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March 29, 2026

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#1

Show HN: I built a real-time collaborative code editor

892points · pgreenway· comments

Commenters are impressed by the CRDT implementation but debate whether WebSocket or WebRTC is better for the sync layer. Several suggest adding Vim keybindings.

#2

Why we moved from Kubernetes back to bare metal

734points · devops_mike· comments

Strong opinions on both sides. Some argue K8s overhead isn't worth it for small teams, while others point out the move ignores multi-region resilience.

#3

The hidden costs of LLM inference at scale

651points · ml_sarah· comments

Discussion centers on GPU memory optimization and batching strategies. Multiple engineers share their cost breakdowns running Claude and GPT-4 in production.

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AI / Machine Learning

Anthropic releases new Claude model with 1M context window

1203points · dang· comments

Excitement about the context window, with many sharing benchmark results. Some skepticism about whether longer context actually helps in practice.

Fine-tuning open source LLMs on custom datasets: a practical guide

445points · huggingfan· comments

Useful thread with practitioners sharing training configs and cost estimates. LoRA vs full fine-tuning debate is the main thread.

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PostgreSQL 18 released with major performance improvements

389points · pg_master · comments

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