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OpenCiv1 – open-source rewrite of Civ1

Article URL: https://github.com/rajko-horvat/OpenCiv1 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47557064 Points: 6 # Comments: 0

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Technology Mar 28, 2026

Improving personal tax filing with Claude CLI and Obsidian

Article URL: https://www.mrafayaleem.com/blog/improving-personal-tax-filing-with-claude-obsidian Comments URL: https://...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies

Article URL: https://sytse.com/cancer/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47556729 Points: 8 # Comments...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Linux Is an Interpreter

Article URL: https://astrid.tech/2026/03/28/0/linux-is-an-interpreter/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Pretext: TypeScript library for multiline text measurement and layout

https://x.com/_chenglou/status/2037713766205608234, https://xcancel.com/_chenglou/status/2037713766205608234Demos: http...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Undroidwish – a single-file, batteries-included Tcl/Tk binary for many platforms

Article URL: https://androwish.org/home/wiki?name=undroidwish Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=475562...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

rpg.actor Game Jam

Article URL: https://rpg.actor/jam Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47556033 Points: 5 # Comments: 0

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Circuit-level PDP-11/34 emulator

Article URL: https://github.com/dbrll/ll-34 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47556001 Points: 3 # Com...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Elon Musk’s last co-founder reportedly leaves xAI

All but two of Musk's 11 xAI co-founders departed before this week.

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Militarized snowflakes: The accidental beauty of Renaissance star forts

Article URL: https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/star-forts/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47555814 ...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

These iPad apps will make you wish you had more free time

We’ve compiled a list of some of the best iPad apps for creativity that are available on the App Store. 

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Show HN: Free, in-browser PDF editor

Edit, sign, merge, compress, redact, OCR, fill forms, extract tables, and 30+ more tools — all in the browser, no sig...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

I decompiled the White House's new app

Article URL: https://thereallo.dev/blog/decompiling-the-white-house-app Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

SteelSeries’ feature-packed Nova Pro Wireless headset is $80 off

The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless came out almost four years ago, yet it’s still one of the best gaming headset...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

We built a multi-agent research hub. The waitlist is a reverse-CAPTCHA

Article URL: https://enlidea.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47555093 Points: 3 # Comments: 1

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Folk are getting dangerously attached to AI that always tells them they're right

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/27/sycophantic_ai_risks/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/it...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

The risk of AI isn't making us lazy, but making "lazy" look productive

I've been reflecting on how LLMs are changing our learning habits as engineers, and realized something worrying.AI can ...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

ICAO issued new power bank restriction on flight

Article URL: https://www.icao.int/news/new-power-bank-restrictions-will-safeguard-international-aviation Comments URL: ...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Anthropic’s Claude popularity with paying consumers is skyrocketing

Estimates for total Claude consumer users are all over the map (we've seen figures ranging from 18 million to 30 million...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

AI chatbots are "Yes-Men" that reinforce bad relationship decisions, study finds

Article URL: https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2026/03/ai-advice-sycophantic-models-research Comments URL: https://news...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

TikTok’s policy for AI ads isn’t working

I've been struggling to tell whether the ads appearing in my TikTok feeds have been made with generative AI tools. As so...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Meta’s legal defeat could be a victory for children, or a loss for everyone

Is social media not just bad, but illegally bad? Should tech companies pay for making it that way? According to two US j...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

You Do Not, in Fact, Have to Hand It to Them

Article URL: https://2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/you-do-not-in-fact-have-to-hand-it-to-them/ Comments URL: https://n...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

How to implement the Outbox pattern in Go and Postgres

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ4S-5MirvU Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47554344 Po...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

What will power the grid in 2035? The race is wide open

Fusion, fission, and even natural gas are appeared tied in the race to deliver new power to the grid in the early 2030s.

Technology Mar 28, 2026

A classic Zelda-style adventure, but a lot more cozy

The Legend of Zelda games are grand adventures, but they can also be very comforting, with quaint villages to explore an...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Here’s what Verge readers are buying during Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

We have a pretty good understanding of which deals Verge readers will gravitate toward. After all, what products and ser...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Let’s take a look at the retro tech making a comeback

Boomboxes, instant cameras, and even landlines are making a comeback. Here are the coolest retro-inspired devices availa...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Explanation for why we don't see two-foot-long dragonflies anymore fails

Breathing capacity could have compensated for lower atmospheric oxygen.

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Byte Interviews Chuck Peddle, Father of the MOS 6502 and Commodore PET (1982)

Article URL: https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/byte-interviews-chuck-peddle-father Comments URL: https://ne...