HN blogs - 30/1/26

Direct Current Data Centers https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2026/01/30/direct-current-data-centers/ (HN source)

Nobody cares about your code https://ckochx.com/blog/nobody-cares-about-your-code (HN source)

Surfel-based global illumination on the web https://juretriglav.si/surfel-based-global-illumination-on-the-web/ (HN source)

TileIR Internals https://maknee.github.io/blog/2026/NVIDIA-TileIR-Internals-from-CuTile-to-MLIR-LLVM-to-SASS/ (HN source)

Why We’ve Tried to Replace Data Analytics Developers Every Decade Since 1974 https://blog.rittmananalytics.com/why-weve-tried-to-replace-data-analytics-developers-every-decade-since-1974-5c0de5a05088 (HN source)

The instruction that turns Claude into a self-improving system https://jngiam.bearblog.dev/the-instruction-that-turns-claude-into-a-self-improving-system/ (HN source)

In solidarity with victims of ICE violence https://blog.ericyd.com/in-solidarity/ (HN source)

A no-bullshit introduction to groups: Part 1 https://iczelia.net/posts/groups/ (HN source)

Learning how to stop https://josem.co/learning-how-to-stop/ (HN source)

RTE – Return to Emacs https://michal.sapka.pl/weblog/2026/rte-return-to-emacs/ (HN source)

Building an eBPF Transparent Proxy https://jnfrati.dev/posts/ebpf-transparent-proxy/ (HN source)

Why games made by (only) LLM suck https://ostwilkens.se/blog/llm-games-suck (HN source)

Building a Search Engine for the ASX https://damonphilipross.github.io/2026/01/28/building-a-search-engine-for-the-asx/ (HN source)

SVGs are uniquely legible to LLMs https://turbek.com/Designing-Interactive-SVGs-with-AI/ (HN source)