This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jan 12, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro

The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe
https://noheger.at/blog/2026/01/11/the-struggle-of-resizing-windows-on-macos-tahoe/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46579864

Don't fall into the anti-AI hype
https://antirez.com/news/158
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46574276

CLI agents make self-hosting on a home server easier and fun
https://fulghum.io/self-hosting
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46580326

iCloud Photos Downloader
https://github.com/icloud-photos-downloader/icloud_photos_downloader
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46578921

I'm making a game engine based on dynamic signed distance fields (SDFs) [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il-TXbn5iMA
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46539478

Perfectly Replicating Coca Cola [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDkH3EbWTYc
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46543509

Xfce is great
https://rubenerd.com/xfce-is-great/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46584173

This game is a single 13 KiB file that runs on Windows, Linux and in the Browser
https://iczelia.net/posts/snake-polyglot/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46580864

Poison Fountain
https://rnsaffn.com/poison3/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46577464

Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46577242