Hacker News with Generative AI: Trends

Study finds a 50% decline in the use of semicolons over the last two decades (theconversation.com)
A recent study has found a 50% decline in the use of semicolons over the last two decades.

Language, Linguistics, Writing, Trends, Technology

27 points by lr0 32 days ago | 33 comments

Is America headed for an age of dumb phones? (businessinsider.com)
Why so many tech lovers are embracing the "appstinence" movement

Technology, Mobile Devices, Trends, Social Commentary

31 points by herbertl 34 days ago | 50 comments

Why old games never die, but new ones do (wordpress.com)
It’s well known that video games today are disposable pieces of slop. Modern multiplayer games tend to fall into one of two categories: they’re abandoned after a while and the servers are pulled (sometimes comically fast, like with Concord), while other games are endlessly changing “live service” games where they get endless updates and free content at the expense of having microtransactions in all their predatory varieties.

Video Games, Gaming Industry, Trends, Nostalgia

300 points by airhangerf15 34 days ago | 324 comments

Show HN: GetStack.dev – Track GitHub open-source trends (getstack.dev)

GitHub, Open Source, Trends, Software, Development

50 points by h1fra 36 days ago | 15 comments

Marked decline in semicolons in English books (theguardian.com)
A study suggests UK authors are taking Vonnegut’s advice to heart; the semicolon seems to be in terminal decline, with its usage in English books plummeting by almost half in two decades – from one appearing in every 205 words in 2000 to one use in every 390 words today.

Language, Linguistics, Literature, Writing, Trends

6 points by jnord 36 days ago | 1 comments

Self-hosting is having a moment (arstechnica.com)
Self-hosting is having a moment, even if it's hard to define exactly what it is.

Technology, Self-Hosting, Trends

13 points by samizdis 37 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: What Are People Doing Now? (whatpeopledoingnow.com)

Social Media, Trends, Technology, Web Development

4 points by mazzystar 38 days ago | 1 comments

OCaml Web Development: Essential Tools and Libraries in 2025 (tarides.com)
Should you use OCaml for web projects? Web development trends are a hotly debated topic in the computer programming world and the familiar faces of languages and frameworks are unlikely to change: hypertext markup language or HTML, CSS, and JavaScript are the core technologies (with server-side technologies such as PHP, Python, etc.), and React, Vue, Svelte, and Angular are proving to be as popular as ever.

Web Development, Programming Languages, OCaml, Trends

27 points by birdculture 41 days ago | 4 comments

Alcohol use is declining. THC is swooping in (cnn.com)

Alcohol, Cannabis, Drug Use, Health, Trends

8 points by Bender 45 days ago | 2 comments

Factors steadily fueling Linux's desktop rise (zdnet.com)
Linux has been quietly moving from niche to mainstream - and this is why.

Linux, Operating Systems, Desktop, Technology, Trends

5 points by CrankyBear 45 days ago | 0 comments

Has anyone coined the term “fast tech” yet? (chaos.social)

Technology, Trends, Terminology

77 points by luu 48 days ago | 44 comments

More people are getting tattoos removed (gq.com)
For decades, Americans were covering their bodies with more and more tattoos. Now, they’re getting them removed as fast as they can. We speak with the patients going under the laser, the tattoo-removal technicians whose business is booming, and the tattoo artists whose work is being erased to understand how something so permanent became so ephemeral.

Tattoos, Trends, Consumer Behavior, Health

104 points by speckx 50 days ago | 177 comments

Google’s dominance on search is declining – for the first time ever (tuta.com)
For over a decade, Google has dominated the online search market. With a global market share over 90%, Google had the power how billions of people search the web and access information. But now, for the first time since 2015, more than 1 out of 10 people use alternative search engines. Is this a first sign of the Google dominance coming to an end?

Search Engines, Google, Competition, Market Share, Trends

12 points by yagizdegirmenci 51 days ago | 1 comments

You Wouldn't Download a Hacker News (jasonthorsness.com)
And now I can analyze it with DuckDB. Behold the fraction of total comments and stories referencing key topics over time!

Hacker News, Data Analysis, DuckDB, Trends

458 points by jasonthorsness 59 days ago | 227 comments

GPU Price Tracker (unitedcompute.ai)
Track current prices, specifications, and historical trends for the most popular GPUs

GPU, Hardware, Pricing, Trends

54 points by ushakov 61 days ago | 45 comments

Why Sedans Disappeared (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.

Auto Industry, Cars, Trends

21 points by MrBuddyCasino 62 days ago | 25 comments

Orcas start wearing dead salmon hats again after ditching the trend for 37 years (livescience.com)

Orcas, Animal Behavior, Marine Biology, Trends, Nature

19 points by jnord 64 days ago | 3 comments

Ask HN: Why so many companies reducing middle management recently? (ycombinator.com)

Management, Business, Hiring, Economy, Trends

9 points by arduinomancer 65 days ago | 13 comments

Kakistocracy: Rule by the Worst (econlib.org)
Every year in December, The Economist finds a “word of the year” that summarizes a major event or trend and has gained popularity in its wake.

Politics, Language, Trends, Economics

16 points by KnuthIsGod 65 days ago | 5 comments

Vibe Coding: The Infrastructure Problem (ycombinator.com)
The vibe coding trend has gained significant attention lately, but I believe we need a reality check on what it can actually deliver for production applications.

Software Development, Trends, Infrastructure

8 points by nomadrian 65 days ago | 3 comments

Ask HN: What are the hottest areas of *non*-LLM AI work currently? (ycombinator.com)
10+ years ago, "AI" would likely refer to work in RL, evolutionary/genetic algorithms, etc.

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Research, Trends, Employment

15 points by dira3 69 days ago | 5 comments

An EdTech Tragedy (afterbabel.com)
In The Anxious Generation, we focused on the emergence of the adolescent mental health crisis that began in the early 2010s. However, since the book’s publication one year ago, we have learned even more about worrisome trends in education that closely mirror those in mental health: after decades of stability or gradual improvement, test scores in the U.S. and around the world began declining notably in the 2010s.

Education, Mental Health, Social Issues, Trends

5 points by jruohonen 69 days ago | 0 comments

The Games Industry Is Deprofessionalizing (pushtotalk.gg)
There’s this word I’ve started using to describe what’s happening to the games industry: deprofessionalizing.

Games Industry, Labor, Trends

5 points by 8f2ab37a-ed6c 70 days ago | 0 comments

Kotlin, Swift, and Ruby losing popularity (infoworld.com)
The Kotlin, Swift, and Ruby languages have slipped from their top 20 positions in the Tiobe index of programming language popularity.

Programming Languages, Popularity, Trends

45 points by GTP 74 days ago | 79 comments

12 Graphs That Explain the State of AI in 2025 (ieee.org)
If you read the news about AI, you may feel bombarded with conflicting messages: AI is booming. AI is a bubble. AI’s current techniques and architectures will keep producing breakthroughs. AI is on an unsustainable path and needs radical new ideas. AI is going to take your job. AI is mostly good for turning your family photos into Studio Ghibli-style animated images.

Artificial Intelligence, Predictions, Trends, Technology, Data Visualization

4 points by sohkamyung 81 days ago | 1 comments

Not all AI-assisted programming is vibe coding (simonwillison.net)
Vibe coding is having a moment. The term was coined by Andrej Karpathy just a few weeks ago (on February 6th) and has since been featured in the New York Times, Ars Technica, the Guardian and countless online discussions.

Artificial Intelligence, Programming, Technology, Trends

5 points by wslh 84 days ago | 0 comments

Cashless society drives drop in children swallowing coins, researchers say (independent.co.uk)
The shift away from using coins has fuelled a drop in children needing surgery to remove objects they have swallowed or stuck up their noses, research suggests.

Health, Society, Trends, Children, Research

11 points by bookofjoe 84 days ago | 20 comments

New Theoretical Research Trends in Cartography (2001) (researchgate.net)

Cartography, Theoretical Research, Trends

47 points by bryanrasmussen 84 days ago | 9 comments

Markdown and the Slow Fade of the Formatting Fetish (ia.net)
Year after year, document formats like .docx, .ppt, and pdf lose a little bit of steam. You might not have noticed… But Markdown is growing over and into the old formats, slowly, and nicely, like moss on a stranded star destroyer. Notes on a revolution in slow motion.

Markdown, Document Formats, Technology, Trends

32 points by laurex 84 days ago | 6 comments

Markdown and the Slow Fade of the Formatting Fetish (ia.net)
You might not have noticed, but year after year, document formats like .docx, .ppt, and pdf lose a little bit of steam. Markdown is growing over and into the old formats, slowly, and nicely, like moss on a stranded star destroyer. Notes on a revolution in slow motion.

Markdown, Document Formats, Technology, Trends, Writing

11 points by cratermoon 86 days ago | 6 comments