The Best Hacker News Posts of April 2026
We track 1,351 stories from April 2026, averaging 322 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 116 stories. Together they drew 240,837 comments, 178 per story on average.
1
Ghostty is leaving GitHub
mitchellh.com · WadeGrimridge · 28 Apr 2026
3.5k pts
1.1k comments
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2
Git commands I run before reading any code
piechowski.io · grepsedawk · 8 Apr 2026
2.3k pts
509 comments
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3
Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price
wheelfront.com · Kaibeezy · 22 Apr 2026
2.3k pts
779 comments
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4
Sam Altman may control our future – can he be trusted?
newyorker.com · adrianhon · 6 Apr 2026
2.2k pts
916 comments
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John Ternus to become Apple CEO
apple.com · schappim · 20 Apr 2026
2.2k pts
1.3k comments
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I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii
bryankeller.github.io · blkhp19 · 8 Apr 2026
1.9k pts
328 comments
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10
LinkedIn is searching your browser extensions
browsergate.eu · digitalWestie · 2 Apr 2026
1.9k pts
770 comments
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11
Google releases Gemma 4 open models
deepmind.google · jeffmcjunkin · 2 Apr 2026
1.8k pts
474 comments
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12
Google broke its promise to me – now ICE has my data
eff.org · Brajeshwar · 15 Apr 2026
1.7k pts
765 comments
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13
Your phone is about to stop being yours
keepandroidopen.org · doener · 28 Apr 2026
1.7k pts
889 comments
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Project Glasswing: Securing critical software for the AI era
anthropic.com · Ryan5453 · 7 Apr 2026
1.5k pts
836 comments
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18
All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027
theolivepress.es · ramonga · 20 Apr 2026
1.4k pts
1.3k comments
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20
Filing the corners off my MacBooks
kentwalters.com · normanvalentine · 10 Apr 2026
1.4k pts
678 comments
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22
Issue: Claude Code is unusable for complex engineering tasks with Feb updates
github.com · StanAngeloff · 6 Apr 2026
1.4k pts
753 comments
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23
Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention "OpenClaw"
twitter.com · elmean · 30 Apr 2026
1.3k pts
720 comments
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24
Decisions that eroded trust in Azure – by a former Azure Core engineer
isolveproblems.substack.com · axelriet · 2 Apr 2026
1.3k pts
648 comments
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25
Microsoft terminated the account VeraCrypt used to sign Windows drivers
sourceforge.net · super256 · 8 Apr 2026
1.3k pts
501 comments
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26
Artemis II safely splashes down
cbsnews.com · areoform · 11 Apr 2026
1.3k pts
453 comments
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Small models also found the vulnerabilities that Mythos found
aisle.com · dominicq · 11 Apr 2026
1.3k pts
341 comments
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Qwen3.6-35B-A3B: Agentic coding power, now open to all
qwen.ai · cmitsakis · 16 Apr 2026
1.3k pts
532 comments
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29
HERMES.md in commit messages causes requests to route to extra usage billing
github.com · homebrewer · 29 Apr 2026
1.3k pts
531 comments
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32
The West forgot how to make things, now it’s forgetting how to code
techtrenches.dev · milkglass · 26 Apr 2026
1.2k pts
851 comments
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33
Someone bought 30 WordPress plugins and planted a backdoor in all of them
anchor.host · speckx · 13 Apr 2026
1.2k pts
341 comments
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34
Laws of Software Engineering
lawsofsoftwareengineering.com · milanm081 · 21 Apr 2026
1.2k pts
529 comments
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35
Tell HN: Docker pull fails in Spain due to football Cloudflare block
littlecranky67 · 12 Apr 2026
1.2k pts
421 comments
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36
DaVinci Resolve – Photo
blackmagicdesign.com · thebiblelover7 · 14 Apr 2026
1.1k pts
296 comments
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37
Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others
rareese.com · rrreese · 14 Apr 2026
1.1k pts
693 comments
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38
Claude Code Unpacked : A visual guide
ccunpacked.dev · autocracy101 · 1 Apr 2026
1.1k pts
400 comments
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39
I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it
ca98am79.medium.com · ca98am79 · 26 Apr 2026
1.1k pts
614 comments
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40
I am building a cloud
crawshaw.io · bumbledraven · 23 Apr 2026
1.1k pts
563 comments
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42
Tell HN: Anthropic no longer allowing Claude Code subscriptions to use OpenClaw
firloop · 3 Apr 2026
1.1k pts
827 comments
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43
Artemis II crew take “spectacular” image of Earth
bbc.com · andsoitis · 3 Apr 2026
1.1k pts
387 comments
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46
Windows 9x Subsystem for Linux
social.hails.org · sohkamyung · 22 Apr 2026
1k pts
255 comments
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47
Codex for almost everything
openai.com · mikeevans · 16 Apr 2026
1k pts
559 comments
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49
Qwen3.6-27B: Flagship-Level Coding in a 27B Dense Model
qwen.ai · mfiguiere · 22 Apr 2026
993 pts
458 comments
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51
The threat is comfortable drift toward not understanding what you're doing
ergosphere.blog · zaikunzhang · 5 Apr 2026
991 pts
630 comments
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52
Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive and revenue-sharing deal
bloomberg.com · helsinkiandrew · 27 Apr 2026
990 pts
845 comments
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53
I run multiple $10K MRR companies on a $20/month tech stack
stevehanov.ca · tradertef · 12 Apr 2026
980 pts
517 comments
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54
Online age verification is the hill to die on
x.com · Cider9986 · 29 Apr 2026
974 pts
711 comments
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55
I cancelled Claude: Token issues, declining quality, and poor support
nickyreinert.de · y42 · 24 Apr 2026
971 pts
582 comments
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56
Palantir employees are starting to wonder if they're the bad guys
wired.com · pavel_lishin · 23 Apr 2026
964 pts
705 comments
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58
Show HN: A game where you build a GPU
jaso1024.com · Jaso1024 · 4 Apr 2026
964 pts
187 comments
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59
Eight years of wanting, three months of building with AI
lalitm.com · brilee · 5 Apr 2026
959 pts
301 comments
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60
An update on recent Claude Code quality reports
anthropic.com · mfiguiere · 23 Apr 2026
942 pts
732 comments
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