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sidex
VS Code rebuilt on Tauri. Same architecture, 96% smaller. Early release.
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VS Code rebuilt on Tauri. Same architecture, 96% smaller. Early release.
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This week on Hacker News
Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.
Mentions over time
HN mentions by 6-hour interval2 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2026-04-02 08:31:44 UTC to 2026-04-06 06:49:42 UTC.
Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 06:00 | 2026-04-02 06:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-02 12:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Apr 2, 12:00 | 2026-04-02 12:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-02 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2, 18:00 | 2026-04-02 18:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-03 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 3, 00:00 | 2026-04-03 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-03 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 3, 06:00 | 2026-04-03 06:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-03 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 3, 12:00 | 2026-04-03 12:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-03 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 3, 18:00 | 2026-04-03 18:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-04 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 4, 00:00 | 2026-04-04 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-04 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 4, 06:00 | 2026-04-04 06:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-04 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 4, 12:00 | 2026-04-04 12:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-04 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 4, 18:00 | 2026-04-04 18:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-05 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 5, 00:00 | 2026-04-05 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-05 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 5, 06:00 | 2026-04-05 06:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-05 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 5, 12:00 | 2026-04-05 12:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-05 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 5, 18:00 | 2026-04-05 18:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-06 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 6, 00:00 | 2026-04-06 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-06 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 6, 06:00 | 2026-04-06 06:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-06 12:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
2 sources0X0x1997·Apr 6, 2026Submission
SideX – A Tauri-based port of Visual Studio Code
52 points · Open discussionShow HN: SideX – VS Code rebuilt on Tauri instead of Electron (96% smaller)
15 points · Open discussion