▸ Objective Development has released Little Snitch for Linux, bringing per-application outbound firewall controls to a platform that has lacked a polish...
▸ Bryan Keller successfully ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii, a project requiring deep work on kernel adaptation, custom drivers, and bootloader engi...
▸ Anthropic announced Project Glasswing, applying large language models to formally verify security properties in critical software infrastructure.
▸ Stella Laurenzo's quantitative analysis of 234,760 tool calls shows Claude Code's read-to-edit ratio dropped from 6.6 to 2.0 after Anthropic reduced t...
▸ The New Yorker's 1,471-HN-point profile examines whether Sam Altman's consolidation of power at OpenAI is a governance crisis or a necessary condition...
▸ A rigorous analysis of 234,760 tool calls across 6,852 Claude Code sessions shows a 73% drop in estimated thinking depth between January and March 202...
▸ The New Yorker's deep profile of Sam Altman — now at 1,232 HN points — puts the trust question front and center as OpenAI completes its for-profit con...
▸ A detailed issue (#42796) with 122 comments documents Claude Code's measurable quality collapse after February 2026 model updates — edits without read...
▸ Jeffrey Snover, inventor of PowerShell and Microsoft Technical Fellow, publicly argues Microsoft hasn't had a coherent GUI strategy since Charles Petz...
▸ Filippo Valsorda — who maintained Go's crypto libraries and now runs a professional open-source maintenance practice — published his working estimate ...
▸ Cloudflare announced EmDash, a CMS built on Workers/D1 that sandboxes plugins by default — targeting WordPress's #1 vulnerability vector.
▸ Running git log, shortlog, and blame before opening a single source file builds a mental map of a codebase — who owns what, what's changing fast, and ...
▸ Kyle Kingsbury (Jepsen) argues that the industry is systematically replacing correctness verification with vibes, marketing, and AI-generated confiden...
▸ The danger of AI coding tools isn't bad code — it's the gradual, rational erosion of your ability to understand what your code actually does.
▸ LinkedIn's JavaScript probes for locally installed applications by testing custom URL protocol handlers — effectively fingerprinting your desktop with...
▸ John Deere will pay $99 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging the company used software locks to force farmers into using only authorized ...
▸ The New Yorker's 2026 Altman profile — now at 1,355 HN points — is the most comprehensive accounting yet of how one person accumulated mass-extinction...
▸ A developer analyzed 6,852 Claude Code sessions (234K tool calls) and found thinking depth dropped 67% before Anthropic redacted thinking blocks entir...
▸ Anthropic launched Project Glasswing, applying large language models to formal verification of critical software like OS kernels, cryptographic librar...
▸ Google's AI Edge Gallery app puts Gemma 4 running locally on iPhones — no API key, no cloud round-trip, no data exfiltration.