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 ProgrammingDo 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
Taalas API Anyone?
2 points · 2 comments
GitHub Publishes IPv6 Addresses for Git SSH remotes
api.github.com · 55 points · 17 comments
Programming as a Hobby in the Age of AI
bennadel.com · 6 points · 4 comments
Re-fueling while cycling made all the difference
text.tchncs.de · 8 points · 0 comments
Playdate maker Panic is refunding tariff fees to customers
gamedeveloper.com · 21 points · 6 comments
Use GLM-5.3 in Cursor today via tokengo API
tokengo.com · 3 points · 2 comments
Six government passport CAs that Python rejects and OpenSSL accepts
github.com · 7 points · 6 comments
Have You Heard? Discover great software via browser notifications
haveyouheardof.app · 2 points · 0 comments
A lightweight, stateless database for agent memory
polign.com · 35 points · 14 comments
TypeScript compile-time dice rolls
github.com · 3 points · 3 comments
Is it safe to call print in a Python signal handler?
iafisher.com · 61 points · 35 comments
Tabu, NSFW image and video API for explicit content moderation
tabushield.com · 4 points · 0 comments
Apple's Quiet Shift to Rust: What It Means for Developers (2025)
goktugaral.medium.com · 4 points · 0 comments
fake-bpy-module – Blender/UPBGE Python autocompletion for external IDEs
github.com · 3 points · 0 comments
Beyond WASI: Running any Rust application in the browser with BrowserPod 3.0
labs.leaningtech.com · 9 points · 0 comments
Routebase – One OpenAPI spec drives your docs, mocks, tests, monitors
routebase.dev · 3 points · 0 comments
DBLift – database migration management for Python teams
dblift.com · 6 points · 5 comments
Typebase – A single-folder back end you write in TypeScript
typebase.io · 2 points · 49 comments
As Ubuntu embraces AI, Debian discusses banning all AI-generated code
xda-developers.com · 3 points · 0 comments
Debian polls its developers on AI: permit or ban?
theregister.com · 38 points · 60 comments
It's not the end of programming
mathstodon.xyz · 49 points · 89 comments
The End of Programming
pauldix.com · 80 points · 121 comments
Email Verification API
github.com · 3 points · 0 comments
A proxy that makes Forgejo speak the GitHub API
github.com · 2 points · 0 comments
Extension 'ms-VSCode-remote.remote-SSH' CANNOT use API proposal
github.com · 3 points · 0 comments
Dependencies in the LLM API Reseller Ecosystem
arxiv.org · 4 points · 0 comments
The End of Programming
pauldix.com · 14 points · 1 comments
Use-Fs – A React Hook for the File System Access API and OPFS
use-fs.com · 5 points · 0 comments