Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 7, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:21) - I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams

(01:31) - The Waymo World Model

(02:47) - OpenCiv3: Open-source, cross-platform reimagining of Civilization III

(03:51) - Hackers (1995) Animated Experience

(04:53) - An Update on Heroku

(05:55) - Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info

(06:50) - Microsoft open-sources LiteBox, a security-focused library OS

(07:56) - Show HN: I spent 4 years building a UI design tool with only the features I use

(09:00) - Understanding Neural Network, Visually

(09:55) - Show HN: If you lose your memory, how to regain access to your computer?

(11:02) - Outro

I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams
https://kirkville.com/i-now-assume-that-all-ads-on-apple-news-are-scams/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46911901The Waymo World Model
https://waymo.com/blog/2026/02/the-waymo-world-model-a-new-frontier-for-autonomous-driving-simulation
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46914785
OpenCiv3: Open-source, cross-platform reimagining of Civilization III
https://openciv3.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46918612
Hackers (1995) Animated Experience
https://hackers-1995.vercel.app/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46912800
An Update on Heroku
https://www.heroku.com/blog/an-update-on-heroku/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46913903
Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46914159
Microsoft open-sources LiteBox, a security-focused library OS
https://github.com/microsoft/litebox
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46913793
Show HN: I spent 4 years building a UI design tool with only the features I use
https://vecti.com
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46917033
Understanding Neural Network, Visually
https://visualrambling.space/neural-network/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46871654
Show HN: If you lose your memory, how to regain access to your computer?
https://eljojo.github.io/rememory/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46916609

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 6, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:17) - Claude Opus 4.6

(01:29) - GPT-5.3-Codex

(02:39) - My AI Adoption Journey

(03:46) - We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler

(05:04) - LinkedIn checks for 2953 browser extensions

(06:03) - Recreating Epstein PDFs from raw encoded attachments

(07:10) - Orchestrate teams of Claude Code sessions

(08:17) - GitHub Actions is slowly killing engineering teams

(09:23) - Company as Code

(10:35) - The RCE that AMD won't fix

(11:48) - Outro

Claude Opus 4.6
https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-6
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46902223GPT-5.3-Codex
https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-3-codex/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46902638
My AI Adoption Journey
https://mitchellh.com/writing/my-ai-adoption-journey
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46903558
We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler
https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/building-c-compiler
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46903616
LinkedIn checks for 2953 browser extensions
https://github.com/mdp/linkedin-extension-fingerprinting
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46904361
Recreating Epstein PDFs from raw encoded attachments
https://neosmart.net/blog/recreating-epstein-pdfs-from-raw-encoded-attachments/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46890335
Orchestrate teams of Claude Code sessions
https://code.claude.com/docs/en/agent-teams
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46902368
GitHub Actions is slowly killing engineering teams
https://www.iankduncan.com/engineering/2026-02-05-github-actions-killing-your-team/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46908491
Company as Code
https://blog.42futures.com/p/company-as-code
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46899132
The RCE that AMD won't fix
https://mrbruh.com/amd/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46906947

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 5, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:21) - Voxtral Transcribe 2

(01:31) - AI is killing B2B SaaS

(02:46) - OpenClaw is what Apple intelligence should have been

(03:57) - Don't rent the cloud, own instead

(05:13) - A case study in PDF forensics: The Epstein PDFs

(06:20) - Claude Code: connect to a local model when your quota runs out

(07:23) - The Great Unwind

(08:39) - Claude Code for Infrastructure

(09:46) - Microsoft's Copilot chatbot is running into problems

(10:55) - Tractor

(12:01) - Outro

Voxtral Transcribe 2
https://mistral.ai/news/voxtral-transcribe-2
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46886735AI is killing B2B SaaS
https://nmn.gl/blog/ai-killing-b2b-saas
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46888441
OpenClaw is what Apple intelligence should have been
https://www.jakequist.com/thoughts/openclaw-is-what-apple-intelligence-should-have-been
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46893970
Don't rent the cloud, own instead
https://blog.comma.ai/datacenter/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46896146
A case study in PDF forensics: The Epstein PDFs
https://pdfa.org/a-case-study-in-pdf-forensics-the-epstein-pdfs/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46886440
Claude Code: connect to a local model when your quota runs out
https://boxc.net/blog/2026/claude-code-connecting-to-local-models-when-your-quota-runs-out/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46845845
The Great Unwind
https://occupywallst.com/yen
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46889008
Claude Code for Infrastructure
https://www.fluid.sh/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46889703
Microsoft's Copilot chatbot is running into problems
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/microsofts-pivotal-ai-product-is-running-into-big-problems-ce235b28
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46887564
Tractor
https://incoherency.co.uk/blog/stories/tractor.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46877278

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 4, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:16) - France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US

(01:33) - Qwen3-Coder-Next

(02:29) - Data centers in space makes no sense

(03:32) - Lessons learned shipping 500 units of my first hardware product

(04:44) - I miss thinking hard

(06:05) - Agent Skills

(07:12) - Deno Sandbox

(08:26) - New York’s budget bill would require “blocking technology” on all 3D printers

(09:36) - X offices raided in France as UK opens fresh investigation into Grok

(10:55) - Show HN: Craftplan – I built my wife a production management tool for her bakery

(12:09) - Outro

France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US
https://apnews.com/article/europe-digital-sovereignty-big-tech-9f5388b68a0648514cebc8d92f682060
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46873294Qwen3-Coder-Next
https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3-coder-next
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46872706
Data centers in space makes no sense
https://civai.org/blog/space-data-centers
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46876105
Lessons learned shipping 500 units of my first hardware product
https://www.simonberens.com/p/lessons-learned-shipping-500-units
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46848876
I miss thinking hard
https://www.jernesto.com/articles/thinking_hard
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46881264
Agent Skills
https://agentskills.io/home
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46871173
Deno Sandbox
https://deno.com/blog/introducing-deno-sandbox
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46874097
New York’s budget bill would require “blocking technology” on all 3D printers
https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/03/new-york-wants-to-ctrlaltdelete-your-3d-printer/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46872540
X offices raided in France as UK opens fresh investigation into Grok
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3ex92557jo
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46868998
Show HN: Craftplan – I built my wife a production management tool for her bakery
https://github.com/puemos/craftplan
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46847690

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 3, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:13) - xAI joins SpaceX

(01:28) - The Codex App

(02:31) - Todd C. Miller – Sudo maintainer for over 30 years

(03:36) - The TSA's New $45 Fee to Fly Without ID Is Illegal

(04:53) - Anki ownership transferred to AnkiHub

(05:57) - Court orders restart of all US offshore wind power construction

(07:08) - Hacking Moltbook

(08:12) - 4x faster network file sync with rclone (vs rsync) (2025)

(09:21) - Zig Libc

(10:19) - Nano-vLLM: How a vLLM-style inference engine works

(11:29) - Outro

xAI joins SpaceX
https://www.spacex.com/updates#xai-joins-spacex
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46862170The Codex App
https://openai.com/index/introducing-the-codex-app/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46859054
Todd C. Miller – Sudo maintainer for over 30 years
https://www.millert.dev/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46858577
The TSA's New $45 Fee to Fly Without ID Is Illegal
https://www.frommers.com/tips/airfare/the-tsa-new-45-fee-to-fly-without-id-is-illegal-says-regulatory-expert/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46863162
Anki ownership transferred to AnkiHub
https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ankis-growing-up/68610
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46861313
Court orders restart of all US offshore wind power construction
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/court-orders-restart-of-all-us-offshore-wind-construction/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46863112
Hacking Moltbook
https://www.wiz.io/blog/exposed-moltbook-database-reveals-millions-of-api-keys
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46857615
4x faster network file sync with rclone (vs rsync) (2025)
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/4x-faster-network-file-sync-rclone-vs-rsync/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46820142
Zig Libc
https://ziglang.org/devlog/2026/#2026-01-31
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46858622
Nano-vLLM: How a vLLM-style inference engine works
https://neutree.ai/blog/nano-vllm-part-1
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46855447