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1. Linus Torvalds vibe coding (Google's LLMs?)

https://github.com/torvalds/AudioNoise/commit/93a72563cba609a414297b558cb46ddd3ce9d6b5

6 points by: sarmike31 12.01.2026 19:42 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 20:15 UTC

2. Stablecoin giant Tether freezes $182M in USDT across five Tron wallets

https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/01/12/tether-freezes-usd182-million-in-usdt-stablecoin-across-five-tron-blockchain-wallets

1 points by: guiambros 12.01.2026 19:42 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 20:15 UTC

3. It's official, vibe coding is legit

https://xcancel.com/oprydai/status/2010558143319974089#m

3 points by: sarmike31 12.01.2026 19:40 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 20:09 UTC

4. Waymo passenger flees after car drives on Phoenix light rail tracks

https://www.azfamily.com/2026/01/08/waymo-passenger-flees-after-car-drives-phoenix-light-rail-tracks/

13 points by: voxadam 12.01.2026 19:40 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 20:09 UTC

5. In Memory of Frank Gehry

https://systemsapproach.org/2026/01/12/in-memory-of-frank-gehry/

1 points by: eatonphil 12.01.2026 19:40 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 20:09 UTC

6. The free and open source app for speech to text

https://handy.computer/about

1 points by: jeremyt 12.01.2026 19:39 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 20:06 UTC

7. Driverless delivery vans in China go viral by causing chaos on roads

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/driverless-delivery-vans-in-china-go-viral-for-all-the-wrong-reasons-by-causing-chaos-on-roads-3303389/

1 points by: voxadam 12.01.2026 19:36 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 19:39 UTC

8. Riffrail: Browser-based music sequencer and synthesizer

https://www.riffrail.com/

4 points by: s16h 12.01.2026 19:35 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 20:03 UTC

9. Does anyone else want good conversations – not another relationship to maintain?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46593084

1 points by: Indigomarfa 12.01.2026 19:34 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 19:57 UTC

10. A Clinical Trial Nightmare

https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/clinical-trial-nightmare

1 points by: Tomte 12.01.2026 19:34 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 19:57 UTC

11. OpenTelemetry Semantic Conventions

https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/semconv/

1 points by: tosh 12.01.2026 19:34 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 20:00 UTC

12. America in Distress

https://buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/america-in-distress

2 points by: treadump 12.01.2026 19:34 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 20:00 UTC

13. Show HN: ConfigDiff – understand what a config change does

https://configdiff.net

1 points by: ogorun 12.01.2026 19:28 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 19:57 UTC

14. Cowork: Claude Code for the rest of your work

https://claude.com/blog/cowork-research-preview

33 points by: adocomplete 12.01.2026 19:28 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 19:57 UTC

15. Unicode U+2044 Fraction Slash

https://ieji.de/@anselmschueler/114556598240414649

2 points by: gslin 12.01.2026 19:28 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 19:57 UTC

16. Old-school programming techniques you probably don't miss (2009)

https://www.computerworld.com/article/1552279/old-school-programming-techniques-you-probably-don-t-miss.html

2 points by: ohjeez 12.01.2026 19:21 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 19:54 UTC

17. AI Stole the Sparkles Emoji

https://davidimel.substack.com/p/how-ai-stole-the-sparkles-emoji

2 points by: ohjeez 12.01.2026 19:21 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 19:57 UTC

18. Vibe Coded SVG Doodle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpXrlgvvaK4

1 points by: Edmond 12.01.2026 19:20 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 19:54 UTC

19. Holey: Staged execution from Python to SMT for synthesis

https://github.com/namin/holey

4 points by: namin 12.01.2026 19:17 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 19:51 UTC

20. Vibe Coding Roast

https://www.stfo.io/roasts/hostinger-horizons

1 points by: gresquare 12.01.2026 19:14 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 19:51 UTC

21. Presidential Immunity in the United States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_immunity_in_the_United_States

31 points by: pinkmuffinere 12.01.2026 19:14 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 19:51 UTC

22. The Blood Dimmed Tide of Agents

https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2026/01/08/tide-of-agents/

1 points by: john_cogs 12.01.2026 19:12 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 19:51 UTC

23. X Didn't Fix Grok's 'Undressing' Problem. It Just Makes People Pay for It

https://www.wired.com/story/x-didnt-fix-groks-undressing-problem-it-just-makes-people-pay-for-it/

60 points by: pavel_lishin 12.01.2026 19:12 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 19:51 UTC

24. Be Kind to Your Bot

https://blog.timprepscius.com/Be_kind_to_your_bot.html

2 points by: bubblegumcrisis 12.01.2026 19:11 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 19:45 UTC

25. The Microsoft 365 Copilot app rebrand was bad, but there are worse offenders

https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/09/microsoft_365_copilot_app/

2 points by: CrankyBear 12.01.2026 19:11 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 19:45 UTC

26. Two agents found each other on iMessage and talked until they "bankrupted" us

https://rebeccadai.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-two-doormen-a-bizarre-ai

4 points by: randomparticlez 12.01.2026 19:11 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 19:48 UTC

27. A free GitHub-style push-up tracker for builders (heatmap and streaks)

https://pushhub.fit/

2 points by: raduhs 12.01.2026 19:09 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 19:42 UTC

28. Show HN: I built a watch-only Bitcoin address tracker for iOS

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bitscout-track-bitcoin-wallet/id6757343698

1 points by: mgmx-io 12.01.2026 19:09 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 19:42 UTC

29. Show HN: JebKharch – Pocket money and financial literacy for kids

https://jebkharch.com

1 points by: mehulfanawala 12.01.2026 19:09 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 19:42 UTC

30. Musk's X to open source new algorithm in seven days

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/musks-x-open-source-new-algorithm-seven-days-2026-01-10/

1 points by: TechTechTech 12.01.2026 19:09 UTC Last Updated: 12.01.2026 19:42 UTC