DTF:HN for April 29, 2026

Your Daily Tech Feed covering the top 10 stories on Hacker News for April 29, 2026. Featuring: Soft launch of open-source code platform for government, Ghostty is leaving GitHub, Show HN: Rip.so – a graveyard for dead internet things, Bugs Rust won't catch, HardenedBSD Is Now Officially on Radicle, and more. Stories covered: 1. Soft launch of open-source code platform for government https://www.nldigitalgovernment.nl/news/soft-launch-for-government-open-source-code-platform/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47945918 2. Ghostty is leaving GitHub https://mitchellh.com/writing/ghostty-leaving-github HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47939579 3. Show HN: Rip.so – a graveyard for dead internet things https://rip.so HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47945955 4. Bugs Rust won't catch https://corrode.dev/blog/bugs-rust-wont-catch/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47943499 5. HardenedBSD Is Now Officially on Radicle https://hardenedbsd.org/article/shawn-webb/2026-04-26/hardenedbsd-officially-radicle HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47944864 6. How ChatGPT serves ads https://www.buchodi.com/how-chatgpt-serves-ads-heres-the-full-attribution-loop/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47942437 7. Before GitHub https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/4/28/before-github/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47940921 8. Tell HN: An update from the new Tindie team HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47945522 9. Show HN: Rocky – Rust SQL engine with branches, replay, column lineage https://github.com/rocky-data/rocky HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47935246 10. Why Law Is Law-Shaped https://lawvm.org/why-law-is-law-shaped/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47945861