The Best Hacker News Posts of September 2025
We track 1,258 stories from September 2025, averaging 287 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 74 stories. Together they drew 226,115 comments, 180 per story on average.
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Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year
mahadk.com · JustSkyfall · 18 Sep 2025
3.4k pts
1.5k comments
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A WebGL game where you deliver messages on a tiny planet
messenger.abeto.co · thecupisblue · 27 Sep 2025
2.1k pts
338 comments
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F-Droid and Google’s developer registration decree
f-droid.org · gumby271 · 29 Sep 2025
1.5k pts
564 comments
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Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says
reuters.com · mriguy · 19 Sep 2025
1.5k pts
1.9k comments
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Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of genocide in Gaza
middleeasteye.net · Qem · 16 Sep 2025
1.4k pts
1.4k comments
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Hosting a website on a disposable vape
bogdanthegeek.github.io · BogdanTheGeek · 15 Sep 2025
1.4k pts
472 comments
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8
NPM debug and chalk packages compromised
aikido.dev · universesquid · 8 Sep 2025
1.4k pts
757 comments
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9
Everything that's wrong with Google Search in one image
bitbytebit.substack.com · recroad · 24 Sep 2025
1.3k pts
723 comments
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10
Yt-dlp: Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads
github.com · phewlink · 24 Sep 2025
1.2k pts
611 comments
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Shai-Hulud malware attack: Tinycolor and over 40 NPM packages compromised
socket.dev · jamesberthoty · 16 Sep 2025
1.2k pts
1k comments
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12
Apple Photos app corrupts images
tenderlovemaking.com · pattyj · 17 Sep 2025
1.2k pts
439 comments
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13
I didn't bring my son to a museum to look at screens
sethpurcell.com · arch_deluxe · 10 Sep 2025
1.2k pts
392 comments
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14
Show HN: A store that generates products from anything you type in search
anycrap.shop · kafked · 13 Sep 2025
1.2k pts
333 comments
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15
You did this with an AI and you do not understand what you're doing here
hackerone.com · redbell · 22 Sep 2025
1.2k pts
542 comments
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17
Germany is not supporting ChatControl – blocking minority secured
digitalcourage.social · xyzal · 11 Sep 2025
1.1k pts
359 comments
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18
Want to piss off your IT department? Are the links not malicious looking enough?
phishyurl.com · jordigh · 18 Sep 2025
1.1k pts
320 comments
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19
I ditched Docker for Podman
codesmash.dev · codesmash · 5 Sep 2025
1.1k pts
654 comments
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30 minutes with a stranger
pudding.cool · MaxLeiter · 4 Sep 2025
1.1k pts
375 comments
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ChatControl: EU wants to scan all private messages, even in encrypted apps
metalhearf.fr · Metalhearf · 25 Sep 2025
1.1k pts
631 comments
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Show HN: Term.everything – Run any GUI app in the terminal
github.com · mmulet · 9 Sep 2025
1.1k pts
144 comments
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23
Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
nbcnews.com · david927 · 10 Sep 2025
1.1k pts
3.3k comments
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24
WASM 3.0 Completed
webassembly.org · todsacerdoti · 17 Sep 2025
1.1k pts
494 comments
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25
Terence Tao: The role of small organizations in society has shrunk significantly
mathstodon.xyz · bertman · 24 Sep 2025
1.1k pts
565 comments
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26
That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus
cybersect.substack.com · sixhobbits · 24 Sep 2025
1.1k pts
622 comments
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EU court rules nuclear energy is clean energy
weplanet.org · mpweiher · 12 Sep 2025
1.1k pts
1.2k comments
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30
Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
mitchivin.com · mitchivin · 7 Sep 2025
1k pts
323 comments
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31
The MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge
twitter.com · leephillips · 7 Sep 2025
1k pts
489 comments
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32
Nvidia buys $5B in Intel
tomshardware.com · stycznik · 18 Sep 2025
1k pts
616 comments
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33
Nine things I learned in ninety years
edwardpackard.com · coderintherye · 23 Sep 2025
1k pts
382 comments
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34
Man jailed for parole violations after refusing to decrypt his Tor node
reddit.com · heavyset_go · 16 Sep 2025
1k pts
369 comments
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Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5B to settle lawsuit with book authors
nytimes.com · acomjean · 5 Sep 2025
989 pts
737 comments
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38
Things you can do with a Software Defined Radio (2024)
blinry.org · mihau · 16 Sep 2025
976 pts
167 comments
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39
Denmark close to wiping out cancer-causing HPV strains after vaccine roll-out
gavi.org · slu · 16 Sep 2025
968 pts
360 comments
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41
Delete FROM users WHERE location = 'Iran';
gist.github.com · avestura · 23 Sep 2025
941 pts
802 comments
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42
How I, a non-developer, read the tutorial you, a developer, wrote for me
anniemueller.com · wonger_ · 22 Sep 2025
931 pts
444 comments
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43
Using Claude Code to modernize a 25-year-old kernel driver
dmitrybrant.com · dmitrybrant · 7 Sep 2025
929 pts
318 comments
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46
KDE is now my favorite desktop
kokada.dev · todsacerdoti · 18 Sep 2025
892 pts
742 comments
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48
Pontevedra, Spain declares its entire urban area a "reduced traffic zone"
greeneuropeanjournal.eu · robtherobber · 10 Sep 2025
873 pts
947 comments
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Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its tech in mass surveillance of Palestinians
theguardian.com · helsinkiandrew · 25 Sep 2025
873 pts
773 comments
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50
I replaced Animal Crossing's dialogue with a live LLM by hacking GameCube memory
joshfonseca.com · vuciv · 10 Sep 2025
869 pts
185 comments
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51
Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contracts
cnbc.com · colesantiago · 2 Sep 2025
864 pts
632 comments
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52
Play snake in the URL address bar
demian.ferrei.ro · macote · 28 Sep 2025
860 pts
92 comments
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54
UTF-8 is a brilliant design
iamvishnu.com · vishnuharidas · 12 Sep 2025
849 pts
348 comments
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Privacy Badger is a free browser extension made by EFF to stop spying
privacybadger.org · doener · 28 Sep 2025
849 pts
334 comments
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59
Ultrasonic Chef's Knife
seattleultrasonics.com · hemloc_io · 20 Sep 2025
824 pts
671 comments
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Stripe Launches L1 Blockchain: Tempo
tempo.xyz · _nvs · 4 Sep 2025
808 pts
1.1k comments
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