Hacker News Daily top 30


Hacker News top 30 - 2025-02-23

  1. DOGE’s only public ledger is riddled with mistakes www.nytimes.com - 884 comments 693 points
  2. ‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised www.theguardian.com - 646 comments 608 points
  3. FFmpeg School of Assembly Language github.com - 145 comments 607 points
  4. Amazon now discloses you’re buying a license to view Kindle eBooks blog.the-ebook-reader.com - 225 comments 347 points
  5. OpenBSD Innovations www.openbsd.org - 102 comments 258 points
  6. Discover the IndieWeb, one blog post at a time indieblog.page - 73 comments 229 points
  7. September 17, 1787: “A Republic, If You Can Keep It” www.nps.gov - 71 comments 219 points
  8. Ask HN: Do US tech firms realize the backlash growing in Europe? news.ycombinator.com - 234 comments 210 points
  9. After layoffs, Meta rewards top executives with a substantial bonus increase www.theregister.com - 117 comments 188 points
  10. Do you want to be doing this when you’re 50? - 2012 prog21.dadgum.com - 168 comments 176 points
  11. Ask for no, don’t ask for yes - 2022 www.mooreds.com - 70 comments 176 points
  12. Florida insurers steered money to investors while claiming losses, study says www.tampabay.com - 99 comments 161 points
  13. Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances amid research cuts www.thedp.com - 132 comments 155 points
  14. Ask HN: Is anyone still using Dreamweaver? news.ycombinator.com - 159 comments 144 points
  15. Gig workers worked more but earned less in 2024: study www.businessinsider.com - 97 comments 133 points
  16. Utah bill aims to make officers disclose AI-written police reports www.eff.org - 21 comments 132 points
  17. U Pittsburgh pauses all PhD admissions amid DOGE funding cuts www.wesa.fm - 192 comments 131 points
  18. In Defense of Text Labels www.chrbutler.com - 76 comments 123 points
  19. Kaneo – An open source project management platform kaneo.app - 47 comments 120 points
  20. The $1.5B Bybit Hack blog.trailofbits.com - 123 comments 116 points
  21. Vine: A programming language based on Interaction Nets vine.dev - 24 comments 104 points
  22. Brazil justice orders ban of video platform Rumble www.dw.com - 89 comments 103 points
  23. Meta slashes staff stock awards as group embarks on AI spending drive www.ft.com - 33 comments 100 points
  24. Private antitrust cases are going through the courts www.thebignewsletter.com - 60 comments 94 points
  25. Recovering priceless audio and lost languages from old decaying tapes theconversation.com - 13 comments 91 points
  26. Exult: Recreating Ultima VII for modern operating systems exult.sourceforge.io - 22 comments 87 points
  27. Show HN: I Built a Visual Workflow Automation Platform – FlowRipple flowripple.com - 62 comments 86 points
  28. Strategic Wealth Accumulation Under Transformative AI Expectations arxiv.org - 127 comments 84 points
  29. The Internet’s longest-serving PC email system, still being updated www.pmail.com - 8 comments 80 points
  30. Digital Services Playbook playbook.usds.gov - 30 comments 78 points