The best of Hacker News - April 19, 2025

1.
Judge Rules Blanket Search of Cell Tower Data Unconstitutional

389 points

2.
Show HN: I made a Doom-like game fit inside a QR code

387 points

3.
Defold: cross-platform game engine

353 points

4.
15,000 lines of verified cryptography now in Python

320 points

5.
Cozy video games can quell stress and anxiety

317 points

6.
Full Text Search of US Court records

257 points

7.
How a yacht works: sailboat physics and design

197 points

8.
Understanding the Origins and the Evolution of Vi and Vim

162 points

9.
Hypertext TV

133 points

10.
Cyberpunk 1958: The Early Days of the Polish IT Industry

127 points

11.
There's Life Inside Earth's Crust

89 points

12.
UML diagram for the DDD example in Evans' book

83 points

13.
Hands-On Large Language Models

68 points

14.
JavaScript Views, the Hard Way – A Pattern for Writing UI

53 points

15.
Ocean Iron Fertilization

46 points

16.
Hydrogen vs. Battery Buses: A European Transit Reality Check

38 points

17.
Sponges, drill bits and wires: Surgeons mistakenly left objects inside thousands

35 points

18.
AI-Designed Antivenoms: New Proteins to Block Deadly Snake Toxins

27 points

19.
High time to tackle drug-resistant fungal infections

21 points

20.
System Design of a Cellular APL Computer

20 points

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