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 ProgrammingHow I changed teaching after AI managed to do all my homework assignments
thelastsoftwareengineer.substack.com · 91 points · 268 comments
Radix – Visual UI for agentic programming
radix-os.com · 9 points · 18 comments
Programming Tutorials Are Dead
robrace.dev · 18 points · 16 comments
DOJ: Uncle Sam bought forensics software from same Russian operation supplying
theregister.com · 10 points · 0 comments
Whiteboard (YC W26) – An open-source IDE for thoughtful software design
github.com · 32 points · 141 comments
Developer ported Word for Windows 1.1a from 1990 to run natively on Windows 11
neowin.net · 6 points · 1 comments
LinkedIn wins court order blocking mass scraping of user data
therecord.media · 4 points · 33 comments
GitHub has not removed malicious imitation software after 3 weeks
successfulsoftware.net · 7 points · 119 comments
Scalar.dev – Python/SQLite server-rendered starter app, no build step
getscalar.dev · 2 points · 0 comments
The newest ESP32 can run Linux and it's getting close to a Raspberry Pi
xda-developers.com · 15 points · 123 comments
JEV Engineering for Coding Agents
drive.google.com · 6 points · 0 comments
Jensen Huang says the junior developer problem ends in two years
thenewstack.io · 8 points · 60 comments
Why didn't anybody tell me about Redis hash slots?
blog.verygoodsoftwarenotvirus.dev · 17 points · 10 comments
Build a CPU from gates, in TypeScript, in the browser
play.simten.dev · 3 points · 5 comments
The Price of Intelligence Is Falling Rapidly
marginalrevolution.com · 75 points · 85 comments
Samsung accidentally freezes its smart fridges with a software update
androidauthority.com · 211 points · 283 comments
Longtime SUSE staff asked if they'd opt for 'voluntary separation'
theregister.com · 5 points · 2 comments
Jev in 25 Lines of Python
nobodywho.ai · 371 points · 212 comments
How often do you think about the 1893 World's Fair?
thebirthofacapital.info · 37 points · 27 comments
I'm sick of Claudisms, & what will happen next in AI-boosted software dev
polso.info · 5 points · 5 comments
CatQueue-A zero-dependency PostgreSQL job queue for Node and TypeScript
github.com · 2 points · 0 comments
LARP Capital – Prestige as a Service
larpcapital.us · 3 points · 1 comments
Longtime SUSE staff asked if they'd opt for 'voluntary separation'
theregister.com · 4 points · 0 comments
Native apps written in TypeScript and CSS
github.com · 69 points · 54 comments
Explaining to business people why building software is still hard
manager.dev · 58 points · 59 comments
Prominent art therapist quoted by Vice, Forbes and others is AI-generated
pressgazette.co.uk · 15 points · 1 comments
Data liberation: Apache Kafka's native cluster mirroring
developers.redhat.com · 13 points · 4 comments
JetBrains Air: A System of Products for Agentic Software Development
blog.jetbrains.com · 57 points · 116 comments
How software gets permission today
deask.com · 9 points · 0 comments
Data center developer sues city for requiring to supply renewable energy on-site
independent.co.uk · 6 points · 0 comments