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  • 12.13.25 | Apple ID locked, macOS 26.2 fast AI clusters, OpenAI adopts skills in ChatGPT and Codex CLI
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Dec 13, 2025.

    Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:20) - Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help
  • (01:24) - macOS 26.2 enables fast AI clusters with RDMA over Thunderbolt
  • (02:37) - OpenAI are quietly adopting skills, now available in ChatGPT and Codex CLI
  • (03:42) - Koralm Railway
  • (04:41) - Sick of smart TVs? Here are your best options
  • (05:53) - Rats Play DOOM
  • (06:47) - GNU Unifont
  • (08:00) - String theory inspires a brilliant, baffling new math proof
  • (09:11) - Show HN: I made a spreadsheet where formulas also update backwards
  • (10:25) - Show HN: Tiny VM sandbox in C with apps in Rust, C and Zig
  • (11:29) - Outro

  • Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help
    https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46252114

    macOS 26.2 enables fast AI clusters with RDMA over Thunderbolt
    https://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos-release-notes/macos-26_2-release-notes#RDMA-over-Thunderbolt
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46248644

    OpenAI are quietly adopting skills, now available in ChatGPT and Codex CLI
    https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/12/openai-skills/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46250332

    Koralm Railway
    https://infrastruktur.oebb.at/en/projects-for-austria/railway-lines/southern-line-vienna-villach/koralm-railway
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46242871

    Sick of smart TVs? Here are your best options
    https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/12/the-ars-technica-guide-to-dumb-tvs/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46243655

    Rats Play DOOM
    https://ratsplaydoom.com/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46248323

    GNU Unifont
    https://unifoundry.com/unifont/index.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46248859

    String theory inspires a brilliant, baffling new math proof
    https://www.quantamagazine.org/string-theory-inspires-a-brilliant-baffling-new-math-proof-20251212/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46245622

    Show HN: I made a spreadsheet where formulas also update backwards
    https://victorpoughon.github.io/bidicalc/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46234734

    Show HN: Tiny VM sandbox in C with apps in Rust, C and Zig
    https://github.com/ringtailsoftware/uvm32
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46249538

    12 min
  • 12.12.25 | GPT-5.2 release, highest quality codebase, French supermarket's successful Christmas advert
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Dec 12, 2025.

    Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:16) - GPT-5.2
  • (01:23) - The highest quality codebase
  • (02:34) - French supermarket's Christmas advert is worldwide hit (without AI) [video]
  • (03:27) - EFF launches Age Verification Hub
  • (04:42) - Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free
  • (05:54) - Nokia N900 Necromancy
  • (07:06) - Litestream VFS
  • (08:16) - Craft software that makes people feel something
  • (09:26) - Programmers and software developers lost the plot on naming their tools
  • (10:37) - Denial of service and source code exposure in React Server Components
  • (11:40) - Outro

  • GPT-5.2
    https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-2/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46234788

    The highest quality codebase
    https://gricha.dev/blog/the-highest-quality-codebase
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46197930

    French supermarket's Christmas advert is worldwide hit (without AI) [video]
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na9VmMNJvsA
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46231187

    EFF launches Age Verification Hub
    https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-launches-age-verification-hub-resource-against-misguided-laws
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46223389

    Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free
    https://riviantrackr.com/news/rivian-unveils-custom-silicon-r2-lidar-roadmap-universal-hands-free-and-its-next-gen-autonomy-platform/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46234920

    Nokia N900 Necromancy
    https://yaky.dev/2025-12-11-nokia-n900-necromancy/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46239177

    Litestream VFS
    https://fly.io/blog/litestream-vfs/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46234710

    Craft software that makes people feel something
    https://rapha.land/craft-software-that-makes-people-feel-something/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46231274

    Programmers and software developers lost the plot on naming their tools
    https://larr.net/p/namings.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46234806

    Denial of service and source code exposure in React Server Components
    https://react.dev/blog/2025/12/11/denial-of-service-and-source-code-exposure-in-react-server-components
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46236924

    12 min
  • 12.11.25 | Life's dimensions, Australia enforces teen social media ban, Valve reports HDMI Forum blocks HDMI 2.1 for Linux
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Dec 11, 2025.

    Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:17) - Size of Life
  • (01:17) - Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban
  • (02:24) - Valve: HDMI Forum Continues to Block HDMI 2.1 for Linux
  • (03:34) - Getting a Gemini API key is an exercise in frustration
  • (04:42) - Auto-grading decade-old Hacker News discussions with hindsight
  • (05:53) - Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri
  • (07:07) - Patterns.dev
  • (07:59) - Qwen3-Omni-Flash-2025-12-01:a next-generation native multimodal large model
  • (09:11) - How Google Maps allocates survival across London's restaurants
  • (10:17) - Is it a bubble?
  • (11:26) - Outro

  • Size of Life
    https://neal.fun/size-of-life/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46219346

    Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban
    https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/australia-social-media-ban-takes-effect-world-first-2025-12-09/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46208348

    Valve: HDMI Forum Continues to Block HDMI 2.1 for Linux
    https://www.heise.de/en/news/Valve-HDMI-Forum-Continues-to-Block-HDMI-2-1-for-Linux-11107440.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46220488

    Getting a Gemini API key is an exercise in frustration
    https://ankursethi.com/blog/gemini-api-key-frustration/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46223311

    Auto-grading decade-old Hacker News discussions with hindsight
    https://karpathy.bearblog.dev/auto-grade-hn/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46220540

    Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri
    https://www.reuters.com/world/us/rubio-stages-font-coup-times-new-roman-ousts-calibri-2025-12-09/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46212438

    Patterns.dev
    https://www.patterns.dev/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46226483

    Qwen3-Omni-Flash-2025-12-01:a next-generation native multimodal large model
    https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3-omni-flash-20251201
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46219538

    How Google Maps allocates survival across London's restaurants
    https://laurenleek.substack.com/p/how-google-maps-quietly-allocates
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46203343

    Is it a bubble?
    https://www.oaktreecapital.com/insights/memo/is-it-a-bubble
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46220640

    12 min
  • 12.10.25 | Gemini Pro 3 imagines future HN front page, Let's Encrypt celebrates 10 years, Mistral launches Devstral2 and Vibe CLI
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Dec 10, 2025.

    Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:20) - Show HN: Gemini Pro 3 hallucinates the HN front page 10 years from now
  • (01:25) - 10 Years of Let's Encrypt
  • (02:45) - Mistral releases Devstral2 and Mistral Vibe CLI
  • (04:01) - Handsdown one of the coolest 3D websites
  • (05:06) - PeerTube is recognized as a digital public good by Digital Public Goods Alliance
  • (06:12) - Rust in the kernel is no longer experimental
  • (07:16) - Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain
  • (08:23) - If you're going to vibe code, why not do it in C?
  • (09:39) - Django: what’s new in 6.0
  • (10:44) - Donating the Model Context Protocol and establishing the Agentic AI Foundation
  • (11:48) - Outro

  • Show HN: Gemini Pro 3 hallucinates the HN front page 10 years from now
    https://dosaygo-studio.github.io/hn-front-page-2035/news
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46205632

    10 Years of Let's Encrypt
    https://letsencrypt.org/2025/12/09/10-years
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46208962

    Mistral releases Devstral2 and Mistral Vibe CLI
    https://mistral.ai/news/devstral-2-vibe-cli
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46205437

    Handsdown one of the coolest 3D websites
    https://bruno-simon.com/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46206531

    PeerTube is recognized as a digital public good by Digital Public Goods Alliance
    https://www.digitalpublicgoods.net/r/peertube
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46207464

    Rust in the kernel is no longer experimental
    https://lwn.net/Articles/1049831/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46213585

    Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain
    https://repebble.com/blog/meet-pebble-index-01-external-memory-for-your-brain
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46205661

    If you're going to vibe code, why not do it in C?
    https://stephenramsay.net/posts/vibe-coding.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46207505

    Django: what’s new in 6.0
    https://adamj.eu/tech/2025/12/03/django-whats-new-6.0/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46210240

    Donating the Model Context Protocol and establishing the Agentic AI Foundation
    https://www.anthropic.com/news/donating-the-model-context-protocol-and-establishing-of-the-agentic-ai-foundation
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46207425

    12 min
  • 12.9.25 | Icons in menus, AI progress steady, IBM acquires Confluent
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Dec 9, 2025.

    Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:20) - Icons in Menus Everywhere – Send Help
  • (01:28) - Horses: AI progress is steady. Human equivalence is sudden
  • (02:44) - IBM to acquire Confluent
  • (03:54) - Microsoft increases Office 365 and Microsoft 365 license prices
  • (05:12) - Jepsen: NATS 2.12.1
  • (06:20) - Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros
  • (07:33) - Strong earthquake hits northern Japan, tsunami warning issued
  • (08:34) - Let's put Tailscale on a jailbroken Kindle
  • (09:41) - The universal weight subspace hypothesis
  • (10:56) - Has the cost of building software dropped 90%?
  • (12:16) - Outro

  • Icons in Menus Everywhere – Send Help
    https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/icons-in-menus/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46196688

    Horses: AI progress is steady. Human equivalence is sudden
    https://andyljones.com/posts/horses.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46199723

    IBM to acquire Confluent
    https://www.confluent.io/blog/ibm-to-acquire-confluent/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46192130

    Microsoft increases Office 365 and Microsoft 365 license prices
    https://office365itpros.com/2025/12/08/microsoft-365-pricing-increase/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46192186

    Jepsen: NATS 2.12.1
    https://jepsen.io/analyses/nats-2.12.1
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46196105

    Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros
    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/paramount-skydance-hostile-bid-wbd-netflix.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46192459

    Strong earthquake hits northern Japan, tsunami warning issued
    https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20251209_02/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46192846

    Let's put Tailscale on a jailbroken Kindle
    https://tailscale.com/blog/tailscale-jailbroken-kindle
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46194337

    The universal weight subspace hypothesis
    https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.05117
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46199623

    Has the cost of building software dropped 90%?
    https://martinalderson.com/posts/has-the-cost-of-software-just-dropped-90-percent/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46196228

    13 min
  • 12.8.25 | Google Titans architecture enhances AI memory, failed attempt to recreate 1996 Space Jam website, dollar-stores overcharge despite low price promises
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Dec 8, 2025.

    Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:21) - Google Titans architecture, helping AI have long-term memory
  • (01:33) - I failed to recreate the 1996 Space Jam website with Claude
  • (02:46) - Dollar-stores overcharge customers while promising low prices
  • (04:01) - The C++ standard for the F-35 Fighter Jet [video]
  • (05:10) - I wasted years of my life in crypto
  • (06:15) - The Anatomy of a macOS App
  • (07:27) - Scala 3 slowed us down?
  • (08:35) - How I block all online ads
  • (09:42) - An Interactive Guide to the Fourier Transform
  • (10:49) - Turtletoy
  • (11:44) - Outro

  • Google Titans architecture, helping AI have long-term memory
    https://research.google/blog/titans-miras-helping-ai-have-long-term-memory/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46181231

    I failed to recreate the 1996 Space Jam website with Claude
    https://j0nah.com/i-failed-to-recreate-the-1996-space-jam-website-with-claude/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46183294

    Dollar-stores overcharge customers while promising low prices
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/03/customers-pay-more-rising-dollar-store-costs
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46181962

    The C++ standard for the F-35 Fighter Jet [video]
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv4sDL9Ljww
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46183657

    I wasted years of my life in crypto
    https://twitter.com/kenchangh/status/1994854381267947640
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46181371

    The Anatomy of a macOS App
    https://eclecticlight.co/2025/12/04/the-anatomy-of-a-macos-app/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46181268

    Scala 3 slowed us down?
    https://kmaliszewski9.github.io/scala/2025/12/07/scala3-slowdown.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46182202

    How I block all online ads
    https://troubled.engineer/posts/no-ads/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46185816

    An Interactive Guide to the Fourier Transform
    https://betterexplained.com/articles/an-interactive-guide-to-the-fourier-transform/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46118358

    Turtletoy
    https://turtletoy.net/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46138459

    12 min
  • 12.7.25 | GrapheneOS offers complete security patches, Tiny Core Linux is a 23 MB graphical distro, LLMs utilized at Oxide
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Dec 7, 2025.

    Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:16) - GrapheneOS is the only Android OS providing full security patches
  • (01:29) - Tiny Core Linux: a 23 MB Linux distro with graphical desktop
  • (02:38) - Using LLMs at Oxide
  • (03:57) - Kilauea erupts, destroying webcam [video]
  • (04:53) - Z-Image: Powerful and highly efficient image generation model with 6B parameters
  • (05:54) - Screenshots from developers: 2002 vs. 2015 (2015)
  • (07:06) - Autism's confusing cousins
  • (08:19) - Perl's decline was cultural
  • (09:31) - HTML as an Accessible Format for Papers (2023)
  • (10:41) - The unexpected effectiveness of one-shot decompilation with Claude
  • (11:48) - Outro

  • GrapheneOS is the only Android OS providing full security patches
    https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/115647408229616018
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46173407

    Tiny Core Linux: a 23 MB Linux distro with graphical desktop
    http://www.tinycorelinux.net/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46173547

    Using LLMs at Oxide
    https://rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0576
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46178347

    Kilauea erupts, destroying webcam [video]
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK2N99BDw7A
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46177645

    Z-Image: Powerful and highly efficient image generation model with 6B parameters
    https://github.com/Tongyi-MAI/Z-Image
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46095817

    Screenshots from developers: 2002 vs. 2015 (2015)
    https://anders.unix.se/2015/12/10/screenshots-from-developers--2002-vs.-2015/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46176905

    Autism's confusing cousins
    https://www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/autisms-confusing-cousins
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46172443

    Perl's decline was cultural
    https://www.beatworm.co.uk/blog/computers/perls-decline-was-cultural-not-technical
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46175112

    HTML as an Accessible Format for Papers (2023)
    https://info.arxiv.org/about/accessible_HTML.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46173825

    The unexpected effectiveness of one-shot decompilation with Claude
    https://blog.chrislewis.au/the-unexpected-effectiveness-of-one-shot-decompilation-with-claude/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46080498

    12 min
  • 12.6.25 | Netflix acquires Warner Bros, Cloudflare outage December 5, 2025, Gemini 3 Pro advances vision AI
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Dec 6, 2025.

    Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:16) - Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros
  • (01:18) - Cloudflare outage on December 5, 2025
  • (02:29) - Gemini 3 Pro: the frontier of vision AI
  • (03:38) - Self-hosting my photos with Immich
  • (04:48) - YouTube caught making AI-edits to videos and adding misleading AI summaries
  • (05:55) - Patterns for Defensive Programming in Rust
  • (07:09) - Leaving Intel
  • (08:05) - I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
  • (09:14) - Have I been Flocked? – Check if your license plate is being watched
  • (10:14) - Adenosine on the common path of rapid antidepressant action: The coffee paradox
  • (11:28) - Outro

  • Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros
    https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-to-acquire-warner-bros
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46160315

    Cloudflare outage on December 5, 2025
    https://blog.cloudflare.com/5-december-2025-outage/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46162656

    Gemini 3 Pro: the frontier of vision AI
    https://blog.google/technology/developers/gemini-3-pro-vision/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46163308

    Self-hosting my photos with Immich
    https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2025-11-29-self-hosting-photos-with-immich/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46095087

    YouTube caught making AI-edits to videos and adding misleading AI summaries
    https://www.ynetnews.com/tech-and-digital/article/bj1qbwcklg
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46169554

    Patterns for Defensive Programming in Rust
    https://corrode.dev/blog/defensive-programming/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46163609

    Leaving Intel
    https://www.brendangregg.com/blog//2025-12-05/leaving-intel.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46167552

    I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46163121

    Have I been Flocked? – Check if your license plate is being watched
    https://haveibeenflocked.com/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46170302

    Adenosine on the common path of rapid antidepressant action: The coffee paradox
    https://genomicpress.kglmeridian.com/view/journals/brainmed/aop/article-10.61373-bm025c.0134/article-10.61373-bm025c.0134.xml
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46168057

    12 min
  • 12.5.25 | Cloudflare outage, Stanford students' disability claims, elites influencing mass preferences with AI
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Dec 5, 2025.

    Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:18) - Cloudflare is down
  • (01:23) - Why are 38 percent of Stanford students saying they're disabled?
  • (02:44) - How elites could shape mass preferences as AI reduces persuasion costs
  • (03:59) - I ignore the spotlight as a staff engineer
  • (05:14) - Transparent leadership beats servant leadership
  • (06:24) - Thoughts on Go vs. Rust vs. Zig
  • (07:29) - Multivox: Volumetric Display
  • (08:32) - BMW PHEV: Safety fuse replacement is extremely expensive
  • (09:52) - Fighting the age-gated internet
  • (11:02) - Outro

  • Cloudflare is down
    https://www.cloudflare.com/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46158191

    Why are 38 percent of Stanford students saying they're disabled?
    https://reason.com/2025/12/04/why-are-38-percent-of-stanford-students-saying-theyre-disabled/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46150715

    How elites could shape mass preferences as AI reduces persuasion costs
    https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.04047
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46145180

    I ignore the spotlight as a staff engineer
    https://lalitm.com/software-engineering-outside-the-spotlight/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46146451

    Transparent leadership beats servant leadership
    https://entropicthoughts.com/transparent-leadership-beats-servant-leadership
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46147540

    Thoughts on Go vs. Rust vs. Zig
    https://sinclairtarget.com/blog/2025/08/thoughts-on-go-vs.-rust-vs.-zig/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46153466

    Multivox: Volumetric Display
    https://github.com/AncientJames/multivox
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46149813

    BMW PHEV: Safety fuse replacement is extremely expensive
    https://evclinic.eu/2025/12/04/2021-phev-bmw-ibmucp-21f37e-post-crash-recovery-when-eu-engineering-becomes-a-synonym-for-unrepairable-generating-waste/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46155619

    Fighting the age-gated internet
    https://www.wired.com/story/age-verification-is-sweeping-the-us-activists-are-fighting-back/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46147493

    12 min
  • 12.4.25 | Ghostty becomes non-profit, Seattle's disdain for AI, Valve's role in Windows games on Arm
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Dec 4, 2025.

    Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:18) - Ghostty is now non-profit
  • (01:24) - Everyone in Seattle hates AI
  • (02:43) - Valve reveals it’s the architect behind a push to bring Windows games to Arm
  • (03:56) - Reverse engineering a $1B Legal AI tool exposed 100k+ confidential files
  • (05:13) - Micron Announces Exit from Crucial Consumer Business
  • (06:24) - RCE Vulnerability in React and Next.js
  • (07:35) - 1D Conway's Life glider found, 3.7B cells long
  • (08:44) - Average DRAM price in USD over last 18 months
  • (09:43) - Show HN: I built a dashboard to compare mortgage rates across 120 credit unions
  • (10:47) - How to Synthesize a House Loop
  • (11:34) - Outro

  • Ghostty is now non-profit
    https://mitchellh.com/writing/ghostty-non-profit
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46138238

    Everyone in Seattle hates AI
    https://jonready.com/blog/posts/everyone-in-seattle-hates-ai.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46138952

    Valve reveals it’s the architect behind a push to bring Windows games to Arm
    https://www.theverge.com/report/820656/valve-interview-arm-gaming-steamos-pierre-loup-griffais
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46126446

    Reverse engineering a $1B Legal AI tool exposed 100k+ confidential files
    https://alexschapiro.com/security/vulnerability/2025/12/02/filevine-api-100k
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46137514

    Micron Announces Exit from Crucial Consumer Business
    https://investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/micron-announces-exit-crucial-consumer-business
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46137783

    RCE Vulnerability in React and Next.js
    https://github.com/vercel/next.js/security/advisories/GHSA-9qr9-h5gf-34mp
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46136026

    1D Conway's Life glider found, 3.7B cells long
    https://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?&p=222136#p222136
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46137253

    Average DRAM price in USD over last 18 months
    https://pcpartpicker.com/trends/price/memory/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46142100

    Show HN: I built a dashboard to compare mortgage rates across 120 credit unions
    https://finfam.app/blog/credit-union-mortgages
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46139761

    How to Synthesize a House Loop
    https://loopmaster.xyz/tutorials/how-to-synthesize-a-house-loop
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46072280

    12 min

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