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151. AI should only run as fast as we can catch up
152. Dollar-stores overcharge cash-strapped customers while promising low prices
A Guardian investigation reveals Dollar General and Family Dollar stores often fail to honor their shelf prices – charging more at checkout for everything from frying pans to Frosted Flakes
153. Latency Profiling in Python: From Code Bottlenecks to Observability
Learn how to pinpoint where time disappears in Python systems, from CPU and I/O bottlenecks to Prometheus metrics and continuous profilers. Explore the tools that turn raw measurements into observability dashboards revealing real performance patterns.
154. Scientists Thought Parkinson's Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
Parkinson’s disease has environmental toxic factors, not just genetic.
155. Applets Are Officially Gone, but Java in the Browser Is Better
Applets Are Officially Gone, But Java In The Browser Is Better Than Ever
156. 12 Days of Shell
One-line shell challenges, to help improve your skill on the commandline.
157. Microsoft Patch Tuesday, December 2025 Edition
158. The "confident idiot" problem: Why AI needs hard rules, not vibe checks
Use: We cannot fix probability with more probability. Why I built a deterministic reliability layer for AI agents.
159. Dependable C
160. A series of tricks and techniques I learned doing tiny GLSL demos
161. The iFixit App Is Here
Wait, iFixit seriously didn’t have an app until 2025? Well, not since we got kicked out of the App Store. But we’re back, baby.
162. A thousand-year-long composition turns 25 (2024)
As of midday today (GMT), New Year’s Eve, Longplayer has been playing continuously, without repetition, for 25 years. Playing since the cusp of the new millennium, at midnight on 31 December 1999, the composition will continue without repetition (if circumstances permit it to) until the last moments of 2999, when it will return to the…
163. Google Titans architecture, helping AI have long-term memory
164. 8086 Microcode Explorer
165. GrapheneOS is the only Android OS providing full security patches
GrapheneOS is the only Android-based OS providing the full security preview patches. Samsung ships a small subset of their flagship devices. Pixel stock OS gets a portion of it early but we aren't sure exactly how much since they don't follow their guidelines for listing patches.
166. Java Hello World, LLVM Edition
167. Client-side GPU load balancing with Redis and Lua
Learn how Galileo boosted GPU utilization by 40% and cut tail latency by 70% using Redis and Lua for client-side, load-aware GPU balancing in AI inference systems.
168. Colors of Growth
We develop a novel approach to measuring long-run economic growth by exploiting systematic variation in the use of color in European paintings. Drawing inspirat
169. Tutorial 48: my museum collections kit
I was on the road for most of August, September, and October, and in particular I made a ton of museum collections visits. When I visit a museum collection, I bring a specific set of gear that helps me get the photos, notes, and measurements that I want. All of this is YMMV -- I'm…
170. Mazda suitcase car, a portable three-wheeled vehicle that fits in the luggage
revisit the mazda suitcase car, a portable three-wheeled vehicle for airports that could fit inside hard-shell luggage.
171. Work disincentives hit the near-poor hardest (2022)
In many ways, America’s social safety net falls short of those of our liberal democratic peers, yet we have no shortage of policies intended to provide social protections. Why is that, and how can we fix it?
172. Go Proposal: Secret Mode
Automatically erase memory to prevent secret leaks.
173. Uninitialized garbage on ia64 can be deadly (2004)
174. Why are "remote" jobs in late 2025 still limited to hiring in US/CA/UK/DE?
175. Using LLMs at Oxide
176. Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)
177. I block all online ads
A couple of years ago, I decided I'd had enough of ads. Not just the occasional banner or a quick pre-roll video — I mean all of them. They have to go.
178. U.S. plans to ask visitors to disclose 5 years of social media history
179. Goodbye, Microsoft: Schleswig-Holstein Relies on Open Source and Saves Millions
Schleswig-Holstein saves 15 million euros in license costs by migrating from Microsoft to free software. The conversion is significantly cheaper.
180. Turtletoy
Create plottable generative art online using a JavaScript Turtle graphics API.