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Re:Ask HN: Why is HN native dark mode not implemented yet? on Monday September 07, 2026 @12:38PM (#49600214)
3 days after this was posted, I’m reading this thread in a new HN dark mode, on mobile, without having explicitly opted in. Sounds like native dark mode!
Re:"It works better in the app " on Friday August 28, 2026 @12:19PM (#49480751)
ClassDojo.com, a platform for students/parents/teachers, is a major offender of this.
Re:Elena, a library for building Progressive Web Components on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @10:41AM (#49183710)
fyi I originally posted this link a few days prior to this thread (before the post you linked). But that post got no traction, and HN then resubmitted it on my behalf at the above post date.
Re:Aube – Node.js package manager in Rust on Sunday May 24, 2026 @09:12AM (#48257014)
> appears vibecoded

??

It's from the author of mise, https://mise.en.dev/.

Re:I Won't Download Your App. The Web Version Is A-OK on Monday April 06, 2026 @11:13AM (#47661997)
gmail on mobile is particularly insidious in this context.
The song title is actually ‘Midnight Train to Georgia’.
Re:Levels of Agentic Engineering on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @07:08AM (#47334080)
Would be interesting to see some context of the cost the developer pays/burns through at each level.
Re:Show HN: The HN Arcade on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @07:20AM (#46794382)
Re:iCloud Photos Downloader on Monday January 12, 2026 @10:59AM (#46590190)
Anyone got any tips for programmatically downloading photos in a shared album?
Re:I switched from VSCode to Zed on Monday January 05, 2026 @11:53AM (#46501256)
Here's a good, 1.5 year old podcast interview with the Zed founder, https://shows.acast.com/software-unscripted/episodes/664fde4....
Re:The Graffiti Question on Saturday December 20, 2025 @06:37PM (#46340756)
> just imagine a city without it

Havana

How do you limit it’s Internet access besides not plugging it in?
Here’s an informing recent DevTools podcast episode featuring someone from the Marko team, https://www.devtools.fm/episode/
Re:Don't forget these tags to make HTML work like you expect on Monday October 27, 2025 @10:39AM (#45721506)
> `<html lang="en">`

The author might consider instead:

`<html lang="en-US">`

Re:Pyrefly: Python type checker and language server in Rust on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @09:49AM (#45580017)
See the recent Talk Python podcast featuring some Pyrefly team members, https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/523/pyrefly-fast-ide-fri...
Re:Memorizing Phone Numbers on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @09:08PM (#45510902)
This post has a certain old web feel to it. Some technical point to make, wrapped in a personal, candid and reflective narrative.

ps - definitely teach your kids your number.

Re:Zig-Error-Patterns on Thursday August 07, 2025 @06:23AM (#44822727)
Beautiful web site!
Re:Our $100M Series B on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @11:49AM (#44735765)
Love the blog post with a one-off art direction!

Also love the Oxide and Friends podcast! What strikes me most lately about Oxide since falling into their hefty episode backlog, is their book club culture. I really appreciate the ability to get a fly on the wall experience of it, I learn a lot!

https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/

Here’s (one of) a recent Oxide & Friends podcast episode on Intel, https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/lip-bu-tans....
Re:Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update on Sunday July 13, 2025 @03:03PM (#44552632)
Stop using chrome

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