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#Favorites

Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultaneous attack
//coindesk comments→

Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software skills: study
//ncsu comments→

You've only added two lines – why did that take two days?
//mrlacey comments→

When your coworker does great work, tell their manager
//jvns comments→

How to Understand Things
//nabeelqu comments→

Just Too Efficient
//tbray comments→

A graphical analysis of women's tops sold on Goodwill's website
//awardwinninghuman comments→

The TikTok War
//stratechery comments→

Building a self-updating profile README for GitHub
//simonwillison comments→

Pixelopolis, a self-driving car demo from Google I/O built with TensorFlow-Lite
//tensorflow comments→

The Game of Life – Emergence in Generative Art
//artnome comments→

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#Ask HN

What's the worst piece of software you use everyday?

Advanced Linux users, which distribution do you run? Why?

#Show HN

Primo – all-in-one IDE, CMS, component library, static site generator //primo comments→

Text-Only Social Network //subreply comments→

Trail Router – generate running routes that prefer greenery and nature //trailrouter comments→

Is It Worth the Cost? //isitworththecost comments→

Hacker News RSS Feeds //github comments→

Openbase – reviews and insights for open-source packages //ycombinator comments→

#Code

Data Structures and Algorithms I Used Working at Tech Companies //pragmaticengineer comments→

Unit Testing Is Overrated //tyrrrz comments→

Help Message for Shell Scripts //samizdat comments→

Tour of Rust //tourofrust comments→

Testing Firefox more efficiently with machine learning //mozilla comments→

REST and GraphQL: An Architectural Comparison //hasura comments→

Icdiff: Side-by-side highlighted command line diffs //jefftk comments→

#Design

Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper in a new gigapixel image //openculture comments→

The accidentally resilient design of Athens apartments //bloomberg comments→

A UI editor for single-element CSS illustrations //zerodivs comments→

Web Design Museum (1991 – 2006) //webdesignmuseum comments→

#Learn

How to Write Technical Posts (so people will read them) //reasonablypolymorphic comments→

The Lost Art of Growing Blueberries with Fire //atlasobscura comments→

An aerospace engineer explains fireworks //datagenetics comments→

Close and tranquil solar system has astronomers excited //nasa comments→

Isetta //wikipedia comments→

#Books

Ask HN: What makes a good technical leader – any recommended books? //ycombinator

14 Habits of Highly Productive Developers – New Book //14habits comments→

The Book of Minecraft Modding //thebookofmodding comments→

Poland puts computer game “This War of Mine” on school reading list //notesfrompoland comments→

#Watching

I made a robot to cut my hair with scissors //youtube comments→

CRDTs: The Hard Parts //kleppmann comments→

Caffenol: Developing Photos with Coffee and Vitamin C //youtube comments→

Making a Googol:1 Reduction with Lego Gears //youtube comments→

#Startup News

Riot is now Element //element comments→

Palantir Announces Confidential Submission of Draft S-1 //businesswire comments→

A $500M call option on home gyms //substack comments→

BigCommerce S1 //sec comments→

#Fun

Loopy: a tool for thinking in systems //ncase comments→

XP Paint – A Web-Based Version of Window XP's MS Paint //github comments→

Tell HN: Giving away my homebrew windmill //ycombinator

All People in Canada are the Same Age //toronto comments→

A Typology of Dumplings //github comments→

Insecam: Directory of Unsecured Surveillance Cameras //insecam comments→

The Winnebago Heli-Home Was a Real Flying RV //thedrive comments→

#Cutting Room Floor

Etcd, or, why modern software makes me sad //roguelazer comments→

Ex-Googler's startup comes out of stealth with simple, clever robot design //ieee comments→

Deep Work and the 30-Hour Method for Learning a New Skill //azeria-labs comments→

Firefox Picture-in-Picture //mozilla comments→

SEC issues $3.8M whistleblower award //sec comments→

ExSaaSperated: A blog about the struggle to start a sustainable SaaS //exsaasperated comments→

Self Host a Wiki or Knowledge Base for Your Team //github comments→

Fig: Visual Apps and Shortcuts for Your Terminal //withfig comments→

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