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10 trillion downloads are crushing open-source repositories - here's what they're doing about it (zdnet.com)

2026-05-06 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | get GitHub Copilot Subscription → | tags: sonatype, maven central, open-source repositories

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Yet Another GitHub Incident (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-05 | get GitHub Actions Automation Kit → | tags: github, incident, comments

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Neanderthals ran 'fat factories' 125,000 years ago (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

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Neanderthals ran 'fat factories' 125,000 years ago (news.ycombinator.com)

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A beginner's guide to Sourcehut (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

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It’s time to make a plan for nuclear waste (technologyreview.com)

2026-04-29 | by Casey Crownhart | get Nuclear Waste Storage Container → | tags: nuclear waste, us reactors, deep geological repository

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An update on GitHub availability (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-28 | by Vlad Fedorov | get GitHub Official T-Shirt → | tags: github, github actions, repository

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An Update on GitHub Availability (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-28 | by Vlad Fedorov | get GitHub Desktop → | tags: github, github actions, repository

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High Performance Git (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-28 | get GitHub Desktop → | tags: git, version-control, packfiles

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Ted Nyman – High Performance Git (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-28 | get GitHub Desktop → | tags: git, version control, packfiles

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Show HN: Browser Harness – Gives LLM freedom to complete any browser task (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-24 | get Browser Automation Toolkit → | tags: browser harness, chrome devtools protocol, llm browser automation

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I shipped a transaction bug, so I built a linter (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-10 | by Léon H | get CodeLint for Transactions → | tags: database transactions, gorm, repository pattern

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Robot Mowers Are Actually Good Now (wired.com)

2026-04-06 | by Simon Hill | get Robomow Robot Lawn Mower → | tags: husqvarna, automower, robot mower

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iNaturalist (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-03 | get Nature Identification Guide → | tags: inaturalist, biodiversity, scientific data repositories

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New fossil deposits show complex animal groups predating the Cambrian (arstechnica.com)

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GitHub's Historic Uptime (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-31 | get GitHub Status T-Shirt → | tags: github, uptime, software

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If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your private repos (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-27 | get GitHub Private Repo Backup → | tags: github, github copilot, private repos

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GitHub Copilot will use your data for AI training by default, but you can opt out (techspot.com)

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ArXiv Declares Independence from Cornell (news.ycombinator.com)

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Planar Li deposition and dissolution enable practical anode-free pouch cells (feeds.nature.com)

2026-03-17 | by Liu | get Li Metal Battery Pack → | tags: lithium metal batteries, solid electrolyte interphase, crossover-coupled electrolyte

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It's time to move your docs in the repo (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-14 | get GitHub Desktop → | tags: git, google docs, documentation

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The FTC is mailing $47M in checks to renters—but many don’t realize they’re eligible (feeds.feedburner.com)

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If It Quacks Like a Package Manager (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-08 | by Andrew Nesbitt | get Package Manager → | tags: github actions, npm, rust

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Don't create .gitkeep files, use .gitignore instead (2023) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-20 | get .gitignore → | tags: gitignore, gitkeep, build directory

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Don't create .gitkeep files, use .gitignore instead (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-20 | get .gitignore → | tags: gitignore, gitkeep, build

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Apple and Jon Prosser coordinating deposition in iOS 26 leak case (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-19 | by Marcus Mendes | get iPhone → | tags: apple, case, court

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Atmospheric microplastic emissions from land and ocean (feeds.nature.com)

2026-01-21 | by Evangelou | get Microplastics → | tags: deposition, emission, emissions

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Supply Chain Vuln Compromised Core AWS GitHub Repos & Threatened the AWS Console (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-15 | get AWS → | tags: build, codebuild, github

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Target's dev server offline after hackers claim to steal source code (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-01-12 | get GitHub → | tags: bleepingcomputer, code, internal

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Fossil versus Git (news.ycombinator.com)

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