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Specsmaxxing – On overcoming AI psychosis, and why I write specs in YAML

brendanmc6 — Sun, 03 May 2026 06:33:38 +0000

Article URL: https://acai.sh/blog/specsmaxxing

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47994012

Points: 151

# Comments: 154

Kimi K2.6 just beat Claude, GPT-5.5, and Gemini in a coding challenge

bazlightyear — Sun, 03 May 2026 04:05:28 +0000

Article URL: https://thinkpol.ca/2026/04/30/an-open-weights-chinese-model-just-beat-claude-gpt-5-5-and-gemini-in-a-programming-challenge/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47993235

Points: 311

# Comments: 172

Open source does not imply open community

RohanAdwankar — Sun, 03 May 2026 02:36:09 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.feld.me/posts/2026/04/open-source-does-not-imply-open-community/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47992772

Points: 165

# Comments: 54

Maryland to ban A.I.-driven price increases in grocery stores

doener — Sun, 03 May 2026 01:24:09 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/business/surveillance-pricing-groceries-maryland.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47992349

Points: 175

# Comments: 131

A network smuggling Starlink tech into Iran to beat internet blackout

1659447091 — Sun, 03 May 2026 01:22:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgzk91leweo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47992338

Points: 169

# Comments: 121

A couple million lines of Haskell: Production engineering at Mercury

unignorant — Sun, 03 May 2026 00:01:14 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.haskell.org/a-couple-million-lines-of-haskell/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47991802

Points: 279

# Comments: 115

Tesla owner won $10k in court for Tesla's FSD lies. Tesla is still fighting him

breve — Sat, 02 May 2026 22:45:23 +0000

Article URL: https://electrek.co/2026/05/02/this-tesla-owner-won-10k-in-court-for-teslas-fsd-lies-tesla-is-still-fighting-him/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47991350

Points: 241

# Comments: 113

Clojurists Together – Q2 2026 Open Source Funding Announcement

dragandj — Sat, 02 May 2026 21:34:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.clojuriststogether.org/news/q2-2026-funding-announcement/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47990789

Points: 114

# Comments: 13

Show HN: State of the Art of Coding Models, According to Hacker News Commenters

yunusabd — Sat, 02 May 2026 21:25:05 +0000

Hello HN,

I was away from my computer for two weeks, and after coming back and reading the latest discussions on HN about coding assistants (models, harnesses), I felt very out of the loop. My normal process would have been to keep reading and figure out the latest and greatest from people's comments, but I wanted to try and automate this process.

Basically the goal is to get a quick overview over which coding models are popular on HN. A next iteration could also scan for harnesses that people use, or info on self-hosting or hardware setups.

I wrote a short intro on the page about the pipeline that collects and analyzes the data, but feel free to ask for more details or check the Google Sheet for more info.

https://hnup.date/hn-sota

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47990708

Points: 123

# Comments: 62

The agent harness belongs outside the sandbox

shad42 — Sat, 02 May 2026 21:21:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.mendral.com/blog/agent-harness-belongs-outside-sandbox

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47990675

Points: 115

# Comments: 83

Six Years Perfecting Maps on WatchOS

valzevul — Sat, 02 May 2026 21:14:29 +0000

Article URL: https://www.david-smith.org/blog/2026/04/29/maps-on-watchos/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47990606

Points: 334

# Comments: 80

This Month in Ladybird – April 2026

richardboegli — Sat, 02 May 2026 20:46:30 +0000

Article URL: https://ladybird.org/newsletter/2026-04-30/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47990318

Points: 373

# Comments: 84

Neanderthals ran 'fat factories' 125,000 years ago (2025)

andsoitis — Sat, 02 May 2026 20:42:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025/07/neanderthals-ran-fat-factories-125000-years-ago

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47990284

Points: 215

# Comments: 102

VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage

indrora — Sat, 02 May 2026 19:57:26 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/310226

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47989883

Points: 1266

# Comments: 666

NetHack 5.0.0

rsaarelm — Sat, 02 May 2026 18:03:42 +0000

Article URL: https://nethack.org/v500/release.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47988776

Points: 467

# Comments: 148

California to begin ticketing driverless cars that violate traffic laws

geox — Sat, 02 May 2026 17:59:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clypjx3rg2go

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47988742

Points: 300

# Comments: 304

Do_not_track

RubyGuy — Sat, 02 May 2026 17:40:55 +0000

Article URL: https://donottrack.sh/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47988592

Points: 371

# Comments: 117

Dav2d

dabinat — Sat, 02 May 2026 17:32:29 +0000

Article URL: https://code.videolan.org/videolan/dav2d

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47988504

Points: 506

# Comments: 140

Ask HN: Is the Job Market Actually Bad?

idontwantthis — Sat, 02 May 2026 17:10:35 +0000

I’m not trying to brag, I am just genuinely confused. I got laid off recently and I had a new job within a week because I constantly get contacted by recruiters both through LinkedIn and directly by email. I’ve never sent an application to anyone and I’ve had dozens of interviews in the past year while I was looking for a new job before getting laid off.

I would have had a new one earlier except I was aiming for fully remote and a big raise, and I failed their correspondingly difficult evaluations. Never got ghosted, never had to deal with AI, never had to fill out an application. I took a local, in office offer that I would have ignored if I were still employed.

Currently I’m waiting for a final decision from another fully remote company and I’m in midstage with 2 more.

I’m not a super genius engineer, and I don’t have any fancy companies on my resume. How unusual is this experience?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47988268

Points: 106

# Comments: 160

Roblox shares plummet 18% as child safety measures weigh on bookings

1vuio0pswjnm7 — Sat, 02 May 2026 17:10:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/01/roblox-rblx-stock-child-safety-earnings.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47988261

Points: 231

# Comments: 140