top 10 hacker news stories for today

Show HN: Building a web server in assembly to give my life (a lack of) meaning

https://imtomt.github.io/ymawky/

26 minutes ago

18 upvotes – 5 comments

Swift bricks to be installed on all new buildings in Scotland

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/28/swift-bricks-to-be-installed-in-all-new-buildings-in-scotland-after-holyrood-backs-ruling

3 hours ago

9 upvotes – 1 comments

Mark Zuckerberg Told 8k Employees Their Layoffs Are a Line Item in AI Bill

https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/05/08/mark-zuckerberg-just-told-8000-employees-their-layoffs-are-a-line-item-in-his-145-billion-ai-bill/

2 hours ago

6 upvotes – 4 comments

Sparse Cholesky Elimination Tree

https://www.reidatcheson.com/sparse/linear/cholesky/2026/04/09/etree.html

1 hour ago

6 upvotes – 0 comments

Do houseplants improve air quality?

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/05/08/do-houseplants-improve-air-quality

1 hour ago

5 upvotes – 0 comments

Coinbase steep first quarter loss after slide in crypto prices; shares fall 4%

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/07/coinbase-coin-earnings-q1-2026.html

1 hour ago

5 upvotes – 3 comments

A recent experience with ChatGPT 5.5 Pro

https://gowers.wordpress.com/2026/05/08/a-recent-experience-with-chatgpt-5-5-pro/

1 day ago

610 upvotes – 436 comments

Internet Archive Switzerland

https://internetarchive.ch/

15 hours ago

557 upvotes – 84 comments

Bun's experimental Rust rewrite hits 99.8% test compatibility on Linux x64 glibc

https://twitter.com/jarredsumner/status/2053047748191232310

17 hours ago

451 upvotes – 436 comments

Using Claude Code: The unreasonable effectiveness of HTML

https://twitter.com/trq212/status/2052809885763747935

22 hours ago

423 upvotes – 240 comments
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