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1.
ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering (alexharri.com)
1308 points by alexharri 2 days ago | 145 comments
2.
We put Claude Code in Rollercoaster Tycoon (ramp.com)
526 points by iamwil 7 days ago | 286 comments
3.
The recurring dream of replacing developers (caimito.net)
619 points by glimshe 2 days ago | 510 comments
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High-Level Is the Goal (bvisness.me)
273 points by tobr 4 days ago | 153 comments
5.
LLM Structured Outputs Handbook (nanonets.com)
372 points by vitaelabitur 4 days ago | 64 comments
6.
The Dilbert Afterlife (astralcodexten.com)
536 points by rendall 3 days ago | 380 comments
7.
Kip: A programming language based on grammatical cases of Turkish (github.com/kip-dili)
251 points by nhatcher 2 days ago | 64 comments
8.
The Olivetti Company (abortretry.fail)
237 points by rbanffy 8 days ago | 66 comments
9.
An Elizabethan mansion's secrets for staying warm (bbc.com)
182 points by Tachyooon 2 days ago | 180 comments
10.
FLUX.2 [Klein]: Towards Interactive Visual Intelligence (bfl.ai)
227 points by GaggiX 3 days ago | 58 comments
11.
ClickHouse acquires Langfuse (langfuse.com)
219 points by tin7in 2 days ago | 96 comments
12.
Map To Poster – Create Art of your favourite city (github.com/originalankur)
292 points by originalankur 2 days ago | 68 comments
13.
Show HN: Streaming gigabyte medical images from S3 without downloading them (github.com/pabannier)
160 points by el_pa_b 2 days ago | 48 comments
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US electricity demand surged in 2025 – solar handled 61% of it (electrek.co)
359 points by doener 2 days ago | 328 comments
15.
M8SBC-486 (Homebrew 486 computer) (maniek86.xyz)
121 points by rasz 8 days ago | 10 comments
16.
The 'untouchable hacker god' behind Finland's biggest crime (theguardian.com)
170 points by c420 2 days ago | 169 comments
17.
PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patch (theregister.com)
266 points by smurda 2 days ago | 330 comments
18.
Drone Hacking Part 1: Dumping Firmware and Bruteforcing ECC (neodyme.io)
152 points by tripdout 3 days ago | 28 comments
19.
Counterfactual evaluation for recommendation systems (eugeneyan.com)
89 points by kurinikku 2 days ago | 6 comments
20.
Below the Surface: Archeological Finds from the Amsterdam Noord/Zuid Metro Line (belowthesurface.amsterdam)
99 points by stefanvdw1 8 days ago | 17 comments
21.
The 600-year-old origins of the word 'hello' (bbc.com)
102 points by 1659447091 2 days ago | 70 comments
22.
There's no single best way to store information (quantamagazine.org)
99 points by 7777777phil 2 days ago | 49 comments
23.
Light Mode InFFFFFFlation (willhbr.net)
222 points by Fudgel 2 days ago | 163 comments
24.
Keifu – A TUI for navigating commit graphs with color and clarity (github.com/trasta298)
71 points by indigodaddy 3 days ago | 11 comments
25.
Show HN: ChunkHound, a local-first tool for understanding large codebases (github.com/chunkhound)
113 points by NadavBenItzhak 2 days ago | 29 comments
26.
The thing that brought me joy (stephenlewis.me)
109 points by monooso 2 days ago | 51 comments
27.
Reducing Dependabot Noise (nesbitt.io)
64 points by zdw 8 days ago | 44 comments
28.
Experts warn of growing parrot crisis in Canada [video] (ctvnews.ca)
76 points by debo_ 7 days ago | 50 comments
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After 25 years, Wikipedia has proved that news doesn't need to look like news (niemanlab.org)
207 points by giuliomagnifico 2 days ago | 232 comments
30.
Common misunderstandings about large software companies (philipotoole.com)
95 points by otoolep 7 days ago | 51 comments

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