This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 1, 2025.

• (00:00) - Intro

We should have the ability to run any code we want on hardware we own
https://hugotunius.se/2025/08/31/what-every-argument-about-sideloading-gets-wrong.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45087396

“This telegram must be closely paraphrased before being communicated to anyone”
https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/79371/this-telegram-must-be-closely-paraphrased-before-being-communicated-to-anyone
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45082731

Eternal Struggle
https://yoavg.github.io/eternal/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45086020

Jujutsu for everyone
https://jj-for-everyone.github.io/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45083952

Why haven't quantum computers factored 21 yet?
https://algassert.com/post/2500
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45082587

Use One Big Server (2022)
https://specbranch.com/posts/one-big-server/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45085029

Nintendo Switch 2 Dock USB-C Compatibility
https://www.lttlabs.com/blog/2025/08/30/nintendo-switch-2-dock
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45087971

When the sun will literally set on what's left of the British Empire
https://oikofuge.com/sun-sets-on-british-empire/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45084913

What to do with C++ modules?
https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2025/08/we-need-to-seriously-think-about-what.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45086210

Survey: a third of senior developers say over half their code is AI-generated
https://www.fastly.com/blog/senior-developers-ship-more-ai-code
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45083635