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Zero-defects code: the prescient Microsoft memo from 1989

https://digitalseams.com/blog/zero-defects-code-the-prescient-microsoft-memo-from-1989
3•bobbiechen•1h ago

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benoau•1h ago
Prescient in some ways but also rendered utterly obsolete by AI...

> You can improve the quality of your code, and if you do, the rewards for yourself and for Microsoft will be immense. The hardest part is to decide that you want to write perfect code.

... this is effectively insubordination these days lmao.

Turn your phone into a remote deck for your Windows laptop

https://github.com/ronak-create/LapDeck
1•ronak_parmar•53s ago•0 comments

Independent PHA Asteroid Notability Scoring by Astrophyzix Observatory

https://www.academia.edu/167939168/The_Astrophyzix_Risk_Index_ARI_A_Heuristic_Scoring_System_for_...
2•ProfessorRob•5m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Anyone else experiencing extreme Codex limits token burn rate?

1•throwaway2027•5m ago•0 comments

Reproducible negative result on the BATADAL water-ICS benchmark

https://github.com/holland202/sentinel-batadal-validation
1•badatchess•6m ago•0 comments

SP/1.0: deterministic, reproducible verdicts for AI-agent decisions

https://github.com/Fame510/SHACKLE/blob/master/SP-1.0-SPECIFICATION.md
1•shacklepro•6m ago•0 comments

OpenLoco Version 26.07 Release

https://openloco.io/news/2026/07/openloco-v26.07.html
1•jandeboevrie•10m ago•0 comments

Lisp moving Forth moving Lisp

https://letoverlambda.com/textmode.cl/guest/chap8.html
1•fallat•10m ago•0 comments

BYD Yangwang U8 has remarkable emergency floating function that would save lives

https://supercarblondie.com/byd-yangwang-u8-emergency-floating-function/
2•thunderbong•11m ago•0 comments

How Arsonists used cats to spread Italy's wildfires

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/22/europe/arson-cats-italy-wildfires-latam-intl
1•paulpauper•11m ago•0 comments

Entrance exam for the British India civil service

https://twitter.com/pietergaricano/status/2080582758670151704
1•paulpauper•11m ago•0 comments

Authoritative Dnsmasq in a MikroTik Container

https://op-co.de/blog/posts/mikrotik_authoritative_dnsmasq/
1•ge0rg•12m ago•0 comments

A Taxonomy of Internet Demons(2025)

https://lastwordonnothing.com/2025/03/31/a-taxonomy-of-internet-demons/
2•rolph•15m ago•0 comments

How to Write English Prose

https://thelampmagazine.com/blog/how-to-write-english-prose
3•geneticdrifts•18m ago•0 comments

More Data on Online Age Authentication Balk Rates

https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2026/07/more-data-on-online-age-authentication-balk-rates.htm
1•HotGarbage•18m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Boffin – Staff-engineer layer for AI coding agents

https://github.com/MicSm/boffin
1•mic_sm•20m ago•0 comments

Calling all open source maintainers working with Ruby

https://www.rubyforum.org/t/calling-all-open-source-maintainers-working-with-ruby/553
3•arto•20m ago•0 comments

Scientists link oral bacteria to heart disease and cognitive decline

https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/oral-bacteria-heart-disease-health-43d0207e
3•fortran77•21m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Do you delete your browsing history?

2•tempestn•23m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Turn a diff into an evidence-backed Assumption Ledger

https://github.com/Teycir/Assumptions
1•teycir•26m ago•0 comments

Lidl Introduces the European Payment Method Wero in Germany

https://unternehmen.lidl.de/pressreleases/260724_lidl_pi_einfuehrung_wero
3•doener•27m ago•0 comments

What are the costs and risks of replacing COBOL systems with modern alternatives

https://twitter.com/BrianRoemmele/status/2081212772818551269
2•ksec•30m ago•1 comments

Doom running on a computer made of regex find-and-replace

https://4rh1t3ct0r7.github.io/doom-regex/
2•4RH1T3CT0R•31m ago•1 comments

Is it useful to measure "biological" vs. "chronological" age?

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/07/24/is-it-useful-to-measure-biological-v-...
2•bookofjoe•31m ago•1 comments

Hamas admits some Journalists were Hamas soldiers

https://www.timesofisrael.com/finally-naming-their-war-dead-gazan-terror-groups-admit-slain-journ...
4•AneBytree•35m ago•0 comments

'Rare' Neolithic Tombs Uncovered in Co Galway

https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2026/0726/1585162-galway-tomb-discovered/
2•austinallegro•39m ago•0 comments

Backpacking Sleeping Pads, Tested on the Trail (2026)

https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-backpacking-sleeping-pad/
2•joozio•46m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Tiny React charts that fit in a line of text, zero deps

https://microcharts.dev
1•ganapativs•48m ago•3 comments

Does the UK's liver transplant matching algorithm exclude younger patients?

https://www.normaltech.ai/p/does-the-uks-liver-transplant-matching
1•squirrel•49m ago•0 comments

Karen Hao: AI Doesn't Have to Be Built This Way

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2026-karen-hao-weekend-interview/
4•evo_9•50m ago•1 comments

Using ThinkPad T480 as a mobile phone

https://grego.site/blog/thinkphone
3•marosgrego•51m ago•2 comments