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Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)

What are you working on? Any new ideas that you're thinking about?

Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)

What are you working on? Any new ideas that you're thinking about?

I returned to AWS and was reminded why I left

Local AI needs to be the norm

Local AI needs to be the norm

Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler

Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler

OpenAI’s WebRTC problem

The hypocrisy of cyberlibertarianism

I’ve banned query strings

Related: <a href="https://susam.net/no-query-strings.html" rel="nofollow">https://susam.net/no-query-strings.html</a>

I’ve banned query strings

Related: <a href="https://susam.net/no-query-strings.html" rel="nofollow">https://susam.net/no-query-strings.html</a>

Internet Archive Switzerland

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Internet Archive Switzerland

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Using Claude Code: The unreasonable effectiveness of HTML

Examples: <a href="https://thariqs.github.io/html-effectiveness/" rel="nofollow">https://thariqs.github.io/html-effectiveness/</a><p>Related: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/8/unreasonable-effectiveness-of-html/" rel="nofollow">https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/8/unreasonable-effectiven...</a>

EU Parliamentary Research Service calls VPNs "a loophole that needs closing"

David Attenborough's 100th Birthday

Bun's experimental Rust rewrite hits 99.8% test compatibility on Linux x64 glibc

<a href="https://xunroll.com/thread/2053047748191232310" rel="nofollow">https://xunroll.com/thread/2053047748191232310</a><p>Recent and related: <i>Zig → Rust porting guide</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48016880">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48016880</a> - May 2026 (540 comments)

Bun's experimental Rust rewrite hits 99.8% test compatibility on Linux x64 glibc

<a href="https://xunroll.com/thread/2053047748191232310" rel="nofollow">https://xunroll.com/thread/2053047748191232310</a><p>Recent and related: <i>Zig → Rust porting guide</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48016880">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48016880</a> - May 2026 (540 comments)

A recent experience with ChatGPT 5.5 Pro

<a href="https://twitter.com/wtgowers/status/2052830948685676605" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/wtgowers/status/2052830948685676605</a><p><a href="https://xcancel.com/wtgowers/status/2052830948685676605" rel="nofollow">https://xcancel.com/wtgowers/status/2052830948685676605</a>

Agents need control flow, not more prompts