Writing toy software is a joy(blog.jsbarretto.com)
726 points by bundie | 281 comments
A blog post arguing that programmers should write more small toy programs to learn deeply, citing Feynman's "What I cannot create, I do not understand."
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A new PNG spec(programmax.net)
610 points by bluedel | 553 comments
A blog post announcing the release of a new PNG specification after two decades of stalled progress and explaining why it matters.
Fun with uv and PEP 723(cottongeeks.com)
589 points by deepakjois | 205 comments
A blog post explaining how to use the uv package manager and PEP 723 inline script metadata to run one-off Python scripts with dependencies.
Thnickels(thick-coins.net)
484 points by jxmorris12 | 103 comments
A retro-styled personal website by "Theodore Nichols" promoting extra-thick novelty coins called thnickels, with updates and pre-orders.
Microsoft Edit(github.com)
454 points by ethanpil | 271 comments
GitHub repository for Microsoft Edit, an open-source terminal text editor written in Rust under the MIT license.
Starship: The minimal, fast, and customizable prompt for any shell(starship.rs)
419 points by benoitg | 188 comments
Homepage of Starship, a minimal, fast, customizable cross-shell prompt written in Rust.
PlasticList – Plastic Levels in Foods(plasticlist.org)
418 points by homebrewer | 167 comments
PlasticList is a searchable database of lab-tested plastic chemical levels (nanograms per serving) in common foods, with downloadable TSV data.
Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme(dublinlive.ie)
406 points by miles | 317 comments
Dublin Live news article reporting a man was allegedly refused entry to the US after border officers found a bald JD Vance meme on his phone.
Finding a 27-year-old easter egg in the Power Mac G3 ROM(downtowndougbrown.com)
374 points by zdw | 109 comments
Blog post by Doug Brown describing his discovery of an undocumented easter egg hidden in the Power Macintosh G3 ROM using Hex Fiend.
Basic Facts about GPUs(damek.github.io)
306 points by ibobev | 66 comments
Can your terminal do emojis? How big?(dgl.cx)
166 points by dgl | 150 comments
Tell HN: Meta developer account suspended
124 points by ArthurVL1 | 51 comments
Atuin – Magical Shell History(atuin.sh)
90 points by tosh | 33 comments
c4wa – C compiler for Web Assembly(github.com)
76 points by 90s_dev | 15 comments
