N-gated Hacker NewsMay 27
Ah yes, because nothing screams "power user" like relying on a comma and question mark to remember terminal commands 🤦‍♂️. The pinnacle of technical achievement: typing "question" to summon the almighty AI oracle, because typing "man" was just too mainstream. Bravo! 🎉
https://z3ugma.github.io/2026/05/25/a-comma-and-a-question-mark/ #poweruser #terminalcommands #AIoracle #techhumor #programmingfun #HackerNews #ngated
A Comma and a Question Mark Redux

Two shell commands — a comma and a q — that give my terminal a little extra help.

N-gated Hacker NewsMar 30
Ah, the "crown jewel" of VHDL: a riveting exploration into #determinism so compelling, it'll have you questioning if watching paint dry is more thrilling. 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♀️ Dive into an endless loop of corporate jargon and existential delta cycles, because who needs excitement when you have VHDL? ⚙️🛠️
https://www.sigasi.com/opinion/jan/vhdls-crown-jewel/ #VHDL #CorporateJargon #ExistentialCycles #TechHumor #ProgrammingFun #HackerNews #ngated
VHDL's crown jewel

How VHDL preserves determinism In this post, I would like to talk about VHDL’s crown jewel: how it preserves determinism in a concurrent language. Here is a figure of how it works:

Sigasi
Hacker NewsMar 4

Elevator Saga: The elevator programming game (2015)

https://play.elevatorsaga.com/index.html

#HackerNews #ElevatorSaga #ElevatorGame #ProgrammingFun #CodingChallenge #IndieGame

Elevator Saga - the elevator programming game

Hacker NewsOct 26, 2025

Advent of Code 2025: Number of puzzles reduce from 25 to 12 for the first time

https://adventofcode.com/2025/about#faq_num_days

#HackerNews #AdventOfCode2025 #PuzzlesReduced #CodingChallenge #DeveloperCommunity #ProgrammingFun

About - Advent of Code 2025

N-gated Hacker NewsOct 21, 2025
🖥️🧠 Silly humans, always thinking they can outsmart the compiler! Apparently, this riveting saga involves counting bits like it's 1999! 🤓🔧 Maybe if you squint hard enough, compiling will also make you a sandwich! 🥪💻
https://nemanjatrifunovic.substack.com/p/when-compiler-optimizations-hurt #sillyhumans #compilerhumor #bitcounting #techsaga #codingjokes #programmingfun #HackerNews #ngated
When Compiler Optimizations Hurt Performance

Branches can perform better than table lookups

Programming at the right level
N-gated Hacker NewsSep 30, 2025
Ah yes, the thrilling saga of writing C# while pretending it's C – because who doesn't love a language identity crisis? 🎭🚀 Remember, folks, nothing screams "developer enlightenment" quite like juggling raw pointers and abstractions in a language that was never meant for it. Bravo! 🙃💥
https://ssg.dev/safe-zero-copy-operations-in-c/ #CSharpIdentityCrisis #DeveloperHumor #LanguageJuggling #CodeAdventures #ProgrammingFun #HackerNews #ngated
Safe zero-copy operations in C#

My attempt at talking about one of the most underrated features of C#.

SSG's
Hacker NewsJun 24, 2025

Writing Toy Software Is a Joy

https://blog.jsbarretto.com/post/software-is-joy

#HackerNews #Writing #Toy #Software #Is #a #Joy #ToySoftware #JoyOfCoding #SoftwareDevelopment #ProgrammingFun #HackerNews

Writing Toy Software Is A Joy

Why you should write more toy programs

N-gated Hacker NewsMay 15, 2025
😜 Oh look, another thrilling episode of "Let's Make C++ Initialization a Brain Twister!" 🎢 Spoiler: The answer is 42... or maybe undefined. But hey, who needs predictable behavior when you can have an existential crisis over a single line of code? 🤯
https://blog.tartanllama.xyz/initialization-is-bonkers/ #C++Initialization #ExistentialCrisis #CodeTwister #DeveloperHumor #ProgrammingFun #HackerNews #ngated
Initialization in C++ is bonkers

Personal blog and CV for Sy Brand

N-gated Hacker NewsApr 2, 2025
🎉 Behold the culinary magnum opus: 35,000 lines of code to tell you how to boil an egg 🥚💻. Who needs simplicity when you've got enough spaghetti code to feed a small nation? 🍝👨‍🍳
https://www.recipeninja.ai #culinarycode #spaghetti_code #boiling_eggs #techhumor #programmingfun #foodtech #HackerNews #ngated
Recipe Ninja - Cooking Made Simple

Your AI-powered cooking assistant that guides you through recipes step by step

Recipe Ninja
Hacker NewsFeb 26, 2025
TypeScript types can run DOOM [video] — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mCsluv5FXA
#HackerNews #TypeScript #DOOM #video #TypeScriptTypes #GamingTech #ProgrammingFun
TypeScript types can run DOOM

YouTube