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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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20261,482 stories
Qwen3.8-Max: A New Bar for Coding and Cowork↗ qwen.ai · HN · 612 comments · 1124 points · Aug 03, 2026
Tell HN: I'm 60 years old. Claude Code has re-ignited a passion↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 988 comments · 1086 points · Mar 07, 2026
Qwen3-Coder-Next↗ qwen.ai · HN · 429 comments · 735 points · Feb 03, 2026
Claude Code On-the-Go↗ granda.org · HN · 335 comments · 543 points · Jan 04, 2026
The creator of Claude Code's Claude setup↗ twitter.com · HN · 403 comments · 568 points · Jan 02, 2026
20251,283 stories
Performance and telemetry analysis of Trae IDE, ByteDance's VSCode fork↗ github.com · HN · 366 comments · 954 points · Jul 27, 2025
Kiro: A new agentic IDE↗ kiro.dev · HN · 462 comments · 1063 points · Jul 14, 2025
Writing toy software is a joy↗ blog.jsbarretto.com · HN · 313 comments · 820 points · Jun 24, 2025
AlphaEvolve: A Gemini-powered coding agent for designing advanced algorithms↗ deepmind.google · HN · 270 comments · 1036 points · May 14, 2025
Show HN: I built an AI that turns GitHub codebases into easy tutorials↗ github.com · HN · 172 comments · 923 points · Apr 19, 2025
2024872 stories
Show HN: Haystack – an IDE for exploring and editing code on an infinite canvas↗ haystackeditor.com · HN · 214 comments · 546 points · Jul 25, 2024
We need visual programming. No, not like that↗ blog.sbensu.com · HN · 494 comments · 1178 points · Jul 11, 2024
Show HN: Atopile – Design circuit boards with code↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 292 comments · 595 points · Feb 05, 2024
Write code for the web↗ mrmr.io · HN · 358 comments · 446 points · Feb 04, 2024
Apple releases Pkl – configuration as code language↗ pkl-lang.org · HN · 7 comments · 433 points · Feb 03, 2024
2023861 stories
I'm skeptical of low-code↗ nick.scialli.me · HN · 299 comments · 427 points · Dec 30, 2023
A Hobby Coding Biography↗ marginalia.nu · HN · 8 comments · 70 points · Dec 30, 2023
Lazarus IDE 3.0↗ forum.lazarus.freepascal.org · HN · 77 comments · 217 points · Dec 22, 2023
Show HN: We are building open-source IDE powered by AI agents that work for you↗ github.com · HN · 14 comments · 76 points · Apr 04, 2023
GitHub Copilot X: The AI-powered developer experience↗ github.blog · HN · 43 comments · 93 points · Mar 22, 2023
2022803 stories
Trying new programming languages helped me grow as a software engineer↗ cichocinski.dev · HN · 190 comments · 313 points · Oct 16, 2022
“Code” 2nd Edition Now Available↗ charlespetzold.com · HN · 153 comments · 525 points · Aug 07, 2022
Launch HN: CodeCrafters (YC S22) – Practice writing complex software↗ codecrafters.io · HN · 206 comments · 403 points · Aug 04, 2022
Copilot sells code other people wrote↗ twitter.com · HN · 815 comments · 713 points · Jun 23, 2022
The Niche Programmer↗ ano.ee · HN · 197 comments · 404 points · May 01, 2022
2021846 stories
Fleet, a Lightweight IDE from JetBrains↗ blog.jetbrains.com · HN · 414 comments · 718 points · Nov 29, 2021
I was rejected by Codecademy three times, so I built my own↗ codeamigo.dev · HN · 250 comments · 832 points · Oct 28, 2021
Show HN: I built a fake VS Code to browse live cricket score in office↗ cric-code.pankajtanwar.in · HN · 209 comments · 674 points · Oct 25, 2021
Vscode.dev↗ code.visualstudio.com · HN · 260 comments · 803 points · Oct 20, 2021
Show HN: Imba – I have spent 7 years creating a programming language for the web↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 345 comments · 1216 points · Aug 17, 2021
20201,096 stories
More challenging projects every programmer should try↗ web.eecs.utk.edu · HN · 223 comments · 757 points · Dec 20, 2020
Microsoft Tilecode↗ microsoft.github.io · HN · 60 comments · 425 points · Oct 24, 2020
The Era of Visual Studio Code↗ blog.robenkleene.com · HN · 672 comments · 647 points · Sep 22, 2020
The best Parts of Visual Studio Code are proprietary↗ underjord.io · HN · 268 comments · 439 points · Aug 04, 2020
Teach Yourself Computer Science↗ teachyourselfcs.com · HN · 265 comments · 1169 points · Jun 21, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Bug: Border radius has infected VSCode editor↗ github.com · HN · 51 comments · 80 points · Sep 25, 2026
λ Snap – An inviting programming language for kids and adults for CS study↗ snap.berkeley.edu · HN · 109 comments · 184 points · Sep 11, 2026
Nine coding harnesses vs. your laptop↗ nasutton.notion.site · HN · 71 comments · 186 points · Sep 10, 2026
Programming is Art↗ orchidfiles.com · HN · 206 comments · 192 points · Sep 07, 2026
Qwen3.8-Max: A New Bar for Coding and Cowork↗ qwen.ai · HN · 612 comments · 1124 points · Aug 03, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Programming is Art↗ orchidfiles.com · HN · 206 comments · 192 points · Sep 07, 2026
Nine coding harnesses vs. your laptop↗ nasutton.notion.site · HN · 71 comments · 186 points · Sep 10, 2026
λ Snap – An inviting programming language for kids and adults for CS study↗ snap.berkeley.edu · HN · 109 comments · 184 points · Sep 11, 2026
Bug: Border radius has infected VSCode editor↗ github.com · HN · 51 comments · 80 points · Sep 25, 2026
Show HN: A browser IDE for m68000, Z80 assembly (and more), with graphics↗ asm-editor.specy.app · HN · 3 comments · 31 points · Sep 08, 2026
Thinking in Code↗ aishwaryagoel.com · HN · 2 comments · 25 points · Sep 04, 2026
Ask HN: Should we still learn coding?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 41 comments · 14 points · Sep 22, 2026
The Story of VS Code | Official Documentary↗ youtube.com · HN · 1 comments · 13 points · Sep 04, 2026
We gave a coding agent the lethal trifecta: data, internet, a public repo↗ archestra.ai · HN · 1 comments · 11 points · Sep 14, 2026
App building platform for young kids to learn how to code↗ codedreams.org · HN · 3 comments · 10 points · Sep 20, 2026

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