Top Hacker News Stories - March 2026

1. 31.
   

   Thoughts on slowing the fuck down (mariozechner.at)

   1130 points by jdkoeck 11d ago 485 comments
2. 32.
   Tell HN: I'm 60 years old. Claude Code has re-ignited a passion (news.ycombinator.com)

   1086 points by shannoncc 29d ago 989 comments
3. 33.
   Judge orders government to begin refunding more than $130B in tariffs (wsj.com)

   1062 points by JumpCrisscross 1mo ago 790 comments
4. 34.
   Wikipedia was in read-only mode following mass admin account compromise (wikimediastatus.net)

   1049 points by greyface- 1mo ago 385 comments
5. 35.
   

   Microsoft's "fix" for Windows 11 (sambent.com)

   1046 points by h0ek 12d ago 756 comments
6. 36.
   

   Why so many control rooms were seafoam green (2025) (bethmathews.substack.com)

   1038 points by Amorymeltzer 11d ago 202 comments
7. 37.
   Tech employment now significantly worse than the 2008 or 2020 recessions (twitter.com)

   1031 points by enraged_camel 1mo ago 688 comments
8. 38.
   

   Ireland shuts last coal plant, becomes 15th coal-free country in Europe (2025) (pv-magazine.com)

   1022 points by robin_reala 27d ago 666 comments
9. 39.
   Rob Pike’s Rules of Programming (1989) (cs.unc.edu)

   1020 points by vismit2000 18d ago 449 comments
10. 40.
    GPT-5.4 (openai.com)

    1019 points by mudkipdev 1mo ago 807 comments
11. 41.
    

    “This is not the computer for you” (samhenri.gold)

    1011 points by MBCook 23d ago 380 comments
12. 42.
    

    Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act: Dangerous backdoor surveillance risks remain (michaelgeist.ca)

    1005 points by opengrass 20d ago 335 comments
13. 43.
    I'm OK being left behind, thanks (shkspr.mobi)

    1000 points by coinfused 16d ago 765 comments
14. 44.
    ChatGPT won't let you type until Cloudflare reads your React state (buchodi.com)

    984 points by alberto-m 6d ago 615 comments
15. 45.
    

    Running Tesla Model 3's computer on my desk using parts from crashed cars (bugs.xdavidhu.me)

    982 points by driesdep 10d ago 332 comments
16. 46.
    

    I'm reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online services (neilzone.co.uk)

    974 points by speckx 1mo ago 622 comments
17. 47.
    

    Google Workspace CLI (github.com)

    953 points by gonzalovargas 1mo ago 285 comments
18. 48.
    

    Have a fucking website (otherstrangeness.com)

    948 points by asukachikaru 18d ago 525 comments
19. 49.
    

    Tell HN: Litellm 1.82.7 and 1.82.8 on PyPI are compromised (github.com)

    938 points by dot_treo 12d ago 499 comments
20. 50.
    10% of Firefox crashes are caused by bitflips (mas.to)

    921 points by marvinborner 1mo ago 485 comments
21. 51.
    

    Oracle slashes 30k jobs (rollingout.com)

    914 points by pje 5d ago 846 comments
22. 52.
    Migrating to the EU (rz01.org)

    912 points by exitnode 13d ago 702 comments
23. 53.
    

    My astrophotography in the movie Project Hail Mary (rpastro.square.site)

    911 points by wallflower 14d ago 200 comments
24. 54.
    

    We haven't seen the worst of what gambling and prediction markets will do (derekthompson.org)

    908 points by mmcclure 10d ago 698 comments
25. 55.
    

    Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta's $2B Lobbying for Age Verification Tech (gadgetreview.com)

    907 points by doener 19d ago 22 comments
26. 56.
    Artemis II is not safe to fly (idlewords.com)

    903 points by idlewords 5d ago 637 comments
27. 57.
    

    Nobody gets promoted for simplicity (terriblesoftware.org)

    896 points by aamederen 1mo ago 513 comments
28. 58.
    

    Personal Encyclopedias (whoami.wiki)

    896 points by jrmyphlmn 11d ago 185 comments
29. 59.
    

    Ghostty – Terminal Emulator (ghostty.org)

    863 points by oli5679 1mo ago 359 comments
30. 60.
    

    MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max (apple.com)

    862 points by scrlk 1mo ago 976 comments