The best of Hacker News - 2025-04-12

1.
Fedora change aims for 99% package reproducibility

341 points

2.
Adobe deletes Bluesky posts after backlash

305 points

3.
Erlang's not about lightweight processes and message passing (2023)

239 points

4.
You might not need WebSockets

223 points

5.
$70M in 60 Seconds: How Insider Info Helped Someone 28x Their Money

208 points

6.
Datastar: Web Framework for the Future?

201 points

7.
Germany creates 'super–high-tech ministry' for research, technology, aerospace

183 points

8.
Intentionally Making Close Friends (2021)

176 points

9.
A 32-bit processor made with an atomically thin semiconductor

175 points

10.
Vacheron Constantin breaks the world record for most complicated wristwatch

163 points

11.
Lead is still bad for your brain

157 points

12.
Bonobos use a kind of syntax once thought to be unique to humans

150 points

13.
Windows 2000 Server named peak Microsoft

140 points

14.
Blue Prince is a roguelike puzzle masterpiece

128 points

15.
Once lush Sahara was home to a surprisingly unique group of humans

97 points

16.
Google Is Winning on Every AI Front

85 points

17.
Rust to C compiler – 95.9% test pass rate, odd platforms

79 points

18.
Show HN: Omiword – A daily, sector-based word puzzle

40 points

19.
Every picture from Venus' surface, ever (2021)

23 points

20.
Soil from the moon's far side suggests drier conditions than side facing Earth

13 points

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