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Show HN: Orch8 – Durable workflow engine in Rust, one binary, Postgres or SQLite

https://github.com/orch8-io/engine

23 points

3 comments

PGKeeper: Building the bouncer we needed for Postgres

https://www.figma.com/blog/pgkeeper-building-the-b...

12 points

0 comments

The text mode lie: why modern TUIs are a nightmare for accessibility

https://xogium.me/the-text-mode-lie-why-modern-tui...

294 points

131 comments

SpaceX IPO gives Musk unchecked power and forbids investor lawsuits

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/report...

7 points

1 comments

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere just hit a 'depressing' new record

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/carbon-...

27 points

10 comments

Buffon's needle problem visualized

https://ivanludvig.dev/pi-needle/

26 points

4 comments

How far behind is each major Chromium browser?

https://chromium-drift.pages.dev/

195 points

66 comments

How fast is a macOS VM, and how small could it be?

https://eclecticlight.co/2026/05/02/how-fast-is-a-...

277 points

101 comments

SingleRide: Longest route on NYC Subway without visiting the same station twice

https://singleride.nyc/

3 points

0 comments

AI, Intimacy, and the Data You Never Meant to Share

https://fshot.org/techzone/the-algorithm-knows.php

83 points

6 comments

Europe Without America

https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026...

8 points

0 comments

Jonathan Swift's Last Joke

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essa...

42 points

8 comments

Hackers Hate AI Slop More Than You Do

https://www.wired.com/story/cybercriminals-are-com...

11 points

2 comments

Why airlines are always going bankrupt

https://davidoks.blog/p/why-airlines-are-always-go...

72 points

69 comments

Supercollider

https://supercollider.github.io/

39 points

3 comments

Incus 7.0 LTS has been released

https://discuss.linuxcontainers.org/t/incus-7-0-lt...

4 points

0 comments

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Show HN: Orch8 – Durable workflow engine in Rust, one binary, Postgres or SQLite

PGKeeper: Building the bouncer we needed for Postgres

The text mode lie: why modern TUIs are a nightmare for accessibility

SpaceX IPO gives Musk unchecked power and forbids investor lawsuits

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere just hit a 'depressing' new record

Buffon's needle problem visualized

How far behind is each major Chromium browser?

How fast is a macOS VM, and how small could it be?

SingleRide: Longest route on NYC Subway without visiting the same station twice

AI, Intimacy, and the Data You Never Meant to Share

Europe Without America

Jonathan Swift's Last Joke

Hackers Hate AI Slop More Than You Do

Why airlines are always going bankrupt

Supercollider

Incus 7.0 LTS has been released