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Monday, September 7, 2026

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Company#1New30TeslaElon Musk's electric car and energy company, also building self-driving software and the Optimus robot. Why now: A Tesla ran a stop sign and killed a man, Full Self-Driving/Autopilot was onDeveloper tool#24.6x usual24EmacsThe extensible, long-lived text editor. Why now: Emacs Bedrock 2.0Developer tool#31.8x usual18WindowsMicrosoft's PC operating system. Why now: Sophomoresty/turnstile-bypass: Cross-platform Cloudflare Turnstile solver (macOS, Windows, Linux)Company#44.0x usual18MicrosoftThe company behind Windows, Azure, GitHub and Copilot. Why now: Switzerland's Federal Government Is Replacing Microsoft on 3k ComputersCompany#5New18BroadcomThe chipmaker that designs custom AI chips and networking silicon. Why now: Leaving VMware just got harder after Broadcom pulled VDDK downloadsDeveloper tool#63.5x usual17TypeScriptJavaScript with types, from Microsoft. Why now: LBEILC/RhineLabUI: Rhine Lab archive interface built with TypeScript and Three.jsCompany#71.5x usual17OpenAIThe AI lab behind ChatGPT, the GPT models and Codex. Why now: Tell HN: OpenAI brings back 5 hour limit for plus and business standard usersData#8New17ClickHouseA fast open-source database for analytics. Why now: I've operated petabyte-scale ClickHouse clusters for 5 yearsCompany#93.6x usual17CloudflareThe network and security company whose edge sits in front of much of the web. Why now: Sophomoresty/turnstile-bypass: Cross-platform Cloudflare Turnstile solver (macOS, Windows, Linux)Developer tool#1016LinuxThe open-source operating system kernel behind most servers and Android. Why now: RISC-V Emulator and Linux System from ScratchPerson#113.2x usual14Mark ZuckerbergThe founder and chief executive of Meta. Why now: It's time for Mark Zuckerberg to resign from MetaAI product#122.6x usual13vLLMAn open-source engine for serving language models fast. Why now: Speculative Decoding in vLLM on AMD GPUsPerson#13New13Jensen HuangThe co-founder and chief executive of Nvidia. Why now: Nvidia's Jensen Huang says 'AGI has arrived' and congratulates OpenAIData#14New12PostgreSQL 19A version of the PostgreSQL database. Why now: PostgreSQL 19 Interactive TourHardware#15New12RISC-VAn open instruction set for processors. Why now: RISC-V Emulator and Linux System from ScratchData#162.3x usual11SQLiteThe small embedded database in most phones and apps. Why now: Show HN: Engrim – A universal, local-first SQLite memory engine for AI CLIsModel#1711ClaudeAnthropic's family of AI models and its assistant app. Why now: Jakeschincariol/linkedin-agent-skill: Eleven free Claude skills that run a LinkedIn account: posts off 21 hook…Company#181.8x usual11AMDThe chipmaker behind Ryzen and EPYC processors and Instinct AI accelerators. Why now: Speculative Decoding in vLLM on AMD GPUsDeveloper tool#192.7x usual11DockerThe tool that packages software into containers. Why now: Getting phpBB 1.4.4 working in DockerDeveloper tool#2011macOSApple's Mac operating system. Why now: Sophomoresty/turnstile-bypass: Cross-platform Cloudflare Turnstile solver (macOS, Windows, Linux)
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1TeslaElon Musk's electric car and energy company, also building self-driving software and the Optimus robot. Why now: A Tesla ran a stop sign and killed a man, Full Self-Driving/Autopilot was onCompanyNew30
2EmacsThe extensible, long-lived text editor. Why now: Emacs Bedrock 2.0Developer tool4.6x usual24
3WindowsMicrosoft's PC operating system. Why now: Sophomoresty/turnstile-bypass: Cross-platform Cloudflare Turnstile solver (macOS, Windows, Linux)Developer tool1.8x usual18
4MicrosoftThe company behind Windows, Azure, GitHub and Copilot. Why now: Switzerland's Federal Government Is Replacing Microsoft on 3k ComputersCompany4.0x usual18
5BroadcomThe chipmaker that designs custom AI chips and networking silicon. Why now: Leaving VMware just got harder after Broadcom pulled VDDK downloadsCompanyNew18
6TypeScriptJavaScript with types, from Microsoft. Why now: LBEILC/RhineLabUI: Rhine Lab archive interface built with TypeScript and Three.jsDeveloper tool3.5x usual17
7OpenAIThe AI lab behind ChatGPT, the GPT models and Codex. Why now: Tell HN: OpenAI brings back 5 hour limit for plus and business standard usersCompany1.5x usual17
8ClickHouseA fast open-source database for analytics. Why now: I've operated petabyte-scale ClickHouse clusters for 5 yearsDataNew17
9CloudflareThe network and security company whose edge sits in front of much of the web. Why now: Sophomoresty/turnstile-bypass: Cross-platform Cloudflare Turnstile solver (macOS, Windows, Linux)Company3.6x usual17
10LinuxThe open-source operating system kernel behind most servers and Android. Why now: RISC-V Emulator and Linux System from ScratchDeveloper tool16
11Mark ZuckerbergThe founder and chief executive of Meta. Why now: It's time for Mark Zuckerberg to resign from MetaPerson3.2x usual14
12vLLMAn open-source engine for serving language models fast. Why now: Speculative Decoding in vLLM on AMD GPUsAI product2.6x usual13
13Jensen HuangThe co-founder and chief executive of Nvidia. Why now: Nvidia's Jensen Huang says 'AGI has arrived' and congratulates OpenAIPersonNew13
14PostgreSQL 19A version of the PostgreSQL database. Why now: PostgreSQL 19 Interactive TourDataNew12
15RISC-VAn open instruction set for processors. Why now: RISC-V Emulator and Linux System from ScratchHardwareNew12
16SQLiteThe small embedded database in most phones and apps. Why now: Show HN: Engrim – A universal, local-first SQLite memory engine for AI CLIsData2.3x usual11
17ClaudeAnthropic's family of AI models and its assistant app. Why now: Jakeschincariol/linkedin-agent-skill: Eleven free Claude skills that run a LinkedIn account: posts off 21 hook…Model11
18AMDThe chipmaker behind Ryzen and EPYC processors and Instinct AI accelerators. Why now: Speculative Decoding in vLLM on AMD GPUsCompany1.8x usual11
19DockerThe tool that packages software into containers. Why now: Getting phpBB 1.4.4 working in DockerDeveloper tool2.7x usual11
20macOSApple's Mac operating system. Why now: Sophomoresty/turnstile-bypass: Cross-platform Cloudflare Turnstile solver (macOS, Windows, Linux)Developer tool11

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