Show HN: Free, in-browser PDF editor(breezepdf.com)
705 points by philjohnson | 145 comments
Landing page for Breeze PDF, a free PDF editor that runs entirely offline in the browser without uploads or sign-up.
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Accountability Sinks(250bpm.substack.com)
537 points by msustrik | 328 comments
Martin Sustrik's 250bpm Substack essay on accountability sinks and accountability engineering in the design of institutions.
Why Archers Didn't Volley Fire(acoup.blog)
450 points by StefanBatory | 253 comments
A blog essay on A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry explaining why historical archers did not use synchronized volley fire as often depicted in films.
DuckDB is probably the most important geospatial software of the last decade(dbreunig.com)
444 points by dbreunig | 139 comments
Blog post by Drew Breunig arguing that DuckDB's spatial extension has made geospatial data accessible to far more people than specialized GIS tools.
We fell out of love with Next.js and back in love with Ruby on Rails(hardcover.app)
432 points by mike1o1 | 372 comments
Hardcover blog post by Adam Fortuna explaining why the team moved from Next.js back to Ruby on Rails with Inertia.js.
Gorgeous-GRUB: collection of decent community-made GRUB themes(github.com)
406 points by todsacerdoti | 113 comments
GitHub repository collecting community-made GRUB bootloader themes, with installation instructions and contribution guidelines.
Time saved by AI offset by new work created, study suggests(arstechnica.com)
392 points by amichail | 362 comments
Ars Technica article on a study of 2023–2024 survey data finding that AI's time savings are offset by new tasks it creates for workers.
Buffett to step down following six-decade run atop Berkshire(bloomberg.com)
373 points by mfiguiere | 299 comments
Bloomberg news article reporting that Warren Buffett will step down as head of Berkshire Hathaway at year-end after six decades leading the company.
Why can't HTML alone do includes?(frontendmasters.com)
363 points by susam | 336 comments
A Frontend Masters blog post exploring why HTML has no native way to include other HTML files and what the options and history are.
When flat rate movers won't answer your calls(aphyr.com)
335 points by kevincox | 263 comments
Aphyr's blog post recounting a damaged interstate move with Flat Rate Movers and how he got compensation by contacting their insurer via the FMCSA database.
Minimum Viable Blog(ostwilkens.se)
332 points by jlundberg | 162 comments
A personal blog post by Carl Öst Wilkens describing requirements and setup for a minimal statically built blog on his own domain.
QModem 4.51 Source Code(github.com)
202 points by AaronFriel | 73 comments
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How LWN is faring in 2025(lwn.net)
100 points by leephillips | 15 comments
Closures in Tcl(world-playground-deceit.net)
73 points by andsoitis | 25 comments
Burning Mao(granta.com)
53 points by bookofjoe | 42 comments
MathML with Pandoc(leancrew.com)
46 points by goranmoomin | 9 comments
VMOS – Virtual Android on Android(vmos.com)
45 points by danboarder | 15 comments
Vuntra City(vuntracity.com)
24 points by ibobev | 7 comments
