Other Hacker News

Tropical forests facing increasing risks of exposure to critical temp thresholds

A report on the increasing vulnerability of tropical forests to critical temperature thresholds.

Other Hacker News

The Victorian War on Rabies

A historical account of the medical efforts to combat rabies during the Victorian era.

Other Hacker News

Female US rower completes historic solo journey from California to Hawaii

News about a female US rower who completed a solo journey from California to Hawaii.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Show HN: Learn by rebuilding Redis, Git, a database from scratch

A guide or course that teaches software engineering principles by rebuilding foundational tools like Redis and Git from scratch.

Hardware/Chips ServeTheHome

AIC Gets Flashy with 32 SSD Bay JBOF Server for Key Value Caching

AIC introduces the F2032-01-G6, a high-density JBOF storage server with 32 SSD bays designed for key-value caching with BlueField-4 DPUs.

AI/ML Hackaday

To Build More Believable Bots, Simulate The Neurochemistry

Exploration of simulating neurochemistry to create more believable and emotionally expressive nonverbal communication in robots.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

New Project Megathread - Week of 09 Jul 2026

A weekly community megathread for sharing and discovering new self-hosted projects.

Software Engineering Hacker News

We scaled PgBouncer to 4x throughput

A technical deep-dive into scaling PgBouncer to achieve 4x throughput improvement, focusing on database connection pooling efficiency.

Other Hacker News

FCC approves test of space mirror to light night sky

The FCC has approved a test of a space mirror designed to reflect sunlight to illuminate the night sky.

AI/ML Hacker News

Ghost Font: A font that humans can read but AI cannot

Ghost Font is a specialized font designed to be readable by humans but intentionally misleading or unreadable for AI OCR systems.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Digital Deli, 1984 book by early PC hackers and enthusiasts

A look back at 'Digital Deli', a 1984 book written by early PC hackers and enthusiasts, showcasing early computing culture.

Tech Business/VC The Verge

FL Studio head Constantin Koehncke turns to Reddit for feedback and fun

The CEO of Image Line, the company behind FL Studio, is engaging with the Reddit community for feedback and interaction.

Other The Verge

Nintendo’s Talking Flower got a small price cut

Nintendo's Talking Flower gadget, a whimsically designed toy that announces the time and temperature, has received a slight price cut.

Other Hacker News

USAA closed 51% of home insurance claims without making a payment in 2025

USAA denied a majority of its home insurance claims in 2025 without providing any payment to the claimants.

Other Hacker News

Show HN: Richest people in the world by wealth creation instead of ownership

A tool visualizing the wealthiest individuals based on the total wealth they created rather than their current net worth.

Tech Business/VC TechCrunch

OpenAI bets on families as ChatGPT goes deeper into households

OpenAI is hiring a dedicated product manager to develop ChatGPT experiences specifically for families, caregivers, and older adults.

Other The Verge

White House taps the guy who keeps crying ‘aliens’ to run UFO group

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has been appointed to lead a White House-established UAP Science Advisory Council to investigate unidentified anomalous phenomena.

Open Source Phoronix

Debian 13.6 Released To Ship All The Latest Security Fixes, Reverts GeoIP Database

Debian 13.6 has been released as a point release for Trixie, featuring security fixes and maintenance updates, including a GeoIP database revert.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Networking and the Internet, from First Principles

A deep dive into the fundamental principles of networking and the internet, likely focusing on the underlying architecture and protocols.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Your code is fast – if you're lucky

An exploration of performance unpredictability in code and the factors that influence execution speed.