The Best Hacker News Posts of January 2026
We track 1,319 stories from January 2026, averaging 302 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 104 stories. Together they drew 253,279 comments, 192 per story on average.
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The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe
noheger.at · happosai · 11 Jan 2026
2.8k pts
1.2k comments
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Bose has released API docs and opened the API for its EoL SoundTouch speakers
arstechnica.com · rayrey · 8 Jan 2026
2.5k pts
396 comments
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3
It's hard to justify Tahoe icons
tonsky.me · lylejantzi3rd · 5 Jan 2026
2.5k pts
951 comments
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4
Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux
himthe.dev · bobsterlobster · 28 Jan 2026
1.9k pts
1.5k comments
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5
Antirender: remove the glossy shine on architectural renderings
antirender.com · iambateman · 30 Jan 2026
1.8k pts
453 comments
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6
Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes
reuters.com · jumpocelot · 3 Jan 2026
1.8k pts
4.7k comments
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Lessons from 14 years at Google
addyosmani.com · cdrnsf · 4 Jan 2026
1.7k pts
687 comments
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9
Vietnam bans unskippable ads
saigoneer.com · hoherd · 6 Jan 2026
1.6k pts
813 comments
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10
Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time
data.stackexchange.com · maartin0 · 3 Jan 2026
1.6k pts
999 comments
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TikTok users can't upload anti-ICE videos. The company blames tech issues
cnn.com · kotaKat · 27 Jan 2026
1.5k pts
1k comments
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12
ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data
eff.org · JKCalhoun · 25 Jan 2026
1.5k pts
969 comments
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13
Creators of Tailwind laid off 75% of their engineering team
github.com · kevlened · 7 Jan 2026
1.5k pts
840 comments
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14
ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering
alexharri.com · alexharri · 17 Jan 2026
1.4k pts
149 comments
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15
Show HN: isometric.nyc – giant isometric pixel art map of NYC
cannoneyed.com · cannoneyed · 22 Jan 2026
1.3k pts
241 comments
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16
Cowork: Claude Code for the rest of your work
claude.com · adocomplete · 12 Jan 2026
1.3k pts
565 comments
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17
Don't fall into the anti-AI hype
antirez.com · todsacerdoti · 11 Jan 2026
1.3k pts
1.6k comments
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Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app
macrumors.com · pier25 · 28 Jan 2026
1.1k pts
917 comments
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23
Publish on your own site, syndicate elsewhere
indieweb.org · 47thpresident · 2 Jan 2026
1.1k pts
248 comments
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25
US will ban Wall Street investors from buying single-family homes
reuters.com · kpw94 · 7 Jan 2026
1.1k pts
1.1k comments
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Microsoft gave FBI set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops
techcrunch.com · bookofjoe · 23 Jan 2026
1k pts
662 comments
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28
Apple picks Gemini to power Siri
cnbc.com · stygiansonic · 12 Jan 2026
1k pts
651 comments
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29
Cloudflare acquires Astro
astro.build · todotask2 · 16 Jan 2026
960 pts
391 comments
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30
FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE
nbcnews.com · duxup · 27 Jan 2026
955 pts
1.6k comments
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Vitamin D and Omega-3 have a larger effect on depression than antidepressants
blog.ncase.me · mijailt · 29 Jan 2026
954 pts
641 comments
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33
AI generated music barred from Bandcamp
old.reddit.com · cdrnsf · 13 Jan 2026
949 pts
726 comments
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We will ban you and ridicule you in public if you waste our time on crap reports
curl.se · latexr · 22 Jan 2026
949 pts
617 comments
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35
FBI raids Washington Post reporter's home
theguardian.com · echelon_musk · 14 Jan 2026
946 pts
582 comments
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36
There were BGP anomalies during the Venezuela blackout
loworbitsecurity.com · illithid0 · 5 Jan 2026
941 pts
449 comments
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37
GPTZero finds 100 new hallucinations in NeurIPS 2025 accepted papers
gptzero.me · segmenta · 22 Jan 2026
937 pts
507 comments
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38
Statement from Jerome Powell
federalreserve.gov · 0xedb · 12 Jan 2026
924 pts
808 comments
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39
A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last few weeks
twitter.com · bigwheels · 26 Jan 2026
913 pts
848 comments
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40
Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal
iranintl.com · mhb · 26 Jan 2026
908 pts
728 comments
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41
France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, etc.
twitter.com · bwb · 26 Jan 2026
900 pts
780 comments
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42
Mobile carriers can get your GPS location
an.dywa.ng · cbeuw · 31 Jan 2026
893 pts
582 comments
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43
Opus 4.5 is not the normal AI agent experience that I have had thus far
burkeholland.github.io · tbassetto · 6 Jan 2026
879 pts
1.4k comments
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44
Claude Cowork exfiltrates files
promptarmor.com · takira · 14 Jan 2026
870 pts
399 comments
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45
After two years of vibecoding, I'm back to writing by hand
atmoio.substack.com · mobitar · 26 Jan 2026
865 pts
634 comments
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46
I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too
notebookcheck.net · smurda · 11 Jan 2026
854 pts
800 comments
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47
If you put Apple icons in reverse it looks like someone getting good at design
mastodon.social · lateforwork · 17 Jan 2026
854 pts
321 comments
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48
2026 will be my year of the Linux desktop
xeiaso.net · todsacerdoti · 3 Jan 2026
835 pts
639 comments
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49
How to code Claude Code in 200 lines of code
mihaileric.com · nutellalover · 8 Jan 2026
816 pts
239 comments
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52
European Alternatives
european-alternatives.eu · s_dev · 23 Jan 2026
810 pts
512 comments
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53
The URL shortener that makes your links look as suspicious as possible
creepylink.com · dreadsword · 15 Jan 2026
807 pts
148 comments
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54
Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native
theregister.com · jamesblonde · 31 Jan 2026
806 pts
697 comments
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56
The unbearable joy of sitting alone in a café
candost.blog · mooreds · 4 Jan 2026
802 pts
434 comments
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57
Ask HN: How can we solve the loneliness epidemic?
publicdebates · 15 Jan 2026
799 pts
1.2k comments
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58
Sugar industry influenced researchers and blamed fat for CVD (2016)
ucsf.edu · aldarion · 7 Jan 2026
797 pts
501 comments
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59
Allow me to introduce, the Citroen C15
eupolicy.social · colinprince · 10 Jan 2026
792 pts
546 comments
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