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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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2026776 stories
I'm Getting into Mesh Networks (Meshtastic, MeshCore, and Reticulum)↗ jonaharagon.com · HN · 146 comments · 377 points · May 27, 2026
Quack: The DuckDB Client-Server Protocol↗ duckdb.org · HN · 83 comments · 387 points · May 12, 2026
Show HN: I put an AI agent on a $7/month VPS with IRC as its transport layer↗ georgelarson.me · HN · 96 comments · 340 points · Mar 26, 2026
Show HN: Jido 2.0, Elixir Agent Framework↗ jido.run · HN · 65 comments · 323 points · Mar 05, 2026
Obsidian Sync now has a headless client↗ help.obsidian.md · HN · 212 comments · 587 points · Feb 28, 2026
2025700 stories
Phoenix: A modern X server written from scratch in Zig↗ git.dec05eba.com · HN · 435 comments · 674 points · Dec 24, 2025
Cap'n Web: a new RPC system for browsers and web servers↗ blog.cloudflare.com · HN · 298 comments · 643 points · Sep 22, 2025
Resurrecting a dead torrent tracker and finding 3M peers↗ kianbradley.com · HN · 203 comments · 655 points · Jun 17, 2025
Litestream: Revamped↗ fly.io · HN · 99 comments · 452 points · May 20, 2025
Peer-to-peer file transfers in the browser↗ github.com · HN · 257 comments · 606 points · Mar 12, 2025
2024666 stories
Server-Sent Events (SSE) Are Underrated↗ igorstechnoclub.com · HN · 150 comments · 338 points · Dec 25, 2024
Show HN: TeaTime – distributed book library powered by SQLite, IPFS and GitHub↗ github.com · HN · 55 comments · 307 points · Nov 27, 2024
WebSockets vs. Server-Sent-Events vs. Long-Polling vs. WebRTC vs. WebTransport↗ rxdb.info · HN · 228 comments · 518 points · Mar 18, 2024
LocalSend: Open-source, cross-platform file sharing to nearby devices↗ localsend.org · HN · 170 comments · 447 points · Mar 10, 2024
Willow Protocol↗ willowprotocol.org · HN · 121 comments · 429 points · Jan 17, 2024
2023682 stories
How to run a small social network (2019)↗ runyourown.social · HN · 112 comments · 114 points · Dec 31, 2023
Instant messaging: Protocols are "commons", let's take them seriously↗ process-one.net · HN · 93 comments · 88 points · Dec 31, 2023
StreamDiffusion: A pipeline-level solution for real-time interactive generation↗ github.com · HN · 67 comments · 365 points · Dec 23, 2023
NewPipe 0.26↗ github.com · HN · 91 comments · 210 points · Dec 22, 2023
Shutting down the Matrix bridge to Libera Chat↗ matrix.org · HN · 14 comments · 38 points · Nov 28, 2023
2022673 stories
Stable Diffusion 2.0↗ stability.ai · HN · 471 comments · 1320 points · Nov 24, 2022
Stable Diffusion Public Release↗ stability.ai · HN · 413 comments · 770 points · Aug 22, 2022
How Discord supercharges network disks for extreme low latency↗ discord.com · HN · 215 comments · 551 points · Aug 15, 2022
Show HN: PocketBase – Open Source realtime backend in one file↗ github.com · HN · 111 comments · 563 points · Jul 07, 2022
Static torrent website with peer-to-peer queries over BitTorrent on 2M records↗ boredcaveman.xyz · HN · 106 comments · 575 points · Mar 08, 2022
2021656 stories
PipeWire: A server for Linux audio and video streams↗ pipewire.org · HN · 172 comments · 531 points · Sep 11, 2021
Mumble: Open-Source, Low Latency, High Quality Voice Chat↗ mumble.info · HN · 248 comments · 591 points · Jun 27, 2021
Why I Built Litestream↗ litestream.io · HN · 176 comments · 703 points · Feb 11, 2021
WebRTC is now a W3C and IETF standard↗ web.dev · HN · 91 comments · 645 points · Jan 27, 2021
Teamspeak 5 to be based on the Matrix protocol↗ community.teamspeak.com · HN · 224 comments · 541 points · Jan 12, 2021
2020716 stories
Show HN: PSX Party – Online Multiplayer Playstation 1 Emulator Using WebRTC↗ psxparty.kosmi.io · HN · 171 comments · 676 points · Dec 30, 2020
Funkwhale – Decentralized, self-hosted music server↗ funkwhale.audio · HN · 292 comments · 565 points · Nov 12, 2020
Show HN: Learn how WebRTC actually works. A book on the protocols, not just APIs↗ webrtcforthecurious.com · HN · 72 comments · 667 points · Aug 30, 2020
An introduction to RabbitMQ↗ erlang-solutions.com · HN · 255 comments · 586 points · May 21, 2020
Apache Pulsar is an open-source distributed pub-sub messaging system↗ pulsar.apache.org · HN · 237 comments · 587 points · Jan 02, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

WangNet – 1.8 MB, zero-dependency Numberwang adjudication in 11 languages↗ github.com · HN · 63 comments · 182 points · Sep 15, 2026
Jabber/XMPP: How Do We Gain Traction?↗ gultsch.de · HN · 163 comments · 98 points · Sep 14, 2026
Jabber/XMPP: 25 Years of Digital Independence↗ gultsch.de · HN · 183 comments · 272 points · Aug 24, 2026
Show HN: Durable Actor Session Protocol↗ dasp-protocol.github.io · HN · 4 comments · 16 points · Sep 28, 2026
Show HN: PicoMQ – Durable Streams over HTTP, on object storage↗ picomq.com · HN · 31 comments · 159 points · Aug 24, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

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

Highest rated · the last 30 days

WangNet – 1.8 MB, zero-dependency Numberwang adjudication in 11 languages↗ github.com · HN · 63 comments · 182 points · Sep 15, 2026
Jabber/XMPP: How Do We Gain Traction?↗ gultsch.de · HN · 163 comments · 98 points · Sep 14, 2026
Open Oscar Server: open-source server compatible with AIM and ICQ clients↗ github.com · HN · 20 comments · 67 points · Aug 30, 2026
Use Vsock with Libzmq↗ blog.remijouan.net · HN · 9 comments · 49 points · Sep 07, 2026
Show HN: Lightspeed, build real time apps the Laravel way (+asteroids demo)↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 5 comments · 18 points · Sep 20, 2026
Show HN: Durable Actor Session Protocol↗ dasp-protocol.github.io · HN · 4 comments · 16 points · Sep 28, 2026
Hard-Chat – A serverless, RAM-only P2P terminal chat↗ github.com · HN · 2 comments · 14 points · Sep 06, 2026
Apache Kafka vs. Apache Iggy: A Technical Comparision↗ softwaremill.com · HN · 2 comments · 12 points · Sep 02, 2026
Show HN: ManyBot – Framework to build WhatsApp bots, without the boring part↗ manybot.org · HN · 0 comments · 10 points · Sep 16, 2026
Blob-stream: a Kafka alternative for low cost high volume streaming↗ blog.bitdrift.io · HN · 0 comments · 8 points · Sep 28, 2026

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