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1.11.26 | Fixing Ghostty's memory leak, Open Chaos as a self-evolving project, Claude Code connects 100 books


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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jan 11, 2026.

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  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:18) - Finding and fixing Ghostty's largest memory leak
  • (01:32) - Open Chaos: A self-evolving open-source project
  • (02:37) - Show HN: I used Claude Code to discover connections between 100 books
  • (03:34) - Code and Let Live
  • (04:45) - AI is a business model stress test
  • (06:01) - Show HN: Ferrite – Markdown editor in Rust with native Mermaid diagram rendering
  • (07:11) - My Home Fibre Network Disintegrated
  • (08:11) - A battle over Canada’s mystery brain disease
  • (09:20) - Overdose deaths are falling in America because of a 'supply shock': study
  • (10:23) - ASCII-Driven Development
  • (11:22) - Outro

  • Finding and fixing Ghostty's largest memory leak
    https://mitchellh.com/writing/ghostty-memory-leak-fix
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46568794

    Open Chaos: A self-evolving open-source project
    https://www.openchaos.dev/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46566812

    Show HN: I used Claude Code to discover connections between 100 books
    https://trails.pieterma.es/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46567400

    Code and Let Live
    https://fly.io/blog/code-and-let-live/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46557825

    AI is a business model stress test
    https://dri.es/ai-is-a-business-model-stress-test
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46567392

    Show HN: Ferrite – Markdown editor in Rust with native Mermaid diagram rendering
    https://github.com/OlaProeis/Ferrite
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46571980

    My Home Fibre Network Disintegrated
    https://alienchow.dev/post/fibre_disintegration/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46572679

    A battle over Canada’s mystery brain disease
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c623r47d67lo
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46572769

    Overdose deaths are falling in America because of a 'supply shock': study
    https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/01/08/why-overdose-deaths-are-falling-in-america
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46569312

    ASCII-Driven Development
    https://medium.com/@calufa/ascii-driven-development-850f66661351
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46538628

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