Hacker Newsletter #779
January 23, 2026
Hacker Newsletter #779
Build something 100 people love, not something 1M people kind of like. //Brian Chesky
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#Favorites
Enterprise IT, Fully Monitored — Get Real-Time Network Monitoring with AI-Driven Insights to Prevent Downtime and Failures //logicmonitor.com sponsored ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering //alexharri.com comments→ I'm addicted to being useful //seangoedecke.com comments→ A Social Filesystem //overreacted.io comments→ Slop is everywhere for those with eyes to see //fromjason.xyz comments→ RSS.Social – the latest and best from small sites across the web //rss.social comments→ Which AI Lies Best? A game theory classic designed by John Nash //so-long-sucker.vercel.app comments→ EmuDevz: A game about developing emulators //afska.github.io comments→ Scaling long-running autonomous coding //simonwillison.net comments→ Letting Claude play text adventures //borretti.me comments→ Show HN: An interactive physics simulator with 1000’s of balls, in your terminal //github.com comments→ Building 4 games in 1 Afternoon (Playdate) //ivan.codes comments→ App Subscription is now my Weekend Project //rselbach.com comments→
#Ask HN
Do you have any evidence that agentic coding works? What did you find out or explore today? Is it still worth pursuing a software startup?
#Classifieds
Shrink videos & images on Mac without uploading anywhere //compresto.app Devnexus Core Java Track: Java keeps evolving—but mastering it means knowing what’s under the hood. March 4-6, 2026 - Atlanta, GA //devnexus.com Modern financial planning tool to simplify your journey to financial independence //projectionlab.com Buttondown Email - the last email platform you'll migrate to //buttondown.com 👉 Buy a classified ad
#Show HN
STFU //github.com comments→ A decentralized peer-to-peer messaging application that operates over Bluetooth //bitchat.free comments→ isometric.nyc – giant isometric pixel art map of NYC //cannoneyed.com comments→ ChartGPU – WebGPU-powered charting library (1M points at 60fps) //github.com comments→ I quit coding years ago. AI brought me back //calquio.com comments→ Map To Poster – Create Art of your favourite city //github.com comments→ Consent-O-Matic //github.com comments→ Agent Skills Leaderboard //skills.sh comments→ Subth.ink – write something and see how many others wrote the same //subth.ink comments→
#Code
jQuery 4 //blog.jquery.com comments→ Cursor's latest “browser experiment” implied success without evidence //embedding-shapes.github.io comments→ Nanolang: A tiny experimental language designed to be targeted by coding LLMs //github.com comments→ RatatuiRuby wraps Rust Ratatui as a RubyGem – TUIs with the joy of Ruby //ratatui-ruby.dev comments→
#Data
Unconventional PostgreSQL Optimizations //hakibenita.com comments→ Why DuckDB is my first choice for data processing //robinlinacre.com comments→ The percentage of posts is increasing, but their scores are decreasing //snubi.net comments→ repere – Local-first SQL data explorer using DuckDB WASM //repere.ai comments→
#Design
If you put Apple icons in reverse it looks like someone getting good at design //mastodon.social comments→ Iconify: Library of Open Source Icons //icon-sets.iconify.design comments→ Light Mode InFFFFFFlation //willhbr.net comments→ Rails UI //railsui.com comments→ A creative coding library for making art with desktop windows //github.com comments→
#Books
Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide over "heroes" //shreevatsa.net comments→ Design Thinking Books //designorate.com comments→ The Quiet Power of Reflective Games //thereader.mitpress.mit.edu comments→
#Working
The recurring dream of replacing developers //caimito.net comments→ Software engineers can no longer neglect their soft skills //qu8n.com comments→ Ask HN: Burned out from tech, what else is there? //news.ycombinator.com
#Learn
East Germany balloon escape //en.wikipedia.org comments→ An Elizabethan mansion's secrets for staying warm //bbc.com comments→ List of Individual Trees //en.wikipedia.org comments→
#Watching
Graphics In Flatland – 2D ray tracing //youtube.com comments→ Terry Tao: "LLMs Are Simpler Than You Think – The Real Mystery Is Why They Work" //youtube.com comments→ Krazam: Rare Data Hunters //youtube.com comments→
#Startup News
Cloudflare acquires Astro //astro.build comments→ Amazon is ending all inventory commingling as of March 31, 2026 //twitter.com comments→ ClickHouse acquires Langfuse //langfuse.com comments→ Capital One to acquire Brex for $5.15B //reuters.com comments→
#Fun
The Unix Pipe Card Game //punkx.org comments→ F-16 Falcon Strike //webchrono.pl comments→ Speed Miners – A tiny RTS resource mini-game //speedminers.fun comments→ Squishy Go //puyogo.app comments→ Playing daily games at work? Timdle just launched work mode //timdle.com comments→ Infinite Collaborative Word Search Game //words.zip comments→ I built Pinpoint: a daily mini-game for discovering your city //imperfectionist.substack.com comments→
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