The sharpest Hacker News essays and research worth your time on Apr 27, 2026, each linked back to the original source page.
Today skews toward essays and research, plus a few HN threads worth the click.
TLDR Aspirin use for primary cardiovascular prevention has dropped more than 50% since 2018, tracking revised clinical guidelines. Key Takeaways The decline aligns with major 2018-2019 guideline revis…
TLDR Free, open-source community port of Notepad++ to macOS as a native Universal Binary for Apple Silicon and Intel. Key Takeaways Runs natively on macOS with no Wine, Rosetta, or emulation layer; Un…
TLDR Chrome’s Prompt API brings on-device LLM inference to the browser, letting web pages run prompts locally without external API calls. Key Takeaways Part of Chrome’s “AI on Chrome” initiative, expo…
TLDR Developer acquired the dormant Friendster.com domain for $20k in Bitcoin plus a revenue-generating domain, and is rebuilding it as an in-person-first social network. Key Takeaways Friendster.com …
