Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 1, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:18) - Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention "OpenClaw"

(01:40) - Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants

(03:04) - Can I disable all data collection from my vehicle?

(04:34) - How Mark Klein told the EFF about Room 641A [book excerpt]

(05:41) - For Linux kernel vulnerabilities, there is no heads-up to distributions

(07:03) - How an oil refinery works

(08:14) - Shai-Hulud Themed Malware Found in the PyTorch Lightning AI Training Library

(10:03) - Opus 4.7 knows the real Kelsey

(11:37) - You can beat the binary search

(13:21) - I built a Game Boy emulator in F#

(15:00) - Outro

Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention "OpenClaw"
https://twitter.com/theo/status/2049645973350363168
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47963204Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants
https://dpa-international.com/general-news/urn:newsml:dpa.com:20090101:260430-930-14717/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47961319
Can I disable all data collection from my vehicle?
https://rivian.com/support/article/can-i-disable-all-data-collection-from-my-vehicle
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47967786
How Mark Klein told the EFF about Room 641A [book excerpt]
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-whistleblower-who-uncovered-the-nsas-big-brother-machine/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47965060
For Linux kernel vulnerabilities, there is no heads-up to distributions
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/30/10
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47965108
How an oil refinery works
https://www.construction-physics.com/p/how-an-oil-refinery-works
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47962548
Shai-Hulud Themed Malware Found in the PyTorch Lightning AI Training Library
https://semgrep.dev/blog/2026/malicious-dependency-in-pytorch-lightning-used-for-ai-training/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47964617
Opus 4.7 knows the real Kelsey
https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/i-can-never-talk-to-an-ai-anonymously
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47951295
You can beat the binary search
https://lemire.me/blog/2026/04/27/you-can-beat-the-binary-search/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47924912
I built a Game Boy emulator in F#
https://nickkossolapov.github.io/fame-boy/building-a-game-boy-emulator-in-fsharp/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47965503

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 30, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:16) - Zed 1.0

(01:47) - HERMES.md in commit messages causes requests to route to extra usage billing

(03:13) - Copy Fail

(04:41) - Cursor Camp

(05:35) - Where the goblins came from

(06:53) - We need a federation of forges

(08:14) - FastCGI: 30 years old and still the better protocol for reverse proxies

(09:46) - The Zig project's rationale for their anti-AI contribution policy

(11:02) - Noctua releases official 3D CAD models for its cooling fans

(12:38) - OpenTrafficMap

(13:47) - Outro

Zed 1.0
https://zed.dev/blog/zed-1-0
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47949027HERMES.md in commit messages causes requests to route to extra usage billing
https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/53262
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47952722
Copy Fail
https://copy.fail/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47952181
Cursor Camp
https://neal.fun/cursor-camp/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47949939
Where the goblins came from
https://openai.com/index/where-the-goblins-came-from/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47957688
We need a federation of forges
https://blog.tangled.org/federation/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47948603
FastCGI: 30 years old and still the better protocol for reverse proxies
https://www.agwa.name/blog/post/fastcgi_is_the_better_protocol_for_reverse_proxies
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47950510
The Zig project's rationale for their anti-AI contribution policy
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/30/zig-anti-ai/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47957294
Noctua releases official 3D CAD models for its cooling fans
https://www.noctua.at/en/3d-cad-models
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47927627
OpenTrafficMap
https://opentrafficmap.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47953541

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 29, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:15) - Ghostty is leaving GitHub

(01:41) - Your phone is about to stop being yours

(03:21) - Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop

(05:00) - Before GitHub

(06:25) - UAE to leave OPEC

(07:53) - Who owns the code Claude Code wrote?

(09:13) - GitHub RCE Vulnerability: CVE-2026-3854 Breakdown

(10:41) - How ChatGPT serves ads

(11:55) - Bugs Rust won't catch

(13:18) - Warp is now open-source

(14:29) - Outro

Ghostty is leaving GitHub
https://mitchellh.com/writing/ghostty-leaving-github
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47939579Your phone is about to stop being yours
https://keepandroidopen.org/en/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47935853
Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop
https://github.com/localsend/localsend
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47933208
Before GitHub
https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/4/28/before-github/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47940921
UAE to leave OPEC
https://www.ft.com/content/8c354f2d-3e66-47f1-aad4-9b4aa30e386d
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47933983
Who owns the code Claude Code wrote?
https://legallayer.substack.com/p/who-owns-the-claude-code-wrote
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47932937
GitHub RCE Vulnerability: CVE-2026-3854 Breakdown
https://www.wiz.io/blog/github-rce-vulnerability-cve-2026-3854
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47936479
How ChatGPT serves ads
https://www.buchodi.com/how-chatgpt-serves-ads-heres-the-full-attribution-loop/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47942437
Bugs Rust won't catch
https://corrode.dev/blog/bugs-rust-wont-catch/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47943499
Warp is now open-source
https://www.warp.dev/blog/warp-is-now-open-source
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47936264

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 28, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:17) - Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive and revenue-sharing deal

(01:53) - GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing

(03:15) - Men who stare at walls

(04:28) - Is my blue your blue?

(05:39) - 4TB of voice samples just stolen from 40k AI contractors at Mercor

(07:10) - Pgbackrest is no longer being maintained

(08:21) - Talkie: a 13B vintage language model from 1930

(09:45) - Quarkdown – Markdown with Superpowers

(10:46) - Fully Featured Audio DSP Firmware for the Raspberry Pi Pico

(12:08) - FDA approves first gene therapy for treatment of genetic hearing loss

(13:20) - Outro

Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive and revenue-sharing deal
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-27/microsoft-to-stop-sharing-revenue-with-main-ai-partner-openai
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47921248GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing
https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/github-copilot-is-moving-to-usage-based-billing/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47923357
Men who stare at walls
https://www.alexselimov.com/posts/men_who_stare_at_walls/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47920074
Is my blue your blue?
https://ismy.blue/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47926861
4TB of voice samples just stolen from 40k AI contractors at Mercor
https://app.oravys.com/blog/mercor-breach-2026
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47919630
Pgbackrest is no longer being maintained
https://github.com/pgbackrest/pgbackrest
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47919997
Talkie: a 13B vintage language model from 1930
https://talkie-lm.com/introducing-talkie
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47927903
Quarkdown – Markdown with Superpowers
https://quarkdown.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47919240
Fully Featured Audio DSP Firmware for the Raspberry Pi Pico
https://github.com/WeebLabs/DSPi
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47901433
FDA approves first gene therapy for treatment of genetic hearing loss
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-ever-gene-therapy-treatment-genetic-hearing-loss-under-national-priority-voucher
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47919733

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 27, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:19) - I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it

(01:47) - An AI agent deleted our production database. The agent's confession is below

(03:10) - AI should elevate your thinking, not replace it

(04:37) - Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race

(05:54) - Self-updating screenshots

(07:02) - SWE-bench Verified no longer measures frontier coding capabilities

(08:24) - Flipdiscs

(09:33) - Fast16: High-precision software sabotage 5 years before Stuxnet

(11:14) - Three constraints before I build anything

(12:22) - Butterflies are in decline across North America, a look at the Western Monarch

(13:43) - Outro

I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it
https://ca98am79.medium.com/i-bought-friendster-for-30k-heres-what-i-m-doing-with-it-d5e8ddb3991d
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47914165An AI agent deleted our production database. The agent's confession is below
https://twitter.com/lifeof_jer/status/2048103471019434248
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47911524
AI should elevate your thinking, not replace it
https://www.koshyjohn.com/blog/ai-should-elevate-your-thinking-not-replace-it/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47913650
Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race
https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/articles/crm1m7e0zwzo
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47914350
Self-updating screenshots
https://interblah.net/self-updating-screenshots
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47908051
SWE-bench Verified no longer measures frontier coding capabilities
https://openai.com/index/why-we-no-longer-evaluate-swe-bench-verified/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47910388
Flipdiscs
https://flipdisc.io
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47875795
Fast16: High-precision software sabotage 5 years before Stuxnet
https://www.sentinelone.com/labs/fast16-mystery-shadowbrokers-reference-reveals-high-precision-software-sabotage-5-years-before-stuxnet/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47913855
Three constraints before I build anything
https://jordanlord.co.uk/blog/3-constraints/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47903541
Butterflies are in decline across North America, a look at the Western Monarch
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/butterflies-are-in-dramatic-decline-across-north-america-a-close-look-at-the-western-monarch-shows-why-180988582/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47914677