficient vector tile format

https://maplibre.org/news/2026-01-23-mlt-release/

6 months ago

Iran's internet blackout may become permanent, with access for elites only

https://restofworld.org/2026/iran-blackout-tiered-internet/

7 months ago

Google AI Overviews cite YouTube more than any medical site for health queries

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/24/google-ai-overviews-youtube-medical-citations-study

6 months ago

Clawdbot - open source personal AI assistant

https://github.com/clawdbot/clawdbot

7 months ago

JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back

https://nproject.io/blog/juicessh-give-me-back-my-pro-features/

6 months ago

The Browser Is the Sandbox

https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/25/the-browser-is-the-sandbox/

7 months ago

There is an AI code review bubble

https://www.greptile.com/blog/ai-code-review-bubble

6 months ago

Vibe Coding Kills Open Source

https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.15494

6 months ago

Scientists identify brain waves that define the limits of 'you'

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-identify-brain-waves-that-define-the-limits-of-you

7 months ago

RIP Low-Code 2014-2025

https://www.zackliscio.com/posts/rip-low-code-2014-2025/

6 months ago

The Adolescence of Technology

https://www.darioamodei.com/essay/the-adolescence-of-technology

6 months ago

Porting 100k lines from TypeScript to Rust using Claude Code in a month

https://blog.vjeux.com/2026/analysis/porting-100k-lines-from-typescript-to-rust-using-claude-code-in-a-month.html

6 months ago

Dithering – Part 2: The Ordered Dithering

https://visualrambling.space/dithering-part-2/

6 months ago

AI code and software craft

https://alexwennerberg.com/blog/2026-01-25-slop.html

6 months ago

Godot 4.6 Release: It's all about your flow

https://godotengine.org/releases/4.6/

6 months ago

I let ChatGPT analyze a decade of my Apple Watch data. Then I called my doctor

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/i-let-chatgpt-analyze-a-decade-of-my-apple-watch-data-then-i-called-my-doctor/ar-AA1UZxip

6 months ago

When AI 'builds a browser,' check the repo before believing the hype

https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/26/cursor_opinion/

6 months ago

The Holy Grail of Linux Binary Compatibility: Musl and Dlopen

https://github.com/quaadgras/graphics.gd/discussions/242

7 months ago

Y Combinator website no longer lists Canada as a country it invests in

https://betakit.com/y-combinator-website-no-longer-lists-canada-as-a-country-it-invests-in/

6 months ago

Google Books has been effectively killed by the last algorithm update

https://old.reddit.com/r/google/comments/1qn1hk1/google_has_seemingly_entirely_removed_search/

6 months ago

San Francisco Graffiti

https://walzr.com/sf-graffiti

6 months ago

People who know the formula for WD-40

https://www.wsj.com/business/the-secret-society-of-people-who-know-the-formula-for-wd-40-e9c0ff54

6 months ago

DHS keeps trying and failing to unmask anonymous ICE critics online

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/instagram-ice-critic-wins-fight-to-stay-anonymous-as-dhs-backs-down/

6 months ago

Show HN: Only 1 LLM can fly a drone

https://github.com/kxzk/snapbench

6 months ago

ICE tells legal observer, 'We have a database, now you're a domestic terrorist'

https://reason.com/2026/01/23/ice-tells-legal-observer-we-have-a-nice-little-database-and-now-youre-considered-a-domestic-terrorist/

7 months ago

TSMC Risk

https://stratechery.com/2026/tsmc-risk/

6 months ago

UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs

https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-house-of-lords-votes-to-extend-age-verification-to-vpns

6 months ago

Environmentalists worry Google behind bid to control Oregon town's water

https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/mount-hood-water-google-21307223.php

7 months ago

Tech CEOs attend Amazon-funded "Melania" screening at White House

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/white-house-vip-melania-screening-mike-tyson-tim-cook-1236484037/

7 months ago

Apple, What Have You Done?

https://onlinegoddess.net/2026/01/apple-what-have-you-done/

6 months ago

State of the Windows: What is going on with Windows 11?

https://ntdotdev.wordpress.com/2026/01/25/state-of-the-windows-what-is-going-on-with-windows-11/

6 months ago

OSS ChatGPT WebUI – 530 Models, MCP, Tools, Gemini RAG, Image/Audio Gen

https://llmspy.org/docs/v3

6 months ago

US Government wants DNA and social media from visitors

https://www.privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5713/trump-administration-wants-your-dna-and-social-media

6 months ago

Is It Time for a Nordic Nuke?

https://warontherocks.com/2026/01/is-it-time-for-a-nordic-nuke/

6 months ago

Notice of Collective Action Lawsuit Against Workday, INC

https://workdaycase.com

6 months ago

Microsoft suspects some PCs might not boot after Windows 11 January 2026 Update

https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/01/25/microsoft-suspects-some-pcs-might-not-boot-after-windows-11-january-2026-update-kb5074109/

7 months ago

Decompiling Xbox games using PDB debug info

https://i686.me/blog/csplit/

6 months ago

Usenet Personality

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

7 months ago

Show HN: TetrisBench – Gemini Flash reaches 66% win rate on Tetris against Opus

https://tetrisbench.com/tetrisbench/

6 months ago

The mountain that weighed the Earth

https://signoregalilei.com/2026/01/18/the-mountain-that-weighed-the-earth/

6 months ago

Video Games as Art

https://gwern.net/video-game-art

7 months ago

What "The Best" Looks Like

https://www.kuril.in/blog/what-the-best-looks-like/

6 months ago

Making niche solutions is the point

https://ntietz.com/blog/making-niche-solutions-is-the-point/

6 months ago

House of Lords Votes to Ban UK Children from Using Internet VPNs

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2026/01/house-of-lords-votes-to-ban-uk-children-from-using-internet-vpns.html

6 months ago

Water 'Bankruptcy' Era Has Begun for Billions, Scientists Say

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-20/water-bankruptcy-era-has-begun-for-billions-scientists-say

6 months ago

Exactitude in Science – Borges (1946) [pdf]

https://kwarc.info/teaching/TDM/Borges.pdf

6 months ago

Judge order bars feds from altering or destroying evidence in Pretti shooting

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/25/alex-pretti-shooting-judge-grants-restraining-order-on-altering-evidence

6 months ago

Refusing to Use Twitter

https://blog.korny.info/2026/01/25/refusing-to-use-twitter

6 months ago

An anecdote about backward compatibility

https://blog.plover.com/2026/01/26/#wrterm

6 months ago

Running the Stupid Cricut Software on Linux

https://arthur.pizza/2025/12/running-stupid-cricut-software-under-linux/

7 months ago