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1. It's hard to justify Tahoe icons

   2397 points • 928 comments • jan 05, 2026

2. There were BGP anomalies during the Venezuela blackout

   928 points • 429 comments • jan 05, 2026

3. Databases in 2025: A Year in Review

   690 points • 188 comments • jan 05, 2026

4. Anna's Archive loses .org domain after surprise suspension

   650 points • 346 comments • jan 05, 2026

5. Google broke my heart

   517 points • 268 comments • jan 05, 2026

6. Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die

   486 points • 286 comments • jan 05, 2026

7. Brave overhauled its Rust adblock engine with FlatBuffers, cutting memory 75%

   483 points • 259 comments • jan 05, 2026

8. RevisionDojo, a YC startup, is running astroturfing campaigns targeting kids

   444 points • 83 comments • jan 05, 2026

9. I switched from VSCode to Zed

   438 points • 393 comments • jan 05, 2026

10. During Helene, I just wanted a plain text website

    340 points • 185 comments • jan 05, 2026