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Issue #735 // 2025-02-28 // View in your browser

#Sponsor


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#Favorites


Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Claude Code
//anthropic.com comments

GPT-4.5
//openai.com comments

I Went to SQL Injection Court
//sockpuppet.org comments

“The closer to the train station, the worse the kebab” – a “study”
//jmspae.se comments

Framework's first desktop is a strange–but unique–mini ITX gaming PC
//arstechnica.com comments

Why Ruby on Rails still matters
//contraption.co comments

20 years working on the same software product
//successfulsoftware.net comments

Making any integer with four 2s
//eli.thegreenplace.net comments

If it is worth keeping, save it in Markdown
//p.migdal.pl comments

It’s still worth blogging in the age of AI
//gilesthomas.com comments

The benefits of learning in public
//gilesthomas.com comments

Discover the IndieWeb, one blog post at a time
//indieblog.page comments

#Ask HN


What are you working on?

Who are your favorite photography and generative coding artists?

Is anyone still using Dreamweaver?

#Show HN


I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass //touchgrass.now comments

Hyperspace //hypercritical.co comments

Mastra – Open-source JS agent framework, by the developers of Gatsby //github.com comments

I made a site to tell the time in corporate //corporate.watch comments

Jq-Like Tool for Markdown //github.com comments

While the world builds AI Agents, I'm just building calculators //calcverse.live comments

#Code


FFmpeg School of Assembly Language //github.com comments

How Core Git Developers Configure Git //blog.gitbutler.com comments

Clean Code vs. A Philosophy Of Software Design //github.com comments

TinyCompiler: A compiler in a week-end //ssloy.github.io comments

Fish 4 //github.com comments

Ggwave: Tiny Data-over-Sound Library //github.com comments

#Data


DeepSeek Open Infra: Open-Sourcing 5 AI Repos in 5 Days //github.com comments

Every .gov Domain //flatgithub.com comments

A Database Written in Golang //github.com comments

Some useful SQL(ite) tips I've learned //jvt.me comments

SQL Premier League – Learn SQL with Sports Data //sqlpremierleague.com comments

#Design


Vietnamese Graphic Design //vietgd.com comments

Photographs of the Old West //cosmographia.substack.com comments

#Books


Amazon now discloses you're buying a license to view Kindle eBooks //blog.the-ebook-reader.com comments

Introduction to Stochastic Calculus //jiha-kim.github.io comments

Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking //modernistcuisine.com comments

Official sequel to Cracking the Coding Interview is out //interviewing.io comments

BookWatch – Animated book summaries for visual learners //bookwatch.com comments

#Working


Freelancing: How I found clients, part 1 //crocspace.substack.com comments

Software engineering job openings hit five-year low? //blog.pragmaticengineer.com comments

I ate and reviewed every snack in our office kitchen //getlago.com comments

#Learn


Broken legs and ankles heal better if you walk on them within weeks //scientificamerican.com comments

After 20 years, math couple solves major group theory problem //quantamagazine.org comments

AI-designed chips are so weird that 'humans cannot understand them' //livescience.com comments

RoboPianist: Dexterous Piano Playing with Deep Reinforcement Learning //kzakka.com comments

What normal life is like around the world, from Kenya to Ukraine //gapminder.org comments

#Watching


TypeScript types can run DOOM //youtube.com comments

Terence Tao – Machine-Assisted Proofs //youtube.com comments

I recreated Shazam's algorithm with Go //youtube.com comments

Algorithms are breaking how we think //youtube.com comments

Claude Plays Pokémon //twitch.tv comments

#Startup News


Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row //bbc.com comments

IBM Completes Acquisition of HashiCorp //newsroom.ibm.com comments

Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn't illegal without proof of seeding //arstechnica.com comments

Apple says it will add 20k jobs, spend $500B, produce AI servers in US //bloomberg.com comments

Signal to leave Sweden if backdoor law passes //swedenherald.com comments

'Hey Number 17 ' //404media.co comments

Microsoft cancels leases for AI data centers, analyst says //bloomberg.com comments

#Fun


I got laid off from Meta and created a minor hit on Steam //news.ycombinator.com

Half-Life //filfre.net comments

Running Pong in 240 browser tabs //eieio.games comments

Air traffic control radio and chill music for focus //chillyatc.com comments

A data analysis of speeches at the Oscars //stephenfollows.com comments

I built a Macrodata Refinement game inspired by Severance //macrodata-refinement.arjit.me comments