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March 29, 2026
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.
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.
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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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.
PostgreSQL 18 released with major performance improvements
389points · pg_master · comments
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