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  • 9.7.26 | Nitter and XCancel resume service, Keep Our Servers Running, Asahi Linux on M3
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 7, 2026.

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

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:19) - Nitter and XCancel resume service after legal advice
  • (01:44) - Keep Our Servers Running
  • (02:40) - Asahi Linux on M3
  • (04:03) - An Alien Mind
  • (05:07) - GrapheneOS Overhauled Default Apps and Secure Clipboard
  • (06:38) - It took a year to ship WebAssembly in Anubis
  • (07:46) - Making a Python interpreter in 1024 bytes
  • (09:16) - Research acceleration: The view inside OpenAI
  • (10:26) - Ask HN: Fable hacked my piano, can I release the results?
  • (11:43) - LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices
  • (12:58) - Outro

  • Nitter and XCancel resume service after legal advice
    https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/commit/1428b4c2b4246f92a7e5b2673438e5fb39fcc4a3
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49588988

    Keep Our Servers Running
    https://blog.archive.org/2026/09/01/keep-our-servers-running-your-recurring-donation-goes-3x-this-september/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49593563

    Asahi Linux on M3
    https://asahilinux.org/2026/09/m2-episode-1/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49586698

    An Alien Mind
    https://openai.com/index/an-alien-mind/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49588080

    GrapheneOS Overhauled Default Apps and Secure Clipboard
    https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/117225539756835649
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49590512

    It took a year to ship WebAssembly in Anubis
    https://anubis.techaro.lol/blog/2026/anubis-wasm/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49590611

    Making a Python interpreter in 1024 bytes
    https://austinhenley.com/blog/python1024.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49591876

    Research acceleration: The view inside OpenAI
    https://openai.com/index/research-acceleration-view-inside-openai
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49587217

    Ask HN: Fable hacked my piano, can I release the results?
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49577129

    LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices
    https://www.notebookcheck.net/LG-smart-TVs-caught-logging-audio-with-screen-off-and-snooping-on-local-devices.1391214.0.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49594878

    14 min
  • 9.6.26 | Nitter has more instances, German rocket reaches orbit from Europe, Chrome exempts Google from data settings
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 6, 2026.

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

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:15) - Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns
  • (01:27) - Private German rocket makes history, reaches orbit from European soil
  • (03:02) - Chrome again exempts Google from user site data settings
  • (04:11) - Cloud in a Bottle: making self-hosting accessible to everyone
  • (05:30) - The revolt of the reader
  • (06:53) - The "$60 Gaming PC" – AMD BC-250 (2025)
  • (08:08) - LLMs as a Cognitive Virus
  • (09:33) - Learn Programming with OCaml
  • (10:43) - GPT-6 Astra on robot arms
  • (12:08) - Visualizing Rust's Vtables: How dyn Trait Works In Memory
  • (13:38) - Outro

  • Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns
    https://codeberg.org/mv12star/shitter/wiki/Instances
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49571634

    Private German rocket makes history, reaches orbit from European soil
    https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/isar-aerospace-second-launch-norway-andoya-spaceport-spectrum-rocket
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49580369

    Chrome again exempts Google from user site data settings
    https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2026/9/1.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49581870

    Cloud in a Bottle: making self-hosting accessible to everyone
    https://cloudinabottle.org/blog/launch-post
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49582000

    The revolt of the reader
    https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/09/05/the-revolt-of-the-reader/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49580939

    The "$60 Gaming PC" – AMD BC-250 (2025)
    https://devquasar.com/hardware/the-60-gaming-pc-amd-bc-250/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49576386

    LLMs as a Cognitive Virus
    https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.03344
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49580164

    Learn Programming with OCaml
    https://usr.lmf.cnrs.fr/lpo/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49578280

    GPT-6 Astra on robot arms
    https://openai.robocurve.org/gpt-6-astra/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49582582

    Visualizing Rust's Vtables: How dyn Trait Works In Memory
    https://sofiabelen.github.io/projects/visualizing-rusts-vtables-how-dyn-trait-works-in-memory/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49576343

    14 min
  • 9.5.26 | OpenAI agent message board, Fermat's Last Theorem formalized, Chromium sandbox RCE exploited
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 5, 2026.

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

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:18) - Discovery of a new OpenAI agent message board
  • (01:56) - Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem
  • (03:15) - Actively exploited sandbox RCE in all Chromium versions
  • (04:33) - Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread
  • (06:05) - Shutting down our public encrypted DNS
  • (07:23) - Show HN: Open-Source eInk Bike Computer
  • (08:12) - Statichost.eu – European static site hosting
  • (09:27) - IBM Bob
  • (10:45) - Can AI design circuit boards yet?
  • (12:12) - GPT-6 Astra on OpenRouter
  • (13:28) - Outro

  • Discovery of a new OpenAI agent message board
    https://collusion.wiki/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49563355

    Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem
    https://www.anthropic.com/research/formalizing-fermats-last-theorem
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49568506

    Actively exploited sandbox RCE in all Chromium versions
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2026-85046
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49570669

    Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread
    https://news.gallup.com/poll/713933/record-high-say-government-corruption-widespread.aspx
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49570772

    Shutting down our public encrypted DNS
    https://mullvad.net/en/blog/shutting-down-our-public-encrypted-dns-servers-and-sponsoring-quad9-instead
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49568579

    Show HN: Open-Source eInk Bike Computer
    https://opentrailpaper.com
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49567437

    Statichost.eu – European static site hosting
    https://www.statichost.eu/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49569896

    IBM Bob
    https://bob.ibm.com/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49563851

    Can AI design circuit boards yet?
    https://eebench.org/blog/can-ai-design-circuit-boards-yet/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49569366

    GPT-6 Astra on OpenRouter
    https://openrouter.ai/openai/gpt-6-astra
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49570545

    14 min
  • 9.4.26 | .name Termination, GPT-6 Astra, Any Human Ever life selection
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 4, 2026.

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

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:19) - .name Termination
  • (01:46) - GPT-6 Astra
  • (03:33) - Any Human Ever – One life, drawn at random from all who have ever lived
  • (04:50) - Qwen 3.8 27B available on Cerebras at 1500 tokens/s
  • (06:06) - The browser's main thread is expensive
  • (07:32) - The largest electric aircraft just flew [video]
  • (08:57) - Go grandmaster Shin defeats AI KataGo with a two-stone handicap
  • (10:14) - K2 Horizon: A connected fleet of six open models
  • (11:46) - Porting my 1993 Amiga game to Godot, with an LLM reading the 68000 assembly
  • (13:11) - Artificial beaver dams saw juvenile coho salmon survival rates go from 8% to 60%
  • (14:23) - Outro

  • .name Termination
    https://neil.fraser.name/news/2026/09/03/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49550772

    GPT-6 Astra
    https://openai.com/index/gpt-6-astra/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49554643

    Any Human Ever – One life, drawn at random from all who have ever lived
    https://anyhumanever.com/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49550698

    Qwen 3.8 27B available on Cerebras at 1500 tokens/s
    https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/models/overview
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49554520

    The browser's main thread is expensive
    https://kciter.so/posts/the-expensive-main-thread/en/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49522137

    The largest electric aircraft just flew [video]
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM86DBOqgPM
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49526453

    Go grandmaster Shin defeats AI KataGo with a two-stone handicap
    https://www.kedglobal.com/artificial-intelligence/newsView/ked202607210007
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49544762

    K2 Horizon: A connected fleet of six open models
    https://ifm.ai/blog/k2/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49551760

    Porting my 1993 Amiga game to Godot, with an LLM reading the 68000 assembly
    https://babyloniantwins.com/blog/porting-a-1993-amiga-game-to-godot/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49550375

    Artificial beaver dams saw juvenile coho salmon survival rates go from 8% to 60%
    https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/artificial-beaver-dams-california
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49552572

    15 min
  • 9.3.26 | Gemini 3.8 Flash and Cyber, Muse Spark 1.3, opt out of training data
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 3, 2026.

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

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:19) - Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber
  • (02:05) - Muse Spark 1.3
  • (03:25) - Can I opt out of my input or output data being used for training?
  • (04:38) - Three sites made 215,128 “best software” pages for AI. Perplexity cites them
  • (06:12) - Google avoids a breakup of its ad tech business
  • (07:39) - Biggest dark matter detector spots a single weird particle
  • (08:44) - Aging brains blend memories together instead of just forgetting them
  • (10:08) - Exit the Cave
  • (11:22) - Fable 5.1 World Modeling
  • (12:42) - Reverse Engineering Unknown File Formats with ImHex
  • (13:51) - Outro

  • Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber
    https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/3-8-flash-and-3-8-flash-cyber/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49537553

    Muse Spark 1.3
    https://developer.meta.com/ai/models/muse-spark/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49541256

    Can I opt out of my input or output data being used for training?
    https://help.mistral.ai/en/articles/455207-can-i-opt-out-of-my-input-or-output-data-being-used-for-training
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49535284

    Three sites made 215,128 “best software” pages for AI. Perplexity cites them
    https://trellner.com/reports/manufactured-sources-behind-ai-recommendations/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49536375

    Google avoids a breakup of its ad tech business
    https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/technology/google-ad-tech-remedies.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49537131

    Biggest dark matter detector spots a single weird particle
    https://www.science.org/content/article/world-s-biggest-dark-matter-detector-spots-single-weird-particle
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49536079

    Aging brains blend memories together instead of just forgetting them
    https://studyfinds.com/aging-brains-blend-memories-together-instead-of-forgetting-them-study-finds/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49535548

    Exit the Cave
    https://turtlespace.blog/p/exit-the-cave
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49536606

    Fable 5.1 World Modeling
    https://github.com/PhiloLabs/fable51-worlds
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49541458

    Reverse Engineering Unknown File Formats with ImHex
    https://werwolv.net/posts/file_format_reverse_engineering/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49508608

    14 min
  • 9.2.26 | Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1, Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions, Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 2, 2026.

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

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:19) - Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1
  • (02:02) - How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been?
  • (03:21) - Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS
  • (04:37) - The ChatGPT/Codex app bundles a full copy of LibreOffice
  • (06:04) - Ambient CSS v3 – Blender meets CSS
  • (07:03) - Movie Scene Map – 13,312 films, series, games, anime and manga
  • (08:05) - The creator of Jujutsu has joined ERSC
  • (09:15) - True Rate of Unemployment
  • (10:42) - FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses
  • (11:56) - Show HN: Running 104GB Qwen3.8-Flash-Next on 48GB Mac with at ~12 tok/s
  • (13:20) - Outro

  • Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1
    https://www.anthropic.com/claude-fable-and-mythos-5-1
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49525378

    How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been?
    https://danluu.com/zitron/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49526069

    Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS
    https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ad-blocker-on-ios/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49521973

    The ChatGPT/Codex app bundles a full copy of LibreOffice
    https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/1/codex-libreoffice/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49527396

    Ambient CSS v3 – Blender meets CSS
    https://ambientcss.vercel.app/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49523387

    Movie Scene Map – 13,312 films, series, games, anime and manga
    https://moviescenemap.com/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49524320

    The creator of Jujutsu has joined ERSC
    https://ersc.io/blog/martin-joins-ersc
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49525297

    True Rate of Unemployment
    https://www.lisep.org/tru
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49530989

    FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses
    https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-probes-service-selling-153m-drivers-licenses/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49529621

    Show HN: Running 104GB Qwen3.8-Flash-Next on 48GB Mac with at ~12 tok/s
    https://github.com/carloslfu/slotstream
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49524447

    14 min
  • 9.1.26 | Playa Phone, bird identification system from security cameras, Terence Tao explains six essential mathematical concepts
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 1, 2026.

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

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:19) - Playa Phone
  • (01:23) - I turned my security cameras into an automatic bird identification system
  • (02:38) - Terence Tao explains 6 essential mathematical concepts [video]
  • (03:44) - Dwarf Fortress is getting the mother of all magic updates
  • (05:07) - Apple caught off guard by AI demand for Mac Mini and Mac Studio
  • (06:42) - Fastpotify
  • (07:49) - I think the military commissary's freezers were hacked
  • (09:11) - A walkable ASCII cyberpunk city in one HTML file [video]
  • (10:23) - Evidence of Fraud in an Influential Study About Procrastination
  • (11:26) - GPU World
  • (12:50) - Outro

  • Playa Phone
    https://playaphone.com/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49510514

    I turned my security cameras into an automatic bird identification system
    https://jasontucker.blog/how-i-turned-my-security-cameras-into-an-automatic-bird-identification-system-with-birdnet-go/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49511856

    Terence Tao explains 6 essential mathematical concepts [video]
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOMx2BHHWtE
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49503521

    Dwarf Fortress is getting the mother of all magic updates
    https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/dwarf-fortress-is-getting-the-mother-of-all-magic-updates-extending-to-the-fundamental-cosmological-makeup-of-the-universe
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49467636

    Apple caught off guard by AI demand for Mac Mini and Mac Studio
    https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/30/apple-unexpected-mac-mini-and-studio-demand/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49508982

    Fastpotify
    https://fastpotify.rocks/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49517448

    I think the military commissary's freezers were hacked
    https://signalandsilence.substack.com/p/i-think-someone-hacked-the-commissary
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49508506

    A walkable ASCII cyberpunk city in one HTML file [video]
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YtygAx_C6A
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49512975

    Evidence of Fraud in an Influential Study About Procrastination
    https://datacolada.org/138
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49516199

    GPU World
    https://www.gpuworld.org/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49517584

    13 min
  • 8.31.26 | Creepy crawlies, careful word choice, Haiku R1/beta6 release
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 31, 2026.

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

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:18) - Creepy Crawlies
  • (02:06) - “I just chose words carefully”
  • (03:19) - Haiku R1/beta6 has been released
  • (04:27) - Hacking IKEA Furniture
  • (05:39) - Arbitrary code execution in QubesOS via copy-to-VM error reporting backchannel
  • (07:02) - Understanding ChatGPT Work
  • (08:29) - It takes 5 cloud services to hear my doorbell
  • (09:36) - A 12TB Steam "teraleak" spills more than a decade of lost PC gaming history
  • (11:03) - Show HN: NFC Energy-Harvesting PCB Business Card with an MCU
  • (12:15) - My hobby of building miniatures and taking pretty pictures
  • (13:13) - Outro

  • Creepy Crawlies
    https://people.kernel.org/monsieuricon/creepy-crawlies
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49491791

    “I just chose words carefully”
    https://unsung.aresluna.org/i-just-chose-words-carefully/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49503601

    Haiku R1/beta6 has been released
    https://www.haiku-os.org/news/2026-08-26_haiku_r1_beta6
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49499867

    Hacking IKEA Furniture
    https://greenlightning.eu/diy/hacking-ikea-furniture/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49497810

    Arbitrary code execution in QubesOS via copy-to-VM error reporting backchannel
    https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2026/08/29/qsb-118/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49496918

    Understanding ChatGPT Work
    https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/30/understanding-chatgpt-work/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49504625

    It takes 5 cloud services to hear my doorbell
    https://blog.vghaisas.com/rube-goldberg-doorbell/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49480091

    A 12TB Steam "teraleak" spills more than a decade of lost PC gaming history
    https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/08/a-12tb-steam-teraleak-spills-more-than-a-decade-of-lost-pc-gaming-history/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49506182

    Show HN: NFC Energy-Harvesting PCB Business Card with an MCU
    https://wilsonharper.net/projects/businesscard/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49478426

    My hobby of building miniatures and taking pretty pictures
    https://sandyuraz.com/blogs/tiny-cafe/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49481141

    14 min
  • 8.30.26 | Tether enables messaging on Linux, EVE Online transitions to Python 3, lawmakers fund Flock cameras with car insurance increase

    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 30, 2026.

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

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:15) - Tether: iMessage, SMS, etc. on Linux
  • (01:54) - EVE Online moves to Python 3
  • (03:07) - Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock cameras
  • (04:33) - California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law
  • (06:09) - Hy4 preview
  • (07:38) - Glacier Mice
  • (08:53) - Bug Blindness
  • (09:49) - SQLite as a Document Database (2020)
  • (11:14) - Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
  • (12:36) - RISC-V is now officially supported by CPython
  • (13:38) - Outro

  • Tether: iMessage, SMS, etc. on Linux
    https://zackbartel.com/blog/2026/08/tether/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49415386

    EVE Online moves to Python 3
    https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/the-move-to-python-3-begins
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49433328

    Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock cameras
    https://www.texastribune.org/2026/08/28/texas-flock-cameras-auto-insurance-fee-mvcpa-grants/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49494182

    California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law
    https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/california-lawmakers-unanimously-pass-linux-exemption-from-age-verification-law-software-distributed-under-the-gpl-mit-bsd-and-apache-licenses-are-exempt
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49495372

    Hy4 preview
    https://www.tencent.com/tencent-releases-and-open-sources-tencent-hy4-preview/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49492632

    Glacier Mice
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier_mice
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49424320

    Bug Blindness
    https://danluu.com/bug-blind/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49494520

    SQLite as a Document Database (2020)
    https://dgl.cx/2020/06/sqlite-json-support
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49426995

    Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
    https://science.nasa.gov/mission/roman-space-telescope/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49490870

    RISC-V is now officially supported by CPython
    https://blog.python.org/2026/08/riscv-now-officially-supported/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49425252

    14 min
  • 8.29.26 | GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven, GLM-5.3 is now open-weight, Htmx 4.0

    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 29, 2026.

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

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:19) - GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven
  • (01:46) - GLM-5.3 is now open-weight
  • (02:54) - Htmx 4.0
  • (03:54) - U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective
  • (05:16) - Our decision on Cursor following its acquisition by SpaceX
  • (06:39) - Inception-style curved map for turn-by-turn directions
  • (07:44) - Just the rumour of a bug is enough to find an exploit these days
  • (09:03) - Boot a Virtual iPhone via Apple's Virtualization.framework
  • (10:31) - The Twelve-Factor App (2025)
  • (11:50) - Migrating to HTTPX2
  • (13:30) - Outro

  • GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven
    https://ckardaris.com/blog/2026/08/28/keyboard-driven-guis.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49479837

    GLM-5.3 is now open-weight
    https://huggingface.co/zai-org/GLM-5.3
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49479878

    Htmx 4.0
    https://four.htmx.org/announcements/2026-08-28-htmx-4.0.0-is-released
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49478178

    U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective
    https://www.inventati.org/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477854

    Our decision on Cursor following its acquisition by SpaceX
    https://openai.com/index/our-decision-on-cursor-following-its-acquisition-by-spacex/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49486172

    Inception-style curved map for turn-by-turn directions
    https://www.orbify.eu/demo/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477564

    Just the rumour of a bug is enough to find an exploit these days
    https://anil.recoil.org/notes/rumour-is-the-exploit
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49480466

    Boot a Virtual iPhone via Apple's Virtualization.framework
    https://github.com/Lakr233/vphone-cli
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49485267

    The Twelve-Factor App (2025)
    https://12factor.net/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49472216

    Migrating to HTTPX2
    https://github.com/openai/openai-python/blob/main/httpx2.md
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477212

    14 min

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