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2020 Archive
121.
I no longer build software (github.com)
1287 points by tagawa on Sep 21, 2020 | 856 comments
122.
Etcd, or, why modern software makes me sad (roguelazer.com)
1285 points by Spellman on Jul 14, 2020 | 630 comments
123.
Thank You MDN (ilovemdn.org)
1283 points by peterbe on Aug 12, 2020 | 319 comments
124.
On the Use of a Life (daemonology.net)
1275 points by cperciva on Sep 20, 2020 | 265 comments
125.
Standing up for developers: YouTube-dl is back (github.blog)
1275 points by todsacerdoti on Nov 16, 2020 | 1 comments
126.
Tips for a Better Life (ideopunk.com)
1271 points by CapitalistCartr on Dec 23, 2020 | 463 comments
127.
Most-favorited Hacker News posts (observablehq.com)
1266 points by tlarkworthy on Sep 2, 2020 | 259 comments
128.
A warning about Glassdoor (reddit.com)
1262 points by nosmokewhereiam on Oct 15, 2020 | 329 comments
129.
Degoogle: Cutting Google out of your life (degoogle.jmoore.dev)
1257 points by ra7 on Aug 22, 2020 | 616 comments
130.
Trump administration announces overhaul of H1B visa program requiring higher pay (wsj.com)
1256 points by grej on Oct 6, 2020 | 1363 comments
131.
Stop the Earn IT Bill Before It Breaks Encryption (act.eff.org)
1252 points by DyslexicAtheist on Oct 6, 2020 | 342 comments
132.
Zoom rolled their own encryption scheme, transmit keys through servers in China (citizenlab.ca)
1248 points by gasull on Apr 3, 2020 | 302 comments
133.
Jetbrains founders turn billionaires without VC help (bloomberg.com)
1245 points by OJFord on Dec 18, 2020 | 514 comments
134.
Just Wanted to Say Thanks (github.com)
1244 points by compumike on Dec 27, 2020 | 241 comments
135.
Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says (npr.org)
1243 points by tmlee on Mar 11, 2020 | 1038 comments
136.
A Sad Day for Rust (words.steveklabnik.com)
1243 points by pjmlp on Jan 17, 2020 | 991 comments
137.
When a customer refunds your paid app, Apple refunds its 30% cut [edited] (twitter.com)
1243 points by tomduncalf on Jul 29, 2020 | 548 comments
138.
I am an Uighur who faced China’s concentration camps (varsity.co.uk)
1242 points by yk42bb on Oct 24, 2020 | 536 comments
139.
Linux Productivity Tools (2019) [pdf] (usenix.org)
1239 points by ketanmaheshwari on May 18, 2020 | 269 comments
140.
Freeman Dyson Has Died (nytimes.com)
1238 points by ChickeNES on Feb 28, 2020 | 248 comments
141.
New York Times phasing out all 3rd-party advertising data (axios.com)
1237 points by jbegley on May 19, 2020 | 549 comments
142.
Room-Temperature Superconductivity Achieved for the First Time (quantamagazine.org)
1235 points by theafh on Oct 14, 2020 | 354 comments
143.
Mathematics for the Adventurous Self-Learner (neilwithdata.com)
1232 points by nsainsbury on Feb 23, 2020 | 210 comments
144.
Zoom meetings aren’t end-to-end encrypted, despite marketing (theintercept.com)
1230 points by tony101 on Mar 31, 2020 | 339 comments
145.
Medium-hard SQL interview questions (quip.com)
1230 points by thomzi12 on May 2, 2020 | 287 comments
146.
Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site less divisive (wsj.com)
1227 points by longdefeat on May 26, 2020 | 977 comments
147.
BitTorrent v2 (blog.libtorrent.org)
1227 points by jakobdabo on Sep 7, 2020 | 560 comments
148.
Not everyone has an internal monologue (ryanandrewlangdon.wordpress.com)
1225 points by altacc on Jan 30, 2020 | 875 comments
149.
We at $Famous_company switched to $Hyped_technology (saagarjha.com)
1224 points by gok on May 11, 2020 | 200 comments
150.
What's SAP? (retool.com)
1221 points by dvdhsu on Feb 5, 2020 | 600 comments