HN Digest

DAILY HACKER NEWS RANKING

2025-12-17

Final ranking · Hacker News daily top 30 ↗

  1. 01

    Gemini 3 Flash: Frontier intelligence built for speed (blog.google)

    1102 points · HN #46301851

  2. 02

    AWS CEO says replacing junior devs with AI is 'one of the dumbest ideas' (finalroundai.com)

    1073 points · HN #46302267

  3. 03

    Coursera to combine with Udemy (coursera.com)

    588 points · HN #46301346

  4. 04

    I got hacked: My Hetzner server started mining Monero (jakesaunders.dev)

    606 points · HN #46305585

  5. 05

    No AI* Here – A Response to Mozilla's Next Chapter (waterfox.com)

    564 points · HN #46295268

  6. 06

    Tell HN: HN was down

    599 points · HN #46301921

  7. 07

    Is Mozilla trying hard to kill itself? (infosec.press)

    933 points · HN #46299934

  8. 08

    A Safer Container Ecosystem with Docker: Free Docker Hardened Images (docker.com)

    360 points · HN #46302337

  9. 09

    I ported JustHTML from Python to JavaScript with Codex CLI and GPT-5.2 in hours (simonwillison.net)

    278 points · HN #46295771

  10. 10

    How SQLite is tested (sqlite.org)

    319 points · HN #46303277

  11. 11

    Zmij: Faster floating point double-to-string conversion (vitaut.net)

    149 points · HN #46263821

  12. 12

    Show HN: High-Performance Wavelet Matrix for Python, Implemented in Rust (pypi.org)

    93 points · HN #46304413

  13. 13

    Launch HN: Kenobi (YC W22) – Personalize your website for every visitor

    46 points · HN #46301865

  14. 14

    Cloudflare Radar 2025 Year in Review (cloudflare.com)

    120 points · HN #46305945

  15. 15

    Introduction to Software Development Tooling (2024) (bernsteinbear.com)

    123 points · HN #46297127

  16. 16

    AI's real superpower: consuming, not creating (msanroman.io)

    253 points · HN #46299552

  17. 17

    Inside PostHog: SSRF, ClickHouse SQL Escape and Default Postgres Creds to RCE (mdisec.com)

    110 points · HN #46305321

  18. 18

    Dafny: Verification-Aware Programming Language (dafny.org)

    110 points · HN #46295792

  19. 19

    Learning Fortran (2024) (uncenter.dev)

    83 points · HN #46301696

  20. 20

    TLA+ Modeling Tips (muratbuffalo.blogspot.com)

    129 points · HN #46299389

  21. 21

    A16z-backed Doublespeed hacked, revealing what its AI-generated accounts promote (404media.co)

    292 points · HN #46303291

  22. 22

    Fast SEQUENCE iteration in Common Lisp (world-playground-deceit.net)

    60 points · HN #46256946

  23. 23

    Show HN: Titan – JavaScript-first framework that compiles into a Rust server (npmjs.com)

    49 points · HN #46229761

  24. 24

    I created a publishing system for step-by-step coding guides in Typst (knowledge.dev)

    38 points · HN #46257147

  25. 25

    VA Linux: The biggest dotcom IPO (dfarq.homeip.net)

    84 points · HN #46230456

  26. 26

    Testing a cheaper laminar flow hood (chillphysicsenjoyer.substack.com)

    64 points · HN #46248627

  27. 27

    The State of AI Coding Report 2025 (greptile.com)

    132 points · HN #46301886

  28. 28

    Annual Production of 1/72 (22mm) scale plastic soldiers, 1958-2025 (plasticsoldierreview.com)

    65 points · HN #46254909

  29. 29

    Midjourney is alemwjsl (aadillpickle.com)

    147 points · HN #46226068

  30. 30

    Show HN: Learn Japanese contextually while browsing (lingoku.ai)

    92 points · HN #46296863