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Why LinkedIn Rewards Mediocrity (Score: 151+ in 5 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zReL
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6zReL
The Raft Consensus Algorithm (2015) (❄️ Score: 150+ in 4 days)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zBdk
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6zBdk
Dev Compass – Programming Philosophy Quiz (Score: 151+ in 11 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zQie
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6zQie
GDPR meant nothing: chat control ends privacy for the EU [video] (Score: 154+ in 4 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zQwy
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Progress towards universal Copy/Paste shortcuts on Linux (❄️ Score: 150+ in 4 days)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zxFK
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6zxFK
OpenAI Progress (Score: 153+ in 9 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zPqx
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6zPqx
Dicing an Onion, the Mathematically Optimal Way (Score: 151+ in 8 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zP6K
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Traps to Developers (Score: 151+ in 10 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zNCW
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6zNCW
Bullfrog in the Dungeon (Score: 150+ in 1 day)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zL8p
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6zL8p
Payment Processor Fun 2025 – Making Your Own Merchant Service Provider (🔥 Score: 152+ in 2 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zPhh
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6zPhh
Microsoft keeps adding stuff into Windows we don't need (🔥 Score: 152+ in 3 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zNGT
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Show HN: I built a free alternative to Adobe Acrobat PDF viewer (Score: 151+ in 8 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zG9M
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6zG9M
I built EmbedPDF: an MIT-licensed, open-source PDF viewer that aims to match all of Adobe Acrobat’s paid features… for free.
Already working:
- Annotations (highlight, sticky notes, free text, ink)
- True redaction (content actually removed)
- Search, text selection, zoom, rotation
- Runs fully in the browser, no server needed
- Drop-in SDK for React, Vue, Preact, vanilla JS
Why? Acrobat is heavy, closed, and pricey. I wanted something lightweight, hackable, and embeddable anywhere.
Demo: https://app.embedpdf.com/
Website: https://www.embedpdf.com/
GitHub: https://github.com/embedpdf/embed-pdf-viewer
Feedback, bug reports, and feature requests welcome!
What does Palantir actually do? (Score: 151+ in 23 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zDYQ
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6zDYQ
Streaming services are driving viewers back to piracy (Score: 170+ in 4 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zGvF
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6zGvF
Show HN: Yet another memory system for LLMs (Score: 150+ in 16 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zEv3
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6zEv3
Built this for my LLM workflows - needed searchable, persistent memory that wouldn't blow up storage costs. I also wanted to use it locally for my research. It's a content-addressed storage system with block-level deduplication (saves 30-40% on typical codebases). I have integrated the CLI tool into most of my workflows in Zed, Claude Code, and Cursor, and I provide the prompt I'm currently using in the repo.
The project is in C++ and the build system is rough around the edges but is tested on macOS and Ubuntu 24.04.
Visualising how close random GUIDs come to being the same (Score: 151+ in 15 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zQiH
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Node.js can now execute TypeScript files (Score: 151+ in 4 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zQWe
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6zQWe
Hyundai wants loniq 5 customers to pay for cybersecurity patch in baffling move (Score: 154+ in 5 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zQGB
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6zQGB
FFmpeg moves to Forgejo (❄️ Score: 153+ in 3 days)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zBtx
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Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription (Score: 150+ in 17 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zNBB
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Woz: 'I Am the Happiest Person' (Score: 150+ in 7 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zPsF
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Pfeilstorch (Score: 150+ in 12 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zNvB
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Do things that don't scale, and then don't scale (🔥 Score: 155+ in 2 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zPGW
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Toothpaste made from hair provides natural root to repair teeth (Score: 150+ in 5 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zNNM
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It seems like the AI crawlers learned how to solve the Anubis challenges (Score: 150+ in 23 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zLjx
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How to teach your kids to play poker: Start with one card (❄️ Score: 150+ in 1 week)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zkEx
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I made a real-time C/C++/Rust build visualizer (Score: 152+ in 6 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zGhH
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US national debt reaches a record $37T, the Treasury Department reports (Score: 150+ in 1 day)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zD6q
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6zD6q
"Privacy preserving age verification" is bullshit (🔥 Score: 150+ in 3 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zGFz
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6zGFz
Steve Wozniak: 'I am the happiest person ever' and 'I never sold out' (🔥 Score: 150+ in 1 hour)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6zGPD
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6zGPD