The Best Hacker News Posts of March 2024
We track 1,258 stories from March 2024, averaging 253 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 122 stories. Together they drew 176,908 comments, 141 per story on average.
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Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server compromise
openwall.com · rkta · 29 Mar 2024
4.5k pts
1.8k comments
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U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone monopoly
nytimes.com · jcfrei · 21 Mar 2024
2.5k pts
2.6k comments
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3
Bruno: Fast and Git-friendly open-source API client (Postman alternative)
usebruno.com · ulrischa · 9 Mar 2024
1.5k pts
400 comments
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4
Game of Life, simulating itself, infinitely zoomable
oimo.io · surprisetalk · 23 Mar 2024
1.5k pts
243 comments
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5
Spreadsheets are all you need
spreadsheets-are-all-you-need.ai · evanmays · 14 Mar 2024
1.5k pts
164 comments
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Elon Musk sues Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI [pdf]
courthousenews.com · modeless · 1 Mar 2024
1.5k pts
1.2k comments
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7
Boeing whistleblower found dead in US
bbc.com · neapolisbeach · 11 Mar 2024
1.3k pts
556 comments
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8
XZ backdoor: "It's RCE, not auth bypass, and gated/unreplayable."
bsky.app · junon · 30 Mar 2024
1.3k pts
810 comments
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Show HN: 3 years and 1M users later, I just open-sourced my "Internet OS"
github.com · ent101 · 4 Mar 2024
1.3k pts
319 comments
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10
Eloquent JavaScript 4th edition (2024)
eloquentjavascript.net · vajdagabor · 7 Mar 2024
1.3k pts
231 comments
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11
Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
cnn.com · misiti3780 · 28 Mar 2024
1.3k pts
1.4k comments
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12
Difftastic, a structural diff tool that understands syntax
difftastic.wilfred.me.uk · frankjr · 21 Mar 2024
1.2k pts
200 comments
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17
European crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controls
arstechnica.com · mbrubeck · 5 Mar 2024
1k pts
638 comments
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19
Daniel Kahneman has died
washingtonpost.com · mrjaeger · 27 Mar 2024
1k pts
309 comments
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20
Flightradar24's new GPS jamming map
flightradar24.com · mjs · 20 Mar 2024
996 pts
281 comments
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Apple terminates Epic Games developer account, calling it a 'threat' to iOS
techcrunch.com · madtrax · 6 Mar 2024
970 pts
1k comments
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23
Ente: Open-Source, E2E Encrypted, Google Photos Alternative
ente.io · madmax108 · 2 Mar 2024
964 pts
327 comments
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24
How web bloat impacts users with slow devices
danluu.com · jasondavies · 16 Mar 2024
932 pts
597 comments
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25
French court issues damages award for violation of GPL
heathermeeker.com · bookstore-romeo · 4 Mar 2024
927 pts
434 comments
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26
Fine tune a 70B language model at home
answer.ai · jph00 · 7 Mar 2024
909 pts
206 comments
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27
YouTube now requires to label their realistic-looking videos made using AI
blog.google · thm · 18 Mar 2024
882 pts
485 comments
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28
Price fixing by algorithm is still price fixing
ftc.gov · nabla9 · 2 Mar 2024
878 pts
607 comments
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29
Vision Pro: What we got wrong at Oculus that Apple got right
hugo.blog · wolverine876 · 15 Mar 2024
873 pts
829 comments
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30
What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane
prospect.org · doom2 · 28 Mar 2024
871 pts
532 comments
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31
DBRX: A new open LLM
databricks.com · jasondavies · 27 Mar 2024
866 pts
343 comments
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32
Glassdoor updated my profile to add my real name and location
cellio.dreamwidth.org · throwaway_08932 · 14 Mar 2024
864 pts
311 comments
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34
JSON Canvas – An open file format for infinite canvas data
jsoncanvas.org · nickmain · 11 Mar 2024
841 pts
164 comments
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36
Radicle: Open-Source, Peer-to-Peer, GitHub Alternative
app.radicle.xyz · aiw1nt3rs · 5 Mar 2024
807 pts
283 comments
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37
Show HN: Memories – FOSS Google Photos alternative built for high performance
memories.gallery · radialapps · 21 Mar 2024
797 pts
230 comments
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39
FDA clears first over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor
fda.gov · bookofjoe · 6 Mar 2024
783 pts
426 comments
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40
Detect when your installed Chrome extensions have changed owners
github.com · ben_s · 6 Mar 2024
783 pts
285 comments
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42
Apple announces ability to download apps directly from websites in EU
macrumors.com · Hamuko · 12 Mar 2024
781 pts
1.4k comments
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43
Apple reverses course on death of Progressive Web Apps in EU
appleinsider.com · astlouis44 · 1 Mar 2024
775 pts
462 comments
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44
Monolith – CLI tool for saving complete web pages as a single HTML file
github.com · iscream26 · 24 Mar 2024
772 pts
151 comments
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46
Shattered Pixel Dungeon is an open-source traditional roguelike dungeon crawler
github.com · notamy · 21 Mar 2024
747 pts
228 comments
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47
Stability.ai – Introducing Stable Video 3D
stability.ai · ed · 18 Mar 2024
742 pts
131 comments
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48
Show HN: I made a free animator. Think Adobe Illustrator but for animation
trangram.com · trangram · 12 Mar 2024
738 pts
247 comments
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50
How I keep myself alive using Golang
bytesizego.com · ingve · 4 Mar 2024
726 pts
132 comments
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51
The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has Collapsed
twitter.com · repelsteeltje · 26 Mar 2024
726 pts
2 comments
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52
Launch HN: Aqua Voice (YC W24) – Voice-driven text editor
the_king · 26 Mar 2024
716 pts
244 comments
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53
Baltimore's Key Bridge struck by cargo ship, collapses
wbaltv.com · QuarterReptile · 26 Mar 2024
712 pts
1.1k comments
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55
The hunt for the missing data type
hillelwayne.com · todsacerdoti · 4 Mar 2024
690 pts
254 comments
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56
The return of the frame pointers
brendangregg.com · mfiguiere · 17 Mar 2024
684 pts
251 comments
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57
My favourite animation trick: exponential smoothing (2023)
lisyarus.github.io · atan2 · 8 Mar 2024
675 pts
378 comments
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58
Picotron Is a Fantasy Workstation
lexaloffle.com · celadevra_ · 22 Mar 2024
675 pts
192 comments
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59
Webb and Hubble confirm Universe's expansion rate
esa.int · thunderbong · 11 Mar 2024
670 pts
356 comments
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60
Building Meta's GenAI infrastructure
engineering.fb.com · mootpt · 12 Mar 2024
664 pts
303 comments
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