HN Digest

DAILY HACKER NEWS RANKING

2026-03-17

Final ranking · Hacker News daily top 30 ↗

  1. 01

    Microsoft's 'unhackable' Xbox One has been hacked by 'Bliss' (tomshardware.com)

    802 points · HN #47413876

  2. 02

    Kagi Translate now supports LinkedIn Speak as an output language (kagi.com)

    1469 points · HN #47408703

  3. 03

    Kagi Small Web (kagi.com)

    795 points · HN #47410542

  4. 04

    A Decade of Slug (terathon.com)

    760 points · HN #47416736

  5. 05

    US SEC preparing to scrap quarterly reporting requirement (reuters.com)

    757 points · HN #47406779

  6. 06

    Python 3.15's JIT is now back on track (fidget-spinner.github.io)

    483 points · HN #47416486

  7. 07

    Get Shit Done: A meta-prompting, context engineering and spec-driven dev system (github.com/gsd-build)

    473 points · HN #47417804

  8. 08

    It Took Me 30 Years to Solve This VFX Problem – Green Screen Problem [video] (youtube.com)

    290 points · HN #47368425

  9. 09

    Every layer of review makes you 10x slower (apenwarr.ca)

    577 points · HN #47408205

  10. 10

    Ryugu asteroid samples contain all DNA and RNA building blocks (phys.org)

    306 points · HN #47411480

  11. 11

    Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta's $2B Lobbying for Age Verification Tech (gadgetreview.com)

    907 points · HN #47410870

  12. 12

    Reverse-engineering Viktor and making it open source (matijacniacki.com)

    181 points · HN #47409885

  13. 13

    Node.js needs a virtual file system (platformatic.dev)

    275 points · HN #47413195

  14. 14

    Sci-Fi Short Film “There Is No Antimemetics Division” [video] (youtube.com)

    313 points · HN #47363133

  15. 15

    OpenSUSE Kalpa (kalpadesktop.org)

    213 points · HN #47412726

  16. 16

    FFmpeg 8.1 (ffmpeg.org)

    438 points · HN #47413525

  17. 17

    Pyodide: a Python distribution based on WebAssembly (github.com/pyodide)

    189 points · HN #47367298

  18. 18

    The unlikely story of Teardown Multiplayer (voxagon.se)

    242 points · HN #47366435

  19. 19

    Edge.js: Run Node apps inside a WebAssembly sandbox (wasmer.io)

    173 points · HN #47416081

  20. 20

    Meta and TikTok let harmful content rise to drove engagement, say whistleblowers (bbc.com)

    331 points · HN #47417814

  21. 21

    Launch HN: Kita (YC W26) – Automate credit review in emerging markets

    55 points · HN #47417335

  22. 22

    'The Secret Agent': Exploring a Vibrant, yet Violent Brazil (2025) (theasc.com)

    161 points · HN #47414440

  23. 23

    Show HN: Thermal Receipt Printers – Markdown and Web UI (github.com/sadreck)

    119 points · HN #47366766

  24. 24

    Java 26 is here (hanno.codes)

    277 points · HN #47416548

  25. 25

    In space, no one can hear you kernel panic (2020) (increment.com)

    88 points · HN #47359010

  26. 26

    Font Smuggler – Copy hidden brand fonts into Google Docs (brianmoore.com)

    178 points · HN #47366616

  27. 27

    Claude Tips for 3D Work (davesnider.com)

    200 points · HN #47365299

  28. 28

    Building a Shell (healeycodes.com)

    180 points · HN #47410532

  29. 29

    Finding a CPU Design Bug in the Xbox 360 (2018) (randomascii.wordpress.com)

    153 points · HN #47364337

  30. 30

    Give Django your time and money, not your tokens (better-simple.com)

    442 points · HN #47400089