MCP explained without hype or fluff (Score: 150+ in 23 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uUKP
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6uUKP

OpenAI: Scaling PostgreSQL to the Next Level (Score: 153+ in 6 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uXpC
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6uXpC

Four years of sight reading practice (❄️ Score: 150+ in 4 days)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uH36
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6uH36

PostgreSQL IDE in VS Code (🔥 Score: 159+ in 1 hour)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uY6n
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6uY6n

Why I no longer have an old-school cert on my HTTPS site (Score: 153+ in 8 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uXuu
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6uXuu

Find Your People (🔥 Score: 150+ in 3 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uYe3
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6uYe3

Tallest Wooden Wind Turbine (❄️ Score: 151+ in 4 days)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uHnR
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MCP is the coming of Web 2.0 2.0 (Score: 152+ in 5 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uY9T
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6uY9T

How I ended up flying for Yemen's national airline – and survived (Score: 150+ in 8 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uXTm
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6uXTm

How to live on $432 a month in America (Score: 156+ in 7 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uYjN
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6uYjN

Modification of acetaminophen to reduce liver toxicity and enhance drug efficacy (Score: 152+ in 6 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uZsu
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6uZsu

Root for your friends (Score: 150+ in 7 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uZkP
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6uZkP

Show HN: hcker.news – an ergonomic, timeline-based Hacker News front page (Score: 150+ in 13 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uYDT
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6uYDT

Hi folks,
I've built an alternative Hacker News front page. It is inspired by and meant to be a replacement for hckrnews.com.
I built this because HN is woefully underfeatured, but most sites that try to improve it seem to assume that the visual design is the problem. hcker.news tries to maintain HN's familiarity while adding useful enhancements.
There are three primary views:

  - Timeline View: Browse top stories by votes or comments grouped by day, week, or month (e.g., top 20 per day, top 100 per week).  
  - Aggregate View: See top stories by votes or comments over custom time ranges.  
  - Front Page View: The original HN front page, untouched.  

Feed Filtering:

  - Kagi Small Web: View only stories from websites that are a part of Kagi's Small Web, which is a curated list of non-commercial blogs
  - Custom Keyword Filters: Include/exclude keywords (e.g., include "Rust," exclude "DOGE") or set a minimum score threshold.
  - No HN Algorithm: Timeline and Aggregate Views show stories usually downranked by the HN algo (e.g., flagged posts or those with too many comments).

UI:

  - Unread Flags: Quickly spot new stories or ones you haven't seen.
  - Two Layouts: Classic HN style or a compact story view inspired by hckrnews.com.
  - Multi-column & High-density Modes: Fit more content on screen.
  - Themes: Light, Dark, and Manila.

I'd love your feedback and suggestions. Cheers!

Mermaid: Generation of diagrams like flowcharts or sequence diagrams from text (❄️ Score: 152+ in 2 days)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uQsm
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6uQsm

Why Algebraic Effects? (Score: 151+ in 6 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uZCU
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6uZCU

Caesar's Last Breath (Score: 152+ in 20 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uXXb
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6uXXb

Writing A Job Runner (In Elixir) (Again) (10 years later) (Score: 150+ in 1 day)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uXt4
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6uXt4

How to Make a Living as a Writer (Score: 150+ in 11 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uZKF
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6uZKF

Show HN: Rotary Phone Dial Linux Kernel Driver (🔥 Score: 150+ in 3 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6v2pd
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6v2pd

A Linux kernel driver that turns a rotary phone dial into an evdev input device. You might be interested in this driver if you
- prefer the slow pace of dialing over typing numbers with your numpad,
- want to bring your old rotary phone into the digital era,
- are an educator looking for a simple example driver with a VM-based end-to-end development & test environment (no real hardware needed)
- have another creative use case in mind!
This driver was my introduction to embedded Linux years ago—and ultimately led to my career. However, it remained unfinished and unpublished until now. Initially, I intended to reimplement the driver in Rust to explore the state of the Rust for Linux project. Unfortunately, I soon realized that the necessary bindings simply are not available yet, so that part will have to wait.

Ask HN: Go deep into AI/LLMs or just use them as tools? (Score: 151+ in 11 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/c/6uZUr

I'm a software engineer with a solid full-stack background and web development. With all the noise around LLMs and AI, I’m undecided between two paths:
1. Invest time in learning the internals of AI/LLMs, maybe even switching fields and working on them
2. Continue focusing on what I’m good at, like building polished web apps and treat AI as just another tool in my toolbox
I’m mostly trying to cut through the hype. Is this another bubble that might burst or consolidate into fewer jobs long-term? Or is it a shift that’s worth betting a pivot on?
Curious how others are approaching this—especially folks who’ve made a similar decision recently.