This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 30, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro

Zed 1.0
https://zed.dev/blog/zed-1-0
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47949027

HERMES.md in commit messages causes requests to route to extra usage billing
https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/53262
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47952722

Copy Fail
https://copy.fail/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47952181

Cursor Camp
https://neal.fun/cursor-camp/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47949939

Where the goblins came from
https://openai.com/index/where-the-goblins-came-from/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47957688

We need a federation of forges
https://blog.tangled.org/federation/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47948603

FastCGI: 30 years old and still the better protocol for reverse proxies
https://www.agwa.name/blog/post/fastcgi_is_the_better_protocol_for_reverse_proxies
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47950510

The Zig project's rationale for their anti-AI contribution policy
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/30/zig-anti-ai/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47957294

Noctua releases official 3D CAD models for its cooling fans
https://www.noctua.at/en/3d-cad-models
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47927627

OpenTrafficMap
https://opentrafficmap.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47953541