This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 5, 2025.

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• (00:00) - Intro

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