This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jan 24, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro

Microsoft gave FBI set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/microsoft-gave-fbi-a-set-of-bitlocker-encryption-keys-to-unlock-suspects-laptops-reports/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46735545

Proof of Corn
https://proofofcorn.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46735511

Unrolling the Codex agent loop
https://openai.com/index/unrolling-the-codex-agent-loop/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46737630

Gas Town's agent patterns, design bottlenecks, and vibecoding at scale
https://maggieappleton.com/gastown
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46734302

Booting from a vinyl record (2020)
https://boginjr.com/it/sw/dev/vinyl-boot/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46730885

Comma openpilot – Open source driver-assistance
https://comma.ai
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46740029

New YC homepage
https://www.ycombinator.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46735644

Show HN: Whosthere: A LAN discovery tool with a modern TUI, written in Go
https://github.com/ramonvermeulen/whosthere
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46731432

KORG phase8 – Acoustic Synthesizer
https://www.korg.com/us/products/dj/phase8/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46732967

The tech monoculture is finally breaking
http://www.jasonwillems.com/technology/2025/12/17/Tech-Is-Fun-Again/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46733624