This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 19, 2025.

Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to delist certain adult games
https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/valve-confirms-credit-card-companies-pressured-it-to-delist-certain-adult-games-from-steam/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44606184

AI capex is so big that it's affecting economic statistics
https://paulkedrosky.com/honey-ai-capex-ate-the-economy/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44609130

My Self-Hosting Setup
https://codecaptured.com/blog/my-ultimate-self-hosting-setup/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44612151

Asynchrony is not concurrency
https://kristoff.it/blog/asynchrony-is-not-concurrency/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44608754

Meta says it won’t sign Europe AI agreement, calling it an overreach
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/18/meta-europe-ai-code.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44607838

EPA says it will eliminate its scientific research arm
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/climate/epa-firings-scientific-research.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44610732

How to write Rust in the Linux kernel: part 3
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1026694/3413f4b43c862629/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44610468

Trying Guix: A Nixer's impressions
https://tazj.in/blog/trying-guix
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44569032

Broadcom to discontinue free Bitnami Helm charts
https://github.com/bitnami/charts/issues/35164
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44608856

Why your website should be under 14kB in size
https://endtimes.dev/why-your-website-should-be-under-14kb-in-size/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44613625