Top Hacker News Stories – March 12, 2026

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   Shall I implement it? No (gist.github.com)

   1548 pointsby breton3d ago559 comments
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   Malus – Clean Room as a Service (malus.sh)

   1418 pointsby microflash3d ago528 comments
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   “This is not the computer for you” (samhenri.gold)

   992 pointsby MBCook3d ago376 comments
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   Innocent woman jailed after being misidentified using AI facial recognition (grandforksherald.com)

   752 pointsby rectang3d ago385 comments
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   Vite 8.0 Is Out (vite.dev)

   551 pointsby kothariji2d ago201 comments
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   ATMs didn’t kill bank teller jobs, but the iPhone did (davidoks.blog)

   525 pointsby colinprince3d ago570 comments
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   US private credit defaults hit record 9.2% in 2025, Fitch says (marketscreener.com)

   431 pointsby JumpCrisscross3d ago459 comments
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   Asian governments roll out 4-day weeks, WFH to solve fuel crisis caused by war (fortune.com)

   414 pointsby speckx3d ago353 comments
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   Big data on the cheapest MacBook (duckdb.org)

   386 pointsby bcye3d ago290 comments
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    Enhancing gut-brain communication reversed cognitive decline in aging mice (med.stanford.edu)

    386 pointsby mustaphah3d ago185 comments
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    Bubble Sorted Amen Break (parametricavocado.itch.io)

    381 pointsby eieio3d ago123 comments
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    Returning to Rails in 2026 (markround.com)

    373 pointsby stanislavb3d ago237 comments
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    Dolphin Progress Release 2603 (dolphin-emu.org)

    338 pointsby BitPirate3d ago54 comments
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    The Met releases high-def 3D scans of 140 famous art objects (openculture.com)

    334 pointsby coloneltcb3d ago76 comments
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    Executing programs inside transformers with exponentially faster inference (percepta.ai)

    318 pointsby u1hcw9nx3d ago123 comments
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    Kotlin creator's new language: talk to LLMs in specs, not English (codespeak.dev)

    315 pointsby souvlakee3d ago280 comments
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    An old photo of a large BBS (2022) (rachelbythebay.com)

    303 pointsby xbryanx3d ago188 comments
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    Italian prosecutors seek trial for Amazon, 4 execs in alleged $1.4B tax evasion (reuters.com)

    287 pointsby amarcheschi3d ago70 comments
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    3D-Knitting: The Ultimate Guide (oliver-charles.com)

    246 pointsby ChadNauseam3d ago85 comments
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    Grief and the AI split (blog.lmorchard.com)

    241 pointsby avernet3d ago374 comments
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    Avoiding Trigonometry (2013) (iquilezles.org)

    228 pointsby WithinReason3d ago88 comments
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    1B identity records exposed in ID verification data leak (aol.com)

    224 pointsby robtherobber3d ago60 comments
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    Coding after coders: The end of computer programming as we know it? (nytimes.com)

    224 pointsby angst3d ago428 comments
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    Claude now creates interactive charts, diagrams and visualizations (claude.com)

    224 pointsby adocomplete3d ago114 comments
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    Show HN: Axe – A 12MB binary that replaces your AI framework (github.com)

    223 pointsby jrswab3d ago123 comments
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    US banks' exposure to private credit hits $300B (2025) (alternativecreditinvestor.com)

    216 pointsby JumpCrisscross3d ago5 comments
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    Suburban school district uses license plate readers to verify student residency (nbcchicago.com)

    194 pointsby josephcsible3d ago254 comments
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    Apple's MacBook Neo makes repairs easier and cheaper than other MacBooks (arstechnica.com)

    190 pointsby GeekyBear3d ago125 comments
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    White House plan to break up iconic U.S. climate lab moves forward (science.org)

    183 pointsby robtherobber3d ago208 comments
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    Are LLM merge rates not getting better? (entropicthoughts.com)

    174 pointsby 4diii3d ago157 comments