Open Source stories

Open source powers most of modern software. This page tracks license changes, maintainer burnout, funding models, and the projects Hacker News considers worth contributing to or depending on.

From GitHub stars to foundation governance debates, these stories shape how the developer community thinks about shared infrastructure.

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How did your boss's behavior change with the rise of AI?

6 points · 3 comments

Wisp – a Linux shell with Lua scripting and structured pipelines

github.com · 9 points · 1 comments

Solid Queue 1.6.0 now supports fiber workers

github.com · 101 points · 39 comments

Fast Rust Library for PDF text extraction

github.com · 5 points · 0 comments

PostgreSQL and the Linux OOM Killer: A Better Default

clickhouse.com · 8 points · 1 comments

Doom on Emacs

github.com · 7 points · 2 comments

Open source React Native debugging studio

nativescope.dev · 6 points · 1 comments

Flint: A Visualization Language for the AI Era

microsoft.github.io · 95 points · 31 comments

Random OS I made using C

github.com · 4 points · 6 comments

I built a Python obfuscator that keeps production traces debuggable

github.com · 2 points · 1 comments

WhisperKeys - Offline macOS dictation, key-by-key

github.com · 2 points · 1 comments

The year Claude users sued over limits is the year the limits mostly went up

okaneland.com · 3 points · 0 comments

GAI – A Go runtime for typed, tool-using LLM agents

github.com · 3 points · 0 comments

VC-backed startups commit more fraud, and researchers think they know why

techcrunch.com · 10 points · 0 comments

old reddit is back (without login) via 'shreddit'.

github.com · 5 points · 0 comments

Australia's Social Media Ban for Under-16s Has Had Limited Impact So Far

engadget.com · 8 points · 5 comments

In California town, Flock misread license plates in 71% of alerts sent to police

businessinsider.com · 5 points · 0 comments

Don't stop early: Case-folding source code at memory speed

github.blog · 50 points · 17 comments

Would you get tattooed just to interview at a 7-days-a-week AI startup?

arstechnica.com · 5 points · 1 comments

Flock CEO Admits Flock Alerts on People

ipvm.com · 8 points · 0 comments

Lerd, an open source Herd-like PHP development environment for Linux and macOS

github.com · 18 points · 4 comments

Golang proposal: container/: generic collection types

github.com · 184 points · 189 comments

Usbatlas – simple CLI utility to see what USBIP devices are attached

github.com · 2 points · 0 comments

Termixer (TUI DJ Mixer)

github.com · 66 points · 40 comments

48K/50K ppl who crossed illegally into Ceuta have been returned to Morocco

euronews.com · 7 points · 5 comments

qm

github.com · 92 points · 32 comments

Jacobian – I built tools to help anyone explore and solve conjectures

github.com · 2 points · 0 comments

View Old Reddit When Logged Out

github.com · 2 points · 0 comments

RØØT – Offline security workspace for labs, CVEs, and tooling

github.com · 2 points · 0 comments

Private Data in ATProto: Permissioned Data Proposal

github.com · 4 points · 0 comments