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📰 Today's Top 19 Hacker News Stories (Sorted by Score) 📰

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🔖 Title: uBlock Origin is no longer available on the Chrome Store

🔗 URL: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en

👍 Score: [941]

💬 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43322922

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🔖 Title: Performance of the Python 3.14 tail-call interpreter

🔗 URL: https://blog.nelhage.com/post/cpython-tail-call/

👍 Score: [449]

💬 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43317592

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🔖 Title: Apple Exclaves

🔗 URL: https://randomaugustine.medium.com/on-apple-exclaves-d683a2c37194

👍 Score: [411]

💬 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43314657

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🔖 Title: Canon EF and RF Lenses – All Autofocus Motors

🔗 URL: https://exclusivearchitecture.com/03-technical-articles-CLT-12-autofocus-systems.html

👍 Score: [302]

💬 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43320230

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🔖 Title: Chasing RFI Waves – Part Seven

🔗 URL: https://raoulpop.com/2012/04/15/chasing-rfi-waves-part-seven/

👍 Score: [277]

💬 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43315406

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🔖 Title: Probabilistic Artificial Intelligence

🔗 URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.05244

👍 Score: [237]

💬 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43318624

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🔖 Title: Music labels will regret coming for the Internet Archive, sound historian says

🔗 URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/music-labels-will-regret-coming-for-the-internet-archive-sound-historian-says/

👍 Score: [199]

💬 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43322245

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🔖 Title: 3dfx: So powerful, it's kind of ridiculous (2023)

🔗 URL: https://www.abortretry.fail/p/so-powerful-its-kind-of-ridiculous

👍 Score: [183]

💬 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43287327

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🔖 Title: Planes are having their GPS hacked. Could new clocks keep them safe?

🔗 URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq6yg204pvmo

👍 Score: [122]

💬 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43289994

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🔖 Title: Show HN: Editable Games

🔗 URL: https://playscl.com/make

👍 Score: [93]

💬 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43321688

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🔖 Title: Show HN: In-Browser Graph RAG with Kuzu-WASM and WebLLM

🔗 URL: https://blog.kuzudb.com/post/kuzu-wasm-rag/

👍 Score: [67]

💬 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43321523

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🔖 Title: How to Build a Thousand-Year-Old Tree

🔗 URL: https://www.noemamag.com/how-to-build-a-thousand-year-old-tree/

👍 Score: [65]

💬 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43290498

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🔖 Title: Software-Defined Radio for Engineers (2018) [pdf]

🔗 URL: https://www.analog.com/media/en/training-seminars/design-handbooks/Software-Defined-Radio-for-Engineers-2018/SDR4Engineers.pdf

👍 Score: [61]

💬 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43323071

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🔖 Title: A technical history of Acorn Computers

🔗 URL: https://www.mcmordie.co.uk/acornhistory/index.shtml

👍 Score: [55]

💬 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43321131

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🔖 Title: Mathematical Foundations of Reinforcement Learning

🔗 URL: https://github.com/MathFoundationRL/Book-Mathematical-Foundation-of-Reinforcement-Learning

👍 Score: [37]

💬 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43323946

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🔖 Title: British tourist detained by US authorities for 10 days over visa issue

🔗 URL: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/10/british-tourist-detained-us-authorities-10-days-visa-issue

👍 Score: [35]

💬 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43324040

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🔖 Title: Study finds bullies have more children than non-bullies

🔗 URL: https://phys.org/news/2025-02-bullies-children.html

👍 Score: [34]

💬 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43323738

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🔖 Title: The Einstein AI Model

🔗 URL: https://thomwolf.io/blog/scientific-ai.html

👍 Score: [25]

💬 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43300414

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🔖 Title: Zero-Downtime Kubernetes Deployments on AWS with EKS

🔗 URL: https://glasskube.dev/blog/kubernetes-zero-downtime-deployments-aws-eks/

👍 Score: [24]

💬 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43320024

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The holy grail of software development isn’t just writing code—it’s writing good code in a state of pure cognitive clarity. That moment when the mind operates at peak efficiency, when debugging is intuitive, and when abstractions form with effortless precision. This is the flow state, the intersection of deep focus and high cognitive throughput, where time distorts, distractions dissolve, and productivity skyrockets.

But flow doesn’t happen on command. It’s not a switch you flip—it’s a state that requires cultivation, discipline, and an understanding of what to do outside of flow to extend and intensify the time inside of it.

Understanding Flow in Programming

Flow is a psychological state described by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, where people are fully immersed in an activity, experiencing deep focus, clear goals, and intrinsic motivation. In programming, flow is more than just focus—it’s a state where:

Code becomes a natural language, and syntax errors fade into the subconscious.

Bugs reveal themselves intuitively before they cause major issues.

Solutions appear as if they were waiting to be discovered.

However, the challenge isn’t just getting into flow—it’s staying in flow longer and increasing the intensity of that state. Many developers struggle with this because modern work environments are designed to pull them out of it—interruptions, meetings, notifications, and context switches all work against deep work.

Why Flow is Hard to Maintain

The key limitation of flow isn’t just time—it’s cognitive energy. You can’t sustain high-intensity flow indefinitely because:

1. Flow Requires a Build-Up – You don’t start in deep flow; it takes warm-up time. If you’re constantly switching contexts, you never get past the shallow stages of focus.

2. Cognitive Fatigue Kicks In – Just like physical endurance, mental endurance wears down over time. High-intensity cognition depletes willpower, working memory, and problem-solving efficiency.

3. External Interruptions Break the Cycle – Every time you respond to a message, check an email, or attend an unplanned meeting, you disrupt the delicate mental stack that flow relies on.

Expanding Flow: The Out-of-Flow Preparation Phase

To maximize flow, you must structure your out-of-flow time to support your inflow time. This means making low-bandwidth, low-intensity activities serve the function of preserving cognitive resources for when they are needed most.

1. Prime the Mind Beforehand

Preload the problem: Before entering flow, read through relevant code, documentation, or problem statements, even if you don’t start coding. Let the subconscious chew on it.

Use sleep strategically: Review complex issues before sleeping—your brain continues working on them passively overnight.

Journal ideas: Keep a scratchpad for incomplete thoughts and patterns that need to be explored later. This prevents cognitive drift when you re-enter deep work.

2. Reduce Cognitive Load Outside of Flow

Automate the trivial: Reduce low-value decision-making by scripting repetitive tasks, automating builds, and using shortcuts.

Optimize workspace: Remove unnecessary distractions, use dark themes to reduce eye strain, and fine-tune your dev environment.

Minimal communication: Asynchronous work models (like using GitHub issues or structured documentation) prevent unnecessary meetings.

3. Use Active Recovery to Extend Flow Durations

Exercise between flow sessions: Short walks, stretching, or kettlebell swings help reset the nervous system.

Use Indian clubs or a gyro ball: Engaging the wrists and forearms with rhythmic exercises improves circulation and keeps the hands limber.

Engage in passive problem-solving: Listen to low-intensity technical podcasts, read about related topics, or sketch diagrams without the pressure of immediate problem-solving.

4. Manage Energy and Stamina

Control caffeine intake: Small, steady doses of caffeine (e.g., green tea or microdosed coffee) sustain focus longer than a single heavy hit.

Eat for cognitive endurance: Avoid sugar crashes; prioritize protein, healthy fats, and slow-digesting carbs.

Cold exposure and breathwork: Techniques like the Wim Hof method or contrast showers can help maintain alertness and focus.

Maximizing In-Flow Performance

Once in flow, the goal is to stay there as long as possible and increase intensity without burnout.

1. Work in High-Resolution Time Blocks

90-minute deep work cycles: Research suggests the brain works optimally in ultradian rhythms, meaning cycles of 90 minutes of intense focus followed by a 15–20 minute break.

Use timers: Time tracking (e.g., Pomodoro) helps prevent unconscious fatigue. However, don’t stop flow artificially—only use timers to prevent shallow focus work.

2. Reduce Interruptions Ruthlessly

Go offline: Disable notifications, block distracting sites, and use airplane mode during deep work.

Use noise-canceling headphones: Even if you don’t listen to music, noise isolation helps maintain focus.

Batch all non-coding activities: Emails, Slack messages, and meetings should be handled in predefined blocks outside of deep work hours.

3. Optimize Mental Bandwidth

Use text-based reasoning: Writing pseudocode or rubber-duck debugging prevents mental overload.

Talk through problems out loud: The act of verbalizing a complex issue forces clarity.

Engage in deliberate problem-solving: Instead of brute-forcing solutions, work from first principles—break problems down into the smallest testable units.

Scaling Flow: Beyond Individual Productivity

Flow isn’t just an individual challenge—it can be optimized at the team level:

Flow-friendly scheduling: Companies should avoid scheduling meetings during peak productive hours (e.g., morning blocks).

Pair programming strategically: While pair programming can improve code quality, it can also break deep focus. Use it wisely.

Minimize process friction: Too much bureaucracy or excessive agile ceremonies kill momentum. Lean processes help maintain deep work culture.

The Final Goal: High-Intensity Flow as the Default State

Ultimately, a programmer’s most valuable skill isn’t just technical proficiency—it’s the ability to engineer their own mind for sustained, high-intensity flow. When flow is prolonged and intensified, an hour of deep work can replace an entire week of shallow, distracted effort.

The key is not just working more—it’s working smarter, structuring out-of-flow time so that when flow begins, it reaches peak intensity and lasts as long as possible. By systematically designing both low-intensity and high-intensity work, programmers can transform sporadic flow into a continuous, deliberate, high-performance workflow.

In the end, peak developers aren’t just coders—they are architects of their own mental states.

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Replying to Avatar fiatjaf

I just opened a page at random: https://urlaub.npub.pro/post/note1dg8r9d2glnuqzjhdxppk8avkcwt8tzmxvxaslwe4welz7cu2f59sqjvuct/

Where is the link to open with Nostr? I can't see.

(correction: I just found them buried in a menu no one will ever click.)

Anyway, there was specifically one npub.pro website I got linked to last year and wanted to follow the person on Nostr, but couldn't find any hint of their npub for the life of me, and I tried a lot and never found the person. Maybe I asked around at the time, but I can't find myself asking, only found this: nostr:nevent1qqs2hwa34mqw99nuwz8qjq5r288yevvhs3jp2vm04cy2e3jjz6a546qzyqalp33lewf5vdq847t6te0wvnags0gs0mu72kz8938tn24wlfze69xaa90

Also some days ago nostr:npub1jlrs53pkdfjnts29kveljul2sm0actt6n8dxrrzqcersttvcuv3qdjynqn posted this on Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43091596 -- it could have been a nice Nostr ad, but it just looked like a normal blog with spam comments at the bottom.

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