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Hacker News (23 Aug 2026)

  1. I spent $266 and four AI models to own my tablet. GLM-5.3 finished it in a day

    601 points • 265 comments • aug 23, 2026

  2. To become a better writer, read as much as you can

    423 points • 249 comments • aug 23, 2026

  3. Slovakia finds Russian backdoor in traffic speed cameras

    353 points • 133 comments • aug 23, 2026

  4. I gave Qwen 3.8 27B a reverse-engineering job and it finished in 30 minutes

    309 points • 136 comments • aug 23, 2026

  5. Wi-Fi 8 is the first wireless upgrade in years that isn't chasing speed

    291 points • 229 comments • aug 23, 2026

  6. What Is a Harness?

    262 points • 127 comments • aug 23, 2026

  7. A website for debloated open source alternatives

    236 points • 80 comments • aug 23, 2026

  8. How I find problems to solve as a staff engineer

    230 points • 83 comments • aug 23, 2026

  9. GLM-5.3 (open-weight) beat Anthropic/OpenAI models – for 1/5 the cost

    221 points • 92 comments • aug 23, 2026

  10. How Complex Systems Fail (1998)

    221 points • 59 comments • aug 23, 2026