{"source":"hacker-news","note":"Free 5-item preview. The full feed is $0.05/call at GET /v1/hacker-news/changes.","question":"Which stories are trending on the Hacker News front page as of T, and how much traction do they have?","sample":[{"source":"hacker-news","entityId":"hn:48863336","type":"story","title":"Superoptimizer – A Look at the Smallest Program (1987) [pdf] (57 points)","summary":"57 points, 9 comments, by linggen. https://dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10.1145/36177.36194","significance":4,"detectedAt":"2026-07-14T22:22:03.784Z","effectiveDate":"2026-07-10T18:15:27.000Z","sourceUrl":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10.1145/36177.36194","detail":{"score":57,"comments":9,"author":"linggen","hnUrl":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48863336"}},{"source":"hacker-news","entityId":"hn:48876809","type":"story","title":"How the FSF sysadmins block botnets with reaction (151 points)","summary":"151 points, 59 comments, by pseudolus. https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/blocking-botnets-with-reaction","significance":5,"detectedAt":"2026-07-14T22:22:03.784Z","effectiveDate":"2026-07-11T23:26:12.000Z","sourceUrl":"https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/blocking-botnets-with-reaction","detail":{"score":151,"comments":59,"author":"pseudolus","hnUrl":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48876809"}},{"source":"hacker-news","entityId":"hn:48907290","type":"story","title":"Agnes Callard’s theory of the uni-context (82 points)","summary":"82 points, 88 comments, by FinnLobsien. https://www.derekthompson.org/p/a-philosophers-one-word-theory-to","significance":4,"detectedAt":"2026-07-14T22:22:03.784Z","effectiveDate":"2026-07-14T14:17:39.000Z","sourceUrl":"https://www.derekthompson.org/p/a-philosophers-one-word-theory-to","detail":{"score":82,"comments":88,"author":"FinnLobsien","hnUrl":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48907290"}},{"source":"hacker-news","entityId":"hn:48903777","type":"story","title":"European \"age verification\" \"app\" forcing everyone to use Android or iOS (449 points)","summary":"449 points, 307 comments, by roundabout-host. https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-doc-technical-specification/discussions/19","significance":8,"detectedAt":"2026-07-14T22:22:03.784Z","effectiveDate":"2026-07-14T08:34:57.000Z","sourceUrl":"https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-doc-technical-specification/discussions/19","detail":{"score":449,"comments":307,"author":"roundabout-host","hnUrl":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48903777"}},{"source":"hacker-news","entityId":"hn:48907672","type":"story","title":"The Agentic Loop: Three loops in a trench coat (62 points)","summary":"62 points, 12 comments, by btables. https://www.bobbytables.io/p/the-agentic-loop-three-loops-in-a","significance":4,"detectedAt":"2026-07-14T22:22:03.784Z","effectiveDate":"2026-07-14T14:39:56.000Z","sourceUrl":"https://www.bobbytables.io/p/the-agentic-loop-three-loops-in-a","detail":{"score":62,"comments":12,"author":"btables","hnUrl":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48907672"}}]}