Hacker News Daily top 30


Hacker News top 30 - 2025-11-17

  1. Anthropic’s paper smells like bullshit djnn.sh - 279 comments 939 points
  2. Open-source Zig book www.zigbook.net - 180 comments 485 points
  3. Heretic: Automatic censorship removal for language models github.com - 190 comments 483 points
  4. I have recordings proving Coinbase knew about breach months before disclosure jonathanclark.com - 136 comments 440 points
  5. Maybe you’re not trying usefulfictions.substack.com - 163 comments 380 points
  6. Supercookie: Browser Fingerprinting via Favicon - 2021 github.com - 58 comments 273 points
  7. The internet is no longer a safe haven brainbaking.com - 187 comments 233 points
  8. Brimstone: ES2025 JavaScript engine written in Rust github.com - 99 comments 213 points
  9. Dark Pattern Games www.darkpattern.games - 77 comments 189 points
  10. Britney Spears’ Guide to Semiconductor Physics - 2000 britneyspears.ac - 59 comments 189 points
  11. What if you don’t need MCP at all? mariozechner.at - 118 comments 187 points
  12. Goldman Sachs asks in biotech Report: Is curing patients a sustainable business? - 2018 www.cnbc.com - 129 comments 186 points
  13. Peter Thiel sells off all Nvidia stock, stirring bubble fears www.thestreet.com - 152 comments 181 points
  14. The fate of “small” open source nolanlawson.com - 123 comments 172 points
  15. Dissecting Flock Safety: The Cameras Tracking You Are a Security Nightmare - video www.youtube.com - 71 comments 172 points
  16. I finally understand Cloudflare Zero Trust tunnels david.coffee - 56 comments 170 points
  17. UK’s first small nuclear power station to be built in north Wales www.bbc.com - 201 comments 163 points
  18. FPGA Based IBM-PC-XT bit-hack.net - 33 comments 156 points
  19. A new documentary about the history of forced psychiatric treatment in Spain www.bbc.co.uk - 155 comments 152 points
  20. I don’t need a Steam Machine brainbaking.com - 237 comments 136 points
  21. Why use OpenBSD? www.tumfatig.net - 93 comments 134 points
  22. Garbage collection is useful dubroy.com - 45 comments 134 points
  23. Iran begins cloud seeding operations as drought bites www.arabnews.com - 197 comments 132 points
  24. Three kinds of AI products work www.seangoedecke.com - 113 comments 117 points
  25. Running the “Reflections on Trusting Trust” Compiler - 2023 research.swtch.com - 8 comments 115 points
  26. The Pragmatic Programmer: 20th Anniversary Edition - 2023 www.ahalbert.com - 19 comments 107 points
  27. Z3 API in Python: From Sudoku to N-Queens in Under 20 Lines ericpony.github.io - 4 comments 105 points
  28. PgFirstAid: PostgreSQL function for improving stability and performance github.com - 20 comments 97 points
  29. AI is killing privacy. We can’t let that happen www.fastcompany.com - 66 comments 94 points
  30. A new chapter begins for EV batteries with the expiry of key LFP patents www.shoosmiths.com - 49 comments 91 points