Top Hacker News Stories – March 12, 2026

  1. 121.
    //go:fix inline and the source-level inliner (go.dev)
  2. 122.
    An Ode to Bzip (purplesyringa.moe)
  3. 123.
    Pirates of Silicon Valley
    Pirates of Silicon Valley (archive.org)
  4. 124.
    Important Updates to GitHub Copilot for Students
    Important Updates to GitHub Copilot for Students (github.com)
  5. 125.
    Finland Is Ready for Russia. Is Anyone Else? (bloomberg.com)
  6. 126.
    Honda Cancels All Three EVs That It Planned to Build in the U.S.
    Honda Cancels All Three EVs That It Planned to Build in the U.S. (caranddriver.com)
  7. 127.
    Show HN: Every Developer in the World, Ranked
    Show HN: Every Developer in the World, Ranked (coderank.me)
  8. 128.
    Making Sense of the DXY (dm13450.github.io)
  9. 129.
    Show HN: I built Chronoscope, because Google Maps won't let you visit 3400 BCE
    Show HN: I built Chronoscope, because Google Maps won't let you visit 3400 BCE (shiphappens.xyz)
  10. 130.
    Iran war sparks helium supply concerns for South Korea chip sector
    Iran war sparks helium supply concerns for South Korea chip sector (asia.nikkei.com)
  11. 131.
    Nagle's Algorithm (en.wikipedia.org)
  12. 132.
    Britain's Lloyds apologises after customers able to see others' transactions (reuters.com)
  13. 133.
    Show HN: An application stack Claude coded directly in LLVM IR
    Show HN: An application stack Claude coded directly in LLVM IR (github.com)
  14. 134.
    How we compare model quality in Cursor
    How we compare model quality in Cursor (cursor.com)
  15. 135.
    gstack – Garry Tan's Claude Code Setup
    gstack – Garry Tan's Claude Code Setup (github.com)
  16. 136.
    Windows 11 after two decades of macOS: okay, but also awful (rakhim.exotext.com)
  17. 137.
    Open Source PLFM Radar. Up to 20Km Range
    Open Source PLFM Radar. Up to 20Km Range (hackaday.io)
  18. 138.
    Addressing GitHub's recent availability issues
    Addressing GitHub's recent availability issues (github.blog)
  19. 139.
    How far can you go with IX Route Servers only?
    How far can you go with IX Route Servers only? (blog.benjojo.co.uk)
  20. 140.
    Study: Social media influencers increase the toxicity, power of misinformation (cardiff.ac.uk)
  21. 141.
    For the first time, astronomers witnessed the birth of a 'magnetar'
    For the first time, astronomers witnessed the birth of a 'magnetar' (popsci.com)
  22. 142.
    Show HN: Scan your dev machine for AI agents, MCP servers, and IDE extensions
    Show HN: Scan your dev machine for AI agents, MCP servers, and IDE extensions (github.com)
  23. 143.
    MCPs, CLIs, and skills: when to use what? (jngiam.bearblog.dev)
  24. 144.
    Can LLMs Be Computers?
    Can LLMs Be Computers? (percepta.ai)
  25. 145.
    Tiiny Pocket Lab: The First Pocket-Size AI Supercomputer (tiiny.ai)
  26. 146.
    Live Nation employee mocks customers as 'so stupid' in internal messages
    Live Nation employee mocks customers as 'so stupid' in internal messages (apnews.com)
  27. 147.
    For ~2 weeks, Chinese fighter jets stopped buzzing Taiwan. No one knows why (cnn.com)
  28. 148.
    US fuel tanker aircraft crashes in Iraq – what we know and don't know (bbc.com)
  29. 149.
    Show HN: Nix on Windows –- proof-of-concept demo
    Show HN: Nix on Windows –- proof-of-concept demo (github.com)
  30. 150.
    Elon Musk: xAI was not built right first time round; is being rebuilt (twitter.com)