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Ask HN: What does good tech look like?

1•Gooblebrai•1d ago
Technology seems to have acquired a broadly negative reputation: surveillance, addiction, dark patterns, enshittification, products optimized for metrics rather than human outcomes. "Tech" is now increasingly viewed as social harm.

But some tools genuinely make life simpler, more reliable, or more capable.

What does "good tech" actually look like in practice? What concrete examples, design principles, or products do you think qualify?

Two-way electric vehicle charging could stop renewable energy being wasted

https://theconversation.com/two-way-electric-vehicle-charging-at-scale-could-stop-renewable-energ...
1•PaulHoule•53s ago•0 comments

Internet access cut out in Iran after protests

https://apnews.com/article/iran-protests-us-israel-war-nuclear-economy-ebddd998fbe7903e70ca621272...
1•kwar13•1m ago•0 comments

Five Letter Word Finder Tool for Wordle Game

https://5letterlexicon.com
1•TheMashaBrand•2m ago•0 comments

Dogs eavesdrop on their owners to learn new words

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/these-dogs-eavesdrop-on-their-owners-to-learn-new-words/
1•c420•2m ago•0 comments

Copyright Takedown Notices Don't Require Services to Find Other Identical Copies

https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2026/01/copyright-takedown-notices-dont-require-services-to...
1•hn_acker•3m ago•1 comments

OpenAI Musk lawsuit over OpenAI for-profit conversion can go to trial

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/08/elon-musk-openai-lawsuit-for-profit-conversion...
2•mitchbob•3m ago•0 comments

Widely used pesticide (chlorpyrifos) linked to more than doubled Parkinsons risk

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-widely-pesticide-linked-parkinson.html
1•bikenaga•4m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: QR code generator that doesn't require sign up

1•aosaigh•5m ago•0 comments

Xthings Is Making a Narc Pole

https://gizmodo.com/xthings-is-making-a-narc-pole-2000705769
1•_____k•6m ago•0 comments

AI programs used by Heber City [Utah] police claim officer turned into a frog

https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/summit-county/how-utah-police-departments-are-using-ai-t...
2•achristmascarl•6m ago•0 comments

German government plans PRISM-like internet collection

https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/innere-sicherheit-hacking-bnd-geheimdienst-bnd-gesetz-vorrats...
2•chaoskanzlerin•7m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Analytical IK for 6-axis Cobots built with .NET 9 WASM AOT and Three.js

https://fanuc-kinematics.underautomation.com/
1•rufus31415•9m ago•0 comments

Best way to find chill job where I can learn and grow as a swe

1•digitdiglet•10m ago•0 comments

Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis

https://www.startribune.com/ice-agent-who-fatally-shot-woman-in-minneapolis-is-identified/601560214
8•phillipcarter•10m ago•2 comments

Mcpd Plugins: Extend Your Agent Infrastructure Without Touching Your Code

https://blog.mozilla.ai/mcpd-plugins-extend-your-agent-infrastructure-without-touching-your-code/
1•mzlaai•14m ago•0 comments

Testing whether AI-generated content will resonate before publishing

https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Avect.pro&oq=&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCQgAECMYJxjqAjIJCAAQIxgnG...
1•afrazullal•14m ago•1 comments

Atlas77 – A Wannabe System Programming Language

https://github.com/atlas77-lang/atlas77
1•Gipson62•15m ago•1 comments

Worst of Breed – Engineering Antipatterns

https://worstofbreed.net/
1•jrave•17m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I built an AI tool to analyze real estate investment potential

https://propertyprofitscanner.com/
2•todaycompanies•18m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I Built a Tool to Visualize "Bus Factor" and Knowledge Silos in GitHub

1•Warlax•18m ago•0 comments

Google AI Studio is now sponsoring Tailwind CSS

https://twitter.com/OfficialLoganK/status/2009339263251566902
9•qwertyforce•19m ago•0 comments

Keeping 10k GPUs Healthy

https://modal.com/blog/gpu-health
1•birdculture•19m ago•0 comments

AudioQ: Multi-channel audio queue management for browsers

https://github.com/tonycarpenter21/audioq
1•redmattred•20m ago•0 comments

Apple Loses Safari Lead Designer to the Browser Company

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/08/apple-loses-safari-designer-to-the-browser-company/
4•tosh•20m ago•0 comments

Claude keeps nagging about "Help improve Claude" inspite of previous decline

5•onesandofgrain•21m ago•5 comments

Built "Lisa" plugin for Claude Code – high IQ planner to pair with Ralph loops

https://github.com/blencorp/lisa
1•dotmike•22m ago•0 comments

New Year's Resolutions for Men and Women

https://flowingdata.com/2026/01/05/new-years-resolutions-for-men-and-women/
1•gmays•22m ago•0 comments

Why don't you get the compensation increase you think you deserve?

https://candost.blog/newsletter/mediations-32/
1•mooreds•23m ago•0 comments

Goodbye Sketch, Hello Shelley

https://blog.exe.dev/shelley
1•indigodaddy•24m ago•0 comments

Internet collapses in Iran amid protests over economic crisis

https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/08/internet-collapses-in-iran-amid-protests-over-economic-crisis/
1•oavioklein•25m ago•1 comments