Programming stories
Software engineering is the backbone of Hacker News. This topic covers programming languages, frameworks, databases, developer tooling, and the craft of building reliable systems at scale.
From language design debates to database internals and CI/CD practices, these stories reflect what working engineers care about. Birbla keeps a running archive so you can revisit discussions that aged well.
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RSS feed for ProgrammingVagrant is approaching EOL. No more "Docker for VMs"
developer.hashicorp.com · 4 points · 2 comments
Why Labor's Share of Wealth Is Shrinking
nytimes.com · 6 points · 3 comments
Making software hurts now
notes.erlend.sh · 10 points · 3 comments
Forget Rigid Stock Screeners – A Universal Query API for Financial Data
financialdata.net · 2 points · 0 comments
Programming is Art
orchidfiles.com · 80 points · 79 comments
Golden hour API and a 3D globe of the best light
golden.sendafun.com · 2 points · 0 comments
Making a Python interpreter in 1024 bytes
austinhenley.com · 94 points · 33 comments
Windows 11's "special" developer edition looks like another marketing misfire
neowin.net · 21 points · 4 comments
Show your micro-SaaS (September 2026)
4 points · 0 comments
A defense of object-orientated programming
codeandcake.dev · 6 points · 2 comments
PixelDraw – simple drawing software for web(WASM) and desktop
akshy.codeberg.page · 2 points · 0 comments
Any Software Engineers here who enjoy their AI-native dev workflow?
3 points · 4 comments
I'm teaching an introductory 12 week course on Quantum Oracle Engineering
shukla.io · 22 points · 10 comments
New all in one 6502 computer (Neo6502kbd)
olimex.wordpress.com · 6 points · 0 comments
Bespoke: A Programming Language for People Who Say Please
blog.hofstede.it · 3 points · 0 comments
Blunderbase: A Personal Chess Database
github.com · 2 points · 0 comments
Decapitating a MacBook
mm-dev.rocks · 5 points · 0 comments
Chrome again exempts Google from user site data settings
lapcatsoftware.com · 8 points · 0 comments
Learn Programming with OCaml
usr.lmf.cnrs.fr · 9 points · 0 comments
How the Tobacco Industry Drove the Rise of Ultra-Processed Foods (2025)
vcresearch.berkeley.edu · 77 points · 31 comments
Microsoft Project Zenith: A ready-to-code Windows setup for developers
blogs.windows.com · 7 points · 2 comments
Portal by Spotify cut my Claude Code token usage by 90%
engineering.atspotify.com · 50 points · 22 comments
Claude Code skills for advanced context engineering techniques and patterns
github.com · 13 points · 0 comments
The Download: selling battlefield drone data and AI reshaping language
technologyreview.com · 4 points · 1 comments
Most Software Was Already Slop
abeautifulsite.net · 5 points · 1 comments
Reverse Engineering an ASIC
outercloud.dev · 3 points · 0 comments
Declick – Turn an OpenAPI Spec, MCP Server or SQLite DB into a CLI
github.com · 4 points · 2 comments
Top Pentagon Official Contracted Personal Lawyer to Handle Minerals Deal
prospect.org · 153 points · 74 comments
O&O ShutUp10 – The antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11
oo-software.com · 92 points · 100 comments
Solving the Jane Street reverse engineering challenge
jestoph.com · 411 points · 92 comments