The Best Hacker News Posts of 2026

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Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans news.ycombinator.com · usefulposter · 11 Mar 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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Statement on US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 anthropic.com · Dylan1312 · 13 Jun 2026

3.2k pts 2.3k comments

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Show HN: I replaced a $120k bowling center system with $1,600 in ESP32s section33 · 19 Jul 2026

2.9k pts 360 comments

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Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War anthropic.com · qwertox · 26 Feb 2026

2.9k pts 1.6k comments

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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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We Will Not Be Divided notdivided.org · BloondAndDoom · 28 Feb 2026

2.6k pts 841 comments

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Claude Fable 5 anthropic.com · Philpax · 9 Jun 2026

2.6k pts 2.2k 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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It's hard to justify Tahoe icons tonsky.me · lylejantzi3rd · 5 Jan 2026

2.5k pts 951 comments

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Claude Code is steganographically marking requests thereallo.dev · kirushik · 30 Jun 2026

2.4k pts 750 comments

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Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS motorolanews.com · km · 2 Mar 2026

2.4k pts 884 comments

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Claude Opus 4.6 anthropic.com · HellsMaddy · 5 Feb 2026

2.3k pts 1k comments

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An AI agent published a hit piece on me theshamblog.com · scottshambaugh · 12 Feb 2026

2.3k pts 951 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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Keep Android Open f-droid.org · LorenDB · 20 Feb 2026

2.3k pts 737 comments

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The newest Instagram “exploit” is the goofiest I've seen 0xsid.com · ssiddharth · 1 Jun 2026

2.2k pts 491 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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Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler grapheneos.social · ChuckMcM · 10 May 2026

2.2k pts 755 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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Kimi K3: Open Frontier Intelligence kimi.com · vincent_s · 16 Jul 2026

2.1k pts 1.2k comments

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I believe there are entire companies right now under AI psychosis twitter.com · reasonableklout · 15 May 2026

2.1k pts 1.3k comments

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Claude Code's source code has been leaked via a map file in their NPM registry twitter.com · treexs · 31 Mar 2026

2.1k pts 1k 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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IDF killed Gaza aid workers at point blank range in 2025 massacre: Report dropsitenews.com · Qem · 24 Feb 2026

2.1k pts 997 comments

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Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month theverge.com · x01 · 9 Feb 2026

2k pts 2k comments

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Tony Hoare has died blog.computationalcomplexity.org · speckx · 10 Mar 2026

2k pts 268 comments

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I'm Tired of Talking to AI orchidfiles.com · theorchid · 27 May 2026

2k pts 950 comments

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MacBook Neo apple.com · dm · 4 Mar 2026

2k pts 2.3k comments

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

2k pts 1.5k comments

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Microgpt karpathy.github.io · tambourine_man · 1 Mar 2026

1.9k pts 324 comments

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Axios compromised on NPM – Malicious versions drop remote access trojan stepsecurity.io · mtud · 31 Mar 2026

1.9k pts 807 comments

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OpenAI – How to delete your account help.openai.com · carlosrg · 28 Feb 2026

1.9k pts 362 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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Steam Machine launches today store.steampowered.com · theschwa · 22 Jun 2026

1.9k pts 1.7k comments

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Local AI needs to be the norm unix.foo · cylo · 10 May 2026

1.9k pts 749 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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Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux himthe.dev · bobsterlobster · 28 Jan 2026

1.9k pts 1.5k comments

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Don't be a meat proxy gruhn.me · ngruhn · 3 Aug 2026

1.8k pts 742 comments

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Antirender: remove the glossy shine on architectural renderings antirender.com · iambateman · 30 Jan 2026

1.8k pts 453 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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Claude Opus 5 anthropic.com · alvis · 24 Jul 2026

1.8k pts 1.3k comments

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Claude Opus 4.8 anthropic.com · craigmart · 28 May 2026

1.8k pts 1.4k comments

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Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes reuters.com · jumpocelot · 3 Jan 2026

1.8k pts 4.7k comments

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Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin pcworld.com · DemiGuru · 14 Aug 2026

1.8k pts 718 comments

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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent thatprivacyguy.com · john-doe · 5 May 2026

1.8k pts 1.1k comments

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If you are asking for human attention, demonstrate human effort tombedor.dev · jjfoooo4 · 11 Jun 2026

1.8k pts 503 comments

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Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license digitalfoundry.net · haunter · 6 May 2026

1.7k pts 593 comments

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Android Developer Verification: Threat masquerading as protection f-droid.org · drewfax · 2 Jul 2026

1.7k pts 746 comments

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An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time scrollprize.org · verditelabs · 25 Jun 2026

1.7k pts 369 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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Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence blog.curiousquail.com · speckx · 20 Aug 2026

1.7k pts 400 comments

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Show HN: Elevators john.fun · Jrh0203 · 31 Jul 2026

1.7k pts 415 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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Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated CliffStoll · 6 May 2026

1.7k pts 258 comments

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The Age Verification Trap: Verifying age undermines everyone's data protection spectrum.ieee.org · oldnetguy · 23 Feb 2026

1.7k pts 1.3k comments

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Apple sues OpenAI, accuses ex-employees of stealing trade secrets 9to5mac.com · stock_toaster · 10 Jul 2026

1.7k pts 967 comments