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koala-news··on Show HN: KoalaNews – how big is this story, really?
You're right. But other media outlets will decide whether to report a story based on its merits, and they'll add their own perspectives. I'd like to see what topics are being discussed globally, not based on a website's ranking data.
koala-news··on Google broke reCAPTCHA for de-googled Android users
The internet increasingly feels like “prove you’re using the approved computer” instead of “prove you’re human”.
koala-news··on Google Cloud fraud defense, the next evolution of reCAPTCHA
Feels like we accidentally built a web where proving you’re human now requires approval from 3 different corporations.
koala-news··on From Supabase to Clerk to Better Auth
Feels like auth is either “this took 2 hours” or “this consumed half the company for 3 years”, with basically no middle ground.
koala-news··on OurCar: What I learned making an app for my family
Honestly, this is kind of the sweet spot for LLM-built apps.

Small thing, used by a few people, solves one annoying problem, and nobody really cares if it’s not “proper software”.

koala-news··on Modern C++ Programming: Busato
Ha, why another programming language? I thought we wouldn't need to learn these in the AI era.
koala-news··on DeepSeek V4—almost on the frontier
Its cost is relatively low, making it very cost-effective.
koala-news··on Do_not_track
This goes against user experience, doesn't it?
koala-news··on Kimi K2.6 just beat Claude, GPT-5.5, and Gemini in a coding challenge
In my opinion, this kind of comparison is not very meaningful.
koala-news··on Vercel’s pricing page
No, I feel the same way.
koala-news··on Does Postgres Scale?
Of course, there are many plugins and similar things.