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  • 8.26.25 | Google restricts Android apps to verified developers, Base is an SQLite editor for macOS, visual guide to big O notation
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 26, 2025.

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:20) - Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android
  • (01:35) - Show HN: Base, an SQLite database editor for macOS
  • (02:46) - A visual introduction to big O notation
  • (04:03) - Google's Liquid Cooling
  • (05:16) - macOS 26 Tahoe's Dead Canary Utility App Icons
  • (06:32) - Will Smith's concert crowds are real, but AI is blurring the lines
  • (07:32) - A small change to improve browsers for keyboard navigation
  • (08:38) - DeepWiki: Understand Any Codebase
  • (09:44) - macOS dotfiles should not go in –/Library/Application Support
  • (11:07) - The Annotated Transformer (2022)
  • (12:18) - Outro

  • Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android
    https://9to5google.com/2025/08/25/android-apps-developer-verification/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45017028

    Show HN: Base, an SQLite database editor for macOS
    https://menial.co.uk/base/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45014131

    A visual introduction to big O notation
    https://samwho.dev/big-o/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45002182

    Google's Liquid Cooling
    https://chipsandcheese.com/p/googles-liquid-cooling-at-hot-chips
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45016720

    macOS 26 Tahoe's Dead Canary Utility App Icons
    https://daringfireball.net/2025/08/macos_26_tahoes_dead_canary_utility_app_icons
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45020685

    Will Smith's concert crowds are real, but AI is blurring the lines
    https://waxy.org/2025/08/will-smiths-concert-crowds-were-real-but-ai-is-blurring-the-lines/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45022184

    A small change to improve browsers for keyboard navigation
    https://b.43z.one/2025-07-22/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45013737

    DeepWiki: Understand Any Codebase
    https://www.aitidbits.ai/p/deepwiki
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45002092

    macOS dotfiles should not go in –/Library/Application Support
    https://becca.ooo/blog/macos-dotfiles/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45022383

    The Annotated Transformer (2022)
    https://nlp.seas.harvard.edu/annotated-transformer/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45002896

    13 min
  • 8.25.25 | Ghrc.io is malicious, Game development in Go: 3 months without LLMs vs. 3 days with LLMs, IP-level ban request
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 25, 2025.

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:19) - Ghrc.io appears to be malicious
  • (01:24) - Making games in Go: 3 months without LLMs vs. 3 days with LLMs
  • (02:35) - Ban me at the IP level if you don't like me
  • (03:43) - Everything I know about good API design
  • (04:56) - Is 4chan the perfect Pirate Bay poster child to justify wider UK site-blocking?
  • (06:12) - We put a coding agent in a while loop
  • (07:19) - What are OKLCH colors?
  • (08:30) - Uncle Sam shouldn't own Intel stock
  • (09:38) - Trees on city streets cope with drought by drinking from leaky pipes
  • (10:47) - Show HN: Clearcam – Add AI object detection to your IP CCTV cameras
  • (11:47) - Outro

  • Ghrc.io appears to be malicious
    https://bmitch.net/blog/2025-08-22-ghrc-appears-malicious/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45008740

    Making games in Go: 3 months without LLMs vs. 3 days with LLMs
    https://marianogappa.github.io/software/2025/08/24/i-made-two-card-games-in-go/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45004728

    Ban me at the IP level if you don't like me
    https://boston.conman.org/2025/08/21.1
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45010183

    Everything I know about good API design
    https://www.seangoedecke.com/good-api-design/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45006801

    Is 4chan the perfect Pirate Bay poster child to justify wider UK site-blocking?
    https://torrentfreak.com/uk-govt-finds-ideal-pirate-bay-poster-boy-to-sell-blocking-of-non-pirate-sites-250824/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45005545

    We put a coding agent in a while loop
    https://github.com/repomirrorhq/repomirror/blob/main/repomirror.md
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45005434

    What are OKLCH colors?
    https://jakub.kr/components/oklch-colors
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45010876

    Uncle Sam shouldn't own Intel stock
    https://www.wsj.com/opinion/uncle-sam-shouldnt-own-intel-stock-ccd6986d
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45008056

    Trees on city streets cope with drought by drinking from leaky pipes
    https://www.newscientist.com/article/2487804-trees-on-city-streets-cope-with-drought-by-drinking-from-leaky-pipes/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44986723

    Show HN: Clearcam – Add AI object detection to your IP CCTV cameras
    https://github.com/roryclear/clearcam
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45003420

    12 min
  • 8.24.25 | Line scan camera for train photography, Claude Code's excellence, RFC 9839 and Bad Unicode
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 24, 2025.

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:23) - Line scan camera image processing for train photography
  • (01:27) - What makes Claude Code so damn good
  • (02:31) - RFC 9839 and Bad Unicode
  • (03:40) - How to build a coding agent
  • (04:45) - The cost of interrupted work (2023)
  • (05:54) - Texas Instruments’ new plants where Apple will make iPhone chips
  • (07:04) - How can AI ID a cat?
  • (08:16) - Why was Apache Kafka created?
  • (09:35) - A 2k-year-old sun hat worn by a Roman soldier in Egypt
  • (10:37) - Acronis True Image costs performance when not used
  • (11:50) - Outro

  • Line scan camera image processing for train photography
    https://daniel.lawrence.lu/blog/y2025m09d21/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44996938

    What makes Claude Code so damn good
    https://minusx.ai/blog/decoding-claude-code/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44998295

    RFC 9839 and Bad Unicode
    https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/08/14/RFC9839
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44995640

    How to build a coding agent
    https://ghuntley.com/agent/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45001051

    The cost of interrupted work (2023)
    https://blog.oberien.de/2023/11/05/23-minutes-15-seconds.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44999373

    Texas Instruments’ new plants where Apple will make iPhone chips
    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/22/apple-will-make-chips-at-texas-instruments-60-billion-us-project.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44987078

    How can AI ID a cat?
    https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-can-ai-id-a-cat-an-illustrated-guide-20250430/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44964800

    Why was Apache Kafka created?
    https://bigdata.2minutestreaming.com/p/why-was-apache-kafka-created
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44988845

    A 2k-year-old sun hat worn by a Roman soldier in Egypt
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-2000-year-old-sun-hat-worn-by-a-roman-soldier-in-egypt-goes-on-view-after-a-century-in-storage-180987192/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44998514

    Acronis True Image costs performance when not used
    https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2025/05/26/acronis-true-image-costs-performance-when-not-used/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44960718

    12 min
  • 8.23.25 | FFmpeg 8.0 released, Switching from Gmail to Mailbox.org, Cloudflare launches first Media over QUIC CDN
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 23, 2025.

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:21) - FFmpeg 8.0
  • (01:31) - Leaving Gmail for Mailbox.org
  • (02:36) - The first Media over QUIC CDN: Cloudflare
  • (03:50) - LabPlot: Free, open source and cross-platform Data Visualization and Analysis
  • (05:04) - Nitro: A tiny but flexible init system and process supervisor
  • (06:11) - Computer fraud laws used to prosecute leaking air crash footage to CNN
  • (07:29) - Bluesky Goes Dark in Mississippi over Age Verification Law
  • (08:53) - Shader Academy: Learn computer graphics by solving challenges
  • (09:50) - Show HN: JavaScript-free (X)HTML Includes
  • (10:53) - I'm too dumb for Zig's new IO interface
  • (12:13) - Outro

  • FFmpeg 8.0
    https://ffmpeg.org/index.html#pr8.0
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44985730

    Leaving Gmail for Mailbox.org
    https://giuliomagnifico.blog/post/2025-08-18-leaving-gmail/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44987380

    The first Media over QUIC CDN: Cloudflare
    https://moq.dev/blog/first-cdn/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44987924

    LabPlot: Free, open source and cross-platform Data Visualization and Analysis
    https://labplot.org/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44982409

    Nitro: A tiny but flexible init system and process supervisor
    https://git.vuxu.org/nitro/about/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44988530

    Computer fraud laws used to prosecute leaking air crash footage to CNN
    https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/22/investigators-used-terrible-computer-fraud-laws-to-ensure-people-were-punished-for-leaking-air-crash-footage-to-cnn/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44991542

    Bluesky Goes Dark in Mississippi over Age Verification Law
    https://www.wired.com/story/bluesky-goes-dark-in-mississippi-age-verification/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44990886

    Shader Academy: Learn computer graphics by solving challenges
    https://shaderacademy.com/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44960750

    Show HN: JavaScript-free (X)HTML Includes
    https://github.com/Evidlo/xsl-website
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44988271

    I'm too dumb for Zig's new IO interface
    https://www.openmymind.net/Im-Too-Dumb-For-Zigs-New-IO-Interface/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44993797

    13 min
  • 8.22.25 | AWS CEO criticizes AI replacing juniors, AI tooling disclosure required, DeepSeek-v3.1 released
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 22, 2025.

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:23) - AWS CEO says using AI to replace junior staff is 'Dumbest thing I've ever heard'
  • (01:37) - AI tooling must be disclosed for contributions
  • (02:49) - DeepSeek-v3.1
  • (03:50) - Weaponizing image scaling against production AI systems
  • (05:08) - Show HN: OS X Mavericks Forever
  • (06:17) - An interactive guide to SVG paths
  • (07:20) - Using Podman, Compose and BuildKit
  • (08:36) - Code formatting comes to uv experimentally
  • (09:45) - How well does the money laundering control system work?
  • (10:54) - Io_uring, kTLS and Rust for zero syscall HTTPS server
  • (12:17) - Outro

  • AWS CEO says using AI to replace junior staff is 'Dumbest thing I've ever heard'
    https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/aws_ceo_entry_level_jobs_opinion/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44972151

    AI tooling must be disclosed for contributions
    https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/pull/8289
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44976568

    DeepSeek-v3.1
    https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news250821
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44976764

    Weaponizing image scaling against production AI systems
    https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/08/21/weaponizing-image-scaling-against-production-ai-systems/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44971845

    Show HN: OS X Mavericks Forever
    https://mavericksforever.com/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44942099

    An interactive guide to SVG paths
    https://www.joshwcomeau.com/svg/interactive-guide-to-paths/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44941605

    Using Podman, Compose and BuildKit
    https://emersion.fr/blog/2025/using-podman-compose-and-buildkit/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44971212

    Code formatting comes to uv experimentally
    https://pydevtools.com/blog/uv-format-code-formatting-comes-to-uv-experimentally/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44977645

    How well does the money laundering control system work?
    https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/735665
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44972213

    Io_uring, kTLS and Rust for zero syscall HTTPS server
    https://blog.habets.se/2025/04/io-uring-ktls-and-rust-for-zero-syscall-https-server.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44980865

    13 min
  • 8.21.25 | Spherical helix visualization, anime catgirls blocking Linux kernel access, Zedless fork prioritizing privacy and local-first
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 21, 2025.

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:19) - Show HN: I was curious about spherical helix, ended up making this visualization
  • (01:25) - Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux kernel?
  • (02:43) - Zedless: Zed fork focused on privacy and being local-first
  • (03:46) - Sequoia backs Zed
  • (05:03) - Gemma 3 270M re-implemented in pure PyTorch for local tinkering
  • (06:10) - Code review can be better
  • (07:14) - An Update on Pytype
  • (08:19) - Introduction to AT Protocol
  • (09:24) - D4d4
  • (10:28) - Home Depot sued for 'secretly' using facial recognition at self-checkouts
  • (11:51) - Outro

  • Show HN: I was curious about spherical helix, ended up making this visualization
    https://visualrambling.space/moving-objects-in-3d/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44962066

    Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux kernel?
    https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/anubis.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44962529

    Zedless: Zed fork focused on privacy and being local-first
    https://github.com/zedless-editor/zed
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44964916

    Sequoia backs Zed
    https://zed.dev/blog/sequoia-backs-zed
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44961172

    Gemma 3 270M re-implemented in pure PyTorch for local tinkering
    https://github.com/rasbt/LLMs-from-scratch/tree/main/ch05/12_gemma3
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44962059

    Code review can be better
    https://tigerbeetle.com/blog/2025-08-04-code-review-can-be-better/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44967469

    An Update on Pytype
    https://github.com/google/pytype
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44963724

    Introduction to AT Protocol
    https://mackuba.eu/2025/08/20/introduction-to-atproto/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44965233

    D4d4
    https://www.nmichaels.org/musings/d4d4/d4d4/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44932401

    Home Depot sued for 'secretly' using facial recognition at self-checkouts
    https://petapixel.com/2025/08/20/home-depot-sued-for-secretly-using-facial-recognition-technology-on-self-checkout-cameras/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44962771

    12 min
  • 8.20.25 | Exploited CodeRabbit for RCE, AGENTS.md for coding agents, Copilot broke audit logs without customer notification
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 20, 2025.

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:21) - How we exploited CodeRabbit: From simple PR to RCE and write access on 1M repos
  • (01:40) - AGENTS.md – Open format for guiding coding agents
  • (02:58) - Copilot broke audit logs, but Microsoft won't tell customers
  • (04:15) - How to Draw a Space Invader
  • (05:13) - D2 (text to diagram tool) now supports ASCII renders
  • (06:09) - Candle Flame Oscillations as a Clock
  • (07:12) - Custom telescope mount using harmonic drives and ESP32
  • (08:29) - Without the futex, it's futile
  • (09:46) - Emacs as your video-trimming tool
  • (10:59) - Ask HN: Why does the US Visa application website do a port-scan of my network?
  • (12:10) - Outro

  • How we exploited CodeRabbit: From simple PR to RCE and write access on 1M repos
    https://research.kudelskisecurity.com/2025/08/19/how-we-exploited-coderabbit-from-a-simple-pr-to-rce-and-write-access-on-1m-repositories/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44953032

    AGENTS.md – Open format for guiding coding agents
    https://agents.md/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44957443

    Copilot broke audit logs, but Microsoft won't tell customers
    https://pistachioapp.com/blog/copilot-broke-your-audit-log
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44957454

    How to Draw a Space Invader
    https://muffinman.io/blog/invaders/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44956915

    D2 (text to diagram tool) now supports ASCII renders
    https://d2lang.com/blog/ascii/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44954524

    Candle Flame Oscillations as a Clock
    https://cpldcpu.com/2025/08/13/candle-flame-oscillations-as-a-clock/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44921195

    Custom telescope mount using harmonic drives and ESP32
    https://www.svendewaerhert.com/blog/telescope-mount/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44949895

    Without the futex, it's futile
    https://h4x0r.org/futex/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44951563

    Emacs as your video-trimming tool
    https://xenodium.com/emacs-as-your-video-trimming-tool
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44953316

    Ask HN: Why does the US Visa application website do a port-scan of my network?
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44959073

    13 min
  • 8.19.25 | Anna's Archive update, app to block Shorts and Reels, Obsidian Bases
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 19, 2025.

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:18) - Anna's Archive: An Update from the Team
  • (01:27) - Show HN: I built an app to block Shorts and Reels
  • (02:32) - Obsidian Bases
  • (03:38) - Show HN: Whispering – Open-source, local-first dictation you can trust
  • (04:37) - FFmpeg Assembly Language Lessons
  • (05:44) - Counter-Strike: A billion-dollar game built in a dorm room
  • (06:50) - Left to Right Programming
  • (08:00) - OpenMower – An open source lawn mower
  • (09:09) - Electromechanical reshaping, an alternative to laser eye surgery
  • (10:22) - Lazy-brush – smooth drawing with mouse or finger
  • (11:22) - Outro

  • Anna's Archive: An Update from the Team
    https://annas-archive.org/blog/an-update-from-the-team.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44942501

    Show HN: I built an app to block Shorts and Reels
    https://scrollguard.app/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44923520

    Obsidian Bases
    https://help.obsidian.md/bases
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44945532

    Show HN: Whispering – Open-source, local-first dictation you can trust
    https://github.com/epicenter-so/epicenter/tree/main/apps/whispering
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44942731

    FFmpeg Assembly Language Lessons
    https://github.com/FFmpeg/asm-lessons
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44940485

    Counter-Strike: A billion-dollar game built in a dorm room
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/arts/counter-strike-half-life-minh-le.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44941369

    Left to Right Programming
    https://graic.net/p/left-to-right-programming
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44942936

    OpenMower – An open source lawn mower
    https://github.com/ClemensElflein/OpenMower
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44946996

    Electromechanical reshaping, an alternative to laser eye surgery
    https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-alternative-lasik-lasers.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44938818

    Lazy-brush – smooth drawing with mouse or finger
    https://lazybrush.dulnan.net
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44915897

    12 min
  • 8.18.25 | Claudia assists Claude coding, NextDNS introduces age verification bypass, The Enterprise Experience
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 18, 2025.

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:20) - Claudia – Desktop companion for Claude code
  • (01:29) - Show HN: NextDNS Adds "Bypass Age Verification"
  • (02:40) - The Enterprise Experience
  • (03:53) - ArchiveTeam has finished archiving all goo.gl short links
  • (05:05) - Show HN: OverType – A Markdown WYSIWYG editor that's just a textarea
  • (06:20) - Derivatives, Gradients, Jacobians and Hessians
  • (07:39) - Web apps in a single, portable, self-updating, vanilla HTML file
  • (08:56) - Google admits anti-competitive conduct involving Google Search in Australia
  • (10:19) - Show HN: Doxx – Terminal .docx viewer inspired by Glow
  • (11:22) - A gigantic jet caught on camera: A spritacular moment for NASA astronaut
  • (12:30) - Outro

  • Claudia – Desktop companion for Claude code
    https://claudiacode.com/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44933255

    Show HN: NextDNS Adds "Bypass Age Verification"
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44931824

    The Enterprise Experience
    https://churchofturing.github.io/the-enterprise-experience.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44932980

    ArchiveTeam has finished archiving all goo.gl short links
    https://tracker.archiveteam.org/goo-gl/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44933401

    Show HN: OverType – A Markdown WYSIWYG editor that's just a textarea
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44932651

    Derivatives, Gradients, Jacobians and Hessians
    https://blog.demofox.org/2025/08/16/derivatives-gradients-jacobians-and-hessians-oh-my/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44931666

    Web apps in a single, portable, self-updating, vanilla HTML file
    https://hyperclay.com/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44937991

    Google admits anti-competitive conduct involving Google Search in Australia
    https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/google-admits-anti-competitive-conduct-involving-google-search-in-australia
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44936945

    Show HN: Doxx – Terminal .docx viewer inspired by Glow
    https://github.com/bgreenwell/doxx
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44934391

    A gigantic jet caught on camera: A spritacular moment for NASA astronaut
    https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/a-gigantic-jet-caught-on-camera-a-spritacular-moment-for-nasa-astronaut-nicole-ayers/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44908528

    13 min
  • 8.17.25 | Compiler bug affects Solidity, OpenBSD's speed requires program adjustment, CIA's heart attack gun incident
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 17, 2025.

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:19) - Compiler Bug Causes Compiler Bug: How a 12-Year-Old G++ Bug Took Down Solidity
  • (01:36) - OpenBSD is so fast, I had to modify the program slightly to measure itself
  • (02:44) - When the CIA got away with building a heart attack gun
  • (03:47) - US F-16s lose out as Thai Air Force seals US$600M deal for Swedish Gripen jets
  • (04:54) - Bullfrog in the Dungeon
  • (06:04) - The Future of Large Files in Git Is Git
  • (07:11) - Is air travel getting worse?
  • (08:16) - Launch HN: Embedder (YC S25) – Claude code for embedded software
  • (09:19) - An interactive guide to sensor fusion with quaternions
  • (10:23) - I accidentally became PureGym’s unofficial Apple Wallet developer
  • (11:30) - Outro

  • Compiler Bug Causes Compiler Bug: How a 12-Year-Old G++ Bug Took Down Solidity
    https://osec.io/blog/2025-08-11-compiler-bug-causes-compiler-bug/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44872584

    OpenBSD is so fast, I had to modify the program slightly to measure itself
    https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/is-OpenBSD-10x-faster-than-Linux
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44915824

    When the CIA got away with building a heart attack gun
    https://wisewolfmedia.substack.com/p/the-investigation-that-should-have
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44911412

    US F-16s lose out as Thai Air Force seals US$600M deal for Swedish Gripen jets
    https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3320828/us-f-16s-lose-out-thai-air-force-seals-us600-million-deal-swedish-gripen-jets
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44917308

    Bullfrog in the Dungeon
    https://www.filfre.net/2025/08/bullfrog-in-the-dungeon/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44914149

    The Future of Large Files in Git Is Git
    https://tylercipriani.com/blog/2025/08/15/git-lfs/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44916783

    Is air travel getting worse?
    https://www.maximum-progress.com/p/is-air-travel-getting-worse
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44911941

    Launch HN: Embedder (YC S25) – Claude code for embedded software
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44915206

    An interactive guide to sensor fusion with quaternions
    https://quaternion.cafe/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44912727

    I accidentally became PureGym’s unofficial Apple Wallet developer
    https://drobinin.com/posts/how-i-accidentally-became-puregyms-unofficial-apple-wallet-developer/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44910865

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