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Issue #791 // 2026-04-27 // View in your browser

#Favorites


Modern financial planning tool to simplify your journey to financial independence
//projectionlab sponsored

John Ternus to become Apple CEO
//apple comments

Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price
//wheelfront comments

Framework Laptop 13 Pro
//frame comments

Claude Design
//anthropic comments

Laws of Software Engineering
//lawsofsoftwareengineering comments

I am building a cloud
//crawshaw comments

If America's so rich, how'd it get so sad?
//derekthompson comments

Tim Cook's Impeccable Timing
//stratechery comments

AI should elevate your thinking, not replace it
//koshyjohn comments

How does GPS work?
//perthirtysix comments

#Ask HN


Tell HN: I'm sick of AI everything

How did you land your first projects as a solo engineer/consultant?

How to solve the cold start problem for a two-sided marketplace?

Building a solo business is impossible?

#Classifieds


Nango: Build product integrations with AI //nango

Rentware - Rental software made easy //rentware

Buttondown Email - the last email platform you'll migrate to //buttondown

Book a classified ad for $150

#Show HN


VidStudio, a browser based video editor that doesn't upload your files //vidstudio comments

I made a calculator that works over disjoint sets of intervals //victorpoughon.github comments

PanicLock – Close your MacBook lid disable TouchID –> password unlock //github comments

Faceoff – A terminal UI for following NHL games //vincentgregoire comments

#Code


Your hex editor should color-code bytes //simonomi comments

Smol machines – subsecond coldstart, portable virtual machines //github comments

Spinel: Ruby AOT Native Compiler //github comments

GoModel – an open-source AI gateway in Go //github comments

#Data


GPT-5.5 //openai comments

ggsql: A Grammar of Graphics for SQL //opensource.posit comments

Honker – Postgres NOTIFY/LISTEN Semantics for SQLite //github comments

How LLMs Work – Interactive visual guide based on Karpathy's lecture //ynarwal.github comments

#Design


5x5 Pixel font for tiny screens //maurycyz comments

The Beauty of Bonsai Styles //longwoodgardens comments

The handmade beauty of Machine Age data visualizations //resobscura.substack comments

#Books


Books are not too expensive //millersbookreview comments

Free textbook on engineering thermodynamics //thermodynamicsbook comments

Tempest vs. Tempest: The Making and Remaking of Atari's Iconic Video Game //tempest.homemade.systems comments

#Working


Stop trying to engineer your way out of listening to people //ashley.rolfmore comments

Drunk post: Things I've learned as a senior engineer //luminousmen.substack comments

Simulacrum of Knowledge Work //blog.happyfellow comments

If you stop hiring juniors, your senior engineers own you //evalcode comments

#Learn


Middle schooler finds coin from Troy in Berlin //thehistoryblog comments

The purist's guide to phở in Hanoi //connla.substack comments

New study compares growing corn for energy to solar production //anthropocenemagazine comments

Plants can sense the sound of rain, a new study finds //news.mit comments

#Watching


Making RAM at Home //youtube comments

Ping-pong robot beats top-level human players //reuters comments

Behind-the-Scenes of MacBook Neo Introduction Video //youtube comments

A printing press for biological data //owlposting comments

#Startup News


SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B //twitter comments

Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training //reuters comments

At long last, InfoWars is ours //theonion comments

Meta tells staff it will cut 10% of jobs //bloomberg comments

ReMarkable firing up to 40% of their workforce //e24 comments

#Fun


Built a daily game where you sort historical events chronologically //hisorty comments

Tiao, A two-player turn-based board game //playtiao comments

Everest Drive – a multiplayer spaceship crew simulator in the browser //everestdrive comments

10 years: Stephen's Sausage Roll still one of the most influential puzzle games //thinkygames comments