The Best Hacker News Posts of March 2023
We track 1,604 stories from March 2023, averaging 264 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 118 stories. Together they drew 267,768 comments.
1
GPT-4
openai.com · e0m · 14 Mar 2023
4.1k pts
2.5k comments
2
FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank
fdic.gov · khuey · 10 Mar 2023
3.2k pts
1.6k comments
3
Bicycle
ciechanow.ski · todsacerdoti · 28 Mar 2023
3k pts
399 comments
4
Gordon Moore has died
moore.org · mepian · 25 Mar 2023
2.6k pts
234 comments
5
ChatGPT Plugins
openai.com · bryanh · 23 Mar 2023
1.9k pts
1.1k comments
6
Windows needs to stop showing tabloid news
tomshardware.com · taubek · 27 Mar 2023
1.7k pts
850 comments
7
Twitter's Recommendation Algorithm
blog.twitter.com · jonknee · 31 Mar 2023
1.7k pts
1.2k comments
8
Joint statement by the Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC
home.treasury.gov · FormerBandmate · 12 Mar 2023
1.7k pts
2.5k comments
9
OpenAI is now everything it promised not to be: closed-source and for-profit
vice.com · isaacfrond · 1 Mar 2023
1.6k pts
567 comments
10
Docker is deleting Open Source organisations - what you need to know
blog.alexellis.io · alexellisuk · 15 Mar 2023
1.6k pts
738 comments
11
Introducing ChatGPT and Whisper APIs
openai.com · minimaxir · 1 Mar 2023
1.4k pts
668 comments
12
Llama.cpp 30B runs with only 6GB of RAM now
github.com · msoad · 31 Mar 2023
1.3k pts
414 comments
13
We updated our RSA SSH host key
github.blog · todsacerdoti · 24 Mar 2023
1.3k pts
488 comments
14
Apple passwords deserve an app
cabel.com · ttepasse · 27 Mar 2023
1.3k pts
402 comments
15
Reliability: It’s not great
community.fly.io · bishopsmother · 6 Mar 2023
1.2k pts
455 comments
16
Judge decides against Internet Archive
file770.com · sohkamyung · 24 Mar 2023
1.1k pts
793 comments
17
So you've installed `fzf` – now what?
andrew-quinn.me · hiAndrewQuinn · 21 Mar 2023
1.1k pts
285 comments
18
GitHub Copilot X – Sign up for technical preview
github.blog · todsacerdoti · 22 Mar 2023
1.1k pts
751 comments
19
Samsung “space zoom” moon shots are fake, and here is the proof
old.reddit.com · petodo · 11 Mar 2023
1k pts
386 comments
20
Meta plans to lay off 10k employees
about.fb.com · darnfish · 14 Mar 2023
1k pts
831 comments
21
Cyclists now outnumber motorists in City of London
forbes.com · gcoleman · 20 Mar 2023
1k pts
941 comments
22
The age of average
alexmurrell.co.uk · kloch · 29 Mar 2023
992 pts
474 comments
23
Llama.cpp: Port of Facebook's LLaMA model in C/C++, with Apple Silicon support
github.com · mrtksn · 10 Mar 2023
989 pts
284 comments
24
Maybe treating housing as an investment was a mistake
goodreason.substack.com · kqr2 · 6 Mar 2023
987 pts
1.2k comments
25
Banning words won’t make the world more just
theatlantic.com · furrowedbrow · 2 Mar 2023
981 pts
1.2k comments
26
Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter
futureoflife.org · frankjr · 28 Mar 2023
969 pts
1.3k comments
27
Framework announces AMD, new Intel gen, 16“ laptop and more
frame.work · pimterry · 23 Mar 2023
959 pts
477 comments
28
Scratch is the world’s largest coding community for children
scratch.mit.edu · khochesh_kushat · 30 Mar 2023
956 pts
331 comments
29
Launch HN: Electric Air (YC W23) – Heat pump sold directly to homeowners
cmui · 13 Mar 2023
927 pts
789 comments
30
Build full “product skills” and you'll probably be fine
twitter.com · nixcraft · 19 Mar 2023
923 pts
806 comments
31
The FTC wants to ban tough-to-cancel subscriptions
theverge.com · bluish29 · 23 Mar 2023
919 pts
382 comments
32
TikTok Ban Bill Is Patriot Act 2.0 Trojan Horse [video]
youtube.com · hitpointdrew · 30 Mar 2023
912 pts
448 comments
33
Facebook LLAMA is being openly distributed via torrents
github.com · micro_charm · 3 Mar 2023
909 pts
693 comments
34
A senior engineer's guide to the system design interview
interviewing.io · leeny · 2 Mar 2023
909 pts
376 comments
35
Adobe Firefly: AI Art Generator
adobe.com · adrian_mrd · 21 Mar 2023
908 pts
483 comments
36
Bob Metcalfe wins Turing Award
amturing.acm.org · robbiet480 · 22 Mar 2023
858 pts
230 comments
37
Dalai: Automatically install, run, and play with LLaMA on your computer
cocktailpeanut.github.io · cocktailpeanut · 12 Mar 2023
848 pts
282 comments
38
DPReview.com to close
dpreview.com · int_daniel · 21 Mar 2023
845 pts
374 comments
39
ChatGPT can now call Wolfram Alpha
writings.stephenwolfram.com · glorken · 23 Mar 2023
840 pts
319 comments
40
Lisp-powered laptop with a battery life measured in years
hackster.io · shkhuz · 8 Mar 2023
823 pts
206 comments
41
The chat control proposal does not belong in democratic societies
mullvad.net · negidius · 27 Mar 2023
816 pts
398 comments
42
Large language models are having their Stable Diffusion moment
simonwillison.net · simonw · 11 Mar 2023
811 pts
369 comments
43
Police sue rapper Afroman for using footage of home raid in his music videos
theguardian.com · lisasays · 24 Mar 2023
807 pts
551 comments
44
Transformer architecture optimized for Apple Silicon
github.com · behnamoh · 23 Mar 2023
804 pts
334 comments
45
Little Snitch Mini
obdev.at · robenkleene · 22 Mar 2023
784 pts
263 comments
46
ARM64 Linux Workstation
jasoneckert.github.io · jasoneckert · 3 Mar 2023
778 pts
480 comments
47
UK: Food inflation rises to 18.2% as it hits highest rate in over 45 years
grocerygazette.co.uk · open-source-ux · 24 Mar 2023
770 pts
1k comments
48
ThumbHash: A better compact image placeholder hash
evanw.github.io · summarity · 22 Mar 2023
768 pts
117 comments
49
Hyundai promises to keep buttons in cars
thedrive.com · nixass · 21 Mar 2023
765 pts
478 comments
50
DreamWorks releases OpenMoonRay source code
github.com · dagmx · 15 Mar 2023
765 pts
149 comments
51
Introducing react.dev
react.dev · clessg · 16 Mar 2023
748 pts
468 comments
52
Give babies peanut butter to cut peanut allergies, study says
bbc.com · tosh · 17 Mar 2023
746 pts
363 comments
53
TypeScripting the technical interview
richard-towers.com · ycitm · 12 Mar 2023
727 pts
159 comments
54
Run 100B+ language models at home, BitTorrent‑style
petals.ml · srameshc · 20 Mar 2023
724 pts
193 comments
55
More students are turning away from college and toward apprenticeships
wsj.com · lxm · 18 Mar 2023
722 pts
679 comments
56
Paving the Road to Vulkan on Asahi Linux
asahilinux.org · frankjr · 20 Mar 2023
722 pts
273 comments
57
Hardware microphone disconnect (2021)
support.apple.com · janniks · 7 Mar 2023
720 pts
396 comments
58
The drama in trying to convert election PDFs to Spreadsheets
markessien.com · markessien · 23 Mar 2023
716 pts
141 comments
59
Jacob Ziv has died
twitter.com · tkhattra · 26 Mar 2023
710 pts
87 comments
60
AI-enhanced development makes me more ambitious with my projects
simonwillison.net · duck · 31 Mar 2023
702 pts
505 comments