1.4.26 | StackOverflow questions trend, Popular Hacker News blogs 2025, C3 Programming Language

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jan 4, 2026.

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(00:00) - Intro
(00:19) - Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time
(01:34) - The Most Popular Blogs of Hacker News in 2025
(02:45) - The C3 Programming Language
(03:52) - The suck is why we're here
(05:17) - Neural Networks: Zero to Hero
(06:09) - Swift on Android: Full Native App Development Now Possible
(07:20) - Corroded: Illegal Rust
(08:27) - KDE onboarding is good now
(09:28) - Exploring Dithering on Spectra 6-color E-Ink Displays
(10:34) - Take One Small Step
(11:36) - Outro

Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time
https://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/1926661#graph
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46482345

The Most Popular Blogs of Hacker News in 2025
https://refactoringenglish.com/blog/2025-hn-top-5/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46478377

The C3 Programming Language
https://c3-lang.org
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46478647

The suck is why we're here
https://nik.art/the-suck-is-why-were-here/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46482877

Neural Networks: Zero to Hero
https://karpathy.ai/zero-to-hero.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46485090

Swift on Android: Full Native App Development Now Possible
https://docs.swifdroid.com/app/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46483023

Corroded: Illegal Rust
https://github.com/buyukakyuz/corroded
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46483531

KDE onboarding is good now
https://rabbitictranslator.com/kde-onboarding/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46483432

Exploring Dithering on Spectra 6-color E-Ink Displays
https://myembeddedstuff.com/e-ink-spectra-6-color
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46440037

Take One Small Step
https://thinkhuman.com/take-one-small-step/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46482107