The Best Hacker News Posts of April 2026

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Ghostty is leaving GitHub mitchellh.com · WadeGrimridge · 28 Apr 2026

3.5k pts 1.1k comments

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Git commands I run before reading any code piechowski.io · grepsedawk · 8 Apr 2026

2.3k pts 509 comments

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Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price wheelfront.com · Kaibeezy · 22 Apr 2026

2.3k pts 779 comments

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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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Zed 1.0 zed.dev · salkahfi · 29 Apr 2026

2.2k pts 690 comments

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DeepSeek v4 api-docs.deepseek.com · impact_sy · 24 Apr 2026

2.1k pts 1.6k comments

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Claude Opus 4.7 anthropic.com · meetpateltech · 16 Apr 2026

2k pts 1.5k 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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LinkedIn is searching your browser extensions browsergate.eu · digitalWestie · 2 Apr 2026

1.9k pts 770 comments

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Google releases Gemma 4 open models deepmind.google · jeffmcjunkin · 2 Apr 2026

1.8k pts 474 comments

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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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Your phone is about to stop being yours keepandroidopen.org · doener · 28 Apr 2026

1.7k pts 889 comments

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GPT-5.5 openai.com · rd · 23 Apr 2026

1.6k pts 1.1k 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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Copy Fail copy.fail · unsnap_biceps · 29 Apr 2026

1.5k pts 516 comments

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Framework Laptop 13 Pro frame.work · Trollmann · 21 Apr 2026

1.5k pts 769 comments

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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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EFF is leaving X eff.org · gregsadetsky · 9 Apr 2026

1.4k pts 1.3k comments

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Filing the corners off my MacBooks kentwalters.com · normanvalentine · 10 Apr 2026

1.4k pts 678 comments

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LittleSnitch for Linux obdev.at · pluc · 9 Apr 2026

1.4k pts 461 comments

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Claude Design anthropic.com · meetpateltech · 17 Apr 2026

1.2k pts 762 comments

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Cursor Camp neal.fun · bpierre · 29 Apr 2026

1.2k pts 195 comments

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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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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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Laws of Software Engineering lawsofsoftwareengineering.com · milanm081 · 21 Apr 2026

1.2k pts 529 comments

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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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DaVinci Resolve – Photo blackmagicdesign.com · thebiblelover7 · 14 Apr 2026

1.1k pts 296 comments

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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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Claude Code Unpacked : A visual guide ccunpacked.dev · autocracy101 · 1 Apr 2026

1.1k pts 400 comments

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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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I am building a cloud crawshaw.io · bumbledraven · 23 Apr 2026

1.1k pts 563 comments

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Artemis II Launch Day Updates nasa.gov · apitman · 1 Apr 2026

1.1k pts 956 comments

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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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Artemis II crew take “spectacular” image of Earth bbc.com · andsoitis · 3 Apr 2026

1.1k pts 387 comments

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Where the goblins came from openai.com · ilreb · 30 Apr 2026

1.1k pts 660 comments

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ChatGPT Images 2.0 openai.com · wahnfrieden · 21 Apr 2026

1k pts 975 comments

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Windows 9x Subsystem for Linux social.hails.org · sohkamyung · 22 Apr 2026

1k pts 255 comments

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Codex for almost everything openai.com · mikeevans · 16 Apr 2026

1k pts 559 comments

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1D Chess rowan441.github.io · burnt-resistor · 10 Apr 2026

1k pts 178 comments

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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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Stop Flock stopflock.com · cdrnsf · 14 Apr 2026

993 pts 308 comments

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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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Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive and revenue-sharing deal bloomberg.com · helsinkiandrew · 27 Apr 2026

990 pts 845 comments

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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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Online age verification is the hill to die on x.com · Cider9986 · 29 Apr 2026

974 pts 711 comments

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I cancelled Claude: Token issues, declining quality, and poor support nickyreinert.de · y42 · 24 Apr 2026

971 pts 582 comments

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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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Lunar Flyby nasa.gov · kipi · 7 Apr 2026

964 pts 245 comments

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Show HN: A game where you build a GPU jaso1024.com · Jaso1024 · 4 Apr 2026

964 pts 187 comments

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Eight years of wanting, three months of building with AI lalitm.com · brilee · 5 Apr 2026

959 pts 301 comments

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An update on recent Claude Code quality reports anthropic.com · mfiguiere · 23 Apr 2026

942 pts 732 comments