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 ProgrammingReverse Engineering Unknown File Formats with ImHex
werwolv.net · 256 points · 51 comments
What I Learned About AI Trust from Reconciling over 100B Transactions
engineering.moniepoint.com · 7 points · 20 comments
Malleable software = solid bases and custom code
mdubakov.me · 9 points · 33 comments
Email Reactions
developers.google.com · 5 points · 0 comments
How an MIT research project became a global programming language
news.mit.edu · 5 points · 126 comments
Is Rust is a real niche programming language？
3 points · 2 comments
Lean Explained with TypeScript
gruhn.me · 11 points · 0 comments
FlarePeek – a chrome extension for Cloudflare Worker developers
chromewebstore.google.com · 2 points · 0 comments
In less than a year, Google made scraping 10× harder
growtika.com · 8 points · 10 comments
I asked LLMs to choose between popular developer tools
github.com · 4 points · 0 comments
ScoutLayer – a simple API to find contacts from a domain
scoutlayer.io · 4 points · 1 comments
What are your biggest problems and fixes with multisession engineering?
4 points · 4 comments
monty-go: Pure-Go wrapper for Pydantic's Monty Python Interpreter
github.com · 25 points · 12 comments
An implementation of Conway's Game of Life for Windows 3.1x and later
muppetlabs.com · 56 points · 14 comments
Reverse Engineering Unknown File Formats with ImHex
werwolv.net · 8 points · 0 comments
Get up to $175 back for your pre-installed Windows 11 license
tomshardware.com · 8 points · 5 comments
California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law
tomshardware.com · 720 points · 410 comments
The new Go JSON API: twice as fast, or 1.5x slower?
lemire.me · 6 points · 0 comments
In less than a year, Google made scraping 10× harder
growtika.com · 7 points · 0 comments
DataZen – a local-first client for cross-database workflows
flyxl.github.io · 4 points · 1 comments
Kith – AI clinical notes for therapists from ambient session audio
kith.space · 4 points · 2 comments
NodeAkt – Zero-dependency distributed actor framework for TypeScript
tochemey.github.io · 5 points · 0 comments
AI demands more engineering discipline. Not less
charity.wtf · 3 points · 0 comments
Kvist – a Lisp for systems programming that compiles to Odin
github.com · 3 points · 4 comments
Juul gets OK to sell vaping device with age-gating technology
apnews.com · 4 points · 3 comments
A Little Less Software Clutter
aradar.top · 3 points · 0 comments
Freedom for Hacking!!1 - Renewing DMCA exemptions for software freedom
sfconservancy.org · 5 points · 0 comments
Attimet (YC F24) Is Hiring Members of Technical Staff – Engineering and Research
ycombinator.com · 1 points · 0 comments
Trump's Working to Give Part of Yosemite to a Private Developer
notus.org · 17 points · 5 comments
How do you use multiple sessions for software engineering?
4 points · 2 comments