Cloudflare acquires Astro(astro.build)
913 points by todotask2 | 382 comments
Astro blog post announcing that the Astro web framework team is joining Cloudflare through an acquisition.
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STFU(github.com)
912 points by tanelpoder | 546 comments
GitHub repository for STFU, a small single-page HTML web app by Pankaj Tanwar, MIT licensed and hosted at stfu.pankajtanwar.in.
Cursor's latest “browser experiment” implied success without evidence(embedding-shapes.github.io)
690 points by embedding-shape | 296 comments
Blog post arguing that Cursor's 'Scaling long-running autonomous coding' browser-building experiment implied success without providing evidence.
East Germany balloon escape(en.wikipedia.org)
688 points by robertvc | 286 comments
Wikipedia article on the 1979 escape of two families from East Germany to West Germany in a homemade hot air balloon.
Just the Browser(justthebrowser.com)
528 points by cl3misch | 246 comments
Just the Browser is an open-source project of configuration files and install scripts that remove AI features, telemetry, and sponsored content from desktop web browsers.
6-Day and IP Address Certificates Are Generally Available(letsencrypt.org)
490 points by jaas | 271 comments
Let's Encrypt blog post announcing general availability of short-lived six-day (160-hour) certificates and IP address certificates via the ACME 'shortlived' profile.
The Dilbert Afterlife(astralcodexten.com)
471 points by rendall | 311 comments
Astral Codex Ten essay by Scott Alexander reflecting on the life, work, and legacy of Dilbert creator Scott Adams after his death from prostate cancer.
OpenBSD-current now runs as guest under Apple Hypervisor(undeadly.org)
386 points by gpi | 52 comments
OpenBSD Journal article reporting that OpenBSD-current on arm64 now runs as a guest OS under Apple Hypervisor, following commits by Helg Bredow and Stefan Fritsch.
Michelangelo's first painting, created when he was 12 or 13(openculture.com)
349 points by bookofjoe | 165 comments
Open Culture article about Michelangelo's first known painting, The Torment of Saint Anthony, made when he was 12 or 13 years old.
List of individual trees(en.wikipedia.org)
333 points by wilson090 | 109 comments
Wikipedia list of individual trees notable for their historical, national, locational, natural, or mythological significance around the world.
Canada slashes 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs to 6%(electrek.co)
319 points by 1970-01-01 | 385 comments
Electrek article reporting Canada cutting its 100% tariff on Chinese EVs to about 6% under a deal with a 49,000-unit annual quota, diverging from US policy.
Interactive eBPF(ebpf.party)
229 points by samuel246 | 9 comments
Our approach to advertising(openai.com)
205 points by rvz | 178 comments
![Screenshot of bfl.ai: FLUX.2 [Klein]: Towards Interactive Visual Intelligence](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/1/17/5c20f0d5-375b-4643-9c8a-8108e10e0434.jpg)
Letting Claude play text adventures(borretti.me)
138 points by varjag | 57 comments
My Gripes with Prolog(buttondown.com)
132 points by azhenley | 76 comments
![Screenshot of web.cs.ucdavis.edu: On Being a Human Being in the Time of Collapse (2022) [pdf]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/1/16/fa98170c-d17d-459c-907d-4b12040e670b.jpg)
Reading across books with Claude Code(pieterma.es)
117 points by gmays | 27 comments
RTS for Agents(getagentcraft.com)
94 points by summoned | 40 comments
![Screenshot of youtube.com: Graphics In Flatland – 2D ray tracing [video]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/1/19/03042517-c476-4e83-976e-a31b9082d4bd.jpg)
The GDB JIT Interface(bernsteinbear.com)
60 points by surprisetalk | 8 comments
The Dilbert Afterlife(astralcodexten.com)
50 points by inglor_cz | 7 comments
pf: Make af-to less magical(undeadly.org)
42 points by defrost | 3 comments
Face as a QR Code(bookofjoe2.blogspot.com)
34 points by surprisetalk | 7 comments