Hacker News on Sunday, 12 April 2026

Stories posted this day, by points. Rank history starts with the October 2026 rebuild.

Tell HN: Docker pull fails in Spain due to football Cloudflare block

1081 points by littlecranky67 6 months ago | 394 comments

Tell HN post describing docker pull failures in Spain caused by court-ordered LaLiga IP blocks on Cloudflare R2 storage during football matches.

laliga cloudflare internet-censorship ip-blocking

Screenshot of stevehanov.ca: I run multiple $10K MRR companies on a $20/month tech stack

I run multiple $10K MRR companies on a $20/month tech stack (stevehanov.ca)

792 points by tradertef 6 months ago | 453 comments

Steve Hanov's blog post describing how he runs several $10K MRR bootstrapped software companies on a $20/month tech stack without funding.

bootstrapping indie-hacking saas mrr

Screenshot of github.com: Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate usage

Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate usage (github.com)

695 points by cmaster11 6 months ago | 614 comments

GitHub issue on anthropics/claude-code reporting that a Pro Max 5x plan quota was exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate usage.

claude-code anthropic rate-limits usage-quota

Screenshot of blinry.org: DIY Soft Drinks

DIY Soft Drinks (blinry.org)

683 points by _Microft 6 months ago | 203 comments

A blog post by blinry with log-book-style recipes and notes for making homemade sugar-free, caffeine-free cola, orange soda, and almond soda.

soft-drinks cola recipes diy

Screenshot of essays.johnloeber.com: Bring Back Idiomatic Design (2023)

Bring Back Idiomatic Design (2023)(essays.johnloeber.com)

668 points by phil294 6 months ago | 362 comments

John Loeber's 2023 Substack essay arguing for a return to idiomatic, consistent UI design like that of the desktop software era.

ui-design idiomatic-design user-interface consistency

Screenshot of the-independent.com: Seven countries now generate nearly all their electricity from renewables (2024)

Seven countries now generate nearly all their electricity from renewables (2024)(the-independent.com)

630 points by mpweiher 6 months ago | 420 comments

Independent article reporting that seven countries generate essentially all their electricity from renewable sources, with scientists citing an irreversible tipping point.

renewable-energy electricity solar-power climate

Screenshot of boringbar.app: Show HN: boringBar – a taskbar-style dock replacement for macOS

Show HN: boringBar – a taskbar-style dock replacement for macOS (boringbar.app)

491 points by a-ve 6 months ago | 280 comments

Product page for boringBar, a paid taskbar-style macOS Dock replacement showing per-Space windows, with a 14-day trial and $9.99/year pricing.

macos dock-replacement taskbar window-management

Screenshot of github.com: Anthropic downgraded cache TTL on March 6th

Anthropic downgraded cache TTL on March 6th (github.com)

483 points by lsdmtme 6 months ago | 369 comments

GitHub issue on anthropics/claude-code reporting that the prompt cache TTL silently regressed from 1 hour to 5 minutes around early March 2026, inflating quota use and costs.

claude-code anthropic prompt-caching llm-api-pricing

Screenshot of bsky.app: Google removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play

Google removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play (bsky.app)

473 points by super256 6 months ago | 248 comments

Bluesky post by publisher Serenity Forge with a statement on Google removing Doki Doki Literature Club from the Google Play Store over sensitive themes.

doki-doki-literature-club google-play serenity-forge app-store-moderation