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13:49

4.26.26 | The West is losing manufacturing and coding...

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2026/04/26

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 26, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:22) - The West Forgot How to Make Things. Now It's Forgetting How to Code (02:20) - Amateur armed with ChatGPT solves an Erdős problem (03:46) - USB Cheat Sheet (2022) (04:51) - The Free Universal Construction Kit (05:52) - Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhone every day (07:09) - Using coding

12:35

4.25.26 | Google invests in Anthropic, overthinking...

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2026/04/25

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 25, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:15) - Google plans to invest up to $40B in Anthropic (01:33) - Sabotaging projects by overthinking, scope creep, and structural diffing (02:57) - MacBook Neo and how the iPad should be (04:30) - Firefox Has Integrated Brave's Adblock Engine (05:38) - My audio interface has SSH enabled by default (06:58) - There Will Be

14:04

4.24.26 | GPT-5.5, DeepSeek v4, Bitwarden CLI...

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2026/04/24

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 24, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:17) - GPT-5.5 (01:19) - DeepSeek v4 (03:06) - Bitwarden CLI compromised in ongoing Checkmarx supply chain campaign (04:34) - An update on recent Claude Code quality reports (05:58) - Meta tells staff it will cut 10% of jobs (07:15) - US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400k on Maduro

14:54

4.23.26 | Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors,...

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2026/04/23

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 23, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:21) - Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price (01:56) - Qwen3.6-27B: Flagship-Level Coding in a 27B Dense Model (03:11) - We found a stable Firefox identifier linking all your private Tor identities (04:47) - 5x5 Pixel font for tiny screens (06:04) - Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat

12:54

4.22.26 | Framework Laptop 13 Pro, Laws of Software...

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2026/04/22

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 22, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:18) - Framework Laptop 13 Pro (01:34) - Laws of Software Engineering (02:40) - ChatGPT Images 2.0 (03:53) - SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B (05:19) - Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training (06:34) - Changes to GitHub Copilot individual plans (07:54) -

13:24

4.21.26 | John Ternus to become Apple CEO, EU...

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2026/04/21

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 21, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:20) - John Ternus to become Apple CEO (01:46) - All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027 (03:15) - Qwen3.6-Max-Preview: Smarter, Sharper, Still Evolving (04:26) - ggsql: A Grammar of Graphics for SQL (05:38) - Kimi vendor verifier – verify accuracy of inference providers (06:51) - WebUSB

14:25

4.20.26 | Vercel security incident, Claude Opus...

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2026/04/20

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 20, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Vercel April 2026 security incident (02:00) - Changes in the system prompt between Claude Opus 4.6 and 4.7 (04:09) - The RAM shortage could last years (05:22) - Turtle WoW classic server announces shutdown after Blizzard wins injunction (06:15) - Stop trying to engineer your way out of listening to people (07:41)

14:23

4.19.26 | Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner,...

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2026/04/19

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 19, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:18) - Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner (02:10) - Anonymous request-token comparisons from Opus 4.6 and Opus 4.7 (03:46) - Why Japan has such good railways (05:19) - State of Kdenlive (06:35) - The electromechanical angle computer inside the B-52 bomber's star tracker (07:41) - NIST scientists create 'any

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4.18.26 | Claude Design, measuring Claude 4.7's...

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2026/04/18

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 18, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Claude Design (01:53) - Measuring Claude 4.7's tokenizer costs (03:42) - Show HN: Smol machines – subsecond coldstart, portable virtual machines (04:52) - All 12 moonwalkers had "lunar hay fever" from dust smelling like gunpowder (2018) (06:12) - NASA Force (07:23) - Are the costs of AI agents also rising

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4.17.26 | Claude Opus 4.7, Qwen3.6-35B-A3B with...

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2026/04/17

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 17, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:19) - Claude Opus 4.7 (01:40) - Qwen3.6-35B-A3B: Agentic coding power, now open to all (03:22) - Codex for almost everything (04:32) - The future of everything is lies, I guess: Where do we go from here? (06:06) - Cloudflare's AI Platform: an inference layer designed for agents (07:28) - Android CLI: Build Android apps

13:42

4.16.26 | Google, ICE data breach; Live Nation...

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2026/04/16

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 16, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:20) - Google broke its promise to me – now ICE has my data (01:43) - Live Nation illegally monopolized ticketing market, jury finds (03:07) - The buns in McDonald's Japan's burger photos are all slightly askew (03:53) - Cybersecurity looks like proof of work now (05:31) - Cal.com is going closed source (07:04) - IPv6

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4.15.26 | Stop Flock, rare concert recordings on...

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2026/04/15

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 15, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:21) - Stop Flock (01:44) - Rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archive (03:11) - Claude Code Routines (04:52) - The dangers of California's legislation to censor 3D printing (06:19) - The Orange Pi 6 Plus (07:50) - Let's talk space toilets (08:59) - A communist Apple II and fourteen years of not knowing

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4.14.26 | Someone planted backdoors in 30 WordPress...

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2026/04/14

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 14, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:19) - Someone bought 30 WordPress plugins and planted a backdoor in all of them (02:11) - GitHub Stacked PRs (03:33) - DaVinci Resolve – Photo (04:58) - Nothing Ever Happens: Polymarket bot that always buys No on non-sports markets (05:53) - US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban

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4.13.26 | Docker pull fails in Spain, Pro Max 5x...

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2026/04/13

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 13, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:21) - Tell HN: Docker pull fails in Spain due to football Cloudflare block (01:43) - Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate usage (03:09) - Seven countries now generate nearly all their electricity from renewables (2024) (04:58) - Bring Back Idiomatic Design (2023) (05:53) - DIY Soft Drinks (07:11) -

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4.12.26 | Small models reveal vulnerabilities,...

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2026/04/12

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 12, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:24) - Small models also found the vulnerabilities that Mythos found (01:56) - Show HN: Pardonned.com – A searchable database of US Pardons (03:12) - How We Broke Top AI Agent Benchmarks: And What Comes Next (04:22) - Every plane you see in the sky – you can now follow it from the cockpit in 3D (05:23) - Optimal

13:24

4.11.26 | Artemis II safely splashes down, filing the...

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2026/04/11

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 11, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:23) - Artemis II safely splashes down (01:37) - Filing the corners off my MacBooks (02:42) - 1D Chess (03:55) - WireGuard makes new Windows release following Microsoft signing resolution (05:25) - Installing every* Firefox extension (06:59) - Industrial design files for Keychron keyboards and mice (08:07) - Chimpanzees

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4.10.26 | Native macOS space switching, NASA's...

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2026/04/10

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 10, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:19) - Native Instant Space Switching on macOS (01:29) - How NASA built Artemis II’s fault-tolerant computer (02:43) - Old laptops in a colo as low cost servers (03:55) - Unfolder for Mac – A 3D model unfolding tool for creating papercraft (05:05) - RAM Has a Design Flaw from 1966. I Bypassed It [video] (06:24) -

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4.9.26 | Git commands, Mac OS X ported to Nintendo...

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2026/04/09

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 9, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:16) - Git commands I run before reading any code (01:24) - I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii (02:45) - LittleSnitch for Linux (04:24) - They're made out of meat (1991) (05:23) - ML promises to be profoundly weird (06:55) - Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator (08:22) - Ask HN: Any

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4.8.26 | Project Glasswing secures critical AI...

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2026/04/08

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 8, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:22) - Project Glasswing: Securing critical software for the AI era (01:49) - Lunar Flyby (02:53) - System Card: Claude Mythos Preview [pdf] (04:24) - GLM-5.1: Towards Long-Horizon Tasks (05:45) - US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire (06:58) - Cambodia unveils statue to honour famous landmine-sniffing rat (08:07) -

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4.7.26 | Sam Altman’s potential influence, Claude...

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2026/04/07

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 7, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro(00:24) - Sam Altman may control our future – can he be trusted? (01:31) - Issue: Claude Code is unusable for complex engineering tasks with Feb updates (03:18) - A cryptography engineer's perspective on quantum computing timelines (04:49) - What being ripped off taught me (06:15) - Show HN: Ghost Pepper – Local

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