Hacker News on Friday, 24 April 2026

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

Screenshot of api-docs.deepseek.com: DeepSeek v4

DeepSeek v4 (api-docs.deepseek.com)

1989 points by impact_sy 6 months ago | 1516 comments

DeepSeek API documentation page announcing DeepSeek V4; the screenshot shows the 'Your First API Call' quick start with OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible endpoints.

deepseek deepseek-v4 llm api

Screenshot of nickyreinert.de: I cancelled Claude: Token issues, declining quality, and poor support

I cancelled Claude: Token issues, declining quality, and poor support (nickyreinert.de)

849 points by y42 6 months ago | 501 comments

A blog post by Nicky Reinert explaining why he cancelled his Claude subscription, citing token limits, declining output quality, and poor customer support.

claude anthropic llm ai-subscriptions

Screenshot of bloomberg.com: Google plans to invest up to $40B in Anthropic

Google plans to invest up to $40B in Anthropic (bloomberg.com)

776 points by elffjs 6 months ago | 761 comments

Bloomberg news article reporting that Google plans to invest up to $40 billion in AI company Anthropic.

anthropic google ai-investment venture-funding

Screenshot of kevinlynagh.com: Sabotaging projects by overthinking, scope creep, and structural diffing

Sabotaging projects by overthinking, scope creep, and structural diffing (kevinlynagh.com)

512 points by alcazar 6 months ago | 130 comments

Kevin Lynagh's newsletter issue on how overthinking and researching prior art sabotages personal projects, plus scope creep and structural diffing.

overthinking scope-creep structural-diffing side-projects

Screenshot of bloomberg.com: Norway Set to Become Latest Country to Ban Social Media for Under 16s

Norway Set to Become Latest Country to Ban Social Media for Under 16s (bloomberg.com)

339 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 6 months ago | 347 comments

Bloomberg news article reporting that Norway plans to ban social media use for children under 16.

social-media-ban norway age-verification child-online-safety

Screenshot of github.com: Replace IBM Quantum back end with /dev/urandom

Replace IBM Quantum back end with /dev/urandom (github.com)

337 points by pigeons 6 months ago | 44 comments

A GitHub markdown document in a forked repo showing that a Q-Day Prize quantum ECDLP attack submission works equally well when the IBM Quantum backend is replaced with /dev/urandom.

quantum-computing ecdlp cryptography ibm-quantum

Screenshot of nate.leaflet.pub: How to be anti-social – a guide to incoherent and isolating social experiences

How to be anti-social – a guide to incoherent and isolating social experiences (nate.leaflet.pub)

336 points by calcifer 6 months ago | 311 comments

A satirical blog post listing ironic tips on how to be anti-social, such as assuming malice, avoiding challenges to assumptions, and digging in against dissent.

social-behavior communication psychology satire

Screenshot of arxiv.org: There Will Be a Scientific Theory of Deep Learning

There Will Be a Scientific Theory of Deep Learning (arxiv.org)

320 points by jamie-simon 6 months ago | 142 comments

An arXiv position paper arguing that a scientific theory of deep learning is emerging, surveying five strands of research such as solvable models, scaling limits, and universal behaviors.

deep-learning-theory deep-learning neural-networks machine-learning

Screenshot of github.com: Spinel: Ruby AOT Native Compiler