Hacker Wisdom
A collection of wisdom found in the answers to Ask HN questions.
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Gmail spam filtering suddenly marking everything as spam?
https://www.google.com/appsstatus/dashboard/incidents/NNnDkY9CJ36annsfytjQ
https://haveibeenpwned.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46665414
https://www.reddit.com/r/GMail/comments/1qln9zp/gmail_not_filtering_promotions/
https://x.com/MBanerjeePalmer/status/1962538753328664693
What's the current best local/open speech-to-speech setup?
https://docs.speechmatics.com/speech-to-text/languages#transcription-languages
https://github.com/andrewgph/local_voice
https://github.com/caseys/hear-say
https://github.com/cjpais/Handy
https://github.com/kyutai-labs/delayed-streams-modeling
https://github.com/nsbk/nemotron-january-2026
https://github.com/SaynaAI/sayna
https://github.com/supertone-inc/supertonic
https://handy.computer
https://www.home-assistant.io/voice-pe/
https://kyutai.org
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46528045
https://www.npmjs.com/package/vosk-browser
https://research.nvidia.com/labs/adlr/personaplex/
https://speechmatics.com
https://spokenly.app/
Do you have any evidence that agentic coding works?
https://antirez.com/news/158
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.09089
https://david-osipov.vision/en/
https://www.favikon.com/blog/inside-anthropic-influencer-marketing-program
https://github.com/ConAcademy/reddit-kv/blob/main/README.md
https://github.com/egorFiNE/codesign-parallel
https://github.com/finos/opengris-scaler
https://github.com/ghuntley/amazon-kiro.kiro-agent-source-code-analysis
https://github.com/iepathos/debtmap
https://github.com/iwalton3/vdx-web
https://github.com/lowrescoder/BlueHeart/blob/68ab2387a0c44e533e346169ec40e58b21f38ea4/src/sse_handler.c
https://github.com/organizations/YOUR_ORG/settings/actions/runners
https://github.com/sberan/tjs
https://github.com/sberan/tjs/blob/main/benchmarks/results/BENCHMARK_AJV.md
https://github.com/Stranger6667/jsonschema
https://github.com/tkgally/je-dict-1
https://github.com/wellwright-labs/devex
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/concrete-vibe-coding-jorge-varas-rn4ee
https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/1/18/agent-psychosis/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46197930
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46624541
https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=the_mitsuhiko
https://www.nibzard.com/agentic-handbook
https://onolang.com/
https://www.promptarmor.com/resources/claude-cowork-exfiltrates-files
https://www.ratatui-ruby.dev
https://skipthestamp.co.uk/
https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-coding-degrades
https://steipete.me/posts/2025/shipping-at-inference-speed
https://steve-yegge.medium.com/welcome-to-gas-town-4f25ee16dd04
https://thefakeborzi.itch.io/tower-chess/devlog/1321604/the-opus-update
https://xcancel.com/rakyll/status/2007659740126761033#m
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OmlGpVrVtM
What are the most significant man-made creations to date?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_telegraph_cable
Tell HN: 2 years building a kids audio app as a solo dev – lessons learned
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/notesub/id6742334239
https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-for-Developers/Updating-the-Criteria-for-Web-API-Extended-Access/td-p/6920661/page/7
https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/design#introduction
https://github.com/cjlm/yoto-playlist-creator
https://media.ccc.de/v/37c3-11993-toniebox_reverse_engineering#l=eng
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46706906
https://youtu.be/yZ0XHRfU7Ao?si=JQXHS61ycxVSq9GF
Have we confused efficiency with "100% utilization"?
https://fs.blog/slack/
What usually happens after a VC asks for a demo?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlwwVuSUUfc
May an agent accept a license to produce a build?
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240222-air-canada-chatbot-misinformation-what-travellers-should-know
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDY_Industries,_LLC_v._Blizzard_Entertainment,_Inc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_you%27re_a_dog
https://www.goodwinlaw.com/en/insights/publications/2022/08/08_10-recent-court-decisions-shed-light
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/117
Revive a mostly dead Discord server
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36383773
https://sapph.xyz
https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/210298617-Markdown-Text-101-Chat-Formatting-Bold-Italic-Underline
https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/360047132851-Enabling-Your-Community-Server
Why does the number of datasets on data.gov vary so much?
https://hn.algolia.com/?q=data.gov
Thinking about memory for AI coding agents
https://codeaholicguy.com/2026/01/24/i-use-ai-devkit-to-develop-ai-devkit-features/
https://github.com/hakoniwaa/Squirrel
https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=versanovatech.com
https://philippdubach.com/posts/beyond-vector-search-why-llms-need-episodic-memory/
What are some good unintuitive statistics problems?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_paradox_(probability)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_dimensionality
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/judea-pearl/the-book-of-why/9781541698963/
https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2140493/counterintuitive-examples-in-probability
Weekend Social: Top two programming languages and what they can borrow?
https://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Front/X_Symbol.htm
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46637033
Which common map projections make Greenland look smaller?
https://earth.nullschool.net/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall%E2%80%93Peters_projection
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_map_projections
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_map_projections#/media/File%3AEllipsoidal_transverse_Mercator_projection_SW.jpg
https://thetruesize.com/
https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/
Best practice securing secrets on local machines working with agents?
https://www.descope.com/
Coding assistants are slow. So we multitask
https://claudecode.run/
How do you authorize AI agent actions in production?
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/01/why-ai-keeps-falling-for-prompt-injection-attacks.html
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/16/the-lethal-trifecta/
Does "Zapier for payment automation" exist?
https://www.getsequence.io/
https://relayfi.com/
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/request-network
Is Claude Down for You?
https://downdetector.com/status/claude-ai/
https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/18866#issuecomment-3791639513
https://status.claude.com/
Tell HN: Claude session limits getting small
https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
General purpose search engine that will respect special characters?
https://searx.space/
https://support.lilo.org/docs/utiliser-lilo-au-quotidien/astuces-de-recherche/mieux-recherche-sur-lilo-tous-les-operateurs-utiles/
Tell HN: Avoid Cerebras if you are a founder
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-13/cerebras-in-discussions-to-raise-funds-at-22-billion-valuation
AI hallucinate. Do you ever double check the output?
https://docs.langchain.com/oss/python/langchain/human-in-the-loop
https://www.ufried.com/blog/ironies_of_ai_1/
What's the best virtual Linux desktop experience on macOS for devs?
https://github.com/mitchellh/nixos-config
Dismantling dark patterns using TDD via discovery and injunctions
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xV-vfiv0mqe7iKpqY2EdTHeDlw0LgoZy/view?usp=drivesdk
How do you verify cron jobs did what they were supposed to?
https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma
https://uptimerobot.com/cron-job-monitoring/
Tell HN: Drowning in information but still missing everything
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36253882
A possible future architecture for decoupled GUIs
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20%22own%20voice%22&sort=byDate&type=comment
Tell HN: Bending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday
https://bendingspoons.com/products
https://bookstack.[mydomain]
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-misquotes-princess-bride-tweets-conspiracy-theories-lose-money-2023-5
https://businessinsider.com/vimeo-laying-off-staff-after-billion-sale-to-bending-spoons-2026-1
https://www.byteseu.com/1717645/
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/sjtjgbabzx
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/private-equity-consolidation-fund-manager-kkr-carlyle-eqt-cvc-secondaries.html
https://codekeep.io
https://www.colinkeeley.com/blog/bending-spoons-operating-manual
https://colossus.com/episode/luca-ferrari-building-bending-spoons/
https://dol.ny.gov/warn-dashboard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquisition_of_Twitter_by_Elon_Musk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bournville
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Associates
https://framerate.com/
https://framerate.tv
https://ignite.video/en
https://jobs.bendingspoons.com/positions/67c6dc18c70c531d6db8bc3e
https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/italy
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45197302
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46454175
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46707699#46709164
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46757868
https://sifted.eu/articles/bending-spoons-italy-startup-ipo
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/10/vimeo-to-be-acquired-by-bending-spoons-in-1-38b-all-cash-deal/
https://www.theverge.com/podcast/781331/hank-green-sam-reich-dropout-collegehumor-game-changer
https://vimeo.com/173714
https://vimeo.com/86146321?share=copy&fl=cl&fe=ci
https://vimeo.com/customers/dropout
https://x.com/daemon404/status/2013988239829303624
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QereR0CViMY
Tell HN: Amazon has deactivated my seller account
https://www.amazon.com/AhaStyle-Protective-Silicone-Compatible-Generation/dp/B097XTYHPL
http://www.buyawesome.com
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19551590
https://www.reuters.com/article/business/amazoncoms-retail-practices-in-india-come-under-scrutiny-wsj-idUSKBN0H01WH/
https://www.revk.uk/2026/01/amazon-copyright-issue.html
https://sellercentral.amazon.com/help/hub/reference/external/G1801
https://sellercentral.amazon.com/help/hub/reference/GZUQ6GBBXQVHQKF2
Modern test automation software (Python/Go/TS)?
https://github.com/google/openhtf
https://github.com/tofupilot/framework
https://opentap.io/
What are good resources to get familiar with AI code editors?
https://github.com/lawless-m/BattleForMoscow
https://missing.csail.mit.edu/2026/agentic-coding/
https://unzip.dev/0x01d-ai-coding/
https://www.youtube.com/@Itssssss_Jack
Why does Google Maps still use mercator projection?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Mercator_projection#Advantages_and_disadvantages
https://venturebeat.com/technology/google-maps-is-now-a-globe-just-zoom-out
What have you built/shipped with Claude Code?
https://www.splitbrain.org/blog/2026-01/02-password_hasher_pwa
Tell HN: Claude helped me maintain my old open source project
https://github.com/Lallassu
What non-fiction do you read?
https://www.rxjourney.net/list-of-books-i-finished-reading-in-2025
What's an API that you wish existed?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46702864
https://voiden.md/
Do people at Google use Gmail?
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7190?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&oco=0
What's a good format to submit CSV data for LLMs?
https://weather-sense.leftium.com
I am a surgeon/doctor. what AI literature/courses would you recommend?
https://openmindresearch.org
https://sarahgebauermd.substack.com/about
Tell HN: Cloudflare's D1 service degraded since 2 days
https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/kzvk0c2s5fy7
What are the recommender systems papers from 2024-2025?
https://recsys.acm.org/
How are you handling non-probabilistic security for LLM agents?
https://github.com/faramesh/faramesh-core
Are you going to meetups/conferences?
https://humlug.com
https://opentechcalendar.co.uk/
https://www.techtalksweekly.io/
What should I write about next? (CS student learning by writing)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_by_teaching
How are you automating your coding work?
https://blog.denv.it/posts/im-happy-engineer-now/
http://github.com/deepbluedynamics/codex-container
https://github.com/junaid33/opensource.builders
https://github.com/jzila/canopy
https://github.com/rcarmo/agentbox
https://lynxprompt.com
https://mesa3d.org/
https://pastebin.com/5Spg4jGu
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vercel-labs/web-interface-guidelines/main/command.md
https://til.simonwillison.net/uv/dependency-groups
https://xkcd.com/1319/
