HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

1.

Every Google result now looks like an ad (twitter.com)

3592 points by cmod on Jan 21, 2020 | 972 comments

2.

Thank HN: You helped me get a new job

2425 points by atum47 on Jan 15, 2020 | 193 comments

3.

Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained (reuters.com)

2272 points by n1000 on Jan 21, 2020 | 696 comments

4.

Goodbye, Clean Code (overreacted.io)

1678 points by danabramov on Jan 11, 2020 | 575 comments

5.

Tricks to start working despite not feeling like it (deprocrastination.co)

1636 points by vitabenes on Jan 21, 2020 | 368 comments

6.

Which Emoji Scissors Close? (wh0.github.io)

1545 points by _nhynes on Jan 3, 2020 | 126 comments

7.

Broot – A new way to see and navigate directory trees (dystroy.org)

1448 points by gilad on Jan 9, 2020 | 287 comments

8.

Procrastination is about managing emotions, not time (bbc.com)

1375 points by clouddrover on Jan 23, 2020 | 361 comments

9.

Ask HN: I've been slacking off at Google for 6 years. How can I stop this?

1337 points by futur321 on Jan 5, 2020 | 970 comments

10.

A Sad Day for Rust (words.steveklabnik.com)

1243 points by pjmlp on Jan 17, 2020 | 991 comments

11.

Not everyone has an internal monologue (ryanandrewlangdon.wordpress.com)

1225 points by altacc on Jan 30, 2020 | 875 comments

12.

How to Exit Vim (github.com)

1111 points by justinzollars on Jan 8, 2020 | 395 comments

13.

My Second Year as a Solo Developer (mtlynch.io)

1066 points by mtlynch on Jan 31, 2020 | 374 comments

14.

Monoliths Are the Future (changelog.com)

1065 points by feross on Jan 30, 2020 | 552 comments

15.

Congrats! Web scraping is legal! (US precedent) (parsers.me)

1057 points by ehurynovich on Jan 29, 2020 | 388 comments

16.

An Update on Bradfitz: Leaving Google (bradfitz.com)

1012 points by jgrahamc on Jan 27, 2020 | 271 comments

17.

WireGuard is now in Linus' tree (lists.zx2c4.com)

982 points by axiomdata316 on Jan 29, 2020 | 278 comments

18.

Software Disenchantment (2018) (tonsky.me)

934 points by ibdknox on Jan 1, 2020 | 488 comments

19.

Mozilla lays off 70 (techcrunch.com)

929 points by ameshkov on Jan 15, 2020 | 904 comments

20.

The first chosen-prefix collision for SHA-1 (sha-mbles.github.io)

928 points by ynezz on Jan 7, 2020 | 352 comments

21.

Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions? (2010) (news.ycombinator.com)

908 points by tcharlton on Jan 2, 2020 | 437 comments

22.

VVVVVV’s source code is now public, 10 year anniversary jam happening now (distractionware.com)

870 points by ciroduran on Jan 10, 2020 | 223 comments

23.

SMS is not 2FA-secure (issms2fasecure.com)

867 points by sergeant3 on Jan 10, 2020 | 371 comments

24.

Oslo had 0 pedestrian, 0 cyclist, 0 children and 1 driver trafic deaths in 2019 (twitter.com)

864 points by anonymfus on Jan 2, 2020 | 505 comments

25.

Jeff Bezos's phone 'hacked by Saudi crown prince' (theguardian.com)

834 points by mnem on Jan 21, 2020 | 293 comments

26.

My FOSS Story (blog.burntsushi.net)

833 points by mfrw on Jan 20, 2020 | 200 comments

27.

DigitalOcean is laying off staff (techcrunch.com)

816 points by progapandist on Jan 17, 2020 | 399 comments

28.

Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions?

815 points by napsterbr on Jan 2, 2020 | 1096 comments

29.

I Was Google’s Head of International Relations (medium.com)

815 points by sleepyshift on Jan 2, 2020 | 297 comments

30.

EA is permanently banning Linux players on Battlefield V (forums.lutris.net)

814 points by WoodenKatana on Jan 3, 2020 | 484 comments