🔥 Top 10 Hacker News Posts

July 27, 2026

#1

Kimi-K3 Releases on HuggingFace 7/27

⭐ 390💬 169👤 nateb2022

Moonshot AI releases the Kimi-K3 model on HuggingFace, continuing their series of competitive open-weight LLMs. The community is evaluating its performance against other leading models.

#2

PGSimCity - How PostgreSQL Works

⭐ 659💬 63👤 jonbaer

An interactive visualization that simulates PostgreSQL's internal architecture using the SimCity game format. It shows how the database engine manages connections, buffers, WAL, and other subsystems in real time.

#3

Show HN: Physically accurate black hole you can put in your room

⭐ 339💬 100👤 aplavin

A WebGL-based real-time simulation of a black hole using ray marching and gravitational lensing physics. You can interact with it through a browser, placing a miniature black hole that distorts your surroundings.

#4

The Birth of the American 12-string Guitar

⭐ 3💬 0👤 bilegeek

A detailed historical account of how the 12-string guitar evolved in America, tracing its development from earlier multi-string instruments through its rise in folk and rock music.

#5

Magnolias Are So Old That They're Pollinated by Beetles, Not Bees

⭐ 50💬 17👤 speckx

Magnolias are among the oldest flowering plants, predating bees by tens of millions of years. They rely on beetle pollination — an ancient reproductive strategy that dates back to before modern pollinators evolved.

#6

Libsm64: Mario 64 as a library for use in external game engines

⭐ 8💬 2👤 klaussilveira

A library that wraps Super Mario 64's gameplay code so it can be embedded into external game engines. Developers can integrate Mario 64 levels, physics, and mechanics into their own projects programmatically.

#7

Scriptc by Vercel: TypeScript-to-Native compiler, no JavaScript engine in binary

⭐ 204💬 104👤 maxloh

Vercel's Scriptc compiles TypeScript directly to native machine code, eliminating the need for a JavaScript runtime in the final binary. This approach aims to deliver native performance for TypeScript applications without bundling a VM.

#8

Chinese chipmaker shares surge 470%

⭐ 50💬 28👤 pingou

Shares of a Chinese semiconductor company skyrocketed 470% following major announcements. The surge reflects growing investor confidence in domestic chip manufacturing amid global supply chain tensions.

#9

French firefighters face 'pyrocumulonimbus' for first time

⭐ 396💬 275👤 saaaaaam

French wildfire crews encountered pyrocumulonimbus clouds — massive storm systems generated by intense fires that can produce their own lightning, wind, and even tornadoes. This marks a new escalation in the severity of European wildfires.

#10

Decker, a platform that builds on the legacy of Hypercard and classic macOS

⭐ 322💬 74👤 tosh

Decker is a new creative platform inspired by Apple's Hypercard and the golden era of classic Macintosh software. It aims to make powerful interactive applications accessible through visual, card-based programming.