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Curated themes
Deterministic title/domain rules materialized from visible stories.

Theme index

These tags are curated and conservative. Stories can match multiple themes or none.

11 themes26,682 stories assigned to curated themes

Coverage: recent-first derived theme build over roughly the last 180 days.

Built 2026-05-06 05:07 UTC

Categorized coverage

Stories in the current built coverage window, counted once per story even if multiple themes matched.

14.9% categorized85.1% uncategorized
179,353 stories in current built coverage window26,682 matched at least one curated theme152,671 no curated deterministic theme matched

Uncategorized means no curated deterministic rule matched; it does not mean the story is irrelevant.

Current built story range: 2025-11-07 05:09 UTC to 2026-05-06 05:02 UTC.

Built 2026-05-06 05:07 UTC

Taxonomy health snapshot

This is explainability for deterministic matching, not proof that the taxonomy is correct.

0 zero-match themes0 very low-match themes
High-match themes (100+): 8Review broad and sparse rules manually

Largest current theme by match count: Open source (20,470 matches).

High-match themes (100+): AI / LLMs, Databases, Programming languages, Security, Startups / business, Open source, Science, Apple / platforms.

AI / LLMs

Curated matches for AI models LLM tooling and related research.

1,519 matches709 recent
CuratedDeterministic rulesRecent-first 180d windowView theme page

Databases

Curated matches for databases query engines and storage systems.

255 matches113 recent
CuratedDeterministic rulesRecent-first 180d windowView theme page

Programming languages

Curated matches for language design compilers and language ecosystems.

194 matches194 recent
CuratedDeterministic rulesRecent-first 180d windowView theme page

Security

Curated matches for vulnerabilities exploits cryptography and defense work.

187 matches139 recent
CuratedDeterministic rulesRecent-first 180d windowView theme page

Startups / business

Curated matches for startups funding acquisitions and company-building.

745 matches205 recent
CuratedDeterministic rulesRecent-first 180d windowView theme page

Hardware

Curated matches for chips devices and low-level hardware systems.

77 matches76 recent
CuratedDeterministic rulesRecent-first 180d windowView theme page

Open source

Curated matches for open-source projects maintainers and self-hosted tooling.

20,470 matches3,396 recent
CuratedDeterministic rulesRecent-first 180d windowView theme page

Science

Curated matches for scientific research papers and discoveries.

2,798 matches549 recent
CuratedDeterministic rulesRecent-first 180d windowView theme page

Developer tools

Curated matches for editors debuggers SDKs and engineering tooling.

83 matches78 recent
CuratedDeterministic rulesRecent-first 180d windowView theme page

Labor / careers

Curated matches for hiring layoffs careers and work conditions.

45 matches45 recent
CuratedDeterministic rulesRecent-first 180d windowView theme page

Apple / platforms

Curated matches for Apple platforms tooling and device ecosystems.

939 matches329 recent
CuratedDeterministic rulesRecent-first 180d windowView theme page