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Tiny C Compiler

https://bellard.org/tcc/
81•guerrilla•2h ago•33 comments

SectorC: A C Compiler in 512 bytes

https://xorvoid.com/sectorc.html
165•valyala•6h ago•30 comments

Speed up responses with fast mode

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/fast-mode
101•surprisetalk•6h ago•99 comments

Brookhaven Lab's RHIC concludes 25-year run with final collisions

https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/brookhaven-labs-rhic-concludes-25-year-run-with-final-collis...
40•gnufx•5h ago•43 comments

The F Word

http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2026/02/friction.html
90•zdw•3d ago•41 comments

You Are Here

https://brooker.co.za/blog/2026/02/07/you-are-here.html
48•mltvc•2h ago•58 comments

Software factories and the agentic moment

https://factory.strongdm.ai/
123•mellosouls•9h ago•257 comments

OpenCiv3: Open-source, cross-platform reimagining of Civilization III

https://openciv3.org/
873•klaussilveira•1d ago•267 comments

Hoot: Scheme on WebAssembly

https://www.spritely.institute/hoot/
163•AlexeyBrin•11h ago•29 comments

Stories from 25 Years of Software Development

https://susam.net/twenty-five-years-of-computing.html
121•vinhnx•9h ago•15 comments

FDA intends to take action against non-FDA-approved GLP-1 drugs

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-intends-take-action-against-non-fda-appro...
48•randycupertino•1h ago•46 comments

First Proof

https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.05192
87•samasblack•8h ago•61 comments

Show HN: A luma dependent chroma compression algorithm (image compression)

https://www.bitsnbites.eu/a-spatial-domain-variable-block-size-luma-dependent-chroma-compression-...
24•mbitsnbites•3d ago•1 comments

Show HN: Browser based state machine simulator and visualizer

https://svylabs.github.io/smac-viz/
7•sridhar87•4d ago•3 comments

Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself

https://jesperordrup.github.io/vocal-guide/
257•jesperordrup•16h ago•84 comments

Al Lowe on model trains, funny deaths and working with Disney

https://spillhistorie.no/2026/02/06/interview-with-sierra-veteran-al-lowe/
76•thelok•8h ago•16 comments

Show HN: I saw this cool navigation reveal, so I made a simple HTML+CSS version

https://github.com/Momciloo/fun-with-clip-path
45•momciloo•6h ago•7 comments

Start all of your commands with a comma (2009)

https://rhodesmill.org/brandon/2009/commands-with-comma/
542•theblazehen•3d ago•198 comments

I write games in C (yes, C) (2016)

https://jonathanwhiting.com/writing/blog/games_in_c/
157•valyala•6h ago•139 comments

The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/07/ai-spending-economy-shortages/
227•1vuio0pswjnm7•12h ago•359 comments

Microsoft account bugs locked me out of Notepad – Are thin clients ruining PCs?

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-locked-me-out-of-notepad-is-the-thin-...
65•josephcsible•4h ago•81 comments

Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback

https://rlhfbook.com/
105•onurkanbkrc•11h ago•5 comments

Selection rather than prediction

https://voratiq.com/blog/selection-rather-than-prediction/
21•languid-photic•4d ago•5 comments

72M Points of Interest

https://tech.marksblogg.com/overture-places-pois.html
45•marklit•5d ago•6 comments

Unseen Footage of Atari Battlezone Arcade Cabinet Production

https://arcadeblogger.com/2026/02/02/unseen-footage-of-atari-battlezone-cabinet-production/
131•videotopia•4d ago•43 comments

Coding agents have replaced every framework I used

https://blog.alaindichiappari.dev/p/software-engineering-is-back
287•alainrk•11h ago•466 comments

A Fresh Look at IBM 3270 Information Display System

https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/a-fresh-look-at-ibm-3270-information-display-system
54•rbanffy•4d ago•15 comments

France's homegrown open source online office suite

https://github.com/suitenumerique
667•nar001•10h ago•290 comments

Where did all the starships go?

https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/science-fiction-decline
114•speckx•4d ago•159 comments

Learning from context is harder than we thought

https://hy.tencent.com/research/100025?langVersion=en
215•limoce•4d ago•123 comments
Open in hackernews

The arcane alphabets of Black Sabbath

https://fontsinuse.com/uses/35835/the-arcane-alphabets-of-black-sabbath
89•speckx•6mo ago

Comments

ilamont•6mo ago
Great post. Would love to see a similar treatment of the fonts used on Led Zeppelin covers and concert posters.
Cockbrand•6mo ago
While not in such a very nicely compact, single article, there are indeed discussions on the fonts used on Led Zep covers on the site, see https://fontsinuse.com/tags/8960/led-zeppelin
beaviskhan•6mo ago
The font nerd / metalhead mashup we didn't know we needed - I love this!
astrolx•6mo ago
I am at the intersection in this Venn diagram and I love it!
robotguy•6mo ago
Someone who finds that interesting might also like: https://typesetinthefuture.com/ Typography and Design in Science Fiction Movies
racl101•6mo ago
This is very cool. I always thought they used very striking fonts for their album covers.