Why “code” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
The kinds of dams involved in these projects aren't doing anything useful. They're mostly small and obsolete and/or at the end of their lifespan. They were generally built…
by habinero · Oct 17, 2026
Launch video [0] and source code [1]. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbKXvab-0yQ [1]: https://github.com/davidondrej/cloudroom-core
by nikolay · Oct 17, 2026
I've long suspected that one of the things that makes monads notoriously difficult to explain to people outside of the Haskell ecosystem is that very few other languages even ha…
by i2talics · Oct 17, 2026
This imagines HTML as code and not markup. The reason HTML and markdown are more widely adopted than latex is because the former are more forgiving.
by joshuamorton · Oct 17, 2026
No like there are dozens of open source Claude code alternatives that are as good or better than Claude code. This isn't a theoretical thing. It's not new either.
by thatsabadlook · Oct 17, 2026
Maybe you think there’s no reason for you to be writing code by hand anymore, but it doesn’t follow that the entire skill is obsolete.
by foltik · Oct 17, 2026
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "code" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "code" over time.
In communications and information processing, a code is a system of rules to convert information—such as a letter, word, sound, image, or gesture—into another form, sometimes shortened or secret, for communication through a communication channel or storage in a storage medium. Read more on Wikipedia