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New ask Hacker News story: There is no evidence for X

There is no evidence for X 2 by cadabrabra | 0 comments on Hacker News. Is not the same as “There is evidence of no X.” Very important distinction.

New ask Hacker News story: YC S26 Application: "Attach a coding agent session you're particularly proud of"

YC S26 Application: "Attach a coding agent session you're particularly proud of" 2 by simplydt | 1 comments on Hacker News. I vibecoded a couple of iOS apps & a full SaaS (SEOZilla.ai) over the past six months and the honest answer is: my best coding agent sessions from 3-4 months ago would make great submissions. Excellent debugging, catching poor architecture choices, back-and-forth problem solving. But lately? I mostly write product specs, make simple architecture decisions, and do QA. The agents just... handle it. Across the board, Opus, Sonnet, Cursor, whatever you're using, the jump in the last 2 months has been wild. Which raises a genuine question: what is YC actually selecting for with this prompt? The most impressive sessions are probably from people using worse tools or tackling harder problems. The founders who've figured out the best workflows might have the most boring transcripts. Anyone else finding that their "best" agent sessions...

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)

Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026) 2 by iryndin | 7 comments on Hacker News. New projects, refactors, experiments, startups, or late-night hacks — tell us what you’re building or exploring this month and why.

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Cheap laptop for Linux without GUI (for writing)

Ask HN: Cheap laptop for Linux without GUI (for writing) 4 by locusofself | 2 comments on Hacker News. Hey HN, I'm on a quest for a distraction-free writing device and considering a super cheap laptop which I can just run vim/nano on. I'd like: - Excellent battery life - Good keyboard - Sleep/wake capabilities (why is this so hard with Linux?) I'm thinking some kind of chromebook? Maybe an old thinkpad?

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What's your preferred Python tool to convert Markdown to print ready PDF

Ask HN: What's your preferred Python tool to convert Markdown to print ready PDF 2 by eon01 | 0 comments on Hacker News. especially for technical books with code

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Who is firing? (February 2026)

Ask HN: Who is firing? (February 2026) 4 by chalmovsky | 0 comments on Hacker News.