DTF:HN for May 30, 2026

Your Daily Tech Feed covering the top 10 stories on Hacker News for May 30, 2026. Featuring: Zig: Build System Reworked, The Kaiser and a "Mediocre Man" Theory of History, Pandoc Templates, SQLite is all you need for durable workflows, Danish pension fund excludes SpaceX citing governance and valuation, and more. Stories covered: 1. Zig: Build System Reworked https://ziglang.org/devlog/2026/#2026-05-26 HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48334048 2. The Kaiser and a "Mediocre Man" Theory of History https://www.deadcarl.com/p/the-kaiser-and-a-mediocre-man-theory HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48334283 3. Pandoc Templates https://pandoc-templates.org/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48334515 4. SQLite is all you need for durable workflows https://obeli.sk/blog/sqlite-is-all-you-need-for-durable-workflows/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48326802 5. Danish pension fund excludes SpaceX citing governance and valuation https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/danish-pension-fund-excludes-spacex-citing-governance-valuation-2026-05-29/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48333820 6. Snowboard Kids 2 is 100% Decompiled https://blog.chrislewis.au/snowboard-kids-2-is-100-decompiled/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48284494 7. Algebraic Effects for the Rest of Us https://overreacted.io/algebraic-effects-for-the-rest-of-us/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48283009 8. Floor and Ceil versus Denormals on CPU and GPU https://asawicki.info/news_1802_floor_and_ceil_versus_denormals_on_cpu_and_gpu HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48279499 9. Notes from the Mistral AI Now Summit https://koenvangilst.nl/lab/mistral-ai-now-summit HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48325340 10. What It Takes to Preserve Floppy Disks https://spectrum.ieee.org/floppy-disk-data-preservation-archives HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48303623