Signals beyond the launch
External momentum
Stories trending on other startup ecosystems, cross-linked to launches and revenue data when the destination URL matches.
Strong outside interest
Sep 14
Anecdotally, programmers dislike "reduce"
evanhahn.com
Real outside interest
Nov 4
Clj.rs – a Clojure dialect implemented in Rust
clj.rs
Real outside interest
Nov 4
The lost malloc()
napcakes.nekoweb.org
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Oct 25
The 'else' keyword is probably a literal translation from German (2020)
github.com
Real outside interest
Oct 14
The Economic Complexity of the Western Roman Empire
michelecoscia.com
Real outside interest
Sep 23
A brief history of Windows scroll bar shortcuts
devblogs.microsoft.com
Strong outside interest
Sep 22
9 Ads per Minute: FIFA Cup 26 – "the price of the beautiful game"
bristol.ac.uk
Strong outside interest
Sep 18
I vibed a proof of Conway's conjecture
overreacted.io
Real outside interest
Sep 15
Ex-FTC boss Khan: break out the handcuffs for AI CEOs, citing 1934 precedent
theregister.com
Strong outside interest
Nov 10
Fossil CO2 emissions decrease by 0.4% in 2026
news.exeter.ac.uk
Real outside interest
Nov 8
Petered (what happens after the Peter Principle)
aworkinglibrary.com
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Nov 5
OpenSSH 10.6p2 has been released with a workaround for a critical vulnerability
hachyderm.io
Real outside interest
Oct 31
Altoids Project
uvdn7.github.io
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Oct 30
Jules Verne's Lost Novel
blue-continuum.com
Real outside interest
Oct 25
Meta employees say Lula’s accounts restricted in Brazil election: Report
aljazeera.com
Real outside interest
Sep 29
We’re forgetting what darkness feels like
theguardian.com
Real outside interest
Sep 23
Seattle City Council votes to ban surveillance pricing in sale of groceries
advocacy.consumerreports.org
Real outside interest
Nov 2
Katamari Damacy but it's The Met collection
katamari.vaguespac.es
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Oct 27
Gforth 1.0
gforth.org
Real outside interest
Oct 24
The St. Helena 5 pence coin shows Jonathan, a roughly 190 year old tortoise
de.numista.com
Real outside interest
Oct 13
The First Social Network: In rural Argentina residents send messages w AM radio
newyorker.com
Real outside interest
Oct 9
Germany transforms former coal mines into Europe's largest lake landscape
euronews.com
Strong outside interest
Oct 6
OpenSCAD the Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller
openscad.org
Real outside interest
Sep 26
Fakecloud: Local AWS cloud emulator for integration tests
fakecloud.dev
Real outside interest
Nov 3
Uncracked City, detective game where you question LLM suspects that lie
uncracked.city
Strong outside interest
Oct 23
UUIDv7: Timestamps aren’t time-ordered and other oddities
alexsci.com
Real outside interest
Oct 16
Teal – A statically-typed dialect of Lua
teal-language.org
Real outside interest
Sep 29
Needed 1+1, built a functional programming language
hereticpleb.vercel.app
Strong outside interest
Sep 28
Burning Man death rates – A short lesson in statistics
ihavenapkinthoughts.substack.com