Today’s briefing covers the most discussed stories on Hacker News, including hands-on router building, privacy concerns around government apps, and a widely shared essay arguing that writing should remain part of human thinking even in the age of AI.

• How to turn anything into a router
• Fedware: Government apps that spy harder than the apps they ban
• Do your own writing
• Bird brains
• Cherri

Audio briefing file: listen here.

Audio briefing based on today's top Hacker News discussions, covering EmDash, Artemis II, DRAM pricing, hiring trends, and Git bayesect.

Newsletter version: Hacker News Daily · 2026-04-02