top 20 hacker news stories for 2026-04-19

Vercel April 2026 security incident

https://vercel.com/kb/bulletin/vercel-april-2026-security-incident

2 months ago

866 upvotes – 492 comments

5x5 Pixel font for tiny screens

https://maurycyz.com/projects/mcufont/

2 months ago

817 upvotes – 158 comments

Stop trying to engineer your way out of listening to people

https://ashley.rolfmore.com/stop-trying-to-engineer-your-way-out-of-listening-to-people/

2 months ago

436 upvotes – 280 comments

Notion leaks email addresses of all editors of any public page

https://twitter.com/weezerOSINT/status/2045849358462222720

2 months ago

400 upvotes – 148 comments

Vercel Says Internal Systems Hit in Breach

https://decipher.sc/2026/04/19/vercel-says-internal-systems-hit-in-breach/

2 months ago

379 upvotes – 2 comments

Edit store price tags using Flipper Zero

https://github.com/i12bp8/TagTinker

2 months ago

★ 1.1kCGPL-3.0
372 upvotes – 344 comments

Changes in the system prompt between Claude Opus 4.6 and 4.7

https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/18/opus-system-prompt/

2 months ago

369 upvotes – 218 comments

The RAM shortage could last years

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/914672/the-ram-shortage-could-last-years

2 months ago

353 upvotes – 485 comments

The seven programming ur-languages

https://madhadron.com/programming/seven_ur_languages.html

2 months ago

351 upvotes – 155 comments

Turtle WoW classic server announces shutdown after Blizzard wins injunction

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/world-of-warcraft/turtle-wow-classic-server-announces-shutdown-after-blizzard-wins-injunction/

2 months ago

311 upvotes – 291 comments

Ask HN: How did you land your first projects as a solo engineer/consultant?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47822940

2 months ago

300 upvotes – 145 comments

Airline worker arrested after sharing photos of bomb damage in WhatsApp group

https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/dubai-police-spied-private-whatsapp-5HjdXwr_2/

2 months ago

286 upvotes – 194 comments

The creative software industry has declared war on Adobe

https://www.theverge.com/tech/913765/adobe-rivals-free-creative-software-app-updates

2 months ago

252 upvotes – 188 comments

2,100 Swiss municipalities showing which provider handles their official email

https://mxmap.ch/

2 months ago

236 upvotes – 69 comments

Swiss authorities want to reduce dependency on Microsoft

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-ai/swiss-authorities-want-to-reduce-dependency-on-microsoft/91280532

2 months ago

236 upvotes – 93 comments

A Brief History of Fish Sauce

https://www.legalnomads.com/fish-sauce/

2 months ago

233 upvotes – 105 comments

The world in which IPv6 was a good design

https://apenwarr.ca/log/20170810

2 months ago

230 upvotes – 166 comments

The Bromine Chokepoint: How Strife Could Halt Production of World’s Memory Chips

https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/the-bromine-chokepoint-how-strife-in-the-middle-east-could-halt-production-of-the-worlds-memory-chips/

2 months ago

229 upvotes – 142 comments

10 years ago, someone wrote a test for servo that included an expiry in 2026

https://mastodon.social/@jdm_/116429380667467307

2 months ago

227 upvotes – 122 comments

In the UK, EVs are cheaper than petrol cars, thanks to Chinese competition

https://electrek.co/2026/04/18/in-the-uk-evs-are-cheaper-than-petrol-cars-thanks-to-chinese-competition/

2 months ago

195 upvotes – 219 comments
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