30 August 2025

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HN Em Dash Leaderboard

Top 50 users by number of posts containing em dashes (—) before November 30, 2022, when ChatGPT was released

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The Sami Paradox

What happens when we remove the synchronizer?

Weird Bug

A long time ago (at least five years back), I was working on a legacy project where a few customers reported a strange issue: some input labels on certain pages of our web application would occasionally appear blank.

No, Mastodon is not decentralized · Victor Wynne

Mastodon operates with significant centralization through server admin control and user concentration on mastodon.social, making it less decentralized than supporters claim.

What VCs Don’t Understand About Vibe Coding

If you're not using AI tools to code in 2025, you're just behind the curve. But vibe-coding on an existing codebase is like handing the keys to your car to a drunk teenager. It may be fine, but it's more likely to end in tears.

The promise that wasn’t kept

AI is distracting us from creating real value. While we chase speed and automation, meaningful and human-centered work is getting left behind. Is this progress?

On Collaboration, Criticism, and Moving Forward

August 2025 In 2018, someone published a blog post titled "Why I'm Not Collaborating with Kenneth Reitz". It's been following me ever since—dominating

What I Crave from Blogs

When I click on a blog post these days, I'm not usually looking for the definitive encyclopedia entry or the slickest marketing brochure. Honestly? I'm hoping for something far simpler, yet increasing

The Deadliest Virus | Virology Blog

by Gertrud U. Rey Rabies virus has a characteristic bullet-shaped virion structure. Rabies virus infection in mammals is nearly 100% fatal if left untreated ...