The Best Hacker News Posts of April 2024
We track 1,230 stories from April 2024, averaging 250 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 127 stories. Together they drew 169,420 comments.
1
Meta Llama 3
llama.meta.com · bratao · 18 Apr 2024
2.2k pts
923 comments
2
The man who killed Google Search?
wheresyoured.at · elorant · 23 Apr 2024
1.9k pts
878 comments
3
Equinox.space
equinox.space · fragmede · 22 Apr 2024
1.6k pts
326 comments
4
Mario meets Pareto
mayerowitz.io · superMayo · 4 Apr 2024
1.6k pts
177 comments
5
Leaving Rust gamedev after 3 years
loglog.games · darthdeus · 26 Apr 2024
1.5k pts
972 comments
6
This is a teenager
pudding.cool · gmays · 16 Apr 2024
1.4k pts
813 comments
7
Hardest problem in computer science: centering things
tonsky.me · tobr · 17 Apr 2024
1.4k pts
455 comments
8
'Lavender': The AI machine directing Israel's bombing in Gaza
972mag.com · contemporary343 · 3 Apr 2024
1.4k pts
1.4k comments
9
Obituary for a quiet life (2023)
bittersoutherner.com · conanxin · 14 Apr 2024
1.4k pts
293 comments
10
LLaMA now goes faster on CPUs
justine.lol · lawrencechen · 1 Apr 2024
1.4k pts
451 comments
11
Anatomy of a credit card rewards program
bitsaboutmoney.com · disgruntledphd2 · 4 Apr 2024
1.3k pts
733 comments
12
Descent 3 Source Code
github.com · kevin42 · 16 Apr 2024
1.3k pts
324 comments
13
FTC announces rule banning noncompetes
ftc.gov · null0ranje · 23 Apr 2024
1.2k pts
500 comments
14
Yes, social media is a cause of the epidemic of teenage mental illness
afterbabel.com · throwup238 · 9 Apr 2024
1.2k pts
1.2k comments
15
The Wi-Fi only works when it's raining
predr.ag · bonyt · 1 Apr 2024
1.1k pts
324 comments
16
Google made me ruin a perfectly good website (2023)
theluddite.org · MrVandemar · 27 Apr 2024
1.1k pts
529 comments
17
Webb captures iconic Horsehead Nebula in unprecedented detail
esa.int · rbanffy · 29 Apr 2024
1.1k pts
301 comments
18
Timeline of the xz open source attack
research.swtch.com · todsacerdoti · 2 Apr 2024
1.1k pts
459 comments
19
Tips for linking shell companies to their secret owners
gijn.org · chippy · 3 Apr 2024
1.1k pts
496 comments
20
Llm.c – LLM training in simple, pure C/CUDA
github.com · tosh · 8 Apr 2024
1.1k pts
168 comments
21
FCC votes to restore net neutrality rules
nytimes.com · throwup238 · 25 Apr 2024
1k pts
564 comments
22
Visualizing Attention, a Transformer's Heart [video]
3blue1brown.com · rohitpaulk · 14 Apr 2024
999 pts
172 comments
23
Printing Music with CSS Grid
cruncher.ch · speckx · 30 Apr 2024
996 pts
82 comments
24
A curious phenomenon called 'Etak'
maphappenings.com · MBCook · 16 Apr 2024
982 pts
207 comments
25
Krazam OS
krazam.tv · zdgeier · 22 Apr 2024
975 pts
185 comments
26
Passkeys: A shattered dream
fy.blackhats.net.au · nmjenkins · 26 Apr 2024
969 pts
773 comments
27
Daniel Dennett has died
dailynous.com · mellosouls · 19 Apr 2024
952 pts
630 comments
28
Peter Higgs, physicist who discovered Higgs boson, has died
theguardian.com · grahameb · 9 Apr 2024
945 pts
104 comments
29
Programming Is Mostly Thinking (2014)
agileotter.blogspot.com · ingve · 21 Apr 2024
891 pts
322 comments
30
You are what you read, even if you don't always remember it
blog.jim-nielsen.com · herbertl · 25 Apr 2024
887 pts
444 comments
31
Show HN: I made a new sensor out of 3D printer filament for my PhD
paulbupejr.com · 00702 · 11 Apr 2024
886 pts
130 comments
32
Xzbot: Notes, honeypot, and exploit demo for the xz backdoor
github.com · q3k · 1 Apr 2024
849 pts
469 comments
33
Hacked Nvidia 4090 GPU driver to enable P2P
github.com · nikitml · 12 Apr 2024
829 pts
336 comments
34
Biden signs TikTok bill into law, starting clock for ByteDance to divest
theverge.com · vyrotek · 24 Apr 2024
819 pts
1.7k comments
35
Open Sourcing DOS 4
hanselman.com · ndiddy · 25 Apr 2024
809 pts
368 comments
36
Meta Horizon OS
meta.com · ahiknsr · 22 Apr 2024
790 pts
649 comments
37
Why SQLite Uses Bytecode
sqlite.org · todsacerdoti · 30 Apr 2024
790 pts
221 comments
38
NASA's Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth
blogs.nasa.gov · jonathankoren · 22 Apr 2024
780 pts
206 comments
39
CFPB Takes Action Against Coding Boot Camp BloomTech and CEO Austen Allred
consumerfinance.gov · Jimmc414 · 17 Apr 2024
762 pts
343 comments
40
Ask HN: What is the most useless project you have worked on?
panqueca · 5 Apr 2024
760 pts
767 comments
41
AI-generated sad girl with piano performs the text of the MIT License
twitter.com · amichail · 4 Apr 2024
748 pts
273 comments
42
Anyone got a contact at OpenAI. They have a spider problem
mailman.nanog.org · speckx · 11 Apr 2024
743 pts
375 comments
43
Apple users are being locked out of their Apple IDs with no explanation
9to5mac.com · alwillis · 27 Apr 2024
732 pts
516 comments
44
Show HN: I made a privacy friendly and simple app to track my menstruation
play.google.com · stormqueen · 29 Apr 2024
732 pts
196 comments
45
Airlines required to refund passengers for canceled, delayed flights
abcnews.go.com · vyrotek · 24 Apr 2024
725 pts
348 comments
46
The NSA is just days away from taking over the internet
twitter.com · croes · 17 Apr 2024
718 pts
389 comments
47
Husband and wife outed as GRU spies aiding bombings and poisonings across Europe
theins.ru · dralley · 29 Apr 2024
708 pts
468 comments
48
An open source initiative to share and compare heat pump performance data
heatpumpmonitor.org · protontypes · 12 Apr 2024
708 pts
340 comments
49
Calculus Made Easy
calculusmadeeasy.org · susam · 18 Apr 2024
698 pts
217 comments
50
I Lost Faith in Kagi
d-shoot.net · Tomte · 12 Apr 2024
695 pts
607 comments
51
Justice Department to file antitrust suit against Live Nation
wsj.com · winstonprivacy · 16 Apr 2024
693 pts
378 comments
52
I should have loved biology (2020)
jsomers.net · paulgb · 21 Apr 2024
685 pts
253 comments
53
Embeddings are a good starting point for the AI curious app developer
bawolf.substack.com · bryantwolf · 17 Apr 2024
675 pts
174 comments
54
Show HN: I've built a locally running Perplexity clone
github.com · nilsherzig · 3 Apr 2024
669 pts
133 comments
55
Borgo is a statically typed language that compiles to Go
github.com · manx · 30 Apr 2024
666 pts
545 comments
56
AI-generated sad girl with piano performs the text of the MIT License
suno.com · hongsy · 11 Apr 2024
666 pts
368 comments
57
US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana
apnews.com · JacobHenner · 30 Apr 2024
662 pts
863 comments
58
No one buys books
elysian.press · AlbertCory · 22 Apr 2024
662 pts
635 comments
59
Pyinfra: Automate Infrastructure Using Python
pyinfra.com · InitEnabler · 30 Apr 2024
644 pts
217 comments
60
How to found a company in Germany: 14 "easy" steps and lots of pain
eidel.io · olieidel · 7 Apr 2024
633 pts
998 comments