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121. Pew Research - Striking Findings from 2025
Here’s a look back at 2025 through 12 of our most striking research findings.
122. Qntm's Power Tower Toy
123. Map: Operator[] Should Be Nodiscard
Lately libc++ has been adding the C++17 [[nodiscard]] attribute aggressively to every header. (I’m not sure why this month, but my guess is that libc++ just dropped support for some old compiler such that all their supported compilers now permit the attribute even in C++11 mode.) libc++ is following the trail that Microsoft STL has blazed since VS 15.6 in late 2017.
124. Your Inbox Is a Bandit
125. I Built a Minimal Website and Google Ignored It
My traffic halved overnight. Here's what I learned about SEO, structured data, and why even minimal websites need to speak Google's language.
126. Understanding the Northern Lights
127. Steve wants us to make the Macintosh boot faster
128. A framework for technical writing in the age of LLMs
The kind of writing I want to see more of, from humans, in 2026.
129. Asterisk AI Voice Agent
An open-source AI Voice Agent that integrates with Asterisk/FreePBX using Audiosocket/RTP technology - hkjarral/Asterisk-AI-Voice-Agent
130. Governments in the West Are Turning Their Sights on VPNs
“Politicians have now discovered that people are using VPNs to protect their privacy and bypass these invasive laws. Their solution? Entirely ban the use of VPNs."
131. The Next-Gen Mainboard Designed with AmigaOS4 and MorphOS in Mind
132. Quake's Player Speed According to John Romero (2017)
Quake 1 Stories
133. My 2026 Open Social Web Predictions
Predictions for 2026 include growth forecasts for various social media platforms, advancements in federated technologies, and anticipated shifts in how …
134. CSRF protection without tokens or hidden form fields
miguelgrinberg.com
135. Show HN: What if Dr. Mario had more than 3 colors?
136. Ban LLMs Using First-Person Pronouns
137. Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves
Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.
138. The dawn of a world simulator
A causal, multimodal system that learns to predict the world.
139. Debian network packet multicast whenever USB storage device is connected (2023)
140. I Left YouTube
What was the road like when I left?
141. Volvo Centum is Dalton Maag's new typeface for Volvo
Designed for the information age, Volvo Centum is an ultra-legible typeface for Volvo's interfaces
142. I'm returning my Framework 16
143. When Compilers Surprise You
Sometimes compilers can surprise and delight even a jaded old engineer like me
144. Show HN: I embedded 10M StreetView images
145. Open source USB to GPIB converter (for Test and Measurement instruments)
Versatile, cheap and portable USB to GPIB converter (USBTMC class based) - xyphro/UsbGpib
146. OpenPGP Cleartext Signature Framework Susceptible to Format Confusion
147. Toad is a unified experience for AI in the terminal
My startup for terminals wrapped up mid-2025 when the funding ran dry. So I don’t have money, but what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career convincing terminals they are actually GUIs.
148. Waymo halts service during S.F. blackout after causing traffic jams
Numerous autonomous vehicles caused traffic jams across San Francisco after a PG&E outage hit 1/3 of the city.
149. Cursed circuits #4: PLL frequency multiplier
How do you turn 1 MHz into 100 MHz? With magic, of course.
150. Claude Code changed my life