I’m a former CTO. Here is the 15 sec coding test I used to instantly filter out 50% of unqualified applicants
I’m a former CTO. Here is the 15 sec coding test I used to instantly filter out 50% of unqualified…
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Thirteen years of Rust and the birth of Rue
Thirteen years of Rust and the birth of Rue Dec 21, 2025 I started using Rust on December 21, 2012….
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CommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyFeatured in this articleBest Space Heater OverallDreo Whole Room Heater 714Read more$100 AmazonBest Quiet…
PatchworkOS Is a From-Scratch OS That Follows ‘Everything Is a File’ More Strictly than UNIX: An Overview of Sockets, Spawning Processes, and Notes (Signals)
PatchworkOS strictly follows the "everything is a file" philosophy in a way inspired by Plan9, this can often result in…
Jeff and Sanjay’s code performance tips
Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat are arguably Google's best engineers. They've gathered examples of code perf improvement tips across their…
Google and Apple reportedly warn employees on visas to avoid international travel
In Brief Posted: 2:00 PM PST · December 20, 2025 Anthony Ha Google and Apple reportedly warn employees on visas…
Ruby’s website got an overhaul
Ruby 4.0.0 preview3 Released We are pleased to announce the release of Ruby 4.0.0-preview3. Ruby 4.0 introduces Ruby::Box and “ZJIT”,…
Sony’s XM5 headphones and the latest Kindle round out this week’s best deals
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul signs RAISE Act to regulate AI safety
Governor Kathy Hochul has signed the RAISE Act, positioning New York as the second U.S. state to enact major AI…
The Mysterious Forces Steering Views on Hacker News
How the moderators behind one of the internet’s most popular platforms for tech content have a say into which content…
The 17 Best Gifts for Plant Lovers We’d Buy Ourselves (2025)
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How Europe’s new carbon tax on imported goods will change global trade
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Google lobs lawsuit at search result scraping firm SerpApi
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Google releases FunctionGemma: a tiny edge model that can control mobile devices with natural language
Carl Franzen December 19, 2025 Credit: VentureBeat made with ByteDance Seedream on Fal.aiWhile Gemini 3 is still making waves, Google’s…
Scammers in China Are Using AI-Generated Images to Get Refunds
CommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyI don’t want to admit it, but I did spend a lot of money…
Trump’s energy secretary orders a Washington state coal plant to remain open
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Help my website is too small
A jobs web site I belong to just emailed me, telling me that some of the links in my public…
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$ Honest Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login 1. We…
The Best Cookbooks of 2025: Soju Party, Good Things, Salsa Daddy, Linger, and More
CommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyWhen I first received a copy of one of this year’s great cookbooks, it…
I found the stupidest take on Vibe Coding
Choose the stupid and discuss. I will join. My favorite quote was: "You are no longer the person placing every…