HckrNews (First visit) All HN frontpage stories in chronological order Sony PlayStation 2 fixing frenzy 127 188 76d +41m retrohax.net/sony-playstation-2-fixing-frenzy 1DDoS Botnet Aisuru Blankets US ISPs in Record DDoS 139 181 76d +21m krebsonsecurity.com/2025/10/ddos-botnet-aisuru-blankets-us-isps-in-record-ddos 2Accidentally Made a Zig Dotenv Parser 11 25 82d +5d dayvster.com/blog/accidentally-made-a-zig-dotenv-parser 3LLMs are getting better at character-level text manipulation 106 138 77d +3h blog.burkert.me/posts/llm_evolution_character_manipulation 4Thoughts on Omarchy 119 55 77d +2h tedium.co/2025/10/13/omarchy-linux-distro-commentary 5Uv overtakes pip in CI 178 213 84d +7d wagtail.org/blog/uv-overtakes-pip-in-ci 6Show HN: AI toy I worked on is in stores 172 153 78d +1d walmart.com/ip/SANTA-SMAGICAL-PHONE/16364964771 7Systems as Mirrors 3 34 78d +1d iamstelios.com/blog/systems-as-mirrors 8German state replaces Microsoft Exchange and Outlook with open-source email 24 77 77d +1h zdnet.com/article/german-state-replaces-microsoft-exchange-and-outlook-with-open-source-email 9Don't Be a Sucker (1943) [video] 177 374 77d +33m youtube.com/watch?v=vGAqYNFQdZ4 10AWS Service Availability Updates 34 68 77d +1h aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/10/aws-service-availability 11Modern iOS Security Features – A Deep Dive into SPTM, TXM, and Exclaves 31 234 77d +2h arxiv.org/abs/2510.09272 12[dead] ? 11 77d +29m dronexl.co 13KTX – npx for Kotlin and JVM to install jars or Kotlin scripts 2 18 82d +5d github.com/mpetuska/ktx 14Abstraction, not syntax 65 102 77d +11h ruudvanasseldonk.com/2025/abstraction-not-syntax 15Why did containers happen? 257 203 77d +8h buttondown.com/justincormack/archive/ignore-previous-directions-8-devopsdays 16JIT: So you want to be faster than an interpreter on modern CPUs 59 167 78d +1d pinaraf.info/2025/10/jit-so-you-want-to-be-faster-than-an-interpreter-on-modern-cpus 17Strudel REPL – a music live coding environment living in the browser 50 232 77d +1h strudel.cc 18Ask HN: Has AI stolen the satisfaction from programming? 109 87 77d +27m 19Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia 628 721 77d +9h cnbc.com/2025/10/13/dutch-government-takes-control-of-chinese-owned-chipmaker-nexperia.html 20First device based on 'optical thermodynamics' can route light without switches 22 172 81d +4d phys.org/news/2025-10-device-based-optical-thermodynamics-route.html 21Reverse Engineering a 1979 Camera's Spec 8 29 77d +31m blog.mano.lol/posts/film 22Root cause analysis? You're doing it wrong 92 133 79d +2d entropicthoughts.com/root-cause-analysis-youre-doing-it-wrong 23America's future could hinge on whether AI slightly disappoints 358 237 77d +1h noahpinion.blog/p/americas-future-could-hinge-on-whether 24Programming in Assembly Is Brutal, Beautiful, and Maybe Even a Path to Better AI 23 56 77d +26m wired.com/story/programming-assembly-artificial-intelligence 25People Are People, or Why I Don't Want to Be a Landlord 22 58 77d +12m oddevan.com/2025/10/13/people-are-people-or-why.html 26Legends of the games industry: Roger Dean 26 125 77d +3h spillhistorie.no/2025/10/03/legends-of-the-games-industry-roger-dean 27CRDT and SQLite: Local-First Value Synchronization 16 78 81d +4d marcobambini.substack.com/p/the-secret-life-of-a-local-first 28[dead] ? 11 77d +54m vp.net 29Scaling request logging with ClickHouse, Kafka, and Vector 27 136 82d +5d geocod.io/code-and-coordinates/2025-10-02-from-millions-to-billions 30Apple Renames 'Apple TV+' to 'Apple TV' 61 39 77d +1h apple.com/tv-pr/news/2025/10/apple-original-films-blockbuster-feature-f1-the-movie-from-joseph-kosinski-to-make-global-streaming-debut-on-friday-december-12-2025 31Optery (YC W22) – Hiring Tech Lead with Node.js Experience (U.S. & Latin America) 0 1 77d +23s optery.com/careers 32Environment variables are a legacy mess: Let's dive deep into them 177 230 77d +8m allvpv.org/haotic-journey-through-envvars 33$19B Wiped Out in Crypto's Biggest Liquidation 109 61 77d +23m decrypt.co/344038/morning-minute-19b-wiped-out-in-cryptos-biggest-liquidation-ever 34Jeep software update bricks vehicles, leaves owners stranded 17 112 77d +18m thestack.technology/jeep-software-update-bricks-vehicles-leaves-owners-stranded 35America is getting an AI gold rush instead of a factory boom 702 474 77d +1h washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/13/manufacturing-artificial-intelligence 36JSON River – Parse JSON incrementally as it streams in 93 236 82d +4d github.com/rictic/jsonriver 37Hamas Releases Israeli Hostages 32 36 77d +1h npr.org/2025/10/13/g-s1-93207/hamas-releasing-israeli-hostages 38Android's sideloading limits are its most anti-consumer move 535 785 77d +35m makeuseof.com/androids-sideloading-limits-are-anti-consumer-move-yet 39AI and the Future of American Politics 50 113 77d +1h schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/10/ai-and-the-future-of-american-politics.html 40NanoChat – The best ChatGPT that $100 can buy 302 1491 77d +13m github.com/karpathy/nanochat 41Vodafone admits 'major outage' as more than 130,000 report problems 19 66 77d +30m bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yldldx659o 42A $6B Nuclear U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier 'Sunk' by $100M Diesel 'AIP' Sub 94 52 82d +5d nationalsecurityjournal.org/a-6000000000-nuclear-u-s-navy-aircraft-carrier-sunk-by-100000000-diesel-aip-sub 43Ofcom fines 4chan £20K and counting for violating UK's Online Safety Act 240 186 77d +38m theregister.com/2025/10/13/4chan_ofcom_fine 44A16Z-backed data firms Fivetran, dbt Labs to merge in all-stock deal 41 117 77d +22m reuters.com/business/a16z-backed-data-firms-fivetran-dbt-labs-merge-all-stock-deal-2025-10-13 45Supermassive black holes locked in a stable orbit around each other 27 30 77d +4m helsinkitimes.fi/themes/themes/science-and-technology/28090-scientists-capture-first-image-of-two-black-holes-in-orbit.html 46AI Is Too Big to Fail 133 87 77d +2h sibylline.dev/articles/2025-10-12-ai-is-too-big-to-fail 47Smartphones and being present 265 429 77d +38m herman.bearblog.dev/being-present 48No science, no startups: The innovation engine we're switching off 490 713 77d +1h steveblank.com/2025/10/13/no-science-no-startups-the-unseen-engine-were-switching-off 49Shut the Fuck Up 20 58 77d +16m romanzipp.com/blog/shut-the-fuck-up 50Software update bricks some Jeep 4xe hybrids over the weekend 317 457 77d +14m arstechnica.com/cars/2025/10/software-update-bricks-some-jeep-4xe-hybrids-over-the-weekend 51The Peach meme: On CRTs, pixels and signal quality (again) 25 64 77d +15m datagubbe.se/crt2 52California Will Stop Using Coal as a Power Source Next Month 112 204 77d +1h latimes.com/california/newsletter/2025-10-08/essential-california-california-dumps-coal-power 53Ancient Patagonian hunter-gatherers took care of their injured and disabled 89 86 83d +6d phys.org/news/2025-10-ancient-patagonian-hunter-disabled.html 54Show HN: SQLite Online – 11 years of solo development, 11K daily users 141 455 77d +33m sqliteonline.com 55Control your Canon Camera wirelessly 21 93 83d +5d github.com/JulianSchroden/cine_remote 56US Junk Bonds Post Worst Losses in Six Months, Spreads Widen 95 69 77d +24m bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-13/us-junk-bonds-post-worst-losses-in-six-months-spreads-widen 57Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2025 2 25 77d +2h nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2025/popular-information 58The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025 203 132 77d +1h nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2025/summary 59Switch to Jujutsu Already: A Tutorial 157 111 77d +3h stavros.io/posts/switch-to-jujutsu-already-a-tutorial 60gsay: Fetch pronunciation of English vocabulary from Google 12 38 77d +2h github.com/pvonmoradi/gsay 61MPTCP for Linux 29 146 77d +3h mptcp.dev 62Two Paths to Memory Safety: CHERI and OMA 42 50 77d +2h ednutting.com/2025/10/05/cheri-vs-oma.html 63We need (at least) ergonomic, explicit handles [in Rust] 1 23 77d +17m smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2025/10/13/ergonomic-explicit-handles 64More random home lab things I've recently learned 127 205 84d +6d chollinger.com/blog/2025/10/more-homelab-things-ive-recently-learned 65[dead] ? 17 77d +46m cryptonews.com 66Clockss: Digital preservation services run by academic publishers and libraries 8 66 82d +5d clockss.org 67Show HN: I built an online productivity tools website 10 9 77d +1h onlinenotep.ad 68Matrices can be your friends (2002) 111 133 77d +44m sjbaker.org/steve/omniv/matrices_can_be_your_friends.html 69Modern Linux tools 205 243 77d +1h ikrima.dev/dev-notes/linux/linux-modern-tools 70American solar farms 292 220 77d +25m tech.marksblogg.com/american-solar-farms.html 71Making regular GPS ultra-precise 66 69 83d +5d norwegianscitechnews.com/2025/10/making-regular-gps-ultra-precise 72German industrial output falls to 2005 levels as auto sector craters 124 59 77d +42m ft.com/content/745fff84-2cbf-491c-b70c-e39bc8edaa39 73LaTeXpOsEd: A Systematic Analysis of Information Leakage in Preprint Archives 20 69 77d +1h arxiv.org/abs/2510.03761 74Some graphene firms have reaped its potential but others are struggling 33 64 77d +40m theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/13/lab-to-fab-are-promises-of-a-graphene-revolution-finally-coming-true 75Spotlight on pdfly, the Swiss Army knife for PDF files 95 337 77d +41m chezsoi.org/lucas/blog/spotlight-on-pdfly.html 76Jeffrey Hudson the Court Dwarf of the English Queen Henrietta Maria of France 18 49 83d +5d en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Hudson 77A better SQL validator and comparison with existing SQL validators 3 23 82d +4d app.sqlai.ai/posts/better-sql-validator 78HTTP3 Explained 77 189 77d +56m http3-explained.haxx.se 79Putting a dumb weather station on the internet 43 161 83d +5d colincogle.name/blog/byo-weather-station 80A debate about AI plays out on the subway walls 14 23 82d +4d nytimes.com/2025/10/07/style/friend-ai-subway-ads-new-york.html 81[dead] ? 13 77d +21m osnews.com 82Fastmail desktop app 258 179 77d +1h fastmail.com/blog/desktop-app 83Thishereness 6 13 83d +5d lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n18/erin-maglaque/thishereness 84Reflections on 2 Years Running Developer Relations 3 30 84d +6d databased.pedramnavid.com/p/reflections-on-2-years-running-developer 85Countering Trusting Trust Through Diverse Double-Compiling (DDC) 4 65 77d +1h dwheeler.com/trusting-trust 86Show HN: Aidlab – Health Data for Devs 18 57 79d +1d 87Tauri binding for Python through Pyo3 56 168 82d +4d github.com/pytauri/pytauri 88Despite what's happening in the USA, renewables are winning globally 191 167 77d +36m thebulletin.org/2025/10/despite-whats-happening-in-the-usa-renewables-are-winning-globally 89For centuries massive meals amazed visitors to Korea (2019) 109 142 77d +59m atlasobscura.com/articles/history-of-korean-food 90MicroPythonOS – An Android-like OS for microcontrollers 64 173 81d +3d micropythonos.com 91An initial investigation into WDDM on ReactOS 13 99 78d +4h reactos.org/blogs/investigating-wddm 92John Searle has died 200 146 77d +27m nytimes.com/2025/10/12/books/john-searle-dead.html 93My first week of vibecoding 26 30 79d +1d underreacted.leaflet.pub/3m2v53oi4bk2z 94Keyboard Holders, Generation 1 5 60 81d +3d cceckman.com/writing/keyboard-holders-gen1 95Novelty Automation 16 62 77d +1h novelty-automation.com 96Everything you need to know about California’s SB 79 127 70 77d +34m mnolangray.substack.com/p/everything-you-need-to-know-about 97Why are Big Tech companies a threat to human rights? 21 52 77d +1h amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/08/why-are-big-tech-companies-a-threat-to-human-rights 98Tests Show That a Pennsylvania Town's Water Was Contaminated by Fracking 6 33 77d +19m sej.org/headlines/tests-show-pennsylvania-town-s-water-was-contaminated-fracking 99Wall Street is worried the private credit bubble will burst 64 102 77d +58m thetimes.com/business-money/economics/article/wall-street-first-brands-private-credit-bubble-risk-363q2tcds 100Show HN: Baby's first international landline 55 221 82d +4d wip.tf/posts/telefonefix-building-babys-first-international-landline 101 More... 2025.10.12