Notepad++ for Mac
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…
HN Briefing: essays
The sharpest Hacker News essays worth your time on Apr 27, 2026, each linked back to the original source page.
Today skews toward essays, plus a few HN threads worth the click.
What leads today
Essays & ideas
Top picks
The Prompt API
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…
Essays & ideas
Google banks on AI edge to catch up to cloud rivals Amazon and Microsoft
U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as 'American'
1:59:30: Sabastian Sawe Shatters the 2-Hour Barrier at 2026 London Marathon
Show HN: The Unix Magic poster, annotated (updated)
Show HN: Startup Equity Adventure Game
EvanFlow – A TDD driven feedback loop for Claude Code
TurboQuant: A First-Principles Walkthrough
FreeBSD Device Drivers Book
An AI agent deleted our production database. The agent's confession is below
