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 ProgrammingPython 3.15: Explicit lazy imports
docs.python.org · 4 points · 0 comments
Pine64 hits pause on Linux devices due to RAM and eMMC shortage and high prices
cnx-software.com · 10 points · 0 comments
Verschlimmbesserung: The Word Your Software Updates Need
geekyschmidt.com · 173 points · 120 comments
Google forces Android apps to use memory more wisely as RAMpocalypse rages
theregister.com · 16 points · 2 comments
Migrating to HTTPX2
github.com · 209 points · 95 comments
HTTPX2 – A next-generation HTTP client for Python
github.com · 106 points · 43 comments
Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic was unlawful, US judge rules
reuters.com · 327 points · 3 comments
PEP 805 – Safe Parallel Python – peps.python.org
peps.python.org · 6 points · 0 comments
MicroSD card torture test reveal SanDisk as the outlier: 6 fails of the 7 tested
tomshardware.com · 7 points · 1 comments
Caravan, a flexible TypeScript-first logger for JavaScript applications
github.com · 6 points · 0 comments
Unmasking TeamPCP, King of Software Supply Chain Attacks
flare.io · 5 points · 0 comments
Rob Pike's 5 Rules of Programming
web.archive.org · 19 points · 0 comments
Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash
blog.google · 143 points · 237 comments
Reverse engineering my ADHD test
nullpt.rs · 318 points · 238 comments
CMS with AI, Not AI CMS: Wagtail 8.0's New API
wagtail.org · 38 points · 9 comments
Writing for Developers Book
github.com · 13 points · 0 comments
Markdown Database Pattern
wayofmarkdown.com · 51 points · 26 comments
Meridian(PH#1) A better way to recognize developer contributions
github.com · 5 points · 0 comments
Launch HN: Salem Robotics (YC S26) – Software for industrial inspection robots
31 points · 31 comments
Software engineering is about managing complexity
hack8s.com · 107 points · 83 comments
Forkbench – the agent gets the API call, not the key (macOS)
forkbench.com · 2 points · 0 comments
Algolassi – A developer-focused site for .NET, MAUI, Blazor and SQL
algolassi.online · 2 points · 0 comments
Harness Engineering
habitat-thinking.github.io · 104 points · 42 comments
The engineer's case for building private markets technology
engineering.vega-alts.com · 8 points · 0 comments
Another Webpage Screenshot and OG Image Generation API
2 points · 0 comments
PEP 805 – Safe Parallel Python
peps.python.org · 10 points · 1 comments
Filiz – A resume builder for software engineers
filiz.app · 6 points · 0 comments
My software development workflow is AI now & it feels exhausting and soulless
old.reddit.com · 32 points · 17 comments
Do you still do pair programming in this agentic age?
6 points · 4 comments
CEO fired developers to make room for AI. Developers create open source AI CEO
github.com · 978 points · 716 comments