Hey buddy,

Man, Saturday on Hacker News was wild! Had some seriously big news and some classic tech stuff. Let me hit you with the highlights:

Crazy Geopolitics in Venezuela

Okay, first up, the biggest thing was this whole situation in Venezuela. Trump apparently announced that Maduro was captured after some strikes. Wild, right? The comments section was absolutely massive, like 4000+ comments. One dude even summarized the whole thing into themes, mostly about legality vs. morality of intervention, and the US's global military presence. Someone else in the comments claimed to have seen MH-47 helicopters over Caracas, which is pretty intense if true.

StackOverflow's Question Count

Remember how we used to live on StackOverflow? There was this cool graph showing the total monthly questions over time. Looks like it's been pretty stable or maybe even dipping a bit. The comments were, of course, full of people arguing about moderation. This one user, "zahlman," was everywhere, really defending how they close questions, saying there are "good reasons" even if people don't like it. Someone else shared a story about their legitimate question getting closed as "off-topic" which is always annoying.

The Eternal "Year of the Linux Desktop"

You know it, I know it, everyone knows it. Another year, another "2026 will be my year of the Linux desktop" post. It's a classic! People were sharing their setups, like one guy super happy with Kubuntu and Neovim. And of course, there were jabs at Windows, like how the new "Modern Run" dialog is apparently already not working properly. Good old Microsoft, always giving us reasons to dream of Linux. Check it out.

Top HN Blogs of 2025

This was a cool little meta-post: The Most Popular Blogs of Hacker News in 2025. What's interesting is that the comments highlighted how these top blogs were all about real, human writing, without any "growth hacking" or AI-generated filler. People are really valuing genuine content these days, which is nice to see.

Microsoft Being Microsoft (Again)

Speaking of Windows, Microsoft is at it again. There was a report that they've killed the official way to activate Windows 11/10 without internet. Super annoying, right? People in the comments were pretty steamed, and some mentioned how their grandpa switched to Debian because of stuff like this. Also, apparently, grey market keys are still super cheap, so maybe that's the workaround for now.

A New C-Like Language: C3

For the dev crowd, there's a new programming language making waves called C3. It's trying to be like C but with more safety features, aiming for fewer "sharp edges" as one commenter put it. People were comparing it to Odin and Zig, saying how devs are always looking for something better than raw C. Always interesting to see new languages pop up.

The Pentagon Pizzeria Mystery

And finally, for something completely out there: a late-night pizzeria near The Pentagon suddenly surged in traffic. Yeah, you heard that right. The comments were all over the place, connecting it to geopolitical stuff and even some wild conspiracy theories (you know the ones). It was just a really bizarre, surprising headline that got people talking.

Anyway, that's the gist of it! Crazy day, huh? Talk soon!