Hacker News with Generative AI: Anniversary

Linus Torvalds built Git in 10 days – and never imagined it would last 20 years (zdnet.com)
Git is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Here's why Torvalds never intended for it to stick around.

Git, Software Development, History, Anniversary, Linux

5 points by redbell 11 days ago | 0 comments

Kermit Font (kermit-font.com)
Microsoft’s 50th anniversary is marked, among other things, by the introduction of a new font in Office: Kermit.

Fonts, Microsoft, Anniversary

15 points by radeeyate 18 days ago | 3 comments

Celebrating 8 years of self-hosting Mail-in-a-Box – nilsnh.no (nilsnh.no)
One fateful weekend I decided to try and self-host my e-mail. Now over eight years later I have to commend the Mail-in-a-Box (MiaB) project, its main author @JoshData and the community around it. Thanks for the eight years so far and here’s to eight years more, and beyond!

Self-Hosting, Email, Open Source, Community, Anniversary

21 points by mefengl 43 days ago | 6 comments

Reflections on 25 Years of Blogging (interconnected.org)
I started blogging here precisely 25 years ago on 19 February 2000. I was 22 when I started and I am now 47.

Blogging, Anniversary, Personal Reflections

18 points by genmon 60 days ago | 12 comments

Happy 15th Anniversary, KrebsOnSecurity (krebsonsecurity.com)
KrebsOnSecurity.com turns 15 years old today! Maybe it’s indelicate to celebrate the birthday of a cybercrime blog that mostly publishes bad news, but happily many of 2024’s most engrossing security stories were about bad things happening to bad guys. It’s also an occasion to note that despite my publishing fewer stories than ever this past year, we somehow managed to attract near record levels of readership (thank you!).

Cybersecurity, News, Security, Blog, Anniversary

5 points by johnneville 94 days ago | 0 comments

I live my life a quarter century at a time (tla.systems)
So, we are coming up on a little anniversary for me this weekend. On the 5th of January 2000, Steve Jobs unveiled the new Aqua user interface of Mac OS X to the world at Macworld Expo.

Apple, User Interface, Anniversary

309 points by CharlesW 109 days ago | 182 comments

Let's Encrypt is 10 years old now (letsencrypt.org)
Vital personal and business information flows over the Internet more frequently than ever, and we don’t always know when it’s happening. It’s clear at this point that encrypting is something all of us should be doing. Then why don’t we use TLS (the successor to SSL) everywhere? Every browser in every device supports it. Every server in every data center supports it. Why don’t we just flip the switch?

Security, Encryption, Internet, Technology, Anniversary

543 points by gslin 157 days ago | 189 comments

Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Documentary [video] (youtube.com)

Video Games, Anniversary, Documentaries

40 points by lmq10 161 days ago | 4 comments

Celebrating 6 years since Valve announced Steam Play Proton for Linux (gamingonlinux.com)

Linux, Gaming, Steam, Valve, Anniversary

340 points by freedomben 247 days ago | 158 comments

The Sun Ra Arkestra's Maestro Hits One Hundred (newyorker.com)

Music, Jazz, Biography, Anniversary

152 points by tintinnabula 306 days ago | 38 comments

ThankYouHN: 14 Years (ycombinator.com)