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8.26.25 | Google restricts Android apps to verified developers, Base is an SQLite editor for macOS, visual guide to big O notation


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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 26, 2025.

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:20) - Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android
  • (01:35) - Show HN: Base, an SQLite database editor for macOS
  • (02:46) - A visual introduction to big O notation
  • (04:03) - Google's Liquid Cooling
  • (05:16) - macOS 26 Tahoe's Dead Canary Utility App Icons
  • (06:32) - Will Smith's concert crowds are real, but AI is blurring the lines
  • (07:32) - A small change to improve browsers for keyboard navigation
  • (08:38) - DeepWiki: Understand Any Codebase
  • (09:44) - macOS dotfiles should not go in –/Library/Application Support
  • (11:07) - The Annotated Transformer (2022)
  • (12:18) - Outro

  • Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android
    https://9to5google.com/2025/08/25/android-apps-developer-verification/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45017028

    Show HN: Base, an SQLite database editor for macOS
    https://menial.co.uk/base/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45014131

    A visual introduction to big O notation
    https://samwho.dev/big-o/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45002182

    Google's Liquid Cooling
    https://chipsandcheese.com/p/googles-liquid-cooling-at-hot-chips
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45016720

    macOS 26 Tahoe's Dead Canary Utility App Icons
    https://daringfireball.net/2025/08/macos_26_tahoes_dead_canary_utility_app_icons
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45020685

    Will Smith's concert crowds are real, but AI is blurring the lines
    https://waxy.org/2025/08/will-smiths-concert-crowds-were-real-but-ai-is-blurring-the-lines/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45022184

    A small change to improve browsers for keyboard navigation
    https://b.43z.one/2025-07-22/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45013737

    DeepWiki: Understand Any Codebase
    https://www.aitidbits.ai/p/deepwiki
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45002092

    macOS dotfiles should not go in –/Library/Application Support
    https://becca.ooo/blog/macos-dotfiles/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45022383

    The Annotated Transformer (2022)
    https://nlp.seas.harvard.edu/annotated-transformer/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45002896

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