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January 23, 2026

Hacker Newsletter #779

Build something 100 people love, not something 1M people kind of like. //Brian Chesky

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#Favorites


Enterprise IT, Fully Monitored — Get Real-Time Network Monitoring with AI-Driven Insights to Prevent Downtime and Failures
//logicmonitor.com sponsored

ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering
//alexharri.com comments→

I'm addicted to being useful
//seangoedecke.com comments→

A Social Filesystem
//overreacted.io comments→

Slop is everywhere for those with eyes to see
//fromjason.xyz comments→

RSS.Social – the latest and best from small sites across the web
//rss.social comments→

Which AI Lies Best? A game theory classic designed by John Nash
//so-long-sucker.vercel.app comments→

EmuDevz: A game about developing emulators
//afska.github.io comments→

Scaling long-running autonomous coding
//simonwillison.net comments→

Letting Claude play text adventures
//borretti.me comments→

Show HN: An interactive physics simulator with 1000’s of balls, in your terminal
//github.com comments→

Building 4 games in 1 Afternoon (Playdate)
//ivan.codes comments→

App Subscription is now my Weekend Project
//rselbach.com comments→

#Ask HN


Do you have any evidence that agentic coding works?

What did you find out or explore today?

Is it still worth pursuing a software startup?

#Classifieds


Shrink videos & images on Mac without uploading anywhere //compresto.app

Devnexus Core Java Track: Java keeps evolving—but mastering it means knowing what’s under the hood. March 4-6, 2026 - Atlanta, GA //devnexus.com

Modern financial planning tool to simplify your journey to financial independence //projectionlab.com

Buttondown Email - the last email platform you'll migrate to //buttondown.com

👉 Buy a classified ad

#Show HN


STFU //github.com comments→

A decentralized peer-to-peer messaging application that operates over Bluetooth //bitchat.free comments→

isometric.nyc – giant isometric pixel art map of NYC //cannoneyed.com comments→

ChartGPU – WebGPU-powered charting library (1M points at 60fps) //github.com comments→

I quit coding years ago. AI brought me back //calquio.com comments→

Map To Poster – Create Art of your favourite city //github.com comments→

Consent-O-Matic //github.com comments→

Agent Skills Leaderboard //skills.sh comments→

Subth.ink – write something and see how many others wrote the same //subth.ink comments→

#Code


jQuery 4 //blog.jquery.com comments→

Cursor's latest “browser experiment” implied success without evidence //embedding-shapes.github.io comments→

Nanolang: A tiny experimental language designed to be targeted by coding LLMs //github.com comments→

RatatuiRuby wraps Rust Ratatui as a RubyGem – TUIs with the joy of Ruby //ratatui-ruby.dev comments→

#Data


Unconventional PostgreSQL Optimizations //hakibenita.com comments→

Why DuckDB is my first choice for data processing //robinlinacre.com comments→

The percentage of posts is increasing, but their scores are decreasing //snubi.net comments→

repere – Local-first SQL data explorer using DuckDB WASM //repere.ai comments→

#Design


If you put Apple icons in reverse it looks like someone getting good at design //mastodon.social comments→

Iconify: Library of Open Source Icons //icon-sets.iconify.design comments→

Light Mode InFFFFFFlation //willhbr.net comments→

Rails UI //railsui.com comments→

A creative coding library for making art with desktop windows //github.com comments→

#Books


Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide over "heroes" //shreevatsa.net comments→

Design Thinking Books //designorate.com comments→

The Quiet Power of Reflective Games //thereader.mitpress.mit.edu comments→

#Working


The recurring dream of replacing developers //caimito.net comments→

Software engineers can no longer neglect their soft skills //qu8n.com comments→

Ask HN: Burned out from tech, what else is there? //news.ycombinator.com

#Learn


East Germany balloon escape //en.wikipedia.org comments→

An Elizabethan mansion's secrets for staying warm //bbc.com comments→

List of Individual Trees //en.wikipedia.org comments→

#Watching


Graphics In Flatland – 2D ray tracing //youtube.com comments→

Terry Tao: "LLMs Are Simpler Than You Think – The Real Mystery Is Why They Work" //youtube.com comments→

Krazam: Rare Data Hunters //youtube.com comments→

#Startup News


Cloudflare acquires Astro //astro.build comments→

Amazon is ending all inventory commingling as of March 31, 2026 //twitter.com comments→

ClickHouse acquires Langfuse //langfuse.com comments→

Capital One to acquire Brex for $5.15B //reuters.com comments→

#Fun


The Unix Pipe Card Game //punkx.org comments→

F-16 Falcon Strike //webchrono.pl comments→

Speed Miners – A tiny RTS resource mini-game //speedminers.fun comments→

Squishy Go //puyogo.app comments→

Playing daily games at work? Timdle just launched work mode //timdle.com comments→

Infinite Collaborative Word Search Game //words.zip comments→

I built Pinpoint: a daily mini-game for discovering your city //imperfectionist.substack.com comments→

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