The Best Hacker News Posts of September 2026
We track 199 stories from September 2026, averaging 8 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 22 stories. Together they drew 465 comments, 2 per story on average. The fastest riser we measured gained 90 points in a single hour.
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2004 RuneScape fit a multiplayer RPG into 56k dial-up
jkm.dev · fagnerbrack · 1 Sep 2026
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96 pts
47 comments
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Restroom Archive
restroomarchive.com · jcalx · 1 Sep 2026
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87 pts
12 comments
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Ex-Crips leader found guilty in 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur
bbc.com · 1659447091 · 1 Sep 2026
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77 pts
34 comments
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Google Antigravity introduces Boost deep reasoning (/boost)
antigravity.google · simonpure · 1 Sep 2026
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65 pts
48 comments
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Tailcat: Tailscale Without Tailscale, by Tailscale
tailscale.com · ricochet11 · 1 Sep 2026
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63 pts
4 comments
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AI Can Make You Suck Faster Too
hermit-tech.com · degamad · 1 Sep 2026
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58 pts
59 comments
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RotaryCell: Making an unmodified rotary phone work over LTE with an ESP32-S3
github.com · jombib · 1 Sep 2026
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39 pts
4 comments
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DoltLite: A SQLite fork with Git-style version control, built with 2k agent PRs
dolthub.com · lbw1215 · 1 Sep 2026
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30 pts
14 comments
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Linus Torvalds' uEmacs – the editor he has used since the 1980s
github.com · oumua_don17 · 1 Sep 2026
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27 pts
0 comments
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California Lawmakers Pass Plug-In Solar Bill
nytimes.com · lxm · 1 Sep 2026
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24 pts
2 comments
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Apple Says OpenAI Is Destroying Evidence in Trade Secrets Case
bloomberg.com · sbulaev · 1 Sep 2026
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24 pts
0 comments
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Is MCP Good Yet?
ismcpgoodyet.com · handfuloflight · 1 Sep 2026
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23 pts
1 comments
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Vermell – Minimal, dependency-free C++ web framework using epoll
github.com · standar-donkey · 1 Sep 2026
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16 pts
6 comments
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Paint.NET Adds Experimental Wine/Linux Support
forums.paint.net · tech234a · 1 Sep 2026
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15 pts
1 comments
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ArXiv has almost 600 submissions today and most are AI slop
arxiv.org · marysminefnuf · 1 Sep 2026
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14 pts
7 comments
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Wendell Berry has died, age 92
nytimes.com · Curiositry · 1 Sep 2026
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10 pts
5 comments
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Building Without Predicting
sive.rs · Curiositry · 1 Sep 2026
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10 pts
2 comments
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OpenTS is a new open-source reconstruction of Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun
gamingonlinux.com · geoffbp · 1 Sep 2026
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9 pts
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Not Becoming a Cyborg
nolanlawson.com · Refreeze5224 · 1 Sep 2026
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9 pts
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Why Migrants Tend to Make the Countries They Move to Like the Ones They Left
twitter.com · MrBuddyCasino · 1 Sep 2026
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8 pts
1 comments
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Florida revokes permits for license plate readers on state highways
wusf.org · ilamont · 1 Sep 2026
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7 pts
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"Dagon" by H. P. Lovecraft
hplovecraft.com · thunderbong · 1 Sep 2026
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7 pts
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Inworld TTS Open Evaluation Toolkit: Reproducible TTS Evals
inworld.ai · rogilop · 1 Sep 2026
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6 pts
0 comments
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Celeris-1 Magnus: Fast hybrid diffusion model for agentic work
celeris.ai · mjshashank · 1 Sep 2026
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6 pts
0 comments
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Weird Little Guys of FOSS
drewdevault.com · airhangerf15 · 1 Sep 2026
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6 pts
0 comments
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Ask HN: Why do people get mad at AI pastes
ThinkAboutItt · 1 Sep 2026
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5 pts
5 comments
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Ask HN: Why are the high rep people on HN so stupid?
LowIqHn · 1 Sep 2026
5 pts
3 comments
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OpenAI to Cut Off AI Models for SpaceX-Owned Cursor
reuters.com · m463 · 1 Sep 2026
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5 pts
1 comments
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Retatrutide – people risk the gray market for the newest weight-loss drug
theguardian.com · andsoitis · 1 Sep 2026
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5 pts
1 comments
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Retiring from the Project (Vv221)
lists.debian.org · OsrsNeedsf2P · 1 Sep 2026
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5 pts
1 comments
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Rust Implementation of Tailscale
github.com · hazira · 1 Sep 2026
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5 pts
0 comments
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Yiddish's 'revival' points to its resilience as a portable homeland
theconversation.com · theanonymousone · 1 Sep 2026
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5 pts
0 comments
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CISA confirms hackers targeted over 100 US water systems during July
techcrunch.com · deepmem · 1 Sep 2026
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5 pts
0 comments
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Chinese court freezes $300M of Dutch chipmaker Nexperia assets in Wingtech case
reuters.com · giuliomagnifico · 1 Sep 2026
5 pts
0 comments
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Ex-Congressman George Santos Receives Kalshi's First-Ever Lifetime Ban
wsj.com · higginsniggins · 1 Sep 2026
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5 pts
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FTC, States Sue Amazon over Secret Ad Surcharge Scheme
ftc.gov · js2 · 1 Sep 2026
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5 pts
0 comments
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How My Students Think About AI
lesswrong.com · pella · 1 Sep 2026
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5 pts
0 comments
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Icelandic voters reject a resumption of EU membership negotiations
euronews.com · delichon · 1 Sep 2026
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4 pts
2 comments
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GTA 6's Relationship Mechanic Is 'Cheating' on Your Real-Life Partner and Break
ign.com · FannyJoeStyles · 1 Sep 2026
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4 pts
2 comments
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Duane Davis guilty in murder of Tupac Shakur
abcnews.com · colinprince · 1 Sep 2026
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4 pts
1 comments
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Lionel Messi announces retirement from Argentina's national team
washingtonpost.com · MehrdadKhnzd · 1 Sep 2026
4 pts
0 comments
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1Password Supports the Ethnic Cleansing of Europe
alilleybrinker.com · ricobecks · 1 Sep 2026
4 pts
0 comments
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Lapce – fast and powerful code editor
lap.dev · jcbhmr · 1 Sep 2026
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4 pts
0 comments
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Dissociation Isn't Always a Trauma Response
psychologytoday.com · thebeardisred · 1 Sep 2026
4 pts
0 comments
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Sony brings free TV to the PS5
theverge.com · ramn7 · 1 Sep 2026
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4 pts
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Astronomers detect fastest known star in Milky Way
theguardian.com · gmays · 1 Sep 2026
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4 pts
0 comments
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Tim Cook's full memo to Apple employees on his last day as CEO
9to5mac.com · soheilpro · 1 Sep 2026
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4 pts
0 comments
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Ask HN: Is Vibe coding the frontend okay for someone who is expert in DevOps?
skwasimin · 1 Sep 2026
3 pts
5 comments
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Tell HN: Remember to Change Your Filters
surprisetalk · 1 Sep 2026
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3 pts
1 comments
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A mysterious drone. A Mercedes RV. A Chinese intelligence puzzle in the New Mexi
cnn.com · pir8life4me · 1 Sep 2026
3 pts
1 comments
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Apple's New CEO Has One Job
durableadvantage.com · techdemic · 1 Sep 2026
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3 pts
1 comments
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Remote work offers flexibility–but at what cost to young workers' learning?
theconversation.com · billybuckwheat · 1 Sep 2026
3 pts
1 comments
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US Army secretary resigns after months of tension
bbc.com · tartoran · 1 Sep 2026
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3 pts
1 comments
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New party school rankings are out. See where your school is
usatoday.com · makerdiety · 1 Sep 2026
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3 pts
1 comments
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io_uring without readahead
frn.sh · theanonymousone · 1 Sep 2026
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3 pts
0 comments
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