HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

18061.

The repercussions of missing an Ampersand in C++ and Rust (nablag.com)

80 points by nablags 10 months ago | 123 comments

18062.

I do not want to be a programmer anymore (mindthenerd.com)

80 points by ednite 9 months ago | 122 comments

18063.

I hate AI side projects (dylancastillo.co)

80 points by dcastm 5 months ago | 120 comments

18064.

SPCX is now Wall Street's most shorted new stock (invezz.com)

80 points by lbrito 6 days ago | 119 comments

18065.

CPI for all items rises 0.4% in August, 2.9% YoY; shelter and food up (bls.gov)

80 points by impish9208 10 months ago | 116 comments

18066.

Sam Altman Is Losing His Grip on Humanity (theatlantic.com)

80 points by noduerme 4 months ago | 109 comments

18067.

Steve wants us to make the Macintosh boot faster (folklore.org)

80 points by maayank 6 months ago | 109 comments

18068.

Some uncomfortable truths about AI coding agents (standupforme.app)

80 points by borealis-dev 3 months ago | 107 comments

18069.

Winapp, the Windows App Development CLI (blogs.windows.com)

80 points by MaysonL 5 months ago | 104 comments

18070.

Ask HN: How many of you hold an amateur radio license in your country?

80 points by ToddWBurgess 4 months ago | 102 comments

18071.

Using AI generated images to get refunds (wired.com)

80 points by MattSayar 6 months ago | 100 comments

18072.

How to make metals from Martian dirt (csiro.au)

80 points by PaulHoule 10 months ago | 99 comments

18073.

Cybersecurity training programs don't prevent phishing scams (today.ucsd.edu)

80 points by divbzero 9 months ago | 97 comments

18074.

I reverse-engineered Netflix's 4K restrictions (github.com)

80 points by picklepixel 5 months ago | 96 comments

18075.

AI is a bad tool (bytecode.news)

80 points by shtgnwrng 1 week ago | 95 comments

18076.

Union Pacific to buy Norfolk in $85B mega U.S. railroad deal (cnbc.com)

80 points by pseudolus 11 months ago | 95 comments

18077.

Ask HN: Are systems ready for the first negative leap second?

80 points by Asmod4n 2 weeks ago | 92 comments

18078.

Study: emotional support from social media found to reduce anxiety (news.uark.edu)

80 points by giuliomagnifico 5 months ago | 92 comments

18079.

Willison on Merchant's "Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry" (simonwillison.net)

80 points by planckscnst 7 months ago | 92 comments

18080.

Georgian wine culture dates back, uninterrupted, approximately 8k years (wsetglobal.com)

80 points by Anon84 5 months ago | 89 comments

18081.

Show HN: Dagger.js – A buildless, runtime-only JavaScript micro-framework (daggerjs.org)

80 points by TonyPeakman 10 months ago | 89 comments

18082.

You are going to get priced out of the best AI coding tools (2025) (newsletter.danielpaleka.com)

80 points by fi-le 4 months ago | 88 comments

18083.

C++ move semantics from scratch (2022) (cbarrete.com)

80 points by todsacerdoti 8 months ago | 87 comments

18084.

Vibe coding will break your company (forbes.com)

80 points by sminchev 2 months ago | 84 comments

18085.

Mexican surveillance company Grupo Seguritech watches the U.S. border (restofworld.org)

80 points by classichasclass 3 months ago | 84 comments

18086.

Ben Bernanke Joins Anthropic Oversight Trust (anthropic.com)

80 points by Jimmc414 1 week ago | 83 comments

18087.

Captcha proves you're human. HATCHA proves you're not (github.com)

80 points by backlit4034 3 weeks ago | 83 comments

18088.

America's Largest Homebuilders Shift the Cost of Shoddy Construction to Buyers (hntrbrk.com)