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SDF Based Chess Rendering

https://github.com/Janos95/onion
1•janos95•3m ago•1 comments

Does Your Poop Float?

https://buildojas.substack.com/p/does-your-poop-float
1•rohan_shah•3m ago•0 comments

The quest to measure our relationship with nature

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/16/1135245/measure-relationship-with-nature-index/
1•joozio•3m ago•0 comments

An Agentic Home Bioreactor

https://chillphysicsenjoyer.substack.com/p/an-agentic-home-bioreactor
1•crescit_eundo•4m ago•0 comments

URLmind – Turn any business URL into structured context for AI agents

https://urlmind.com
1•urlmind•6m ago•0 comments

Crystal 1.20.0 Is Released

https://crystal-lang.org/2026/04/16/1.20.0-released/
1•ksec•9m ago•0 comments

Open-source isolated runtime for AI agents

https://github.com/CelestoAI/SmolVM
2•theaniketmaurya•10m ago•3 comments

A Simple Guide to Porting Your Basic

https://permacomputer.solarpunk.au/?p=181
1•akkartik•12m ago•0 comments

Blade Runner Cinematography (1999)

https://theasc.com/magazine/mar99/blade/
2•exvi•14m ago•0 comments

Godzilla Cinematography (1998)

https://theasc.com/magazine/jun98/godzilla/
1•exvi•14m ago•0 comments

PgQue: Zero-Bloat Postgres Queue

https://github.com/NikolayS/pgque
1•gmcabrita•15m ago•0 comments

867-5309: Famous '80s song phone number now directs to cancer support line

https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5787896-867-5309-cancer-hotline/
2•rolph•18m ago•0 comments

Tangled Newsletter 01 – Hello

https://blog.tangled.org/newsletter-01/
1•birdculture•19m ago•0 comments

White House probes wave of missing or dead American scientists

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6393235356112
5•genphy1976•20m ago•0 comments

EsoNatLangs: Esolangs that embrace the complexities of natural language

https://esoteric.codes/blog/five-esonatlangs
3•xpointer•22m ago•0 comments

How to Build an Agent Or: The Emperor Has No Clothes (2025)

https://ampcode.com/notes/how-to-build-an-agent
1•tehnub•25m ago•0 comments

Sidephone: A minimalist Android phone with swappable USB keypads

https://www.sidephone.com/
1•phantomathkg•25m ago•0 comments

Georgia's Voting Technology Blunder

https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/18/dominion-sucks-actually/
2•hn_acker•27m ago•0 comments

Matt Mullenweg Says "The Wheels Have Fallen Off" in WordPress

https://www.therepository.email/matt-mullenweg-says-the-wheels-have-fallen-off-in-wide-ranging-wo...
8•rpgbr•29m ago•2 comments

Information Scent: How Users Decide Where to Go Next (2020)

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/information-scent/
1•alberto-m•30m ago•0 comments

Unearthly Terrors: Event Horizon (1997)

https://theasc.com/magazine/aug97/event/main.htm
2•exvi•34m ago•0 comments

The USDA's gardening zones have shifted. (Interactive app and map)

https://apps.npr.org/plant-hardiness-garden-map/
5•nuke-web3•35m ago•0 comments

They Were YouTube's First Stars. Here's What They Wish They'd Known

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/arts/television/early-youtube-stars-success-learnings.html
2•cainxinth•36m ago•0 comments

'Tokenmaxxing' is making developers less productive than they think

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/17/tokenmaxxing-is-making-developers-less-productive-than-they-think/
3•Brajeshwar•38m ago•1 comments

The electromechanical angle computer inside the B-52 bomber's star tracker

https://www.righto.com/2026/04/B-52-star-tracker-angle-computer.html
6•NelsonMinar•39m ago•1 comments

Guy is a legend (Founder of StopKillingGames before Parliment) [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoDZMcTTHGo
1•Bender•40m ago•0 comments

Version 1.0 of WireGuard for Windows and WireGuardNT Released

https://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/wireguard/2026-April/009580.html
1•zx2c4•41m ago•0 comments

Don't just quit. Leave with leverage. An open-source employment attorney via .md

https://github.com/bobbypartyai-dev/ai-quit-job
2•rk3000•43m ago•0 comments

The Things I Wanted to Know Before Buying Apple's Studio Display XDR

https://blog.tymscar.com/posts/studiodisplayxdr/
3•tymscar•44m ago•0 comments

C64GFX – Commodore 64 Pixel Art Gallery

https://c64gfx.com/index.html
1•adunk•45m ago•0 comments
Open in hackernews

Ask HN: Is it worth taking a year off?

1•thepaulthomson•1h ago
I'd love to spend a year just experimenting with AI, building stuff, and documenting the whole thing.

My fear is it would ruin my career trajectory and I'd become un-hire-able in the future.

Comments

turtleyacht•1h ago
Experience is cumulative. A single year is not bad. Plus it's relevant to your work or industry.
thepaulthomson•1h ago
I just don't know if recruiters or hiring managers would buy that. It feels like non-traditional career paths get penalized
blinkbat•1h ago
How long have you worked in this field?
thepaulthomson•1h ago
18mths for an AI saas product
turtleyacht•1h ago
Benefit of the doubt is they're looking for ways to help qualify you, so education and existing experience easily overrides gaps. As always, it depends.

A year is full of distractions. Maybe better to find ways to AI in your present.

thepaulthomson•30m ago
Totally fair
blinkbat•1h ago
If you can afford it and stay on top of the art, it's fine
tim-tday•13m ago
How would learning about cutting-edge tech ruin your career? Are you an historian?

If you’re in tech just found an LLC (legal zoom $300) call yourself founder and CEO. Declare it as stealth AI startup on LinkedIn. Even if you never release anything (unlikely) The valley loves failure so you’re fine either way.

“Founded a startup that never went anywhere” is not an uncommon story.