HN blogs - 4/5/26
We Can Do Hard Things https://allenpike.com/2026/we-can-do-hard-things/ (HN source)
You’ve heard about the vulnpocalypse. let’s talk about the slopdemic https://cje.io/2026/05/04/thoughts-on-the-slopdemic/ (HN source)
On versioning https://ssg.dev/on-versioning/ (HN source)
What five years of solo development taught me https://www.tylerevan.dev/writing/five-years-solo (HN source)
What I Got Wrong Implementing Graph-Based Vector Search https://dubeykartikay.com/posts/reading-algorithms-like-an-engineer/ (HN source)
Infinite Image Grids Are Flat Toruses https://seththompson.com/articles/infinite-image-grids (HN source)
Verifying Poseidon in Clean: Why the Last ‘Sorry’ Is About Primality https://blog.zksecurity.xyz/posts/poseidon-clean/ (HN source)
Oomphalism https://joeldueck.com/oomphalism.html (HN source)
Load balancing usage across Codex accounts https://pepsipu.com/blog/2026-04-agent-scheduling/ (HN source)
14 Years of Mistakes to “Make Something People Want” https://nmn.gl/blog/meditations-on-make-something-people-want (HN source)
Parachuting In https://www.kevinlondon.com/2026/04/15/parachuting-in/ (HN source)
Nondeterminism’s Not the Problem https://isaacvando.com/nondeterminisms-not-the-problem (HN source)
Ten Years of Frinkiac https://langui.sh/2026/05/04/ten-years-of-frinkiac/ (HN source)
Equal Ping for All https://bagnalla.github.io/posts/ping-charity.html (HN source)
Become a product-first software engineer https://www.jakeworth.com/posts/become-a-product-first-software-engineer/ (HN source)
The growth engineering one pager https://jordanlord.co.uk/blog/growth-engineering/ (HN source)
Reviving the internet radio in my 12-year-old Denon https://victorantos.com/posts/i-bought-a-denon-for-my-wedding-then-i-vibe-coded-its-radio-back/ (HN source)
Tractors, beige boxes and what’s next https://agourlay.github.io/the-transmission/ (HN source)
Screw You, Realtek https://www.growse.com/2026/05/02/screw-you-realtek.html (HN source)
Make your software arch context-ready https://www.shaylivni.com/blog/make-architecture-context-queryable (HN source)
I Automate Everything https://effective-programmer.com/how-i-actually-automate-everything-0d97ed624a34?sk=f8a15ad7e32cde79a085bb4f40330eae (HN source)
The Scooter and the Bike https://maxmautner.com/2026/04/12/scooter-vs-bike.html (HN source)
Don’t fly if you can help it https://michaelbluejay.com/airfare/dontfly.html (HN source)
