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Hacker News (Dec 2024)

  1. Moon

    3107 points • comment • dec 17, 2024

  2. Ghostty 1.0

    2246 points • comment • dec 26, 2024

  3. IMG_0001

    1833 points • comment • dec 04, 2024

  4. Cognitive load is what matters

    1727 points • comment • dec 22, 2024

  5. OpenAI O3 breakthrough high score on ARC-AGI-PUB

    1690 points • comment • dec 20, 2024

  6. Merry Christmas Everyone

    1463 points • comment • dec 25, 2024

  7. Willow, Our Quantum Chip

    1377 points • comment • dec 09, 2024

  8. Advent of Code 2024

    1361 points • comment • dec 01, 2024

  9. Every V4 UUID

    1356 points • comment • dec 06, 2024

  10. Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15

    1286 points • comment • dec 28, 2024

  11. Timemap.org – Interactive Map of History

    1282 points • comment • dec 12, 2024

  12. My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback

    1240 points • comment • dec 03, 2024

  13. Genie 2: A large-scale foundation world model

    1226 points • comment • dec 04, 2024

  14. Happy New Year 2025

    1184 points • comment • dec 31, 2024

  15. From where I left

    1175 points • comment • dec 10, 2024

  16. Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

    1171 points • comment • dec 09, 2024

  17. Jimmy Carter has died

    1150 points • comment • dec 29, 2024

  18. Sora is here

    1131 points • comment • dec 09, 2024

  19. Gukesh becomes the youngest chess world champion in history

    1108 points • comment • dec 12, 2024

  20. macOS menu bar app that shows how full the ISS urine tank is in real time

    1101 points • comment • dec 24, 2024

  21. Tell HN: John Friel my father, internet pioneer and creator of QModem, has died

    1050 points • comment • dec 30, 2024

  22. Gemini 2.0: our new AI model for the agentic era

    986 points • comment • dec 11, 2024

  23. OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment

    979 points • comment • dec 13, 2024

  24. School smartphone ban results in better sleep and improved mood: study

    964 points • comment • dec 14, 2024

  25. Things we learned about LLMs in 2024

    917 points • comment • dec 31, 2024

  26. Intel announces retirement of Pat Gelsinger

    891 points • comment • dec 02, 2024

  27. The era of open voice assistants

    887 points • comment • dec 20, 2024

  28. Why we use our own hardware

    882 points • comment • dec 22, 2024

  29. Show HN: Markwhen: Markdown for Timelines

    863 points • comment • dec 01, 2024

  30. Fish 4.0: The Fish of Theseus

    853 points • comment • dec 28, 2024

  31. OpenERV

    816 points • comment • dec 16, 2024

  32. Egoless Engineering

    812 points • comment • dec 03, 2024

  33. ChatGPT Pro

    793 points • comment • dec 05, 2024

  34. The correct amount of ads is zero

    783 points • comment • dec 06, 2024

  35. Show HN: I designed an espresso machine and coffee grinder

    757 points • comment • dec 13, 2024

  36. Lfgss shutting down 16th March 2025 (day before Online Safety Act is enforced)

    752 points • comment • dec 16, 2024

  37. Phoenix LiveView 1.0.0 is here

    746 points • comment • dec 03, 2024

  38. The Google Willow Thing

    744 points • comment • dec 10, 2024

  39. AI companies cause most of traffic on forums

    728 points • comment • dec 30, 2024

  40. FCC opens entire 6 GHz band to low power device operations

    711 points • comment • dec 11, 2024

  41. Getting to 2M users as a one woman dev team [video]

    707 points • comment • dec 17, 2024

  42. Map of GitHub

    696 points • comment • dec 15, 2024

  43. I keep turning my Google Sheets into phone-friendly webapps

    676 points • comment • dec 30, 2024

  44. A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

    676 points • comment • dec 18, 2024

  45. What happened to the world's largest tube TV? [video]

    673 points • comment • dec 23, 2024

  46. Tokyo is set to introduce a four-day workweek for government employees

    671 points • comment • dec 06, 2024

  47. Solaar is a Linux manager for many Logitech keyboards, mice, and other devices

    670 points • comment • dec 18, 2024

  48. A visual proof that a^2 – b^2 = (a + b)(a – b)

    668 points • comment • dec 15, 2024

  49. My second year without a job

    666 points • comment • dec 06, 2024

  50. Why is it so hard to buy things that work well? (2022)

    660 points • comment • dec 16, 2024

  51. Blackcandy: Self hosted music streaming server

    655 points • comment • dec 26, 2024

  52. What we know about CEO shooting suspect

    645 points • comment • dec 09, 2024

  53. Building Effective "Agents"

    643 points • comment • dec 20, 2024

  54. FTC bans hidden junk fees in hotel, event ticket prices

    638 points • comment • dec 17, 2024

  55. Where can you go in Europe by train in 8h?

    635 points • comment • dec 28, 2024

  56. I automated my job application process

    615 points • comment • dec 28, 2024

  57. The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding

    613 points • comment • dec 06, 2024

  58. Plasticlist Report – Data on plastic chemicals in Bay Area foods

    606 points • comment • dec 27, 2024

  59. Should more of us be moving to live near friends?

    593 points • comment • dec 26, 2024

  60. Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

    593 points • comment • dec 10, 2024

  61. Test

    592 points • comment • dec 13, 2024

  62. Just: Just a Command Runner

    590 points • comment • dec 07, 2024

  63. South Korean president declares martial law, parliament votes to lift it

    589 points • comment • dec 03, 2024

  64. They have not been trained for this

    583 points • comment • dec 27, 2024

  65. That's not an abstraction, that's a layer of indirection

    580 points • comment • dec 25, 2024

  66. Compromising OpenWrt Supply Chain

    579 points • comment • dec 09, 2024

  67. Nullboard: Kanban board in a single HTML file

    573 points • comment • dec 19, 2024

  68. Veo 2: Our video generation model

    571 points • comment • dec 16, 2024

  69. Bankruptcy judge rejects sale of Infowars to The Onion

    569 points • comment • dec 11, 2024

  70. GPT-5 is behind schedule

    569 points • comment • dec 22, 2024

  71. The number pi has an evil twin

    565 points • comment • dec 24, 2024

  72. Cable-cutting tanker seized by Finland 'was loaded with spying equipment'

    558 points • comment • dec 27, 2024

  73. US judge finds NSO Group liable for hacking journalists via WhatsApp

    556 points • comment • dec 21, 2024

  74. Ghost artists on Spotify

    553 points • comment • dec 19, 2024

  75. Elon Musk wanted an OpenAI for-profit

    552 points • comment • dec 13, 2024

  76. Scale Model of Boeing 777-300ER, Made from Manila Folders

    552 points • comment • dec 27, 2024

  77. Xiaomi Home Integration for Home Assistant

    551 points • comment • dec 16, 2024

  78. Missiles are now the biggest killer of airline passengers

    546 points • comment • dec 27, 2024

  79. My Colleague Julius

    529 points • comment • dec 23, 2024

  80. After 3 Years, I Failed. Here's All My Startup's Code

    526 points • comment • dec 17, 2024

  81. "This is not a joke, Funko just called my mom"

    526 points • comment • dec 09, 2024

  82. Does current AI represent a dead end?

    524 points • comment • dec 27, 2024

  83. Tldraw Computer

    524 points • comment • dec 20, 2024

  84. Grayjay Desktop App

    522 points • comment • dec 20, 2024

  85. Always go to the funeral (2005)

    520 points • comment • dec 16, 2024

  86. Romanian court annuls result of presidential election first round

    517 points • comment • dec 06, 2024

  87. Ask HN: How can I grow as an engineer without good seniors to learn from?

    515 points • comment • dec 01, 2024

  88. My favourite colour is Chuck Norris red

    509 points • comment • dec 20, 2024

  89. Facebook's Little Red Book

    508 points • comment • dec 02, 2024

  90. Zildjian, a 400-year-old cymbal-making company in Massachusetts

    505 points • comment • dec 31, 2024

  91. GitHub Copilot is now available for free

    505 points • comment • dec 18, 2024

  92. An Unreasonable Amount of Time

    504 points • comment • dec 31, 2024

  93. Making a watch from scratch

    501 points • comment • dec 14, 2024

  94. Assisted dying now accounts for one in 20 Canada deaths

    494 points • comment • dec 12, 2024

  95. Diátaxis – A systematic approach to technical documentation authoring

    493 points • comment • dec 05, 2024

  96. 2400 phone providers may be shut down by the FCC for failing to stop robocalls

    492 points • comment • dec 11, 2024

  97. This open problem taught me what topology is [video]

    492 points • comment • dec 25, 2024

  98. How bloom filters made SQLite 10x faster

    491 points • comment • dec 22, 2024

  99. Lessons I learned working at an art gallery

    478 points • comment • dec 03, 2024

  100. Orbit by Mozilla

    476 points • comment • dec 31, 2024