HckrNews (First visit) All HN frontpage stories in chronological order n8n-Oidc 11 47 14d +7d cweagans.net/2025/12/announcing-n8n-oidc 1Adding insular script like it's 1626 6 89 8d +1d djmurphy.net/blog/clo-gaelach 2Six-decade math puzzle solved by Korean mathematician 84 257 8d +1d koreaherald.com/article/10648326 3How Kraft Heinz lost its lock on mac and cheese and American shoppers 32 29 7d +18h wsj.com/business/retail/kraft-heinz-mac-cheese-split-ceo-dccc9217 4Show HN: Live VNC for web agents – debugging native captcha on Cloud Run 0 10 7d +16h rtrvr.ai/blog/live-vnc-takeover-serverless-chrome 5Dealing with abandonware (2024) 51 146 7d +8h blog.hris.to/./dealing-with-abandonware.html 6Donut Lab’s all-solid-state battery delivers 400 Wh/kg of energy density 249 260 7d +39m donutlab.com/ces-battery-announcement 7Keeping Syria connected during war: Surviving ISIS and Intelligence 10 68 7d +1h syriauntold.com/2025/12/27/keeping-syria-connected-during-war 8Migrating cells and the new science of microchimerism 2 38 7d +1h nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04102-4 9The Lottery Ticket Hypothesis: Finding Sparse, Trainable Neural Networks (2018) 27 118 10d +2d arxiv.org/abs/1803.03635 10Why didn't AI “join the workforce” in 2025? 375 231 7d +5m calnewport.com/why-didnt-ai-join-the-workforce-in-2025 11Google broke my heart 284 535 7d +20m perishablepress.com/google-broke-my-heart 12The Kimwolf botnet is stalking your local network 54 179 10d +2d krebsonsecurity.com/2026/01/the-kimwolf-botnet-is-stalking-your-local-network 13Welcome to Gas Town 214 330 11d +3d steve-yegge.medium.com/welcome-to-gas-town-4f25ee16dd04 14Reasons I did 301,432 flashcard reviews in 2025 6 3 7d +1h natemeyvis.com/22-reasons-i-did-301432-flashcard-reviews-in-2025 15Getting off US tech: a guide 1 41 7d +44m disconnect.blog/getting-off-us-tech-a-guide 16Zeit v1 7 31 9d +2d xn--gckvb8fzb.com/zeit-v1 17A year of clean energy milestones 31 49 7d +1h e360.yale.edu/digest/2025-energy-review 18Boston Dynamics and DeepMind form new AI partnership 52 94 7d +20m bostondynamics.com/blog/boston-dynamics-google-deepmind-form-new-ai-partnership 19AGI is here (and I feel fine) 4 4 7d +56m robinsloan.com/winter-garden/agi-is-here 20There were BGP anomalies during the Venezuela blackout 431 928 7d +4m loworbitsecurity.com/radar/radar16 21[dead] ? 13 7d +37m news.ycombinator.com 22Brave overhauled its Rust adblock engine with FlatBuffers, cutting memory 75% 269 500 7d +3h brave.com/privacy-updates/36-adblock-memory-reduction 23Show HN: WOLS – Open standard for mushroom cultivation tracking 2 39 7d +2h github.com/wemush/open-standard 24Pebble Round 2 283 464 10d +3d repebble.com/blog/pebble-round-2-the-most-stylish-pebble-ever 25That viral Reddit post about food delivery apps was an AI scam 45 38 7d +1h theverge.com/news/855328/viral-reddit-delivery-app-ai-scam 26Selective Applicative Functors 11 30 13d +5d blog.veritates.love/selective_applicatives_theoretical_basis.html 27Show HN: Agentastic.dev is Ghostty and Git worktrees = multi-agent CC/Codex IDE 22 11 7d +3h agentastic.dev/index 28Pentagon moves to punish Democratic senator over 'seditious video' 74 158 7d +5m bbc.com/news/articles/cp8039wg1rdo 295 Years, 12 Pivots 5 16 13d +6d boundaryml.com/blog/5-years-12-pivots 30O-Ring Automation 9 20 7d +8m nber.org/papers/w34639 31Novo Nordisk launches Wegovy weight-loss pill in US, triggering price war 146 143 7d +7m theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/05/novo-nordisk-launches-wegovy-weight-loss-pill-us-price-war 32Sega co-founder David Rosen has died 37 252 7d +1h theguardian.com/games/2026/jan/05/sega-co-founder-david-rosen-dies 33Utopian Scholastic 21 70 7d +1h wol.fm/blog/utopian-scholastic.html 34Gatekeepers of Law: Inside the Westlaw and LexisNexis Duopoly 67 153 7d +57m thebignewsletter.com/p/gatekeepers-of-law-inside-the-westlaw 35The meek did inherit the Earth, at least among ants 17 25 7d +59m nytimes.com/2025/12/19/science/ants-exoskeletons-weak.html 36Try to take my position: The best promotion advice I ever got 269 564 10d +3d andrew.grahamyooll.com/blog/Try-to-Take-My-Position 37Gnome calculator pings the International Monetary Fund website 5 16 7d +40m github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/discussions/1283 38Pipe Dreams – The life and times of Yahoo Pipes (2023) 30 143 7d +33m retool.com/pipes 39X blames users for Grok-generated CSAM; no fixes announced 573 329 7d +20m arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/x-blames-users-for-grok-generated-csam-no-fixes-announced 40Refactoring – Not on the backlog (2014) 19 41 7d +2m ronjeffries.com/xprog/articles/refactoring-not-on-the-backlog 41The College Backlash Is a Mirage 27 24 7d +27m theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/college-degree-value-enrollment/685384 42How Twitch tamed a million lines of TypeScript 10 17 7d +9h joshribakoff.com/blog/lint-snapshots 43Los Angeles ends strange rite of passage with new fridge law 61 31 7d +1h nytimes.com/2026/01/01/realestate/fridge-law-los-angeles.html 44Observability's past, present, and future 29 75 7d +2h blog.sherwoodcallaway.com/observability-s-past-present-and-future 45So, you want to chunk really fast? 41 149 7d +1h minha.sh/posts/so,-you-want-to-chunk-really-fast 46LLMRouter: An Open-Source Library for LLM Routing 7 58 12d +5d github.com/ulab-uiuc/LLMRouter 47Darwin the Man of His Times 10 33 11d +4d aethermug.com/posts/darwin-the-man-of-his-times 48Show HN: Unicode cursive font generator that checks cross-platform compatibility 1 11 11d +4d cursivefontgenerator.info 49Sandboxing Untrusted Python 51 68 7d +1h gist.github.com/mavdol/2c68acb408686f1e038bf89e5705b28c 50The last supported version of HP-UX is no more 21 38 7d +40m theregister.com/2026/01/05/hpux_end_of_life 51Show HN: Open-Source 8-Ch BCI Board (ESP32 and ADS1299 and OpenBCI GUI) 21 53 7d +5m github.com/Cerelog-ESP-EEG/ESP-EEG 52A web developer posted a payment shaming message on their client's site 106 73 7d +10m joseph-smith.co.uk 53Calibrating My Turtle 2 20 7d +9m clabs.org/blog/CalibratingMyTurtle 54How Y Combinator made it smart to trust founders 119 186 7d +18m elbowgreasegames.substack.com/p/when-good-actors-can-trust-each-other 55Shock Wave Formation Simulator 6 36 13d +6d kousen.github.io/shockwaves 56The Dawn of the AI Drone 9 19 7d +22m nytimes.com/2025/12/31/magazine/ukraine-ai-drones-war-russia.html 57Show HN: Tailsnitch – A security auditor for Tailscale 28 271 7d +19m github.com/Adversis/tailsnitch 58Alexa.com, a new way to interact with Alexa+ 5 9 7d +2m aboutamazon.com/news/devices/alexa-plus-web-ai-assistant 59'We need Greenland': Trump repeats threat to annex Danish territory 18 41 7d +15m bbc.com/news/articles/c4g0zg974v1o 60Anyone building software for wearable tech? 14 15 7d +13m 61Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die 290 499 7d +1h arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/openai-refuses-to-say-where-chatgpt-logs-go-when-users-die 62Over 600 job openings at Apple for Vision Pro 9 32 7d +4m jobs.apple.com/en-us/search?search=vision+pro&sort=relevance&location=united-states-USA 63[dead] ? 6 13d +5d squarefacegenerators.com 64Singularity Rootkit: SELinux bypass and netlink filter (ss/conntrack hidden) 41 109 7d +2h github.com/MatheuZSecurity/Singularity 65[dead] ? 14 7d +2m bomfather.dev 66CSS sucks because we don't bother learning it (2022) 223 154 7d +16m idiallo.com/blog/learn-css 67RevisionDojo, a YC startup, is running astroturfing campaigns targeting kids? 85 449 7d +9m 68[dead] ? 12 12d +5d ghuntley.com 69Show HN: A simulator for engineers transitioning from IC to management 93 73 7d +9m apmcommunication.com/scenario/backchannel-vp 70Show HN: DoNotNotify – Log and intelligently block notifications on Android 163 339 7d +9m donotnotify.com 71All AI Videos Are Harmful (2025) 320 313 7d +1h idiallo.com/blog/all-ai-videos-are-harmful 72Imagine 130M Washing Machines 117 74 7d +1h scottsumner.substack.com/p/imagine-130000000-washing-machines 73I switched from VSCode to Zed 413 451 7d +39m tenthousandmeters.com/blog/i-switched-from-vscode-to-zed 74Yearly analytics on my spaced repetition results 75 51 10d +2d natemeyvis.com/i-did-301432-flashcard-reviews-in-2025 75Ozempic Melted Away Weight–and the Idea of 'Body Positivity' 101 38 7d +37m wsj.com/opinion/ozempic-melted-away-weight-and-the-idea-of-body-positivity-4917671c 76GOG Patrons- Join gamers keeping classics alive 83 147 7d +7m gog.com/en/patrons 77Jensen: 'We've done our country a great disservice' by offshoring 508 276 7d +38m barchart.com/story/news/36862423/weve-done-our-country-a-great-disservice-by-offshoring-nvidias-jensen-huang-says-we-have-to-create-prosperity-for-all-not-just-phds 78Cigarette smoke effect using shaders 26 153 7d +1h garden.bradwoods.io/notes/javascript/three-js/shaders/shaders-103-smoke 793Duino helps you rapidly create interactive 3D-printed devices 5 35 12d +4d blog.arduino.cc/2025/12/03/3duino-helps-you-rapidly-create-interactive-3d-printed-devices 80Didascal 0 2 7d +36m didascal.com 81It's hard to justify Tahoe icons 945 2438 7d +15m tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons 82Microsoft Office renamed to “Microsoft 365 Copilot app” 270 353 7d +3h office.com 83Ask HN: Help with LLVM 9 33 10d +2d 84Anna's Archive loses .org domain after surprise suspension 355 666 7d +22m torrentfreak.com/annas-archive-loses-org-domain-after-surprise-suspension 85[dead] ? 16 7d +42m bbc.com 86Show HN: Circuit Artist – Circuit simulator with propagation animation, rewind 19 135 12d +4d github.com/lets-all-be-stupid-forever/circuit-artist 87Revisiting the original Roomba and its simple architecture 72 102 9d +2d robotsinplainenglish.com/e/2025-12-27-roomba.html 88Inducing self-NSFW classification in image models to prevent deepfakes edits 16 20 7d +33m 89Decorative Cryptography 52 167 7d +4m dlp.rip/decorative-cryptography 90Why Microsoft Store Discontinued Support for Office Apps 71 53 11d +3d bgr.com/2027774/why-microsoft-store-discontinued-office-support 91Databases in 2025: A Year in Review 190 690 7d +55m cs.cmu.edu/~pavlo/blog/2026/01/2025-databases-retrospective.html 92A spider web unlike any seen before 142 291 7d +26m nytimes.com/2025/11/08/science/biggest-spiderweb-sulfur-cave.html 93Monads in C# (Part 2): Result 69 56 11d +3d alexyorke.github.io/2025/09/13/monads-in-c-sharp-part-2-result 94LLMs Are Currently Not Helpful at All for Math Research: Hamkins 26 27 7d +20m officechai.com/ai/llms-are-currently-not-helpful-at-all-for-math-research-give-garbage-answers-mathematician-joel-david-hamkins 95NeXTSTEP on Pa-RISC 25 61 8d +5h openpa.net/nextstep_pa-risc.html 96[dead] ? 5 13d +5d ryjoxdemo.com 97Building a Rust-style static analyzer for C++ with AI 57 92 7d +1h mpaxos.comhttp:///blog/rusty-cpp.html 98Logos Language Guide: Compile English to Rust 34 53 11d +3d logicaffeine.com/guide 99ICE is using facial-recognition technology to quickly arrest people 195 225 7d +11m wsj.com/politics/policy/ice-facial-recognition-app-mobile-fortify-dfdd00bf 100How to translate a ROM: The mysteries of the game cartridge [video] 0 47 13d +5d youtube.com/watch?v=XDg73E1n5-g 101California residents can now request all data brokers delete personal info 83 302 8d +27m consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov 102AGI Is Here 27 15 8d +52m robinsloan.com/winter-garden/agi-is-here 103Baffling purple honey found only in North Carolina 51 152 12d +4d bbc.com/travel/article/20250417-the-baffling-purple-honey-found-only-in-north-carolina 104During Helene, I just wanted a plain text website 187 343 8d +16m sparkbox.com/foundry/helene_and_mobile_web_performance 105[dead] ? 12 14d +6d 106The Showa Hundred Year Problem 18 57 13d +4d dampfkraft.com/showa-100.html 107Ask HN: In the real world we pay for everything so why not software? 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