Hacker News with Generative AI: Trends

My subjective notes on the state of AI at the end of 2024 (ycombinator.com)
The AI landscape continues to evolve rapidly. At the end of 2024 I take time to reflect on the current state of AI and make some predictions about the future.
Artificial Intelligence, Trends, Predictions, 2024
4 points by tiendil 2 days ago | 4 comments
New questions on Stack Overflow are down 77% compared to 2022 (github.com)
Stack Overflow, Programming, Trends, Software Development
78 points by 8s2ngy 10 days ago | 71 comments
What a world to live in, Anti Consumer is trend and Pro consumer is niche (ycombinator.com)
Consumer tech companies are following the trends where they can get more and more locked down and less to consumers because some fruit company is doing it and the companies which are trying to give more open devices are considered as niche.
Consumer Technology, Trends, Open Source, Privacy
8 points by imbdb 11 days ago | 0 comments
Alcohol-free booze is becoming big business (economist.com)
Dry January is under way. After the excesses of the festive period, nearly one-third of Americans are expected to give up, or at least cut down on, alcohol this month. Many will save money. Some will lose weight. And a growing number will still continue to drink their favourite tipple—or at least something close to it.
Alcohol, Business, Health, Trends
29 points by edward 11 days ago | 81 comments
Levels.fyi's annual compensation report 2024 (levels.fyi)
Levels.fyi's annual compensation report. View top paying companies, cities, titles & other trends.
Compensation, Salary, Data, Trends, Technology
10 points by Garbage 11 days ago | 1 comments
Levels.fyi Annual Pay Report (levels.fyi)
Levels.fyi's annual compensation report. View top paying companies, cities, titles & other trends.
Compensation, Data Analysis, Employment, Salary, Trends
10 points by darth_avocado 11 days ago | 0 comments
Who killed the rave? (ft.com)
Late-night dancing falls into global decline
Music, Culture, Trends, Nightlife
336 points by this_weekend 12 days ago | 814 comments
A Year in Review: Flask in 2024 (miguelgrinberg.com)
I'm seeing a stream of "year in review" blog posts about all sorts of topics pop up to coincide with the start of 2025. I'm not sure if this is going to be a new tradition for me, but to follow this trend in this article I'm going to give you my review of the most interesting things that happened in the Flask ecosystem in 2024.
Web Development, Python, Flask, Trends, Review
35 points by ibobev 15 days ago | 4 comments
New Front-End Features for Designers in 2025 (smashingmagazine.com)
Searching for the most flexible front-end workflows and toolkits, it’s easy to forget how powerful some of the fundamentals on the web have become these days.
Web Development, Front-End Development, Design, User Interface, Trends
5 points by ulrischa 16 days ago | 0 comments
Databases in 2024: A Year in Review (cs.cmu.edu)
Like a shot to your dome piece, I'm back to hit you with my annual roundup of what happened in the rumble-tumble game of databases. Yes, I used to write this article on the OtterTune blog, but the company is dead (RIP). I'm doing this joint on my professor blog.
Databases, Trends, Technology, 2024
625 points by avinassh 17 days ago | 209 comments
Things we learned about LLMs in 2024 (simonwillison.net)
A lot has happened in the world of Large Language Models over the course of 2024. Here’s a review of things we figured out about the field in the past twelve months, plus my attempt at identifying key themes and pivotal moments.
Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Trends
984 points by simonw 17 days ago | 582 comments
They'd rather have dumbphones than brain rot (cbc.ca)
The artists of the CBC Arts Trend Forecast predict a desire for simpler, more manageable relationships with our technology in 2025.
Technology, Trends, Consumer Behavior, 2025
45 points by geox 19 days ago | 13 comments
Big five publishers have abandoned literary fiction, putting it on life support (persuasion.community)
Literary fiction is dead. Or, so we’ve been told. Perhaps we can agree it lies bleeding.
Publishing, Literature, Fiction, Trends
19 points by dredmorbius 20 days ago | 1 comments
Americans Consider Themselves 'Sober Curious' Beyond Dry January (newsweek.com)
Millions of Americans Consider Themselves 'Sober Curious' Beyond Dry January
Health, Trends, Alcohol, Culture, Lifestyle
3 points by doener 21 days ago | 1 comments
Name Collision of the Year: Vector (crunchydata.com)
I can’t get through a zoom call, a conference talk, or an afternoon scroll through LinkedIn without hearing about vectors. Do you feel like the term vector is everywhere this year? It is.
Data Science, Technology, Trends, AI, Machine Learning
12 points by winslett 22 days ago | 0 comments
Lindsey Vonn thinks her new titanium knee could start a trend in skiing (apnews.com)
Lindsey Vonn thinks her new titanium knee could start a trend in skiing. And pro sports in general
Sports, Health, Technology, Trends
12 points by geox 23 days ago | 1 comments
The optical disc onslaught continues, with LG quitting Blu-ray players (arstechnica.com)
Like with much of physical media, the onslaught against optical media is ongoing. In the latest hit against physical media fans, LG has discontinued its remaining Blu-ray players. However, this doesn't spell the end for Blu-rays, which, in at least some categories, are seeing growing interest.
Consumer Electronics, Optical Media, Blu-ray, Trends
5 points by rbanffy 35 days ago | 1 comments
Are Social Media Platforms the Next Dying Malls? (honest-broker.com)
A shopping mall destroyed my home town.
Social Media, Trends, Retail, Economics
35 points by paulpauper 35 days ago | 15 comments
The age of average (2023) (alexmurrell.co.uk)
This article argues that from film to fashion and architecture to advertising, creative fields have become dominated and defined by convention and cliché. Distinctiveness has died. In every field we look at, we find that everything looks the same.
Art, Culture, Trends, Design, Criticism
250 points by synergy20 36 days ago | 171 comments
AI Scaling Laws (semianalysis.com)
There has been an increasing amount of fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) regarding AI Scaling laws. A cavalcade of part-time AI industry prognosticators have latched on to any bearish narrative they can find, declaring the end of scaling laws that have driven the rapid improvement in Large Language Model (LLM) capabilities in the last few years.
Artificial Intelligence, Research, Trends
13 points by marban 37 days ago | 1 comments
7 Databases in 7 Weeks for 2025 (blwt.io)
I’ve been running databases-as-a-service for a long time, and there are always new things to keep abreast of - new technologies, different ways of solving problems, not to mention all the research coming out of universities. In 2025, consider spending a week with each of these database technologies.
Databases, Technology, Trends, Software, Learning
404 points by yarapavan 44 days ago | 117 comments
Sober curiosity: Why Gen Zers are reducing their alcohol consumption (medicalxpress.com)
Generation Z is leading a significant shift in drinking habits. In fact, compared to preceding generations, Generation Z may be the soberest generation yet.
Generations, Alcohol Consumption, Lifestyle, Health, Trends
10 points by PaulHoule 45 days ago | 0 comments
What I learned covering computer science in 2024 (mailchi.mp)
Computer Science, Trends
134 points by lr0 46 days ago | 12 comments
Scientists baffled as orcas seem to revive an 80s trend: dead salmon hats (theguardian.com)
Researchers suspect that orcas may be reviving a peculiar fashion statement of sorts not seen since the 1980s.
Animals, Science, Behavior, Trends, Fashion
7 points by rntn 46 days ago | 1 comments
’Brain rot‘ named Oxford Word of the Year 2024 (corp.oup.com)
Following a public vote in which more than 37,000 people had their say, we’re pleased to announce that the Oxford Word of the Year for 2024 is ‘brain rot’.
Language, Trends, Culture
210 points by ChrisArchitect 47 days ago | 164 comments
Orcas start wearing dead salmon hats again after ditching the trend for 37 years (livescience.com)
Orcas, Animal Behavior, Trends, Marine Biology, Wildlife
15 points by pseudolus 49 days ago | 4 comments
'PDF to Brainrot' study tools are an iteration on a TikTok trend (techcrunch.com)
Several AI-based study tools are capitalizing on a “PDF to Brainrot” trend, which will read the text of a document you upload over “oddly satisfying” videos, like ASMR clips of mixing paint and cutting soap, or gameplay footage from Minecraft and Subway Surfers.
Education, Artificial Intelligence, Social Media, Trends, Technology
43 points by ZeljkoS 50 days ago | 49 comments
Bluesky Is Booming in Japan (japantimes.co.jp)
Japanese social media users are quickly taking to Bluesky and other X alternatives, with data suggesting the start of a durable trend.
Social Media, Japan, Trends, Bluesky
30 points by belter 52 days ago | 43 comments
Macquarie Dictionary names 'enshittification' as 2024 Word of the Year (abc.net.au)
"Enshittification" — the gradual deterioration of a service of product — has been named the 2024 Word of the Year by Macquarie Dictionary.
Language, Words, Australia, Dictionary, Trends
14 points by adrian_mrd 53 days ago | 4 comments
A Day in the Life: The Global BGP Table (foletta.org)
Much has been written and a lot of analysis performed on the global BGP table over the years, a significant portion by the inimitable Geoff Huston. However this often focuses on is long term trends, like the growth of the routing table or the adoption of IPv6 , dealing with time frames of of months or years.
Networking, BGP, Internet, Data Analysis, Trends
261 points by gjf 54 days ago | 28 comments