Top Hacker News Stories – March 6, 2026

1. 31.
   Claude Code wiped our production database with a Terraform command (twitter.com)

   145 pointsby jv222229d ago160 comments
2. 32.
   Good Bad ISPs (community.torproject.org)

   140 pointsby rzk9d ago47 comments
3. 33.
   Practical Guide to Bare Metal C++ (arobenko.github.io)

   137 pointsby ibobev9d ago59 comments
4. 34.
   Unlocking Python's Cores:Energy Implications of Removing the GIL (arxiv.org)

   132 pointsby runningmike9d ago105 comments
5. 35.
   

   Nintendo Sues U.S. Government for Tariff Refunds (scribd.com)

   132 pointsby coloneltcb9d ago50 comments
6. 36.
   

   C# strings silently kill your SQL Server indexes in Dapper (consultwithgriff.com)

   126 pointsby PretzelFisch9d ago126 comments
7. 37.
   Some Words on WigglyPaint (beyondloom.com)

   123 pointsby RebelPotato9d ago24 comments
8. 38.
   

   The worst acquisition in history, again (profgmedia.com)

   122 pointsby JumpCrisscross9d ago100 comments
9. 39.
   

   70k Books Found in Hidden Library in This Germany Home (2023) (bookstr.com)

   118 pointsby eatonphil9d ago79 comments
10. 40.
    

    How Much Money Jeff Bezos Made Since You Started Reading This Page (bezoscalculator.com)

    111 pointsby TigerUniversity9d ago144 comments
11. 41.
    TCXO Failure Analysis (serd.es)

    110 pointsby zdw9d ago47 comments
12. 42.
    GPL upgrades via section 14 proxy delegation (runxiyu.org)

    109 pointsby weinzierl9d ago55 comments
13. 43.
    

    Show HN: Claude-replay – A video-like player for Claude Code sessions (github.com)

    105 pointsby es6179d ago36 comments
14. 44.
    

    TypeScript 6.0 RC (devblogs.microsoft.com)

    104 pointsby johnz9d ago49 comments
15. 45.
    

    Astra: An open-source observatory control software (github.com)

    102 pointsby pppone9d ago26 comments
16. 46.
    TeX Live 2026 is available for download now (tug.org)

    95 pointsby jithinraj10d ago71 comments
17. 47.
    

    Show HN: Kula – Lightweight, self-contained Linux server monitoring tool (github.com)

    92 pointsby c0m4r9d ago56 comments
18. 48.
    Art Bits from HyperCard (archives.somnolescent.net)

    91 pointsby TigerUniversity9d ago30 comments
19. 49.
    

    Re-creating the complex cuisine of prehistoric Europeans (arstechnica.com)

    84 pointsby apollinaire9d ago36 comments
20. 50.
    

    Elite Overproduction (en.wikipedia.org)

    82 pointsby softwaredoug9d ago97 comments
21. 51.
    

    Caxlsx: Ruby gem for xlsx generation with charts, images, schema validation (github.com)

    81 pointsby earcar9d ago4 comments
22. 52.
    

    A useless infinite scroll experiment (futile.ch)

    81 pointsby dolin_ch9d ago63 comments
23. 53.
    BlackRock limits withdrawals as redemptions rattle private credit fund (reuters.com)

    75 pointsby itbeho9d ago4 comments
24. 54.
    

    CBP says it can't comply with refund order (cnbc.com)

    72 pointsby DivingForGold9d ago69 comments
25. 55.
    

    Why it takes you and an elephant the same amount of time to poop (2017) (pbs.org)

    72 pointsby Tomte9d ago74 comments
26. 56.
    Never Bet Against x86 (osnews.com)

    71 pointsby raphinou9d ago120 comments
27. 57.
    

    U.S. Capabilities Are Showing Signs of Rot (theatlantic.com)

    65 pointsby exceptione9d ago67 comments
28. 58.
    Show HN: I open-sourced my Steam game, 100% written in Lua, engine is also open (github.com)

    65 pointsby delduca9d ago23 comments
29. 59.
    

    I dropped our production database and now pay 10% more for AWS (alexeyondata.substack.com)

    64 pointsby dsr129d ago65 comments
30. 60.
    Launch HN: Palus Finance (YC W26): Better yields on idle cash for startups, SMBs (news.ycombinator.com)

    62 pointsby sam_palus9d ago92 comments