The Best Hacker News Posts of February 2025
We track 1,171 stories from February 2025, averaging 287 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 93 stories. Together they drew 201,776 comments, 172 per story on average.
1
Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting
bbc.com · yakkomajuri · 28 Feb 2025
2.9k pts
5k comments
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2
Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Claude Code
anthropic.com · bakugo · 24 Feb 2025
2.1k pts
963 comments
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3
Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads
timsh.org · apokryptein · 2 Feb 2025
2k pts
607 comments
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4
Valve releases Team Fortress 2 code
github.com · davikr · 18 Feb 2025
1.9k pts
387 comments
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5
“A calculator app? Anyone could make that”
chadnauseam.com · pie_flavor · 16 Feb 2025
1.8k pts
430 comments
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Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row
bbc.com · helsinkiandrew · 21 Feb 2025
1.8k pts
1.1k comments
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The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE
wired.com · medler · 2 Feb 2025
1.7k pts
3k comments
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8
Teen on Musk's DOGE team graduated from 'The Com'
krebsonsecurity.com · mmsc · 8 Feb 2025
1.6k pts
1.8k comments
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9
Leaking the email of any YouTube user for $10k
brutecat.com · brutecat · 12 Feb 2025
1.6k pts
466 comments
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10
Show HN: I got laid off from Meta and created a minor hit on Steam
newobj · 26 Feb 2025
1.6k pts
356 comments
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11
I tasted Honda’s spicy rodent-repelling tape and I will do it again (2021)
haterade.substack.com · voxadam · 11 Feb 2025
1.6k pts
454 comments
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13
It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds
berthub.eu · Sami_Lehtinen · 23 Feb 2025
1.4k pts
800 comments
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14
All Kindles can now be jailbroken
kindlemodding.org · diana-404 · 17 Feb 2025
1.4k pts
423 comments
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15
Tell HN: Cloudflare is blocking Pale Moon and other non-mainstream browsers
Hold-And-Modify · 5 Feb 2025
1.3k pts
524 comments
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16
TypeScript types can run DOOM [video]
youtube.com · franky47 · 26 Feb 2025
1.3k pts
360 comments
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17
Undergraduate shows that searches within hash tables can be much faster
quantamagazine.org · Jhsto · 10 Feb 2025
1.3k pts
584 comments
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18
Ingesting PDFs and why Gemini 2.0 changes everything
sergey.fyi · serjester · 5 Feb 2025
1.3k pts
447 comments
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19
Meta torrented & seeded 81.7 TB dataset containing copyrighted data
arstechnica.com · gameshot911 · 7 Feb 2025
1.3k pts
938 comments
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20
EA Open Sources Command and Conquer: Red Alert, along with other games
github.com · Klaster_1 · 27 Feb 2025
1.3k pts
325 comments
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21
I Went to SQL Injection Court
sockpuppet.org · mrkurt · 25 Feb 2025
1.2k pts
435 comments
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22
Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass
touchgrass.now · risquer · 24 Feb 2025
1.2k pts
268 comments
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23
How to gain code execution on hundreds of millions of people and popular apps
kibty.town · xyzeva · 28 Feb 2025
1.2k pts
319 comments
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24
Apple ordered by UK to create global iCloud encryption backdoor
macrumors.com · throw0101d · 7 Feb 2025
1.1k pts
4 comments
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Anyone can push updates to the doge.gov website
404media.co · mahkeiro · 14 Feb 2025
1.1k pts
1.1k comments
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28
Resigning as Asahi Linux project lead
marcan.st · Shank · 13 Feb 2025
1.1k pts
997 comments
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29
DOGE's only public ledger is riddled with mistakes
nytimes.com · belter · 22 Feb 2025
1.1k pts
1.5k comments
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32
Welcome to Ladybird, a truly independent web browser
github.com · goplayoutside · 28 Feb 2025
994 pts
331 comments
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33
Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more
blog.plover.com · JNRowe · 10 Feb 2025
993 pts
449 comments
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34
My Life in Weeks
weeks.ginatrapani.org · bookofjoe · 15 Feb 2025
984 pts
262 comments
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35
I found a backdoor into my bed
trufflesecurity.com · riverdroid · 21 Feb 2025
980 pts
385 comments
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36
What's happening inside the NIH and NSF
science.org · rrock · 4 Feb 2025
957 pts
1.5k comments
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37
The year I didn't survive
bessstillman.substack.com · LaurenSerino · 12 Feb 2025
949 pts
262 comments
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38
Privacy Pass Authentication for Kagi Search
blog.kagi.com · b3n · 13 Feb 2025
939 pts
341 comments
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39
Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines? How to thrive in a ChatGPT world
thebullshitmachines.com · ctbergstrom · 9 Feb 2025
930 pts
603 comments
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40
El Salvador abandons Bitcoin as legal tender
ticotimes.net · smallerfish · 4 Feb 2025
927 pts
858 comments
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42
Asahi Linux lead developer Hector Martin resigns from Linux kernel
lkml.org · Mond_ · 7 Feb 2025
918 pts
1k comments
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43
Mozilla deletes promise to never sell Firefox data
twitter.com · notRobot · 28 Feb 2025
901 pts
7 comments
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44
DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data
theatlantic.com · perihelions · 20 Feb 2025
884 pts
1.7k comments
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45
Software development topics I've changed my mind on
chriskiehl.com · belter · 5 Feb 2025
873 pts
776 comments
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46
FFmpeg School of Assembly Language
github.com · davikr · 22 Feb 2025
869 pts
220 comments
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47
Chat is a bad UI pattern for development tools
danieldelaney.net · cryptophreak · 4 Feb 2025
858 pts
417 comments
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48
The hardest working font in Manhattan
aresluna.org · robinhouston · 14 Feb 2025
857 pts
118 comments
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51
CDC: Unpublished manuscripts mentioning certain topics must be pulled or revised
insidemedicine.substack.com · KittenInABox · 2 Feb 2025
844 pts
721 comments
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52
"When you upload or input information through Firefox, you grant us a license"
mozilla.org · tomp · 28 Feb 2025
839 pts
9 comments
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53
Multiple Russia-aligned threat actors actively targeting Signal Messenger
cloud.google.com · karel-3d · 19 Feb 2025
836 pts
289 comments
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54
Show HN: Live-updating version of the 'What a week, huh?' meme
tintin.dlazaro.ca · dnlzro · 18 Feb 2025
834 pts
154 comments
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55
Show HN: Immersive Gaussian Splat experience of Sutro Tower, San Francisco
vincentwoo.com · akanet · 20 Feb 2025
825 pts
193 comments
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56
X users are unable to post “Signal.me” links
disruptionist.com · confusing3478 · 17 Feb 2025
803 pts
758 comments
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57
'The tyranny of apps': those without smartphones are unfairly penalised
theguardian.com · zeristor · 22 Feb 2025
788 pts
841 comments
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58
Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other extensions in Edge
neowin.net · thombles · 28 Feb 2025
787 pts
514 comments
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59
When imperfect systems are good: Bluesky's lossy timelines
jazco.dev · cyndunlop · 19 Feb 2025
785 pts
304 comments
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60
You're not a senior engineer until you've worked on a legacy project (2023)
infobip.com · tonkkatonka · 14 Feb 2025
783 pts
412 comments
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