--- title: Best Hacker News posts — August 2023 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Hacker News posts from August 2023, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/hn/best-of/2023/08 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/hn/best-of/2023/08 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Hacker News posts — August 2023 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Hacker News posts from August 2023, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Hacker News — August 2023 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-human-generator-generate-and-modify-people-online-zmo8cgn5m "AI Human Generator – Generate and Modify People Online") Article Hacker News · 3y AI Human Generator – Generate and Modify People Online AI Human Generator - Generate and Modify People Online Generated Photos Faces Faces Faces gallery Face Generator Anonymizer Humans New Free humans Human Generator. 88 9 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-betting-on-html-ze22nup2p "I'm betting on HTML") Article Hacker News · 3y I'm betting on HTML With the advent of large language model-based artificial intelligence, semantic HTML is more important now than ever. At its core, the internet is used to transmit data that helps humans interact with the world as they perceive it. The freedom that HTML/CSS/JS provide is a double-edged sword because access to data has become limited. 27 2 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/opentf-foundation-ipgidobs9 "OpenTF Foundation") Article Hacker News · 3y OpenTF Foundation HashiCorp announced they are changing the license to all their core products, including Terraform, to the Business Source License (BSL) Over 100 companies, 10 projects, and 400 individuals pledged their time and resources to keep Terraform open-source. The GitHub repository for the manifesto already has over 2.5k stars. 25 1 4. 4 [](https://daily.dev/posts/hackclub-putting-the-you-in-cpu-a-technical-explainer-by-kognise-of-how-your-computer-runs-program-huil3vbnq "hackclub/putting-the-you-in-cpu: A technical explainer by @kognise of how your computer runs programs, from start to finish.") Article Hacker News · 3y hackclub/putting-the-you-in-cpu: A technical explainer by @kognise of how your computer runs programs, from start to finish. GitHub - hackclub/putting-the-you-in- CPU: A technical explainer of how your computer runs programs, from start to finish. Read chapter 3 and I guarantee you will learn something new. Unless you're like, Linus Torvalds himself. 15 5. 5 [](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-sabotage-your-salary-negotiation-efforts-before-you-even-start-fapbqdsn3 "How to sabotage your salary negotiation efforts before you even start") Article Hacker News · 3y How to sabotage your salary negotiation efforts before you even start At interviewing.io, we've coached hundreds of people through salary negotiation. We’ve seen our users make the same two mistakes, over and over, before they start working with us. These mistakes are costly and make it harder for us to do our jobs. 10 1 6. 6 [](https://daily.dev/posts/htmx-htmx-is-part-of-the-github-accelerator--c85th8iyf "> htmx ~ htmx is part of the GitHub Accelerator!") Article Hacker News · 3y \> htmx \~ htmx is part of the GitHub Accelerator! htmx has been accepted into the first class of the GitHub Open Source Accelerator. This is a tremendous opportunity to work with and learn from some of the most successful open source developers and projects. We aim to earn your trust by enabling you to self-host the platform and examine its workings. 11 7. 7 [](https://daily.dev/posts/just-normal-web-things--y2jwd6xjq "Just normal web things.") Article Hacker News · 3y Just normal web things. Everyone is building new clients, apps, and in some cases, like React Native, attempting to share code across platforms. In the end, it's usually because we've JavaScript'ed our way out of these things. 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