DTF:HN for May 26, 2026

Your Daily Tech Feed covering the top 10 stories on Hacker News for May 26, 2026. Featuring: The just-say-no engineer was a ZIRP phenomenon, Cloudflare Flagship, Where does next-token prediction leave us?, Chemistry behind the Garden Grove chemical tank, The Forgotten Art of the LAN Party (2023), and more. Stories covered: 1. The just-say-no engineer was a ZIRP phenomenon https://www.seangoedecke.com/the-just-say-no-engineer-was-a-zirp-phenomenon/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48289439 2. Cloudflare Flagship https://developers.cloudflare.com/flagship/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48287468 3. Where does next-token prediction leave us? https://pop.rdi.sh/where-does-next-token-prediction-leave-us/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48288191 4. Chemistry behind the Garden Grove chemical tank https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/methyl-methacrylate-tank HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48284712 5. The Forgotten Art of the LAN Party (2023) https://www.superjumpmagazine.com/the-forgotten-art-of-the-lan-party/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48250300 6. A few interesting modern pixel fonts https://unsung.aresluna.org/a-few-interesting-modern-pixel-fonts/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48271448 7. I Bypassed Adobe and Microsoft to Build a Git-Tracked Book Production Pipeline https://www.djspeckhals.com/posts/2026-05-22-how-i-bypassed-adobe-and-microsoft-to-build-a-git-tracked-book-production-pipeline/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48238703 8. From Rust to Ruby https://xlii.space/eng/from-rust-to-ruby/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48286561 9. A portentous reunion https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/05/25/a-portentous-reunion/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48275564 10. IBM Confidential: System/360 File Organization [video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zokKqP0plrM HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48261120