top stories

• front page
• hn
• reddit
• github
• nytimes
• producthunt

Hacker News (21 May 2024)

• today
• yesterday
• wednesday
• tuesday
• monday
• sunday
• saturday
• april
• 2025
• archive

1. Gordon Bell has died

   1248 points • 68 comments • may 21, 2024

2. What UI density means and how to design for it

   746 points • 381 comments • may 21, 2024

3. CADmium: A local-first CAD program built for the browser

   649 points • 236 comments • may 21, 2024

4. The curious case of the missing period

   528 points • 191 comments • may 21, 2024

5. Amber: Programming language compiled to Bash

   447 points • 308 comments • may 21, 2024

6. Show HN: Pls Fix – Hire big tech employees to appeal account suspensions

   417 points • 378 comments • may 21, 2024

7. Going Dark: The war on encryption is on the rise

   367 points • 169 comments • may 21, 2024

8. Shipbreaking

   353 points • 188 comments • may 21, 2024

9. Storing knowledge in a single long plain text file

   315 points • 116 comments • may 21, 2024

10. Firefox bug gets fixed after 25 years

    313 points • 161 comments • may 21, 2024