Why “Software” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
It's not so gentle, but lawyers in the US have told me that their malpractice insurance requires them to have practice management software - calendar, document management, case…
by mmooss · Nov 7, 2026
This began with cloud. When software began running as a front-end in a browser, people began complaining about centralization. But then it became normal. The monopolization of k…
by tescreal · Nov 7, 2026
> Same as anything else Yeah, obviously I'm a programmer so I'm well aware it's technically possible, it was a bit of an exaggeration to explain how much value I feel I get from…
by embedding-shape · Nov 7, 2026
Agree with this as language use is inherently an attempt to compress observations into a shared semantics The syntax of math is overloaded so you need less syntax to write out s…
by hocusPokeUs · Nov 7, 2026
This is a fun blog idea, I'm going to steal it. I've been running a software engineering co-op for the last 5 years using only self hosted and FOSS software (outside of our emai…
by komali2 · Nov 7, 2026
I also want my lawyer to focus on lawyering, not dealing with Microsoft contracts, trying to keep confidential data out of copilot, dealing with proprietary formats, etc. At the…
by dghlsakjg · Nov 7, 2026
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "software" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "software" over time.
Software (SW) consists of computer programs that instruct the execution of a computer. Software also includes design documents and specifications. Read more on Wikipedia