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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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Python 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