The best of Hacker News - May 24, 2025

1.
Postgres IDE in VS Code

766 points

2.
Find Your People

461 points

3.
Modification of acetaminophen to reduce liver toxicity and enhance drug efficacy

144 points

4.
Caesar's Last Breath

136 points

5.
Root for your friends

131 points

6.
Positional preferences, order effects, prompt sensitivity undermine AI judgments

118 points

7.
Show HN: Genetic Boids Web Simulation

116 points

8.
Mermaid: Generation of diagrams like flowcharts or sequence diagrams from text

116 points

9.
Show HN: DoubleMemory – more efficient local-first read-it-later app

109 points

10.
Show HN: I built a more productive way to manage AI chats

87 points

11.
The world of Japan's PC-98 computer

81 points

12.
A Formal Proof of Complexity Bounds on Diophantine Equations

65 points

13.
Why Algebraic Effects?

63 points

14.
Show HN: HNRelevant – Add a "related" section to Hacker News

45 points

15.
A Bead Too Far: Rethinking Global Connections Before Columbus

38 points

16.
Show HN: Web Apps for Python Devs with Auto-Generated UI

17 points

17.
How to Make a Living as a Writer

16 points

18.
Show HN: Embedo – Word Equation Puzzle Game

11 points

19.
Show HN: SweepIQ – A simple AI tool to help you learn more, faster

9 points

20.
Diary: J. M. Coetzee, (1) Mother Tongue

5 points

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