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Hacker News Highlights
Hacker News Highlights
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Hacker News Highlights
11.18.25 | Synth for daughter, Rebecca Heineman dies, Core Devices steals work
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 18, 2025.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:17) - Show HN: I built a synth for my daughter
  • (01:24) - Rebecca Heineman has died
  • (02:31) - Core Devices keeps stealing our work
  • (03:38) - My stages of learning to be a socially normal person
  • (04:33) - Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders
  • (05:51) - Astrophotographer snaps skydiver falling in front of the sun
  • (06:59) - Azure hit by 15 Tbps DDoS attack using 500k IP addresses
  • (08:13) - FreeMDU: Open-source Miele appliance diagnostic tools
  • (09:15) - Project Gemini
  • (10:19) - WeatherNext 2: Our most advanced weather forecasting model
  • (11:29) - Outro

Show HN: I built a synth for my daughter
https://bitsnpieces.dev/posts/a-synth-for-my-daughter/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45900425

Rebecca Heineman has died
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/legendary-game-designer-programmer-space-invaders-champion-and-lgbtq-trailblazer-rebecca-heineman-has-died/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45960368

Core Devices keeps stealing our work
https://rebble.io/2025/11/17/core-devices-keeps-stealing-our-work.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45960893

My stages of learning to be a socially normal person
https://sashachapin.substack.com/p/my-six-stages-of-learning-to-be-a
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45937302

Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders
https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/11/18/windows-11-to-add-an-ai-agent-that-runs-in-background-with-access-to-personal-folders-warns-of-security-risk/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45959795

Astrophotographer snaps skydiver falling in front of the sun
https://www.iflscience.com/the-fall-of-icarus-you-have-never-seen-an-astrophotography-picture-like-this-81570
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45944158

Azure hit by 15 Tbps DDoS attack using 500k IP addresses
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-aisuru-botnet-used-500-000-ips-in-15-tbps-azure-ddos-attack/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45955900

FreeMDU: Open-source Miele appliance diagnostic tools
https://github.com/medusalix/FreeMDU
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45953452

Project Gemini
https://geminiprotocol.net/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45954640

WeatherNext 2: Our most advanced weather forecasting model
https://blog.google/technology/google-deepmind/weathernext-2/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45954210

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1 day ago
11 minutes

Hacker News Highlights
11.17.25 | Anthropic's paper criticized, Open-source Zig book released, Heretic removes censorship for language models
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 17, 2025.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:18) - Anthropic’s paper smells like bullshit
  • (01:31) - Open-source Zig book
  • (02:35) - Heretic: Automatic censorship removal for language models
  • (03:49) - I have recordings proving Coinbase knew about breach months before disclosure
  • (04:53) - Supercookie: Browser Fingerprinting via Favicon (2021)
  • (05:57) - Dark Pattern Games
  • (07:01) - Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics (2000)
  • (07:53) - The fate of "small" open source
  • (09:10) - I finally understand Cloudflare Zero Trust tunnels
  • (10:13) - A file format uncracked for 20 years
  • (11:23) - Outro

Anthropic’s paper smells like bullshit
https://djnn.sh/posts/anthropic-s-paper-smells-like-bullshit/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45944296

Open-source Zig book
https://www.zigbook.net
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45947810

Heretic: Automatic censorship removal for language models
https://github.com/p-e-w/heretic
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45945587

I have recordings proving Coinbase knew about breach months before disclosure
https://jonathanclark.com/posts/coinbase-breach-timeline.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45948058

Supercookie: Browser Fingerprinting via Favicon (2021)
https://github.com/jonasstrehle/supercookie
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45947770

Dark Pattern Games
https://www.darkpattern.games
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45947761

Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics (2000)
https://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45949326

The fate of "small" open source
https://nolanlawson.com/2025/11/16/the-fate-of-small-open-source/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45947639

I finally understand Cloudflare Zero Trust tunnels
https://david.coffee/cloudflare-zero-trust-tunnels
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45946865

A file format uncracked for 20 years
https://landaire.net/a-file-format-uncracked-for-20-years/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45837259

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2 days ago
11 minutes

Hacker News Highlights
11.16.25 | Investigation into Archive.today pressure, AirPods liberated from Apple, TCP as internet workhorse
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 16, 2025.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:19) - Our investigation into the suspicious pressure on Archive.today
  • (01:34) - AirPods libreated from Apple's ecosystem
  • (02:42) - TCP, the workhorse of the internet
  • (03:47) - Things that aren't doing the thing
  • (04:48) - Nevada Governor's office covered up Boring Co safety violations
  • (06:03) - When UPS charged me a $684 tariff on $355 of vintage computer parts
  • (07:14) - Boa: A standard-conforming embeddable JavaScript engine written in Rust
  • (08:19) - IDEmacs: A Visual Studio Code clone for Emacs
  • (09:31) - Linux on the Fujitsu Lifebook U729
  • (10:35) - When did people favor composition over inheritance?
  • (11:42) - Outro

Our investigation into the suspicious pressure on Archive.today
https://adguard-dns.io/en/blog/archive-today-adguard-dns-block-demand.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45936460

AirPods libreated from Apple's ecosystem
https://github.com/kavishdevar/librepods
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45941596

TCP, the workhorse of the internet
https://cefboud.com/posts/tcp-deep-dive-internals/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45935503

Things that aren't doing the thing
https://strangestloop.io/essays/things-that-arent-doing-the-thing
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45939431

Nevada Governor's office covered up Boring Co safety violations
https://fortune.com/2025/11/12/elon-musk-boring-company-tunnels-injuries-osha-citations-fines-rescinded-nevada-governor-office-documents-altered/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45939798

When UPS charged me a $684 tariff on $355 of vintage computer parts
http://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2025/11/when-ups-charged-me-684-tariff-on-355.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45941563

Boa: A standard-conforming embeddable JavaScript engine written in Rust
https://github.com/boa-dev/boa
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45832051

IDEmacs: A Visual Studio Code clone for Emacs
https://codeberg.org/IDEmacs/IDEmacs
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45941835

Linux on the Fujitsu Lifebook U729
https://borretti.me/article/linux-on-the-fujitsu-lifebook-u729
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45937989

When did people favor composition over inheritance?
https://www.sicpers.info/2025/11/when-did-people-favor-composition-over-inheritance/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45841095

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3 days ago
11 minutes

Hacker News Highlights
11.15.25 | AI World Clocks, EU Chat Control's disguised return, new Google model excels in handwriting recognition
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 15, 2025.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:18) - AI World Clocks
  • (01:14) - The disguised return of EU Chat Control
  • (02:12) - A new Google model is nearly perfect on automated handwriting recognition
  • (03:15) - 'No One Lives Forever' turns 25 and you still can't buy it legitimately
  • (04:23) - Winamp clone in Swift for macOS
  • (05:29) - Lawmakers want to ban VPNs and have no idea what they're doing
  • (06:42) - A race condition in Aurora RDS
  • (07:45) - All praise to the lunch ladies
  • (08:55) - HipKittens: Fast and furious AMD kernels
  • (10:03) - SSL Configuration Generator
  • (11:08) - Outro

AI World Clocks
https://clocks.brianmoore.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45930151

The disguised return of EU Chat Control
https://reclaimthenet.org/the-disguised-return-of-the-eus-private-message-scanning-plot
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45929511

A new Google model is nearly perfect on automated handwriting recognition
https://generativehistory.substack.com/p/has-google-quietly-solved-two-of
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45887262

'No One Lives Forever' turns 25 and you still can't buy it legitimately
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/11/13/no-one-lives-forever-turns-25-you-still-cant-buy-it-legitimately/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45928492

Winamp clone in Swift for macOS
https://github.com/mgreenwood1001/winamp
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45926224

Lawmakers want to ban VPNs and have no idea what they're doing
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/lawmakers-want-ban-vpns-and-they-have-no-idea-what-theyre-doing
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45924483

A race condition in Aurora RDS
https://hightouch.com/blog/uncovering-a-race-condition-in-aurora-rds
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45929921

All praise to the lunch ladies
https://bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-12/all-praise-to-the-lunch-ladies
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45931403

HipKittens: Fast and furious AMD kernels
https://hazyresearch.stanford.edu/blog/2025-11-09-hk
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45923188

SSL Configuration Generator
https://ssl-config.mozilla.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45932798

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4 days ago
11 minutes

Hacker News Highlights
11.14.25 | Nano Banana enables nuanced AI image prompts, Zed serves as our office, SlopStop detects AI slop in Kagi Search
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 14, 2025.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:19) - Nano Banana can be prompt engineered for nuanced AI image generation
  • (01:32) - Zed is our office
  • (02:39) - SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi Search
  • (03:48) - Blue Origin lands New Glenn rocket booster on second try
  • (04:58) - Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign
  • (06:24) - Launch HN: Tweeks (YC W25) – Browser extension to deshittify the web
  • (07:24) - Blender Lab
  • (08:27) - SIMA 2: An agent that plays, reasons, and learns with you in virtual 3D worlds
  • (09:40) - 650GB of Data (Delta Lake on S3). Polars vs. DuckDB vs. Daft vs. Spark
  • (10:56) - Kubernetes Ingress Nginx is retiring
  • (11:58) - Outro

Nano Banana can be prompt engineered for nuanced AI image generation
https://minimaxir.com/2025/11/nano-banana-prompts/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45917875

Zed is our office
https://zed.dev/blog/zed-is-our-office
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45916196

SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi Search
https://blog.kagi.com/slopstop
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45919067

Blue Origin lands New Glenn rocket booster on second try
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/13/blue-origin-lands-new-glenn-rocket-booster-on-second-try/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45920748

Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign
https://www.anthropic.com/news/disrupting-AI-espionage
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45918638

Launch HN: Tweeks (YC W25) – Browser extension to deshittify the web
https://www.tweeks.io/onboarding
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45916525

Blender Lab
https://www.blender.org/news/introducing-blender-lab/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45914761

SIMA 2: An agent that plays, reasons, and learns with you in virtual 3D worlds
https://deepmind.google/blog/sima-2-an-agent-that-plays-reasons-and-learns-with-you-in-virtual-3d-worlds/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45916037

650GB of Data (Delta Lake on S3). Polars vs. DuckDB vs. Daft vs. Spark
https://dataengineeringcentral.substack.com/p/650gb-of-data-delta-lake-on-s3-polars
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45920881

Kubernetes Ingress Nginx is retiring
https://www.kubernetes.dev/blog/2025/11/12/ingress-nginx-retirement/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45921431

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5 days ago
12 minutes

Hacker News Highlights
11.13.25 | Steam Machine, Steam Frame, Yt-dlp requires external JavaScript for YouTube support
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 13, 2025.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:14) - Steam Machine
  • (01:25) - Steam Frame
  • (02:31) - Yt-dlp: External JavaScript runtime now required for full YouTube support
  • (03:48) - Google will allow users to sideload Android apps without verification
  • (04:57) - The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philadelphia
  • (06:00) - Project Euler
  • (07:01) - GPT-5.1: A smarter, more conversational ChatGPT
  • (08:10) - Fighting the New York Times' invasion of user privacy
  • (09:15) - Valve is about to win the console generation
  • (10:30) - Learn Prolog Now
  • (11:40) - Outro

Steam Machine
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steammachine
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45903404

Steam Frame
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamframe
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45903325

Yt-dlp: External JavaScript runtime now required for full YouTube support
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/15012
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45898407

Google will allow users to sideload Android apps without verification
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/android-developer-verification-early.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45908938

The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philadelphia
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/business/last-penny-minted
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45901904

Project Euler
https://projecteuler.net
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45902898

GPT-5.1: A smarter, more conversational ChatGPT
https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-1/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45904551

Fighting the New York Times' invasion of user privacy
https://openai.com/index/fighting-nyt-user-privacy-invasion
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45900370

Valve is about to win the console generation
https://xeiaso.net/blog/2025/valve-is-about-to-win-the-console-generation/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45908464

Learn Prolog Now
https://lpn.swi-prolog.org/lpnpage.php?pageid=top
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45900978

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6 days ago
11 minutes

Hacker News Highlights
11.12.25 | FFmpeg demands funding from Google, Laptops featuring stickers, X5.1 solar flare and G4 geomagnetic storm alert
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 12, 2025.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:20) - FFmpeg to Google: Fund us or stop sending bugs
  • (01:40) - Laptops with Stickers
  • (02:32) - X5.1 solar flare, G4 geomagnetic storm watch
  • (03:39) - Yann LeCun to depart Meta and launch AI startup focused on 'world models'
  • (04:48) - The history of Casio watches
  • (05:55) - I didn't reverse-engineer the protocol for my blood pressure monitor in 24 hours
  • (07:02) - Pikaday: A friendly guide to front-end date pickers
  • (08:11) - The terminal of the future
  • (09:17) - .NET MAUI is coming to Linux and the browser
  • (10:25) - A modern 35mm film scanner for home
  • (11:38) - Outro

FFmpeg to Google: Fund us or stop sending bugs
https://thenewstack.io/ffmpeg-to-google-fund-us-or-stop-sending-bugs/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45891016

Laptops with Stickers
https://stickertop.art/main/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45789674

X5.1 solar flare, G4 geomagnetic storm watch
https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/news/view/593/20251111-x5-1-solar-flare-g4-geomagnetic-storm-watch.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45893004

Yann LeCun to depart Meta and launch AI startup focused on 'world models'
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/metas-chief-ai-scientist-yann-lecun-depart-and-launch-ai-start-focused-world-models
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45897271

The history of Casio watches
https://www.casio.com/us/watches/50th/Heritage/1970s/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45860552

I didn't reverse-engineer the protocol for my blood pressure monitor in 24 hours
https://james.belchamber.com/articles/blood-pressure-monitor-reverse-engineering/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45893095

Pikaday: A friendly guide to front-end date pickers
https://pikaday.dbushell.com
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45887957

The terminal of the future
https://jyn.dev/the-terminal-of-the-future
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45892191

.NET MAUI is coming to Linux and the browser
https://avaloniaui.net/blog/net-maui-is-coming-to-linux-and-the-browser-powered-by-avalonia
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45893986

A modern 35mm film scanner for home
https://www.soke.engineering/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45891907

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1 week ago
11 minutes

Hacker News Highlights
11.11.25 | Unexpected people, Nostalgic 'Toy Story', De-Appling begins
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 11, 2025.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:18) - Unexpected things that are people
  • (01:24) - The 'Toy Story' You Remember
  • (02:21) - Time to start de-Appling
  • (03:29) - Unix v4 Tape Found
  • (04:34) - The lazy Git UI you didn't know you need
  • (05:41) - Warren Buffett's final shareholder letter [pdf]
  • (06:40) - Writing your own BEAM
  • (07:46) - Spatial intelligence is AI’s next frontier
  • (08:53) - Using Generative AI in Content Production
  • (10:02) - Outro

Unexpected things that are people
https://bengoldhaber.substack.com/p/unexpected-things-that-are-people
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45877257

The 'Toy Story' You Remember
https://animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-toy-story-you-remember
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45883788

Time to start de-Appling
https://heatherburns.tech/2025/11/10/time-to-start-de-appling/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45876598

Unix v4 Tape Found
https://discuss.systems/@ricci/115504720054699983
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45840321

The lazy Git UI you didn't know you need
https://www.bwplotka.dev/2025/lazygit/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45878578

Warren Buffett's final shareholder letter [pdf]
https://berkshirehathaway.com/news/nov1025.pdf
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45882837

Writing your own BEAM
https://martin.janiczek.cz/2025/11/09/writing-your-own-beam.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45867828

Spatial intelligence is AI’s next frontier
https://drfeifei.substack.com/p/from-words-to-worlds-spatial-intelligence
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45880939

Using Generative AI in Content Production
https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/43393929218323-Using-Generative-AI-in-Content-Production
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45879793

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1 week ago
10 minutes

Hacker News Highlights
11.10.25 | Marble Fountain, Montana enshrines 'right to compute', Ask HN: November 2025 projects
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 10, 2025.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:19) - Marble Fountain
  • (01:23) - Montana becomes first state to enshrine 'right to compute' into law
  • (02:30) - Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)
  • (03:25) - XSLT RIP
  • (04:23) - The Manuscripts of Edsger W. Dijkstra
  • (05:25) - Building a 2.5kWh battery from disposable vapes to power my workshop [video]
  • (06:22) - Drilling down on Uncle Sam's proposed TP-Link ban
  • (07:37) - Sued by Nintendo
  • (08:47) - The Principles of Diffusion Models
  • (09:47) - Email verification protocol
  • (10:45) - Outro

Marble Fountain
https://willmorrison.net/posts/marble-fountain/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45866697

Montana becomes first state to enshrine 'right to compute' into law
https://montananewsroom.com/montana-becomes-first-state-to-enshrine-right-to-compute-into-law/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45865289

Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45869146

XSLT RIP
https://xslt.rip/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45873434

The Manuscripts of Edsger W. Dijkstra
https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45866224

Building a 2.5kWh battery from disposable vapes to power my workshop [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy-wFixuRVU
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45803601

Drilling down on Uncle Sam's proposed TP-Link ban
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/11/drilling-down-on-uncle-sams-proposed-tp-link-ban/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45867717

Sued by Nintendo
https://www.suedbynintendo.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45870675

The Principles of Diffusion Models
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.21890
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45866572

Email verification protocol
https://github.com/WICG/email-verification-protocol
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45782192

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1 week ago
10 minutes

Hacker News Highlights
11.9.25 | AI evaluation weaknesses, I Am Mark Zuckerberg, Marko HTML-based language
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 9, 2025.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:19) - Study identifies weaknesses in how AI systems are evaluated
  • (01:29) - I Am Mark Zuckerberg
  • (02:22) - Marko – A declarative, HTML‑based language
  • (03:30) - Ironclad – formally verified, real-time capable, Unix-like OS kernel
  • (04:43) - Largest cargo sailboat completes first Atlantic crossing
  • (05:58) - Tabloid: The Clickbait Headline Programming Language
  • (06:54) - Avería: The Average Font (2011)
  • (07:56) - Open-source communications by bouncing signals off the Moon
  • (08:50) - Control structures in programming languages: from goto to algebraic effects
  • (09:57) - Cloudflare scrubs Aisuru botnet from top domains list
  • (11:03) - Outro

Study identifies weaknesses in how AI systems are evaluated
https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/study-identifies-weaknesses-in-how-ai-systems-are-evaluated/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45856804

I Am Mark Zuckerberg
https://iammarkzuckerberg.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45863360

Marko – A declarative, HTML‑based language
https://markojs.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45858905

Ironclad – formally verified, real-time capable, Unix-like OS kernel
https://ironclad-os.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45860843

Largest cargo sailboat completes first Atlantic crossing
https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/worlds-largest-cargo-sailboat-completes-historic-first-atlantic-crossing/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45859471

Tabloid: The Clickbait Headline Programming Language
https://tabloid.vercel.app/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45862470

Avería: The Average Font (2011)
http://iotic.com/averia/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45859243

Open-source communications by bouncing signals off the Moon
https://open.space/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45790672

Control structures in programming languages: from goto to algebraic effects
http://xavierleroy.org/control-structures/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45798068

Cloudflare scrubs Aisuru botnet from top domains list
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/11/cloudflare-scrubs-aisuru-botnet-from-top-domains-list/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45857836

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1 week ago
11 minutes

Hacker News Highlights
11.8.25 | YouTube removes Windows 11 bypass tutorials, VLC's Jean-Baptiste Kempf wins European SFS Award 2025, Zig's appeal discussed
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 8, 2025.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:22) - YouTube Removes Windows 11 Bypass Tutorials, Claims 'Risk of Physical Harm'
  • (01:34) - VLC's Jean-Baptiste Kempf Receives the European SFS Award 2025
  • (02:48) - Why is Zig so cool?
  • (04:01) - Why I love OCaml (2023)
  • (05:12) - James Watson has died
  • (06:08) - Myna: Monospace typeface designed for symbol-heavy programming languages
  • (07:06) - Valdi – A cross-platform UI framework
  • (08:15) - Becoming a Compiler Engineer
  • (09:25) - Ruby Solved My Problem
  • (10:25) - How did I get here?
  • (11:24) - Outro

YouTube Removes Windows 11 Bypass Tutorials, Claims 'Risk of Physical Harm'
https://news.itsfoss.com/youtube-removes-windows-11-bypass-tutorials/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45850963

VLC's Jean-Baptiste Kempf Receives the European SFS Award 2025
https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20251107-01.en.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45850751

Why is Zig so cool?
https://nilostolte.github.io/tech/articles/ZigCool.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45852328

Why I love OCaml (2023)
https://mccd.space/posts/ocaml-the-worlds-best/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45846517

James Watson has died
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/science/james-watson-dead.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45850069

Myna: Monospace typeface designed for symbol-heavy programming languages
https://github.com/sayyadirfanali/Myna
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45849342

Valdi – A cross-platform UI framework
https://github.com/Snapchat/Valdi
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45852854

Becoming a Compiler Engineer
https://rona.substack.com/p/becoming-a-compiler-engineer
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45851495

Ruby Solved My Problem
https://newsletter.masilotti.com/p/ruby-already-solved-my-problem
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45849528

How did I get here?
https://how-did-i-get-here.net/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45850382

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1 week ago
11 minutes

Hacker News Highlights
11.7.25 | FBI investigates archive.is owner, Kimi K2 Thinking is a trillion-parameter model, write an agent
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 7, 2025.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:19) - FBI tries to unmask owner of archive.is
  • (01:34) - Kimi K2 Thinking, a SOTA open-source trillion-parameter reasoning model
  • (02:37) - You should write an agent
  • (03:45) - Two billion email addresses were exposed
  • (04:49) - Show HN: I scraped 3B Goodreads reviews to train a better recommendation model
  • (05:50) - Open Source Implementation of Apple's Private Compute Cloud
  • (06:55) - Game design is simple
  • (07:53) - Leaving Meta and PyTorch
  • (08:59) - A Fond Farewell
  • (09:57) - Eating stinging nettles
  • (10:58) - Outro

FBI tries to unmask owner of archive.is
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Archive-today-FBI-Demands-Data-from-Provider-Tucows-11066346.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45836826

Kimi K2 Thinking, a SOTA open-source trillion-parameter reasoning model
https://moonshotai.github.io/Kimi-K2/thinking.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45836070

You should write an agent
https://fly.io/blog/everyone-write-an-agent/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45840088

Two billion email addresses were exposed
https://www.troyhunt.com/2-billion-email-addresses-were-exposed-and-we-indexed-them-all-in-have-i-been-pwned/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45839901

Show HN: I scraped 3B Goodreads reviews to train a better recommendation model
https://book.sv
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45825733

Open Source Implementation of Apple's Private Compute Cloud
https://github.com/openpcc/openpcc
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45824243

Game design is simple
https://www.raphkoster.com/2025/11/03/game-design-is-simple-actually/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45841262

Leaving Meta and PyTorch
https://soumith.ch/blog/2025-11-06-leaving-meta-and-pytorch.md.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45843948

A Fond Farewell
https://www.farmersalmanac.com/fond-farewell-from-farmers-almanac
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45843146

Eating stinging nettles
https://rachel.blog/2018/04/29/eating-stinging-nettles/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45834254

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1 week ago
11 minutes

Hacker News Highlights
11.6.25 | Solarpunk in Africa, Japanese community ends, new gel restores dental enamel
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 6, 2025.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:14) - Solarpunk is happening in Africa
  • (01:23) - End of Japanese community
  • (02:31) - New gel restores dental enamel and could revolutionise tooth repair
  • (03:35) - I was right about dishwasher pods and now I can prove it [video]
  • (04:41) - Ratatui – App Showcase
  • (05:50) - Why aren't smart people happier?
  • (07:06) - Dillo, a multi-platform graphical web browser
  • (08:02) - NY school phone ban has made lunch loud again
  • (09:05) - ChatGPT terms disallow its use in providing legal and medical advice to others
  • (10:10) - Vacuum bricked after user blocks data collection – user mods it to run anyway
  • (11:13) - Outro

Solarpunk is happening in Africa
https://climatedrift.substack.com/p/why-solarpunk-is-already-happening
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45827190

End of Japanese community
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/forums/contributors/717446
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45830770

New gel restores dental enamel and could revolutionise tooth repair
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/new-gel-restores-dental-enamel-and-could-revolutionise-tooth-repair
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45826995

I was right about dishwasher pods and now I can prove it [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAX2_mPr9W8
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45815419

Ratatui – App Showcase
https://ratatui.rs/showcase/apps/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45830829

Why aren't smart people happier?
https://www.theseedsofscience.pub/p/why-arent-smart-people-happier
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45824864

Dillo, a multi-platform graphical web browser
https://github.com/dillo-browser/dillo
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45826266

NY school phone ban has made lunch loud again
https://gothamist.com/news/ny-smartphone-ban-has-made-lunch-loud-again
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45822539

ChatGPT terms disallow its use in providing legal and medical advice to others
https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/article/openai-updates-policies-so-chatgpt-wont-provide-medical-or-legal-advice/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45825965

Vacuum bricked after user blocks data collection – user mods it to run anyway
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/manufacturer-issues-remote-kill-command-to-nuke-smart-vacuum-after-engineer-blocks-it-from-collecting-data-user-revives-it-with-custom-hardware-and-python-scripts-to-run-offline
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45783467

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1 week ago
11 minutes

Hacker News Highlights
11.5.25 | Mr TIFF, Robert Morris's 1988 worm, Pg_lake integrates Postgres with Iceberg
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 5, 2025.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:21) - Mr TIFF
  • (01:31) - This week in 1988, Robert Morris unleashed his eponymous worm
  • (02:38) - Pg_lake: Postgres with Iceberg and data lake access
  • (03:53) - I took all my projects off the cloud, saving thousands of dollars
  • (05:03) - Uncle Sam wants to scan your iris and collect your DNA, citizen or not
  • (06:12) - Codemaps: Understand Code, Before You Vibe It
  • (07:20) - Google Removed 749M Anna's Archive URLs from Its Search Results
  • (08:36) - Direct File won't happen in 2026, IRS tells states
  • (09:43) - Whole Earth Index
  • (10:52) - By the Power of Grayscale
  • (12:01) - Outro

Mr TIFF
https://inventingthefuture.ghost.io/mr-tiff/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45816853

This week in 1988, Robert Morris unleashed his eponymous worm
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/on-this-day-in-1988-the-morris-worm-slithered-out-and-sparked-a-new-era-in-cybersecurity-10-percent-of-the-internet-was-infected-within-24-hours
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45812024

Pg_lake: Postgres with Iceberg and data lake access
https://github.com/Snowflake-Labs/pg_lake
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45812606

I took all my projects off the cloud, saving thousands of dollars
https://rameerez.com/send-this-article-to-your-friend-who-still-thinks-the-cloud-is-a-good-idea/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45816041

Uncle Sam wants to scan your iris and collect your DNA, citizen or not
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/04/dhs_wants_to_collect_biometric_data/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45817167

Codemaps: Understand Code, Before You Vibe It
https://cognition.ai/blog/codemaps
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45813767

Google Removed 749M Anna's Archive URLs from Its Search Results
https://torrentfreak.com/google-removed-749-million-annas-archive-urls-from-its-search-results/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45816968

Direct File won't happen in 2026, IRS tells states
https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2025/11/direct-file-wont-happen-2026-irs-tells-states/409309/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45818319

Whole Earth Index
https://wholeearth.info/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45734259

By the Power of Grayscale
https://zserge.com/posts/grayskull/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45771151

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2 weeks ago
12 minutes

Hacker News Highlights
11.4.25 | Critique of PGVector, AI's early development phase, mastering Arthur Whitney's C for intelligence
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 4, 2025.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:21) - The Case Against PGVector
  • (01:33) - AI's Dial-Up Era
  • (02:37) - Learning to read Arthur Whitney's C to become smart (2024)
  • (03:47) - A visualization of the RGB space covered by named colors
  • (04:45) - WebAssembly (WASM) arch support for the Linux kernel
  • (05:52) - Things you can do with diodes
  • (06:43) - First recording of a dying human brain shows waves similar to memory flashbacks (2022)
  • (07:53) - State of Terminal Emulators in 2025: The Errant Champions
  • (09:09) - You can't cURL a Border
  • (10:16) - When stick figures fought
  • (11:12) - Outro

The Case Against PGVector
https://alex-jacobs.com/posts/the-case-against-pgvector/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45798479

AI's Dial-Up Era
https://www.wreflection.com/p/ai-dial-up-era
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45804377

Learning to read Arthur Whitney's C to become smart (2024)
https://needleful.net/blog/2024/01/arthur_whitney.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45800777

A visualization of the RGB space covered by named colors
https://codepen.io/meodai/full/zdgXJj/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45748816

WebAssembly (WASM) arch support for the Linux kernel
https://github.com/joelseverin/linux-wasm
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45783074

Things you can do with diodes
https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/things-you-can-do-with-diodes
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45805900

First recording of a dying human brain shows waves similar to memory flashbacks (2022)
https://louisville.edu/medicine/news/first-ever-recording-of-a-dying-human-brain-shows-waves-similar-to-memory-flashbacks
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45796421

State of Terminal Emulators in 2025: The Errant Champions
https://www.jeffquast.com/post/state-of-terminal-emulation-2025/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45799478

You can't cURL a Border
https://drobinin.com/posts/you-cant-curl-a-border/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45806263

When stick figures fought
https://animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick-figures-fought
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45806348

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2 weeks ago
11 minutes

Hacker News Highlights
11.3.25 | Throwing good parties, URLs as state containers, djb's notes on Fil-C
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 3, 2025.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:22) - Facts about throwing good parties
  • (01:26) - URLs are state containers
  • (02:29) - Notes by djb on using Fil-C
  • (03:38) - Backpropagation is a leaky abstraction (2016)
  • (04:47) - Using FreeBSD to make self-hosting fun again
  • (05:59) - Tongyi DeepResearch – open-source 30B MoE Model that rivals OpenAI DeepResearch
  • (07:06) - Paris had a moving sidewalk in 1900, and a Thomas Edison film captured it (2020)
  • (08:10) - Simple trick to increase coverage: Lying to users about signal strength
  • (09:24) - Why don't you use dependent types?
  • (10:37) - X.org Security Advisory: multiple security issues X.Org X server and Xwayland
  • (11:44) - Outro

Facts about throwing good parties
https://www.atvbt.com/21-facts-about-throwing-good-parties/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45794032

URLs are state containers
https://alfy.blog/2025/10/31/your-url-is-your-state.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45789474

Notes by djb on using Fil-C
https://cr.yp.to/2025/fil-c.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45788040

Backpropagation is a leaky abstraction (2016)
https://karpathy.medium.com/yes-you-should-understand-backprop-e2f06eab496b
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45787993

Using FreeBSD to make self-hosting fun again
https://jsteuernagel.de/posts/using-freebsd-to-make-self-hosting-fun-again/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45789424

Tongyi DeepResearch – open-source 30B MoE Model that rivals OpenAI DeepResearch
https://tongyi-agent.github.io/blog/introducing-tongyi-deep-research/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45789602

Paris had a moving sidewalk in 1900, and a Thomas Edison film captured it (2020)
https://www.openculture.com/2020/03/paris-had-a-moving-sidewalk-in-1900.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45793466

Simple trick to increase coverage: Lying to users about signal strength
https://nickvsnetworking.com/simple-trick-to-increase-coverage-lying-to-users-about-signal-strength/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45795036

Why don't you use dependent types?
https://lawrencecpaulson.github.io//2025/11/02/Why-not-dependent.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45790827

X.org Security Advisory: multiple security issues X.Org X server and Xwayland
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2025-October/003635.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45790015

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2 weeks ago
11 minutes

Hacker News Highlights
11.2.25 | ArXiv CS review article updates, Visopsys OS by single developer since 1997, Show HN on LLM coding experiment
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 2, 2025.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:22) - Updated practice for review articles and position papers in ArXiv CS category
  • (01:32) - Visopsys: OS maintained by a single developer since 1997
  • (02:42) - Show HN: Why write code if the LLM can just do the thing? (web app experiment)
  • (04:05) - Claude Code can debug low-level cryptography
  • (05:21) - GHC now runs in the browser
  • (06:24) - SQLite concurrency and why you should care about it
  • (07:39) - SailfishOS: A Linux-based European alternative to dominant mobile OSes
  • (08:54) - How I use every Claude Code feature
  • (10:01) - The Smol Training Playbook: The Secrets to Building World-Class LLMs
  • (11:00) - Pomelli
  • (12:11) - Outro

Updated practice for review articles and position papers in ArXiv CS category
https://blog.arxiv.org/2025/10/31/attention-authors-updated-practice-for-review-articles-and-position-papers-in-arxiv-cs-category/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45782136

Visopsys: OS maintained by a single developer since 1997
https://visopsys.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45785858

Show HN: Why write code if the LLM can just do the thing? (web app experiment)
https://github.com/samrolken/nokode
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45783640

Claude Code can debug low-level cryptography
https://words.filippo.io/claude-debugging/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45784179

GHC now runs in the browser
https://discourse.haskell.org/t/ghc-now-runs-in-your-browser/13169
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45782981

SQLite concurrency and why you should care about it
https://jellyfin.org/posts/SQLite-locking/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45781298

SailfishOS: A Linux-based European alternative to dominant mobile OSes
https://sailfishos.org/info/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45785840

How I use every Claude Code feature
https://blog.sshh.io/p/how-i-use-every-claude-code-feature
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45786738

The Smol Training Playbook: The Secrets to Building World-Class LLMs
https://huggingface.co/spaces/HuggingFaceTB/smol-training-playbook
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45762160

Pomelli
https://blog.google/technology/google-labs/pomelli/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45786324

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2 weeks ago
12 minutes

Hacker News Highlights
11.1.25 | Strange Attractors, subtle risk in async Rust, Pixels vulnerable to Cellebrite hacking
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 1, 2025.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:18) - Show HN: Strange Attractors
  • (01:23) - Futurelock: A subtle risk in async Rust
  • (02:29) - Leaker reveals which Pixels are vulnerable to Cellebrite phone hacking
  • (03:44) - Addiction Markets
  • (05:05) - AI scrapers request commented scripts
  • (06:22) - Introducing architecture variants
  • (07:38) - Hacking India's largest automaker: Tata Motors
  • (08:41) - Use DuckDB-WASM to query TB of data in browser
  • (09:53) - My Impressions of the MacBook Pro M4
  • (11:04) - Nix Derivation Madness
  • (12:10) - Outro

Show HN: Strange Attractors
https://blog.shashanktomar.com/posts/strange-attractors
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45777810

Futurelock: A subtle risk in async Rust
https://rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0609
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45774086

Leaker reveals which Pixels are vulnerable to Cellebrite phone hacking
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/leaker-reveals-which-pixels-are-vulnerable-to-cellebrite-phone-hacking/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45766501

Addiction Markets
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/addiction-markets-abolish-corporate
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45774640

AI scrapers request commented scripts
https://cryptography.dog/blog/AI-scrapers-request-commented-scripts/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45773347

Introducing architecture variants
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/introducing-architecture-variants-amd64v3-now-available-in-ubuntu-25-10/71312
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45758392

Hacking India's largest automaker: Tata Motors
https://eaton-works.com/2025/10/28/tata-motors-hack/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45741569

Use DuckDB-WASM to query TB of data in browser
https://lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/10/24/rethinking-data-discovery-for-libraries-and-digital-humanities/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45774571

My Impressions of the MacBook Pro M4
https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2025-10-31-macbook-pro-m4-impressions/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45770304

Nix Derivation Madness
https://fzakaria.com/2025/10/29/nix-derivation-madness
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45772347

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2 weeks ago
12 minutes

Hacker News Highlights
10.31.25 | Affinity Studio free, free software scares, 987654321 / 123456789
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Oct 31, 2025.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:18) - Affinity Studio now free
  • (01:26) - Free software scares normal people
  • (02:39) - 987654321 / 123456789
  • (04:09) - How the cochlea computes (2024)
  • (05:24) - Denmark reportedly withdraws Chat Control proposal following controversy
  • (06:37) - NPM flooded with malicious packages downloaded more than 86k times
  • (07:50) - Springs and bounces in native CSS
  • (08:55) - Minecraft HDL, an HDL for Redstone
  • (09:58) - Outro

Affinity Studio now free
https://www.affinity.studio/get-affinity
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45761445

Free software scares normal people
https://danieldelaney.net/normal/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45760878

987654321 / 123456789
https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2025/10/26/987654321/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45712620

How the cochlea computes (2024)
https://www.dissonances.blog/p/the-ear-does-not-do-a-fourier-transform
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45762259

Denmark reportedly withdraws Chat Control proposal following controversy
https://therecord.media/demark-reportedly-withdraws-chat-control-proposal
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45765664

NPM flooded with malicious packages downloaded more than 86k times
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/10/npm-flooded-with-malicious-packages-downloaded-more-than-86000-times/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45755027

Show HN: I made a heatmap diff viewer for code reviews
https://0github.com
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45760321

Springs and bounces in native CSS
https://www.joshwcomeau.com/animation/linear-timing-function/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45736461

Minecraft HDL, an HDL for Redstone
https://github.com/itsfrank/MinecraftHDL
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45763877

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2 weeks ago
10 minutes

Hacker News Highlights
10.30.25 | Uv enhances Python ecosystem, Azure experiences outage, Minecraft drops Java obfuscation
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Oct 30, 2025.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:16) - Uv is the best thing to happen to the Python ecosystem in a decade
  • (01:28) - Tell HN: Azure outage
  • (02:36) - Minecraft removing obfuscation in Java Edition
  • (03:50) - China has added forest the size of Texas since 1990
  • (05:07) - Kafka is Fast – I'll use Postgres
  • (06:18) - Dithering – Part 1
  • (07:20) - Tailscale Peer Relays
  • (08:30) - AOL to be sold to Bending Spoons for $1.5B
  • (09:28) - Eye prosthesis is the first to restore sight lost to macular degeneration
  • (10:33) - GLP-1 therapeutics: Their emerging role in alcohol and substance use disorders
  • (11:46) - Outro

Uv is the best thing to happen to the Python ecosystem in a decade
https://emily.space/posts/251023-uv
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45751400

Tell HN: Azure outage
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45748661

Minecraft removing obfuscation in Java Edition
https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/removing-obfuscation-in-java-edition
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45748879

China has added forest the size of Texas since 1990
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/china-new-forest-report
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45732800

Kafka is Fast – I'll use Postgres
https://topicpartition.io/blog/postgres-pubsub-queue-benchmarks
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45747018

Dithering – Part 1
https://visualrambling.space/dithering-part-1/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45750954

Tailscale Peer Relays
https://tailscale.com/blog/peer-relays-beta
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45749017

AOL to be sold to Bending Spoons for $1.5B
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/29/aol-bending-spoons-deal
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45749161

Eye prosthesis is the first to restore sight lost to macular degeneration
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2025/10/eye-prosthesis.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45671677

GLP-1 therapeutics: Their emerging role in alcohol and substance use disorders
https://academic.oup.com/jes/article/9/11/bvaf141/8277723?login=false
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45728525

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2 weeks ago
11 minutes

Hacker News Highlights
Daily overview of the Top 10 Hacker News posts. Post and comment summarization by AI.