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April 07, 20264.7.26 | Sam Altman’s potential influence, Claude Code’s engineering limitations, and a cryptography engineer’s quantum computing insights
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 7, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:24) - Sam Altman may control our future – can he be trusted?
(01:31) - Issue: Claude Code is unusable for complex engineering tasks with Feb updates
(03:18) - A cryptography engineer's perspective on quantum computing timelines
(04:49) - What being ripped off taught me
(06:15) - Show HN: Ghost Pepper – Local hold-to-talk speech-to-text for macOS
(07:18) - German police name alleged leaders of GandCrab and REvil ransomware groups
(09:03) - Show HN: GovAuctions lets you browse government auctions at once
(10:20) - Launch HN: Freestyle – Sandboxes for Coding Agents
(11:32) - Book review: There Is No Antimemetics Division
(12:49) - Anthropic expands partnership with Google and Broadcom for next-gen compute
(14:22) - Outro

Sam Altman may control our future – can he be trusted?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/sam-altman-may-control-our-future-can-he-be-trusted
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47659135
Issue: Claude Code is unusable for complex engineering tasks with Feb updates
https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/42796
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47660925
A cryptography engineer's perspective on quantum computing timelines
https://words.filippo.io/crqc-timeline/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47662234
What being ripped off taught me
https://belief.horse/notes/what-being-ripped-off-taught-me/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47660286
Show HN: Ghost Pepper – Local hold-to-talk speech-to-text for macOS
https://github.com/matthartman/ghost-pepper
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47666024
German police name alleged leaders of GandCrab and REvil ransomware groups
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/04/germany-doxes-unkn-head-of-ru-ransomware-gangs-revil-gandcrab/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47660954
Show HN: GovAuctions lets you browse government auctions at once
https://www.govauctions.app/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47662945
Launch HN: Freestyle – Sandboxes for Coding Agents
https://www.freestyle.sh/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47663147
Book review: There Is No Antimemetics Division
https://www.stephendiehl.com/posts/no_antimimetics/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47660853
Anthropic expands partnership with Google and Broadcom for next-gen compute
https://www.anthropic.com/news/google-broadcom-partnership-compute
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47667717
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April 06, 20264.6.26 | Eight years of wanting, three months of building with AI, Caveman: fewer tokens suffice, Gemma 4 on iPhone
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 6, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:21) - Eight years of wanting, three months of building with AI
(02:11) - Caveman: Why use many token when few token do trick
(03:26) - Gemma 4 on iPhone
(04:40) - Why Switzerland has 25 Gbit internet and America doesn't
(06:13) - Show HN: I built a tiny LLM to demystify how language models work
(07:27) - Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon [video]
(08:33) - Microsoft hasn't had a coherent GUI strategy since Petzold
(10:04) - LÖVE: 2D Game Framework for Lua
(11:18) - Running Gemma 4 locally with LM Studio's new headless CLI and Claude Code
(12:53) - Show HN: I made a YouTube search form with advanced filters
(13:53) - Outro

Eight years of wanting, three months of building with AI
https://lalitm.com/post/building-syntaqlite-ai/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47648828
Caveman: Why use many token when few token do trick
https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47647455
Gemma 4 on iPhone
https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/google-ai-edge-gallery/id6749645337
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47652561
Why Switzerland has 25 Gbit internet and America doesn't
https://sschueller.github.io/posts/the-free-market-lie/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47652400
Show HN: I built a tiny LLM to demystify how language models work
https://github.com/arman-bd/guppylm
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47655408
Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon [video]
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/ce3d5gkd2geo
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47649721
Microsoft hasn't had a coherent GUI strategy since Petzold
https://www.jsnover.com/blog/2026/03/13/microsoft-hasnt-had-a-coherent-gui-strategy-since-petzold/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47651703
LÖVE: 2D Game Framework for Lua
https://github.com/love2d/love
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47637377
Running Gemma 4 locally with LM Studio's new headless CLI and Claude Code
https://ai.georgeliu.com/p/running-google-gemma-4-locally-with
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47651540
Show HN: I made a YouTube search form with advanced filters
https://playlists.at/youtube/search/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47655392
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April 05, 20264.5.26 | A game building a GPU, Microsoft's numerous 'Copilot' products, Apple approves Nvidia eGPU driver
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 5, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:19) - Show HN: A game where you build a GPU
(01:39) - How many products does Microsoft have named 'Copilot'?
(02:57) - Apple approves driver that lets Nvidia eGPUs work with Arm Macs
(04:05) - OpenScreen is an open-source alternative to Screen Studio
(05:14) - AWS engineer reports PostgreSQL perf halved by Linux 7.0, fix may not be easy
(07:01) - German implementation of eIDAS will require an Apple/Google account to function
(08:24) - Components of a Coding Agent
(09:44) - LLM Wiki – example of an "idea file"
(11:01) - Introduction to Computer Music (2009) [pdf]
(12:45) - Show HN: sllm – Split a GPU node with other developers, unlimited tokens
(13:54) - Outro

Show HN: A game where you build a GPU
https://jaso1024.com/mvidia/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47640728
How many products does Microsoft have named 'Copilot'?
https://teybannerman.com/strategy/2026/03/31/how-many-microsoft-copilot-are-there.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47642569
Apple approves driver that lets Nvidia eGPUs work with Arm Macs
https://www.theverge.com/tech/907003/apple-approves-driver-that-lets-nvidia-egpus-work-with-arm-macs
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47640380
OpenScreen is an open-source alternative to Screen Studio
https://github.com/siddharthvaddem/openscreen
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47595695
AWS engineer reports PostgreSQL perf halved by Linux 7.0, fix may not be easy
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-AWS-PostgreSQL-Drop
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47644864
German implementation of eIDAS will require an Apple/Google account to function
https://bmi.usercontent.opencode.de/eudi-wallet/wallet-development-documentation-public/latest/architecture-concept/06-mobile-devices/02-mdvm/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47644406
Components of a Coding Agent
https://magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/components-of-a-coding-agent
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47638810
LLM Wiki – example of an "idea file"
https://gist.github.com/karpathy/442a6bf555914893e9891c11519de94f
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47640875
Introduction to Computer Music (2009) [pdf]
https://composerprogrammer.com/introductiontocomputermusic.pdf
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47645432
Show HN: sllm – Split a GPU node with other developers, unlimited tokens
https://sllm.cloud
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47639779
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April 04, 20264.4.26 | Artemis II crew captures Earth image, Anthropic restricts Claude Code subscriptions with OpenClaw, F-15E jet shot down over Iran
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 4, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:19) - Artemis II crew take “spectacular” image of Earth
(01:43) - Tell HN: Anthropic no longer allowing Claude Code subscriptions to use OpenClaw
(02:36) - F-15E jet shot down over Iran
(04:03) - iNaturalist
(05:10) - The FAA’s flight restriction for drones is an attempt to criminalize filming ICE
(06:35) - OpenClaw privilege escalation vulnerability
(08:15) - Delve removed from Y Combinator
(08:55) - We replaced RAG with a virtual filesystem for our AI documentation assistant
(10:29) - Post Mortem: axios NPM supply chain compromise
(11:44) - Gold overtakes U.S. Treasuries as the largest foreign reserve asset
(13:13) - Outro

Artemis II crew take “spectacular” image of Earth
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8jzr423p9o
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47631118
Tell HN: Anthropic no longer allowing Claude Code subscriptions to use OpenClaw
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47633396
F-15E jet shot down over Iran
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/03/us-fighter-jet-confirmed-shot-down-over-iran
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47628326
iNaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47629433
The FAA’s flight restriction for drones is an attempt to criminalize filming ICE
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/faas-temporary-flight-restriction-drones-blatant-attempt-criminalize-filming-ice
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47633947
OpenClaw privilege escalation vulnerability
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33579
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47628608
Delve removed from Y Combinator
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/delve
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47634690
We replaced RAG with a virtual filesystem for our AI documentation assistant
https://www.mintlify.com/blog/how-we-built-a-virtual-filesystem-for-our-assistant
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47618223
Post Mortem: axios NPM supply chain compromise
https://github.com/axios/axios/issues/10636
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47621792
Gold overtakes U.S. Treasuries as the largest foreign reserve asset
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/gold-overtakes-u-s-treasuries-as-the-worlds-largest-foreign-reserve-asset-in-2026-can-gold-challenge-the-u-s-dollars-dominance-and-hold-its-ground/articleshow/126420128.cms?from=mdr
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47635056
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April 03, 20264.3.26 | LinkedIn monitors browser extensions, Google launches Gemma 4 models, former Azure engineer discusses trust issues
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 3, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:17) - LinkedIn is searching your browser extensions
(01:55) - Google releases Gemma 4 open models
(03:07) - Decisions that eroded trust in Azure – by a former Azure Core engineer
(04:11) - Qwen3.6-Plus: Towards real world agents
(05:46) - Tailscale's new macOS home
(07:10) - Cursor 3
(08:40) - Inside Nepal's Fake Rescue Racket
(10:00) - Good ideas do not need lots of lies in order to gain public acceptance (2008)
(11:17) - Artemis II's toilet is a moon mission milestone
(12:24) - OpenAI Acquires TBPN
(13:46) - Outro

LinkedIn is searching your browser extensions
https://browsergate.eu/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47613981
Google releases Gemma 4 open models
https://deepmind.google/models/gemma/gemma-4/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47616361
Decisions that eroded trust in Azure – by a former Azure Core engineer
https://isolveproblems.substack.com/p/how-microsoft-vaporized-a-trillion
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47616242
Qwen3.6-Plus: Towards real world agents
https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3.6
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47615002
Tailscale's new macOS home
https://tailscale.com/blog/macos-notch-escape
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47618189
Cursor 3
https://cursor.com/blog/cursor-3
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47618084
Inside Nepal's Fake Rescue Racket
https://kathmandupost.com/money/2026/03/27/inside-nepal-s-fake-rescue-racket
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47613078
Good ideas do not need lots of lies in order to gain public acceptance (2008)
https://blog.danieldavies.com/2004/05/d-squared-digest-one-minute-mba.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47617415
Artemis II's toilet is a moon mission milestone
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/artemis-iis-toilet-is-a-moon-mission-milestone/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47609356
OpenAI Acquires TBPN
https://openai.com/index/openai-acquires-tbpn/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47617376
...more
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April 02, 20264.2.26 | Artemis II launch updates, EmDash security-focused WordPress successor, DRAM prices harm hobbyist SBC market
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 2, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:20) - Artemis II Launch Day Updates
(01:05) - EmDash – A spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security
(02:38) - DRAM pricing is killing the hobbyist SBC market
(04:07) - Steam on Linux Use Skyrocketed Above 5% in March
(05:23) - SpaceX files to go public
(06:50) - Show HN: Git bayesect – Bayesian Git bisection for non-deterministic bugs
(08:11) - Weather.com/Retro
(09:18) - AI for American-produced cement and concrete
(10:35) - A new C++ back end for ocamlc
(12:09) - Quantum computing bombshells that are not April Fools
(13:50) - Outro

Artemis II Launch Day Updates
https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/04/01/live-artemis-ii-launch-day-updates/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47603657
EmDash – A spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security
https://blog.cloudflare.com/emdash-wordpress/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47602832
DRAM pricing is killing the hobbyist SBC market
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/dram-pricing-is-killing-the-hobbyist-sbc-market/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47606840
Steam on Linux Use Skyrocketed Above 5% in March
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-On-Linux-Tops-5p
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47609564
SpaceX files to go public
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/technology/spacex-ipo-elon-musk.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47604155
Show HN: Git bayesect – Bayesian Git bisection for non-deterministic bugs
https://github.com/hauntsaninja/git_bayesect
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47557921
Weather.com/Retro
https://weather.com/retro/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47609090
AI for American-produced cement and concrete
https://engineering.fb.com/2026/03/30/data-center-engineering/ai-for-american-produced-cement-and-concrete/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47603737
A new C++ back end for ocamlc
https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/pull/14701
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47608058
Quantum computing bombshells that are not April Fools
https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=9665
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47608495
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April 01, 20264.1.26 | Fake tools and frustration, OpenAI's $852B valuation, visual guide to Claude Code
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 1, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:19) - The Claude Code Source Leak: fake tools, frustration regexes, undercover mode
(01:47) - OpenAI closes funding round at an $852B valuation
(03:20) - Claude Code Unpacked : A visual guide
(04:40) - Open source CAD in the browser (Solvespace)
(06:14) - A dot a day keeps the clutter away
(07:16) - Why the US Navy won't blast the Iranians and 'open' Strait of Hormuz
(08:59) - Show HN: 1-Bit Bonsai, the First Commercially Viable 1-Bit LLMs
(10:26) - Slop is not necessarily the future
(12:05) - MiniStack (replacement for LocalStack)
(13:27) - 4D Doom
(14:44) - Outro

The Claude Code Source Leak: fake tools, frustration regexes, undercover mode
https://alex000kim.com/posts/2026-03-31-claude-code-source-leak/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47586778
OpenAI closes funding round at an $852B valuation
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/31/openai-funding-round-ipo.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47592755
Claude Code Unpacked : A visual guide
https://ccunpacked.dev/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47597085
Open source CAD in the browser (Solvespace)
https://solvespace.com/webver.pl
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47586614
A dot a day keeps the clutter away
https://scottlawsonbc.com/post/dot-system
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47593556
Why the US Navy won't blast the Iranians and 'open' Strait of Hormuz
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/iran-strait-of-hormuz/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47584795
Show HN: 1-Bit Bonsai, the First Commercially Viable 1-Bit LLMs
https://prismml.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47593422
Slop is not necessarily the future
https://www.greptile.com/blog/ai-slopware-future
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47587953
MiniStack (replacement for LocalStack)
https://ministack.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47593285
4D Doom
https://github.com/danieldugas/HYPERHELL
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47549128
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March 31, 20263.31.26 | Axios compromised with malicious NPM versions, turning any device into a router, and government apps spying more than banned counterparts
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Mar 31, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:22) - Axios compromised on NPM – Malicious versions drop remote access trojan
(02:13) - How to turn anything into a router
(03:31) - Fedware: Government apps that spy harder than the apps they ban
(04:46) - Do your own writing
(06:11) - CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font
(07:23) - Artemis II is not safe to fly
(08:57) - Turning a MacBook into a touchscreen with $1 of hardware (2018)
(10:23) - Bird brains (2023)
(11:41) - Universal Claude.md – cut Claude output tokens
(13:03) - Cherri – programming language that compiles to an Apple Shortuct
(14:18) - Outro

Axios compromised on NPM – Malicious versions drop remote access trojan
https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/axios-compromised-on-npm-malicious-versions-drop-remote-access-trojan
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47582220
How to turn anything into a router
https://nbailey.ca/post/router/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47574034
Fedware: Government apps that spy harder than the apps they ban
https://www.sambent.com/the-white-house-app-has-huawei-spyware-and-an-ice-tip-line/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47577761
Do your own writing
https://alexhwoods.com/dont-let-ai-write-for-you/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47573519
CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font
https://www.codingfont.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47575403
Artemis II is not safe to fly
https://idlewords.com/2026/03/artemis_ii_is_not_safe_to_fly.htm
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47582043
Turning a MacBook into a touchscreen with $1 of hardware (2018)
https://anishathalye.com/macbook-touchscreen/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47578572
Bird brains (2023)
https://www.dhanishsemar.com/writing/bird-brains
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47573887
Universal Claude.md – cut Claude output tokens
https://github.com/drona23/claude-token-efficient
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47581701
Cherri – programming language that compiles to an Apple Shortuct
https://github.com/electrikmilk/cherri
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47549824
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March 30, 20263.30.26 | ChatGPT delays input until Cloudflare reads React state, Copilot inserted an ad into PR, Voyager 1 operates on minimal memory and vintage tape recorder
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Mar 30, 2026.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
(00:00) - Intro
(00:19) - ChatGPT won't let you type until Cloudflare reads your React state
(01:51) - Copilot edited an ad into my PR
(02:56) - Voyager 1 runs on 69 KB of memory and an 8-track tape recorder
(04:10) - The Cognitive Dark Forest
(05:51) - Pretext: TypeScript library for multiline text measurement and layout
(07:15) - Philly courts will ban all smart eyeglasses starting next week
(08:25) - C++26 is done: ISO C++ standards meeting Trip Report
(09:58) - My MacBook keyboard is broken and it's insanely expensive to fix
(11:13) - Coding agents could make free software matter again
(12:53) - The curious case of retro demo scene graphics
(14:10) - Outro

ChatGPT won't let you type until Cloudflare reads your React state
https://www.buchodi.com/chatgpt-wont-let-you-type-until-cloudflare-reads-your-react-state-i-decrypted-the-program-that-does-it/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47566865
Copilot edited an ad into my PR
https://notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47570269
Voyager 1 runs on 69 KB of memory and an 8-track tape recorder
https://techfixated.com/a-1977-time-capsule-voyager-1-runs-on-69-kb-of-memory-and-an-8-track-tape-recorder-4/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47564421
The Cognitive Dark Forest
https://ryelang.org/blog/posts/cognitive-dark-forest/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47566442
Pretext: TypeScript library for multiline text measurement and layout
https://github.com/chenglou/pretext
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47556290
Philly courts will ban all smart eyeglasses starting next week
https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/smart-glasses-ai-meta-courts-20260326.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47569471
C++26 is done: ISO C++ standards meeting Trip Report
https://herbsutter.com/2026/03/29/c26-is-done-trip-report-march-2026-iso-c-standards-meeting-london-croydon-uk/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47565365
My MacBook keyboard is broken and it's insanely expensive to fix
https://tobiasberg.net/posts/my-macbook-keyboard-is-broken-and-its-insanely-expensive-to-fix/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47566143
Coding agents could make free software matter again
https://www.gjlondon.com/blog/ai-agents-could-make-free-software-matter-again/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47568028
The curious case of retro demo scene graphics
https://www.datagubbe.se/aipixels/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47570666
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March 29, 20263.29.26 | GitLab founder fights cancer by founding companies, Spanish legislation stored as a Git repo, AI too affirming in personal advice
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Mar 29, 2026.
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(00:00) - Intro
(00:19) - Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies
(01:34) - Spanish legislation as a Git repo
(02:42) - AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice
(03:41) - I decompiled the White House's new app
(04:52) - I Built an Open-World Engine for the N64 [video]
(06:07) - CSS is DOOMed
(07:32) - Further human + AI + proof assistant work on Knuth's "Claude Cycles" problem
(08:47) - Linux is an interpreter
(10:17) - OpenCiv1 – open-source rewrite of Civ1
(11:42) - Alzheimer's disease mortality among taxi and ambulance drivers (2024)
(13:12) - Outro

Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies
https://sytse.com/cancer/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47556729
Spanish legislation as a Git repo
https://github.com/EnriqueLop/legalize-es
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47553798
AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice
https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2026/03/ai-advice-sycophantic-models-research
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47554773
I decompiled the White House's new app
https://thereallo.dev/blog/decompiling-the-white-house-app
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47555556
I Built an Open-World Engine for the N64 [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXxmIw9axWw
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47553717
CSS is DOOMed
https://nielsleenheer.com/articles/2026/css-is-doomed-rendering-doom-in-3d-with-css/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47557960
Further human + AI + proof assistant work on Knuth's "Claude Cycles" problem
https://twitter.com/BoWang87/status/2037648937453232504
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47557166
Linux is an interpreter
https://astrid.tech/2026/03/28/0/linux-is-an-interpreter/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47556359
OpenCiv1 – open-source rewrite of Civ1
https://github.com/rajko-horvat/OpenCiv1
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47557064
Alzheimer's disease mortality among taxi and ambulance drivers (2024)
https://www.bmj.com/content/387/bmj-2024-082194
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47559481
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