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 ProgrammingWrite Software in Latin (2025) [video]
youtube.com · 14 points · 26 comments
VC isn't VC anymore
anildash.com · 160 points · 249 comments
Open source ML programming language playground
sw-ml-study.github.io · 3 points · 0 comments
Headed for the Exit: The Great Engineering Leader Career Break
newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com · 3 points · 0 comments
AI Agents and the Refactoring That Never Happens
rosenfeld.page · 40 points · 70 comments
Muse Spark 1.3
developer.meta.com · 326 points · 454 comments
Selling Software Worldwide from Europe
holtwick.de · 14 points · 4 comments
OpenBSD Stories: Strange Medieval Devices
miod.online.fr · 92 points · 21 comments
ChatGPT ad targeting is garbage
successfulsoftware.net · 33 points · 84 comments
How Railroad Crossings Work
practical.engineering · 21 points · 20 comments
Think Turing Complete, but you write the circuits in TypeScript (WIP)
play.simten.dev · 2 points · 13 comments
Three sites made 215,128 "best software" pages for AI. Perplexity cites them
trellner.com · 23 points · 251 comments
Apache Kafka vs. Apache Iggy: A Technical Comparision
softwaremill.com · 7 points · 2 comments
A Simple Guide to Five Normal Forms in Relational Database Theory (1982)
bkent.net · 14 points · 0 comments
Working to Make Python Lazy
iscinumpy.dev · 51 points · 21 comments
I used Fable to rewrite 65kLoC of Go in Rust. It cost $400
iurii.net · 40 points · 71 comments
Stopping the Unstoppable: When an unstoppable force meets a dashpot snubber
practical.engineering · 3 points · 16 comments
Asked Reddit support to give me API key so I can delete my data. They refused
9 points · 20 comments
Engineering of the fastest WebAssembly interpreters
wasmi-labs.github.io · 138 points · 22 comments
Running a Software Factory Efficiently at Uber Scale
uber.com · 14 points · 2 comments
Run macOS Software on Linux
darlinghq.org · 127 points · 94 comments
1,664 cases where the AI went out of control
theguardian.com · 5 points · 1 comments
Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO
webiterate.dev · 761 points · 621 comments
Xyzzy – AI teamwork in one Python process, with a tamper-evident log
github.com · 3 points · 0 comments
Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products and Spineless Capitulation
karlbode.com · 38 points · 44 comments
Mental Health Workers Say Algorithmic Triage Is Hurting Patients
capitalandmain.com · 55 points · 19 comments
Nobody has built a software factory
medium.com · 51 points · 73 comments
Oscar Winner Brings Monsters to Life with His Simulation Software
spectrum.ieee.org · 4 points · 0 comments
Anthropic Sued over False Advertising on Claude Max Subscription Usage Limits
cnet.com · 6 points · 1 comments
AI-written code is still your code
martiansoftware.com · 59 points · 93 comments