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SectorC: A C Compiler in 512 bytes

https://xorvoid.com/sectorc.html
98•valyala•4h ago•16 comments

The F Word

http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2026/02/friction.html
43•zdw•3d ago•11 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•19 comments

Speed up responses with fast mode

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/fast-mode
56•surprisetalk•3h ago•54 comments

Software factories and the agentic moment

https://factory.strongdm.ai/
98•mellosouls•6h ago•176 comments

Hoot: Scheme on WebAssembly

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

Stories from 25 Years of Software Development

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

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

https://openciv3.org/
851•klaussilveira•1d ago•258 comments

I write games in C (yes, C)

https://jonathanwhiting.com/writing/blog/games_in_c/
139•valyala•4h ago•109 comments

First Proof

https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.05192
68•samasblack•6h ago•52 comments

The Waymo World Model

https://waymo.com/blog/2026/02/the-waymo-world-model-a-new-frontier-for-autonomous-driving-simula...
1093•xnx•1d ago•618 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-...
7•mbitsnbites•3d ago•0 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•6h ago•10 comments

Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself

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

Start all of your commands with a comma (2009)

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

Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback

https://rlhfbook.com/
94•onurkanbkrc•9h ago•5 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
31•momciloo•4h ago•5 comments

Selection Rather Than Prediction

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

Coding agents have replaced every framework I used

https://blog.alaindichiappari.dev/p/software-engineering-is-back
259•alainrk•8h ago•425 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
49•rbanffy•4d ago•9 comments

The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/07/ai-spending-economy-shortages/
187•1vuio0pswjnm7•10h ago•267 comments

France's homegrown open source online office suite

https://github.com/suitenumerique
615•nar001•8h ago•272 comments

72M Points of Interest

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

We mourn our craft

https://nolanlawson.com/2026/02/07/we-mourn-our-craft/
348•ColinWright•3h ago•414 comments

Unseen Footage of Atari Battlezone Arcade Cabinet Production

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

Where did all the starships go?

https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/science-fiction-decline
99•speckx•4d ago•117 comments

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

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

Learning from context is harder than we thought

https://hy.tencent.com/research/100025?langVersion=en
211•limoce•4d ago•119 comments

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

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

So you wanna de-bog yourself (2024)

https://www.experimental-history.com/p/so-you-wanna-de-bog-yourself
62•calvinfo•1mo ago

Comments

dang•1mo ago
Discussed at the time (sort of):

So you wanna de-bog yourself - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39942288 - April 2024 (85 comments)

kayo_20211030•1mo ago
Great opening section. Really good. After that, those three sections, not so sure. Some good, but nets-out negatively I think.
legerdemain•1mo ago
The author shows a tendency to give colorful, but opaque names like "gutterballing" to things that can themselves be explained in a short phrase ("working on something that is similar to, but not exactly what you actually want, and getting predictably frustrated").

Where does this tendency come from? My first guess is self-help literature. Or maybe this is a personality trait to write this way? Or a kind of marketing, becasue only your writing has these colorful fun terms?

specproc•1mo ago
The author appears to be an academic in the social sciences, giving things names is pretty much the game there.

I liked it, anyway. Had a few things there that resonated. I doubt it will change my life, but maybe I do need to do my teeth and go to bed.

leephillips•1mo ago
“unsticking myself always seems to be a matter of finding a name for the thing happening to me”
lunatuna•1mo ago
“That's why having goofy names for them matters so much, because it reminds me not to believe the biggest bog lie of all: that I'm stuck in a situation unlike any I, or anyone else, has ever seen before.”
alexpotato•1mo ago
Short names for complex topics can be very handy.

I was once watching an old school survivalist talk about Native American/First Peoples legends.

These legends often had a bumbling main character who would usually cause some kind of problem b/c he forgot to do the key thing required for survival. For example, he would pick wet wood that wouldn't work for making a fire etc while his smart friend would pick the dry wood or the wood with lots of oil in it. Let's say bumbling dude is name "Chintatook" (made up name).

Now, when someone is starting to do the wrong thing or not think things through, you can say "Hey, don't be a Chintatook!" and everyone knows what you are talking about.

TeMPOraL•1mo ago
Sokath, his eyes uncovered!
SoleilAbsolu•1mo ago
Thanks for "Temba, his arms open wide"-ing me a chuckle!
jmpavlec•1mo ago
> That's why having goofy names for them matters so much, because it reminds me not to believe the biggest bog lie of all: that I'm stuck in a situation unlike any I, or anyone else, has ever seen before.

Toward the bottom of the article in case you didn't get that far.

Aerbil313•1mo ago
This was profoundly relatable for me in this moment in my life. Some great insight about my situation I haven't noticed till now.

Give it a try.

Aerbil313•1mo ago
Hey, the author, if you are reading this, I was stuck in the bog too. But in my case it was neurological rather than psychological. Turns out the "insufficient activation energy" you mention is an ADHD symptom. Meds worked total wonders for me, so much I like to say I was reborn the day I started my treatment.

I still find your post very valuable and insightful in addressing the psychological bog.