Hacker News Daily top 30


Hacker News top 30 - 2025-08-26

  1. Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android 9to5google.com - 1095 comments 1448 points
  2. What are OKLCH colors? jakub.kr - 174 comments 777 points
  3. Show HN: Base, an SQLite database editor for macOS menial.co.uk - 148 comments 576 points
  4. Building the mouse Logitech won’t make samwilkinson.io - 279 comments 396 points
  5. FCC bars providers for non-compliance with robocall protections docs.fcc.gov - 243 comments 356 points
  6. Temporary suspension of acceptance of mail to the United States www.post.japanpost.jp - 313 comments 312 points
  7. An illustrated guide to OAuth www.ducktyped.org - 59 comments 308 points
  8. Google’s Liquid Cooling chipsandcheese.com - 125 comments 305 points
  9. Meta just suspended the Facebook account of Neal Stephenson twitter.com - 107 comments 254 points
  10. macOS 26 Tahoe’s Dead Canary Utility App Icons daringfireball.net - 95 comments 242 points
  11. Standard Thermal: Energy Storage 500x Cheaper Than Batteries austinvernon.site - 233 comments 228 points
  12. What is a color space? www.makingsoftware.com - 37 comments 198 points
  13. Scamlexity: When agentic AI browsers get scammed guard.io - 169 comments 194 points
  14. Japan’s Creepiest Station www.tokyocowboy.co - 73 comments 179 points
  15. Blacksky grew to millions of users without spending a dollar newpublic.substack.com - 158 comments 176 points
  16. A small change to improve browsers for keyboard navigation b.43z.one - 57 comments 176 points
  17. The Size of Adobe Reader Installers Through the Years sigwait.org - 128 comments 170 points
  18. The MiniPC Revolution jadarma.github.io - 209 comments 159 points
  19. Hundreds lose water source in Colorado’s poorest county with no notice coloradosun.com - 198 comments 119 points
  20. US retail giants raise prices due to tariffs english.elpais.com - 73 comments 119 points
  21. Agent-C: a 4KB AI agent github.com - 80 comments 107 points
  22. The unlikely revival of nuclear batteries spectrum.ieee.org - 47 comments 106 points
  23. How RubyGems.org protects OSS infrastructure blog.rubygems.org - 25 comments 106 points
  24. Google to require developer verification for Android apps outside the Play Store techcrunch.com - 1 comments 106 points
  25. The air is hissing out of the overinflated AI balloon www.theregister.com - 119 comments 93 points
  26. Fenster: Most minimal cross-platform GUI library github.com - 19 comments 88 points
  27. Nvidia’s new ‘robot brain’ goes on sale for $3,499 www.cnbc.com - 76 comments 87 points
  28. Walmart Fires VP in Tech for Taking Daily Kickbacks Starting from $30K www.ctol.digital - 69 comments 86 points
  29. Llama Fund: Crowdfund AI Models llama.fund - 57 comments 86 points
  30. Launch HN: April - YC S25 – Voice AI to manage your email and calendar news.ycombinator.com - 88 comments 84 points