Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit | 2026-01-17login
Stories from January 17, 2026
Go back a day, month, or year. Go forward a day or month.
31.Common misunderstandings about large software companies (philipotoole.com)
97 points by otoolep 7 months ago | 53 comments
32.Show HN: I built a tool to assist AI agents to know when a PR is good to go (dsifry.github.io)
45 points by dsifry 7 months ago | 35 comments
33.Lies, Damned Lies and Proofs: Formal Methods Are Not Slopless (lesswrong.com)
94 points by OgsyedIE 7 months ago | 44 comments
34.Italy investigates Activision Blizzard for pushing in-game purchases (techcrunch.com)
121 points by 7777777phil 7 months ago | 51 comments
35.The Resonant Computing Manifesto (resonantcomputing.org)
65 points by sinak 7 months ago | 32 comments
36.Beebo, a wave simulator written in C (sr.ht)
63 points by anon25783 7 months ago | 5 comments
37.Architecture for Disposable Systems (tuananh.net)
58 points by tuananh 7 months ago | 31 comments
38.2025 was the third hottest year on record (economist.com)
202 points by andsoitis 7 months ago | 210 comments
39.Which is "Bouba", and which is "Kiki"? [video] (youtube.com)
27 points by basilikum 7 months ago | 23 comments
40.Ask HN: Is it still worth pursuing a software startup?
192 points by newbebee 7 months ago | 230 comments
41.Show HN: What if your menu bar was a keyboard-controlled command center? (extrabar.app)
60 points by pugdogdev 7 months ago | 49 comments
42.IKEA for Software (tommaso-girotto.co)
76 points by tgirotto 7 months ago | 50 comments
43.What twenty years of DevOps has failed to do (honeycomb.io)
86 points by mooreds 7 months ago | 156 comments
44.AV1 Image File Format Specification Gets an Upgrade with AVIF v1.2.0 (aomedia.org)
65 points by breve 7 months ago | 5 comments
45.The Risks of AI in Schools Outweigh the Benefits, Report Says (npr.org)
92 points by backpackerBMW 7 months ago | 94 comments
46.Canada's deal with China signals it is serious about shift from US (bbc.com)
189 points by breve 7 months ago | 232 comments
47.Sergei Fedorov's Escape from Soviet Union Helped Save Red Wings (2020) (freep.com)
33 points by rmason 7 months ago | 2 comments
48.Post-PARA: What survived 4 years of real use (cortwave.github.io)
34 points by cortwave 7 months ago | 6 comments
49.What are Tithe Maps (2021) (mapreading.co.uk)
24 points by thomasjb 7 months ago | 3 comments
50.Congress wants to hand your parenting to big tech (eff.org)
88 points by hn_acker 7 months ago | 59 comments
51.An Ode to the Return of Wysiwyg (jeffverkoeyen.com)
32 points by featherless 7 months ago | 31 comments
52.Re: Mix: open-source repairable blender (github.com/openfunkhq)
41 points by rishikeshs 7 months ago | 20 comments
53.Crypto grifters are recruiting open-source AI developers (seangoedecke.com)
102 points by lalitmaganti 7 months ago | 28 comments
54.Earth is warming faster. Scientists are closing in on why (2024) (economist.com)
114 points by andsoitis 7 months ago | 132 comments
55.Meditation and Unconscious: A Buddhist Monk and a Neuroscientist (2022) (mitpress.mit.edu)
22 points by arunc 7 months ago | 7 comments
56.Most renters shut out of energy-saving upgrades – study (binghamton.edu)
74 points by hhs 7 months ago | 106 comments
57.Every data centre is a U.S. military base (policyalternatives.ca)
88 points by HotGarbage 7 months ago | 51 comments
58.Escaping the trap of US tech dependence (disconnect.blog)
92 points by laurex 7 months ago | 110 comments
59.Eight European countries face 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland (apnews.com)
239 points by 2OEH8eoCRo0 7 months ago | 374 comments
60. [dupe] OpenAI to test ads in ChatGPT as it burns through billions (arstechnica.com)
81 points by Terretta 7 months ago | 87 comments

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: