Tech radar: week 1 of 2026
1–4 Jan 2026
In the week of 1–4 Jan 2026, few notable open-source releases shipped, CISA added no new entries to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and the most discussed developer story on Hacker News was “Lessons from 14 years at Google” (1678 points).
Releases worth knowing about
No minor or major releases from the projects we track this week (it was a quiet one).
Actively exploited vulnerabilities
Added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog this week: 0.
No new entries this week.
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What developers discussed
The most upvoted technology stories on Hacker News during the week.
- 01Lessons from 14 years at Google1678 points · 687 comments · 2026-01-04
- 02Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time1550 points · 999 comments · 2026-01-03
- 03Linux is good now1194 points · 1000 comments · 2026-01-01
- 04Publish on your own site, syndicate elsewhere1078 points · 248 comments · 2026-01-02
- 052026 will be my year of the Linux desktop835 points · 639 comments · 2026-01-03
- 06The unbearable joy of sitting alone in a café802 points · 434 comments · 2026-01-04
- 07Neural Networks: Zero to Hero791 points · 77 comments · 2026-01-04
- 08A website to destroy all websites790 points · 399 comments · 2026-01-01
- 09Daft Punk Easter Egg in the BPM Tempo of Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger?787 points · 130 comments · 2026-01-02
- 10Why users cannot create Issues directly773 points · 310 comments · 2026-01-02
- 11The Most Popular Blogs of Hacker News in 2025692 points · 133 comments · 2026-01-03
- 12Spherical Snake656 points · 131 comments · 2026-01-01
How this is made. Compiled automatically from GitHub releases API, Hacker News (Algolia search API), CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Releases cover about 60 widely used projects and include minor/major versions and any release mentioning a security fix. It is a digest, not a complete list: it can miss things. Always check the linked source before acting.