This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 7, 2025.

Simulating water over terrain
https://lisyarus.github.io/blog/posts/simulating-water-over-terrain.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42962508

Understanding Reasoning LLMs
https://magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/understanding-reasoning-llms
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42966720

Show HN: SQLite disk page explorer
https://github.com/QuadrupleA/sqlite-page-explorer
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42965198

Aluminum batteries outlive lithium-ion with a pinch of salt
https://spectrum.ieee.org/aluminum-battery
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42960907

OpenLDK: A Java JIT compiler and runtime in Common Lisp
https://github.com/atgreen/openldk
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42947447

Transformer – Spreadsheet
https://www.byhand.ai/p/transformer-spreadsheet
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42968547

Show HN: An homage to Tom Dowdy's 1991 screensaver, "Kaos"
https://thestrikeagency.com/kaos/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42963346

Steve Meretzky – Working with Douglas Adams on the Hitchhiker's Guide
https://spillhistorie.no/qa-with-game-designer-steve-meretzky/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42946752

Search PPP Loans by Zip Code
https://ppploanmap.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42969334

Announcing the data.gov archive
https://lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/02/06/announcing-data-gov-archive/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42970039