top 10 hacker news stories for 2026-08-22

Canada will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgvyy4x2mvo

2 months ago

1 change
724 upvotes – 1698 comments

Statement by Prime Minister Carney on Canada-U.S. trade negotiationsdead

https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/2026/08/21/statement-prime-minister-carney-canada-us-trade-negotiations

2 months ago

2 changes
672 upvotes – 1 comments

There's no reason for software to be slow anymore

https://danluu.com/perf-opt/

2 months ago

668 upvotes – 500 comments

Why your local LLM feels dumber than it is

https://forum.level1techs.com/t/why-your-local-llm-feels-dumber-than-it-is/253917

2 months ago

508 upvotes – 206 comments

ElevenLabs, TwelveLabs, ThirteenLabs

https://quantumi.sh/public/labs.html

2 months ago

496 upvotes – 149 comments

Scrap (2006)

https://twitter.com/moxie/status/2091218652133732491

2 months ago

2 changes
419 upvotes – 230 comments

Munder Difflin – Agent harness to run an office of your clones

https://munderdiffl.in/

2 months ago

311 upvotes – 146 comments

Stalking the Wily Hacker: 40 years later – Cliff Stoll [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=656058JxTM0

2 months ago

307 upvotes – 98 comments

Thinking in Python

https://thinkinginpython.com/

2 months ago

1 change
305 upvotes – 60 comments

A Friendly Introduction to Racket

https://geometridae.bearblog.dev/a-friendly-introduction-to-racket/

2 months ago

271 upvotes – 184 comments
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