top 20 hacker news stories for 2026-08-23

Everything I own, owned

https://schlarp.com/posts/everything-i-own-owned/

2 months ago

1 change
1448 upvotes – 349 comments

Anthropic's best AI model struggles to attract users as cheaper tools thrive

https://www.ft.com/content/5ee49718-c258-4f01-aa32-7e5b76ae5245

2 months ago

819 upvotes – 702 comments

I spent $266 and four AI models to own my tablet. GLM-5.3 finished it in a day

https://ericpardee.github.io/fire-hd-ownership/

2 months ago

703 upvotes – 291 comments

I were 17, I'd learn how to build LLMs from scratch

https://twitter.com/paulg/status/2091544343589060625

2 months ago

606 upvotes – 681 comments

How I find problems to solve as a staff engineer

https://lalitm.com/post/find-problems-staff-engineer/

2 months ago

1 change
589 upvotes – 170 comments

What Is a Harness?

https://earendil.com/posts/what-is-a-harness/

2 months ago

585 upvotes – 181 comments

To become a better writer, read as much as you can

https://nappertime.com/the-golden-rule-of-becoming-a-better-writer/

2 months ago

1 change
486 upvotes – 264 comments

My agent.md to improve LLM-assisted code quality

https://fabiensanglard.net/agent.md/index.html

2 months ago

415 upvotes – 176 comments

A website for debloated open source alternatives

https://debloat.dev/

2 months ago

411 upvotes – 131 comments

I built a low-latency AI companion that plays Skyrim with me

https://pantel.is/projects/ai-gaming-companion/

2 months ago

399 upvotes – 76 comments

Google Workspace thinks my domain is an email provider (2025)

https://blog.elis.cc/articles/google-workspace-thinks-my-domain-is-an-email-provider/

2 months ago

1 change
391 upvotes – 156 comments

Slovakia finds Russian backdoor in traffic speed cameras

https://risky.biz/risky-bulletin-slovakia-finds-russian-backdoor-in-traffic-speed-cameras/

2 months ago

390 upvotes – 155 comments

How Complex Systems Fail (1998)

https://how.complexsystems.fail/

2 months ago

1 change
387 upvotes – 79 comments

I gave Qwen 3.8 27B a reverse-engineering job and it finished in 30 minutes

https://www.xda-developers.com/qwen-3-8-27b-reverse-engineering-job-frontier-model/

2 months ago

369 upvotes – 152 comments

Wi-Fi 8 is the first wireless upgrade in years that isn't chasing speed

https://www.xda-developers.com/wi-fi-8-first-wireless-upgrade-years-isnt-chasing-speed-home-networks-need-it/

2 months ago

348 upvotes – 291 comments

Over 170k Nonprofits Lost All Their Data. Is Microsoft to Blame?

https://slate.com/technology/2026/08/microsoft-software-nonprofit-data-delete.html

2 months ago

306 upvotes – 157 comments

My favorite nonfiction books about cults, scams, and schemes

https://bookdna.com/best-books/nonfiction-about-cults-scams-and-schemes

2 months ago

284 upvotes – 127 comments

Malware infects Android-based automotive head unit firmware

https://securelist.com/android-head-unit-malware/121106/

2 months ago

266 upvotes – 143 comments

GLM-5.3 (open-weight) beat Anthropic/OpenAI models – for 1/5 the cost

https://reinvently.co.uk/tools/ed-o-meter/

2 months ago

240 upvotes – 111 comments

Training AI to Paint with Code

https://surya.website/rling-qwen-to-paint-with-code

2 months ago

228 upvotes – 28 comments
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