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SectorC: A C Compiler in 512 bytes

https://xorvoid.com/sectorc.html
85•valyala•4h ago•16 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...
23•gnufx•2h ago•14 comments

The F Word

http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2026/02/friction.html
35•zdw•3d ago•4 comments

Software factories and the agentic moment

https://factory.strongdm.ai/
89•mellosouls•6h ago•166 comments

I write games in C (yes, C)

https://jonathanwhiting.com/writing/blog/games_in_c/
131•valyala•4h ago•99 comments

Speed up responses with fast mode

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/fast-mode
47•surprisetalk•3h ago•52 comments

Hoot: Scheme on WebAssembly

https://www.spritely.institute/hoot/
143•AlexeyBrin•9h ago•26 comments

Stories from 25 Years of Software Development

https://susam.net/twenty-five-years-of-computing.html
96•vinhnx•7h ago•13 comments

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

https://openciv3.org/
850•klaussilveira•23h ago•256 comments

First Proof

https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.05192
66•samasblack•6h ago•51 comments

The Waymo World Model

https://waymo.com/blog/2026/02/the-waymo-world-model-a-new-frontier-for-autonomous-driving-simula...
1092•xnx•1d ago•618 comments

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

https://spillhistorie.no/2026/02/06/interview-with-sierra-veteran-al-lowe/
64•thelok•5h ago•9 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-...
4•mbitsnbites•3d ago•0 comments

Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself

https://jesperordrup.github.io/vocal-guide/
232•jesperordrup•14h ago•80 comments

Start all of your commands with a comma (2009)

https://rhodesmill.org/brandon/2009/commands-with-comma/
516•theblazehen•3d ago•191 comments

Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback

https://rlhfbook.com/
93•onurkanbkrc•8h ago•5 comments

Selection Rather Than Prediction

https://voratiq.com/blog/selection-rather-than-prediction/
13•languid-photic•3d ago•4 comments

We mourn our craft

https://nolanlawson.com/2026/02/07/we-mourn-our-craft/
333•ColinWright•3h ago•400 comments

Coding agents have replaced every framework I used

https://blog.alaindichiappari.dev/p/software-engineering-is-back
254•alainrk•8h ago•412 comments

The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/07/ai-spending-economy-shortages/
182•1vuio0pswjnm7•10h ago•251 comments

France's homegrown open source online office suite

https://github.com/suitenumerique
611•nar001•8h ago•269 comments

72M Points of Interest

https://tech.marksblogg.com/overture-places-pois.html
35•marklit•5d ago•6 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
27•momciloo•4h ago•5 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
47•rbanffy•4d ago•9 comments

Unseen Footage of Atari Battlezone Arcade Cabinet Production

https://arcadeblogger.com/2026/02/02/unseen-footage-of-atari-battlezone-cabinet-production/
124•videotopia•4d ago•39 comments

Where did all the starships go?

https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/science-fiction-decline
96•speckx•4d ago•108 comments

History and Timeline of the Proco Rat Pedal (2021)

https://web.archive.org/web/20211030011207/https://thejhsshow.com/articles/history-and-timeline-o...
20•brudgers•5d ago•5 comments

Learning from context is harder than we thought

https://hy.tencent.com/research/100025?langVersion=en
211•limoce•4d ago•117 comments

Show HN: Kappal – CLI to Run Docker Compose YML on Kubernetes for Local Dev

https://github.com/sandys/kappal
32•sandGorgon•2d ago•15 comments

Show HN: Look Ma, No Linux: Shell, App Installer, Vi, Cc on ESP32-S3 / BreezyBox

https://github.com/valdanylchuk/breezydemo
287•isitcontent•1d ago•38 comments
Open in hackernews

Tabloid: The Clickbait Headline Programming Language

https://tabloid.vercel.app/
326•sadeshmukh•3mo ago

Comments

illusive4080•3mo ago
Missed opportunity for loops to be

BREAKING NEWS … KEEP READING TO DISCOVER

k310•3mo ago
DETAILS AT [11]

[11] https://github.com/thesephist/tabloid/blob/master/README.md#...

paultopia•3mo ago
It’s been too long since something like this has happened. Kudos.
Jeremy1026•3mo ago
BREAKING NEWS! This is the perfect amount of stupid. I'm going to see if I can't convince my team to convert our codebase over ASAP. FOLLOW ME to find out how it goes.
swyx•3mo ago
you forgot to

PLEASE LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE

now the program doesnt terminate

NamlchakKhandro•3mo ago
Now we just need the companion turing complete languages:

Thunderfoot - write screenplays for youtube videos debunking articles written in Tabloid

Fisker - Writes troll posts to discord/irc/steam community to highlight how awesome TOPIC in AWESOME ARTICLE written in Tabloid is

Shitlist - Generates awesomelists repos on github for TOPIC

wartywhoa23•3mo ago
.BOT - Controls botfarms with built-in shill primitives on the X virtual machine, successor to BitMusk
noduerme•3mo ago
This is refreshingly ridiculous.
gnabgib•3mo ago
Popular in:

2020 (245 points, 38 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24578749

2024 (217 points, 29 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40964261

moritzwarhier•3mo ago
I didn't think some keywords could make me have fun but they did :D

Maybe I should use macros like this for productive work to make sure programming stays engaging and entertaining!

  EXPERTS CLAIM SECRET_CODE TO BE 129

  DISCOVER HOW TO MESS WITH NUMBER
  RUMOR HAS IT
    EXPERTS CLAIM RESULT TO BE NUMBER MODULO 2
    WHAT IF RESULT IS ACTUALLY 0
      SHOCKING DEVELOPMENT NUMBER DIVIDED BY 2
    LIES!
      SHOCKING DEVELOPMENT (NUMBER TIMES 3) PLUS 1
  END OF STORY
  
  EXPERTS CLAIM ITERATION TO BE 0
  DISCOVER HOW TO DEEP_RESEARCH WITH NUMBER
  RUMOR HAS IT
    EXPERTS CLAIM ITERATION TO BE ITERATION PLUS 1
    EXPERTS CLAIM RESULT TO BE MESS OF NUMBER
    WHAT IF RESULT IS ACTUALLY 1 RUMOR HAS IT
      SHOCKING DEVELOPMENT ITERATION
    END OF STORY
    LIES!
      SHOCKING DEVELOPMENT DEEP_RESEARCH OF RESULT
  END OF STORY 

  EXPERTS CLAIM RESULT TO BE DEEP_RESEARCH OF SECRET_CODE

  YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS (((("shocking fact about innocious number discovered: " PLUS SECRET_CODE) PLUS " takes a whopping ") PLUS RESULT) PLUS " steps to reach 1")

  PLEASE LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE
omoikane•3mo ago
Minor patch before calling DEEP_RESEARCH to make it interactive:

   EXPERTS CLAIM SECRET_CODE TO BE LATEST NEWS ON 'Innocious number?'
moritzwarhier•3mo ago
Good one! It would be disingenuous to name it DEEP_RESEARCH without incorporating LATEST NEWS. And what could be a better source of news than the user?
gnarlouse•3mo ago
Missed opportunity:

The joke should be that regardless of the program you write, nothing happens. No real signal, just like most real clickbait content.

csmantle•3mo ago
This would benefit from combining the literal rules from TrumpScript [0]:

> All numbers must be strictly greater than 1 million. The small stuff is inconsequential to us.

[0]: https://github.com/samshadwell/TrumpScript

AbuAssar•3mo ago
this is hilarious, thanks for the laughs!
holysoles•3mo ago
Love the energy and keyword selections. But also probably a great exercise to have gone through that I've always considered doing
lxgr•3mo ago
Missed opportunity to title the post/submission “Will this programming language revolutionize software development?” :)
nine_k•3mo ago
I hope error messages say

  YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN LINE ${line_number}
halapro•3mo ago
Errors should be thrown as TRULY EXCEPTIONAL
RobotToaster•3mo ago
PROGRAMMER DESTROYED BY FACTS AND SYNTAX
throwup238•3mo ago
Exception claps back at programmer.
Dilettante_•3mo ago
[GONE {errortype}!]
cyrusradfar•3mo ago
I actually felt pretty impressed they kept to the non-clickbait standard of the community and still crushed the post :)
dbacar•3mo ago
The title of the post should have been "SHOCKING DEVELOPMENT".
dcdc123•3mo ago
I love it.
hamasho•3mo ago
Love `TOTALLY RIGHT` and `COMPLETELY WRONG` as boolean, but `TRUTH` and `FAKE NEWS` sounds better. Too much social media consumption makes me feel that "truth" or "fact" are kinda sarcastic.

It also reminds me TrumpScript: https://github.com/samshadwell/TrumpScript

kruffalon•3mo ago
But... Which one of TRUTH and FAKE NEWS is the equivalent of boolean TRUE and FALSE respectively????

The original options are more clear imo, even though they show their age.

hamasho•3mo ago
You're right, I'm not sure neither... Probably it should be FACT and ALTERNATIVE FACT and no one knows what means what.
hunterpayne•3mo ago
So brainrot and brainfuck had a baby?
arendtio•3mo ago
I think it could be improved by ADDING A FEATURE with multiple texts for the same mechanic.

Less repetitive == MORE AWESOME

And of course, harder to learn/understand.

BrenBarn•3mo ago
Write amazing programs with this one weird trick
cat-whisperer•3mo ago
If you make sure it follows the style of COBOL. we can document it in the history books!
zoom6628•3mo ago
I look forward to the implementation of the TACO instruction.
halapro•3mo ago
I'm more of a KTHXBYE kinda guy.
jonplackett•3mo ago
This is the heart and soul of hacker news
nython•3mo ago
I thought that was maison d'errorier
zamadatix•3mo ago
This gave me a laugh! Some variation of "the Top Five Most Popular Quirks and Features" from the description could be a good way to define arrays on size n (e.g. perhaps numerical instead of Five).
Dilettante_•3mo ago
"n WEIRD INTEGERS YOU WON'T BELIEVE ARE REAL!"
Ancapistani•3mo ago
How about CONSIDERED HARMFUL as a postfix negation operator?
ljm•3mo ago
Perhaps UK centric but I’d also consider:

IN BOOST TO x — increment x by 1

IN BLOW TO x — decrement by 1

Throw in ‘BAN THIS SICK FILTH’ as a way to throw an exception.

Of course, the absence of SLAMS and SNUBBED are notable. They should fit in somewhere.

dspillett•2mo ago
Perhaps MORAL QUESTION / BAN THIS SICK FILTH / JUSTIFY IF BY ONE OF OURS/ AT THE END OF THE DAY for try/throw/catch/finally.
fjfaase•3mo ago
I used this language in a workshop on parser construction at MCH2022. The particepants where asked to construct the grammar for the language, which proved harder than I had expected for most of them.
arvigeus•3mo ago
Not written in Rust? Instant pass!
Kye•3mo ago
The natural complement to LOLCODE.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOLCODE

artemonster•3mo ago
Dereferencing pointers: „click here to find out more“
olivierestsage•2mo ago
And That's a Good Thing