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Show HN: Glance – Fast CSV inspection for the terminal (SIMD-accelerated)

https://github.com/AveryClapp/glance
1•AveryClapp•42s ago•0 comments

Busy for the Next Fifty to Sixty Bud

https://pestlemortar.substack.com/p/busy-for-the-next-fifty-to-sixty-had-all-my-money-in-bitcoin-...
1•mithradiumn•1m ago•0 comments

Imperative

https://pestlemortar.substack.com/p/imperative
1•mithradiumn•2m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I decomposed 87 tasks to find where AI agents structurally collapse

https://github.com/XxCotHGxX/Instruction_Entropy
1•XxCotHGxX•6m ago•1 comments

I went back to Linux and it was a mistake

https://www.theverge.com/report/875077/linux-was-a-mistake
1•timpera•7m ago•1 comments

Octrafic – open-source AI-assisted API testing from the CLI

https://github.com/Octrafic/octrafic-cli
1•mbadyl•8m ago•1 comments

US Accuses China of Secret Nuclear Testing

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/trump-has-been-clear-wanting-new-nuclear-arms-control-treaty-...
1•jandrewrogers•9m ago•1 comments

Peacock. A New Programming Language

1•hashhooshy•14m ago•1 comments

A postcard arrived: 'If you're reading this I'm dead, and I really liked you'

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2026/02/07/postcard-death-teacher-glickman/
2•bookofjoe•15m ago•1 comments

What to know about the software selloff

https://www.morningstar.com/markets/what-know-about-software-stock-selloff
2•RickJWagner•19m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Syntux – generative UI for websites, not agents

https://www.getsyntux.com/
3•Goose78•19m ago•0 comments

Microsoft appointed a quality czar. He has no direct reports and no budget

https://jpcaparas.medium.com/ab75cef97954
2•birdculture•20m ago•0 comments

AI overlay that reads anything on your screen (invisible to screen capture)

https://lowlighter.app/
1•andylytic•21m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Seafloor, be up and running with OpenClaw in 20 seconds

https://seafloor.bot/
1•k0mplex•21m ago•0 comments

Tesla turbine-inspired structure generates electricity using compressed air

https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-tesla-turbine-generates-electricity-compressed.html
2•PaulHoule•23m ago•0 comments

State Department deleting 17 years of tweets (2009-2025); preservation needed

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/07/nx-s1-5704785/state-department-trump-posts-x
2•sleazylice•23m ago•1 comments

Learning to code, or building side projects with AI help, this one's for you

https://codeslick.dev/learn
1•vitorlourenco•23m ago•0 comments

Effulgence RPG Engine [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFQOUe9S7dU
1•msuniverse2026•25m ago•0 comments

Five disciplines discovered the same math independently – none of them knew

https://freethemath.org
4•energyscholar•25m ago•1 comments

We Scanned an AI Assistant for Security Issues: 12,465 Vulnerabilities

https://codeslick.dev/blog/openclaw-security-audit
1•vitorlourenco•26m ago•0 comments

Amazon no longer defend cloud customers against video patent infringement claims

https://ipfray.com/amazon-no-longer-defends-cloud-customers-against-video-patent-infringement-cla...
2•ffworld•27m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Medinilla – an OCPP compliant .NET back end (partially done)

https://github.com/eliodecolli/Medinilla
2•rhcm•30m ago•0 comments

How Does AI Distribute the Pie? Large Language Models and the Ultimatum Game

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6157066
1•dkga•30m ago•1 comments

Resistance Infrastructure

https://www.profgalloway.com/resistance-infrastructure/
3•samizdis•34m ago•1 comments

Fire-juggling unicyclist caught performing on crossing

https://news.sky.com/story/fire-juggling-unicyclist-caught-performing-on-crossing-13504459
1•austinallegro•35m ago•0 comments

Restoring a lost 1981 Unix roguelike (protoHack) and preserving Hack 1.0.3

https://github.com/Critlist/protoHack
2•Critlist•37m ago•0 comments

GPS and Time Dilation – Special and General Relativity

https://philosophersview.com/gps-and-time-dilation/
1•mistyvales•40m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Witnessd – Prove human authorship via hardware-bound jitter seals

https://github.com/writerslogic/witnessd
1•davidcondrey•40m ago•1 comments

Show HN: I built a clawdbot that texts like your crush

https://14.israelfirew.co
2•IsruAlpha•42m ago•2 comments

Scientists reverse Alzheimer's in mice and restore memory (2025)

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251224032354.htm
2•walterbell•45m ago•0 comments
Open in hackernews

Ask HN: Why Does Ruby Get So Much Hate on HN?

4•karakoram•1mo ago

Comments

delichon•1mo ago
As a Rubyist I've been impressed with how much love Ruby gets here, and how much head space it consumes compared to far more popular languages.
curious_curios•1mo ago
“There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.”

- Bjarne Stroustrup

__patchbit__•1mo ago
Ask AI about C++ and CUDA C++ and expectations of success in projects like F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
rijoja•1mo ago
I don't think it receives very much hate.
Alifatisk•1mo ago
Me neither, I do not know where OP gets this impression. I've mostly seen love towards the language and it's web framework (Rails). But either way, why care? My best advice is to disconnect feelings with the tools. It's just a tool, nothing personal.
Borg3•1mo ago
I am more curious why you actually care? Are you doing Ruby coding for living? This seems the only valid reason.

I love Ruby, I write a lot of tools in it. When I need extras, I extend Ruby using C. Its easy to do and very clean. I even write simple GUI stuff in Ruby, because why not?

And I dont really care if Ruby is loved or not. Its Open Source. I made backup of all stuff I care about. Its easy to just rebuild if necessary :)

wmf•1mo ago
Ruby used to be extremely slow and memory-hogging.
Lio•1mo ago
It was never really any worse than python.

I wonder if the new generation of Ruby runtimes like ZJIT, TruffleRuby and JRuby if we get roughly the same speed as JavaScript if that will change what people complain about.

They'll still complain, obviously, because every language seems to have haters. :D