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 ProgrammingWhat's Under Your Feet in New York City?
practical.engineering · 143 points · 31 comments
Overloaded Overloading
powerfulpython.com · 33 points · 8 comments
A flaky test exposed a Redis client use-after-free
buildkite.engineering · 46 points · 14 comments
Gemini last models: temperature, top_p, and top_k are deprecated and ignored
ai.google.dev · 133 points · 46 comments
Datalevin – a simple, fast, and versatile Datalog database
github.com · 7 points · 0 comments
Firefox Containers Preview
blog.mozilla.org · 233 points · 83 comments
Lucen a Python compiler that parallelizes for-loops via comment pragmas
github.com · 7 points · 0 comments
Anypost – transactional and broadcast email API, 8¢ per 1k
anypost.com · 25 points · 18 comments
The story behind APC-2
teenage.engineering · 7 points · 3 comments
Modula-3 History Collection on Computer History Museum
softwarepreservation.computerhistory.org · 19 points · 2 comments
The Power of Awareness: Overcoming Surveillance Capitalism
scottrlarson.com · 165 points · 40 comments
Perfection is not over-engineering
var0.xyz · 288 points · 124 comments
Hacker wipes Romania's land registry database
news.risky.biz · 709 points · 413 comments
What else do people draw on gradient.horse?
rybakov.com · 122 points · 20 comments
Launch HN: Context.dev (YC S26) – API to get structured data from any website
context.dev · 4 points · 0 comments
Transparency efforts behind the Helium Browser
helium.computer · 12 points · 3 comments
Introducing Muse Spark 1.1
ai.meta.com · 75 points · 51 comments
Ollama raises $65M, grows to nearly 9M users
techcrunch.com · 5 points · 4 comments
Reverse-engineering Nvidia's CUDA-checkpoint for faster cold starts
blog.doubleword.ai · 5 points · 0 comments
MSG database tracked hundreds. Labels include "LGBTQIA," and low to high "risk."
wired.com · 5 points · 1 comments
Beni Is a Cute Autonomous Camera Robot on Wheels
petapixel.com · 3 points · 0 comments
Android Developer Verification Package blacklisted in Aurora Store
2 points · 0 comments
TrueBiz (YC S22) – Senior Software Engineer – Remote (US) – Full-Time
1 points · 0 comments
Why developers are ditching GitHub for Codeberg and self-hosting alternatives
howtogeek.com · 68 points · 40 comments
Another German state heads down the open source sovereignty road
theregister.com · 6 points · 0 comments
What Everyone Should Know About How Capital Works
jacobin.com · 3 points · 3 comments
AI changes the economics of software rewrites
thetruthasiseeitnow.com · 42 points · 58 comments
AI software that generates 'rage bait' developed by Germany's far-right AfD
irishtimes.com · 5 points · 0 comments
Citicorp Center Engineering Crisis
en.wikipedia.org · 3 points · 1 comments
Python SDK for Content Integrity
github.com · 2 points · 0 comments