The Best Hacker News Posts of January 2023
We track 1,548 stories from January 2023, averaging 245 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 103 stories. Together they drew 249,767 comments, 161 per story on average.
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My Youtube earnings
brickexperimentchannel.wordpress.com · tpmx · 2 Jan 2023
2k pts
403 comments
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2
A cab ride I'll never forget (1999)
kentnerburn.com · fileeditview · 16 Jan 2023
1.7k pts
168 comments
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4
Google to reduce workforce by 12k
blog.google · colesantiago · 20 Jan 2023
1.5k pts
1.5k comments
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5
Forking Chrome to render in a terminal
fathy.fr · fathyb · 27 Jan 2023
1.2k pts
122 comments
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6
Pirate Weather: A free, open, and documented forecast API
pirateweather.net · calebegg · 10 Jan 2023
1.1k pts
195 comments
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7
Taking over a Dead IoT Company
blog.kchung.co · pulisse · 10 Jan 2023
1.1k pts
191 comments
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Let's build GPT: from scratch, in code, spelled out by Andrej Karpathy [video]
youtube.com · georgehill · 17 Jan 2023
1.1k pts
104 comments
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Show HN: New AI edits images based on text instructions
github.com · bryced · 22 Jan 2023
1.1k pts
227 comments
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Microsoft is preparing to add ChatGPT to Bing
bloomberg.com · mfiguiere · 4 Jan 2023
1.1k pts
897 comments
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12
Modules, not microservices
blogs.newardassociates.com · PretzelFisch · 3 Jan 2023
1.1k pts
660 comments
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13
Tell HN: Thank you for being fast, almost ad-free and text-only
nojvek · 24 Jan 2023
1k pts
199 comments
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14
Digitec Galaxus now displays warranty score and return rate
galaxus.ch · faebi · 26 Jan 2023
1k pts
272 comments
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15
How to own an airline in 3 easy steps and grab the TSA nofly list along the way
maia.crimew.gay · half-kh-hacker · 19 Jan 2023
1k pts
619 comments
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16
The window trick of Las Vegas hotels
schedium.net · edent · 29 Jan 2023
994 pts
344 comments
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17
How do I draw a pair of buttocks? (2014)
mathematica.stackexchange.com · _Microft · 5 Jan 2023
992 pts
187 comments
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18
Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell
code_Whisperer · 27 Jan 2023
934 pts
1k comments
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19
Summer Afternoon – A WebGL Experiment
summer-afternoon.vlucendo.com · jaden · 20 Jan 2023
930 pts
194 comments
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22
Realistic computer-generated handwriting
calligrapher.ai · carl_dr · 26 Jan 2023
896 pts
238 comments
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23
Photos capture life inside a drop of seawater
smithsonianmag.com · subharmonicon · 19 Jan 2023
890 pts
195 comments
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24
Macroeconomic changes have made it impossible for me to want to pay you
mcsweeneys.net · rkachowski · 25 Jan 2023
888 pts
401 comments
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25
Builder's Remedy goes into effect in many California cities tomorrow
darrellowens.substack.com · yboris · 31 Jan 2023
886 pts
1.2k comments
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26
Wobbly clock
somethingorotherwhatever.com · ColinWright · 16 Jan 2023
882 pts
198 comments
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27
MacBook Pro featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max
apple.com · ValentineC · 17 Jan 2023
871 pts
1k comments
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U.S. moves to bar noncompete agreements in labor contracts
nytimes.com · yoelo · 5 Jan 2023
868 pts
494 comments
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29
What not to write on your security clearance form (1988)
milk.com · blegh · 19 Jan 2023
864 pts
545 comments
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30
Going full time on my SaaS after 13 years
mattmazur.com · matt1 · 4 Jan 2023
842 pts
225 comments
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31
Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address
home.omg.lol · cdme · 6 Jan 2023
834 pts
342 comments
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33
Building an Internet Scale Meme Search Engine
findthatmeme.com · whoisburbansky · 9 Jan 2023
785 pts
151 comments
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34
Ask HN: What's the best lecture series you've seen?
cauliflower99 · 31 Jan 2023
777 pts
271 comments
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35
Production Twitter on one machine? 100Gbps NICs and NVMe are fast
thume.ca · trishume · 7 Jan 2023
776 pts
477 comments
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36
Replacing a SQL analyst with 26 recursive GPT prompts
patterns.app · kvh · 25 Jan 2023
772 pts
300 comments
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37
The James Webb Space Telescope is finding too many early galaxies
skyandtelescope.org · cainxinth · 12 Jan 2023
764 pts
526 comments
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38
Ask HN: Do you hate software engineering but love programming?
throwwwwaway · 13 Jan 2023
760 pts
702 comments
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39
Tell HN: Sometimes you don't realise how bad something is until you leave
Goleniewski · 20 Jan 2023
756 pts
214 comments
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41
Tweetbot. April 2011 – January 2023
tapbots.com · davidbarker · 20 Jan 2023
727 pts
400 comments
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43
Seven years on, what do we know about the disappearance of flight MH370? (2021)
admiralcloudberg.medium.com · pantalaimon · 24 Jan 2023
719 pts
431 comments
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45
Buy hi-resolution satellite images of any place on earth
skyfi.com · for_i_in_range · 21 Jan 2023
713 pts
337 comments
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46
Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes
apnews.com · subliminalpanda · 23 Jan 2023
693 pts
1.2k comments
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47
Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you realized is wrong?
coreyhn · 30 Jan 2023
691 pts
1.8k comments
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48
Conversation skills essentials
tynan.com · lylejantzi3rd · 1 Jan 2023
685 pts
288 comments
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49
‘Breakthrough’ obesity drugs that have stunned researchers
nature.com · pseudolus · 4 Jan 2023
671 pts
1.3k comments
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51
Show HN: I've built a C# IDE, Runtime, and AppStore inside Excel
querystorm.com · anakic · 25 Jan 2023
670 pts
179 comments
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52
Grayscale on 1-bit LCDs (2022)
zephray.me · _Microft · 12 Jan 2023
670 pts
92 comments
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53
Show HN: I'm a doctor and made a responsive breathing app for stress and anxiety
lungy.app · lukko · 26 Jan 2023
666 pts
215 comments
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55
Microsoft to lay off 11k employees
reuters.com · georgehill · 17 Jan 2023
659 pts
453 comments
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56
Tell HN: It is impossible to disable Google 2FA using backup codes
gravitronic · 19 Jan 2023
657 pts
337 comments
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57
My bad habit of hoarding information
andreisurugiu.com · techn00 · 6 Jan 2023
656 pts
323 comments
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58
Dwarf Fortress has sold half a million copies
bay12forums.com · gabythenerd · 6 Jan 2023
654 pts
241 comments
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59
How to store your app's entire state in the url
scottantipa.com · escot · 9 Jan 2023
640 pts
395 comments
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Scientists have discovered the first virovore – an organism that eats viruses
news.unl.edu · xiaodai · 3 Jan 2023
640 pts
111 comments
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