Top Hacker News Stories – March 1, 2026

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    Ghostty – Terminal Emulator
    Ghostty – Terminal Emulator (ghostty.org)
  2. 2.
    Switch to Claude without starting over
    Switch to Claude without starting over (claude.com)
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    I built a demo of what AI chat will look like when it's “free” and ad-supported
    I built a demo of what AI chat will look like when it's “free” and ad-supported (99helpers.com)
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    Decision trees – the unreasonable power of nested decision rules
    Decision trees – the unreasonable power of nested decision rules (mlu-explain.github.io)
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    If AI writes code, should the session be part of the commit?
    If AI writes code, should the session be part of the commit? (github.com)
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    Everett shuts down Flock camera network after judge rules footage public record
    Everett shuts down Flock camera network after judge rules footage public record (wltx.com)
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    When does MCP make sense vs CLI? (ejholmes.github.io)
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    AI Made Writing Code Easier. It Made Being an Engineer Harder (ivanturkovic.com)
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    Inside the M4 Apple Neural Engine, Part 1: Reverse Engineering
    Inside the M4 Apple Neural Engine, Part 1: Reverse Engineering (maderix.substack.com)
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    WebMCP is available for early preview
    WebMCP is available for early preview (developer.chrome.com)
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    New iron nanomaterial wipes out cancer cells without harming healthy tissue
    New iron nanomaterial wipes out cancer cells without harming healthy tissue (sciencedaily.com)
  12. 12.
    Microgpt explained interactively
    Microgpt explained interactively (growingswe.com)
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    Right-sizes LLM models to your system's RAM, CPU, and GPU
    Right-sizes LLM models to your system's RAM, CPU, and GPU (github.com)
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    Libre Solar – Open Hardware for Renewable Energy (libre.solar)
  15. 15.
    10-202: Introduction to Modern AI (CMU) (modernaicourse.org)
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    Flightradar24 for Ships (atlas.flexport.com)
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    Operational issue – Multiple services (UAE) (health.aws.amazon.com)
  18. 18.
    RE#: how we built the fastest regex engine in F# (iev.ee)
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    Why XML tags are so fundamental to Claude (glthr.com)
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    AI is making junior devs useless
    AI is making junior devs useless (beabetterdev.com)
  21. 21.
    You don't have to
    You don't have to (scottsmitelli.com)
  22. 22.
    Picking Up a Zillion Pieces of Litter (sixstepstobetterhealth.com)
  23. 23.
    Show HN: Timber – Ollama for classical ML models, 336x faster than Python
    Show HN: Timber – Ollama for classical ML models, 336x faster than Python (github.com)
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    World-first gigabit laser link between aircraft and geostationary satellite
    World-first gigabit laser link between aircraft and geostationary satellite (esa.int)
  25. 25.
    Ape Coding [fiction] (rsaksida.com)
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    Textadept (orbitalquark.github.io)
  27. 27.
    How to record and retrieve anything you've ever had to look up twice
    How to record and retrieve anything you've ever had to look up twice (ellanew.com)
  28. 28.
    Little Free Library
    Little Free Library (littlefreelibrary.org)
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    Why does C have the best file API (maurycyz.com)
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    Computer-generated dream world: Virtual reality for a 286 processor
    Computer-generated dream world: Virtual reality for a 286 processor (deadlime.hu)