HN Top 10 — August 23, 2026
Today’s Top 10 on Hacker News
1. The End of an Athlon
⭐ 104 💬 29 👤 userbinator 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “The End of an Athlon” on Hacker News. Submitted by userbinator. Links to content on os2museum.com.
2. To become a better writer, read as much as you can
⭐ 174 💬 115 👤 andsoitis 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “To become a better writer, read as much as you can” on Hacker News. Submitted by andsoitis. Links to content on nappertime.com.
3. JIT Compiling Code in 5μs
⭐ 74 💬 37 👤 zX41ZdbW 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “JIT Compiling Code in 5μs” on Hacker News. Submitted by zX41ZdbW. Links to content on malisper.me.
4. MartyPC is a cross-platform emulator of early PCs written in Rust
⭐ 123 💬 40 👤 boilerupnc 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “MartyPC is a cross-platform emulator of early PCs written in Rust” on Hacker News. Submitted by boilerupnc. Links to content on martypc.net.
5. Fast and Hard Code
⭐ 40 💬 7 👤 tosh 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “Fast and Hard Code” on Hacker News. Submitted by tosh. Links to content on lucumr.pocoo.org.
6. Why your local LLM feels dumber than it is
⭐ 364 💬 135 👤 felineflock 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “Why your local LLM feels dumber than it is” on Hacker News. Submitted by felineflock. Links to content on forum.level1techs.com.
7. The Art and Beauty of Blade Runner (2015)
⭐ 92 💬 36 👤 cocacola1 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “The Art and Beauty of Blade Runner (2015)” on Hacker News. Submitted by cocacola1. Links to content on nappertime.com.
8. Scrap (2006)
⭐ 376 💬 197 👤 tosh 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “Scrap (2006)” on Hacker News. Submitted by tosh. Links to content on twitter.com.
9. ElevenLabs, TwelveLabs, ThirteenLabs
⭐ 406 💬 122 👤 jemoka 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “ElevenLabs, TwelveLabs, ThirteenLabs” on Hacker News. Submitted by jemoka. Links to content on quantumi.sh.
10. Hister – A private, full content search index that you control
⭐ 365 💬 83 👤 auraham 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “Hister – A private, full content search index that you control” on Hacker News. Submitted by auraham. Links to content on hister.org.