HN Daily Digest

Hacker News – 08 Sep 2025


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Table of Contents
  • AI and Code Innovations
    • Using Claude Code to modernize a 25-year-old kernel driver
    • Show HN: TheAuditor – Offline security scanner for AI-generated code
    • Formatting code should be unnecessary
    • How big are our embeddings now and why?
    • Gadgets and Hardware News
      • The MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge
      • Intel Arc Pro B50 GPU Launched at $349 for Compact Workstations
      • Show HN: C++ library for reading MacBook lid angle sensor data
      • Analog optical computer for AI inference and combinatorial optimization
      • Cultural and Historical Insights
        • Creative Technology: The Sound Blaster
        • Everything from 1991 Radio Shack ad I now do with my phone (2014)
        • Forty-Four Esolangs: The Art of Esoteric Code
        • Unique Projects and Innovations
          • Show HN: Veena Chromatic Tuner
          • Show HN: Stroboscopic Instrument Tuner
          • Tokyo has an unmanned, honor-system electronics and appliance shop
          • I am giving up on Intel and have bought an AMD Ryzen 9950X3D
          • ...more
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