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October 31, 2025

Hacker Newsletter #769

Behold the turtle, he makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. //Bruce Levin

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Issue #769 // 2025-10-31 // View in your browser

#Favorites


Airtable - From idea to app in an instant
//airtable.com sponsored

Uv is the best thing to happen to the Python ecosystem in a decade
//emily.space comments→

It's insulting to read AI-generated blog posts
//blog.pabloecortez.com comments→

Minecraft removing obfuscation in Java Edition
//minecraft.net comments→

Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k
//threads.com comments→

AWS to bare metal two years later: Answering your questions about leaving AWS
//oneuptime.com comments→

Unlocking free WiFi on British Airways
//saxrag.com comments→

Free software scares normal people
//danieldelaney.net comments→

The Linux Boot Process: From Power Button to Kernel
//0xkato.xyz comments→

Tinkering is a way to acquire good taste
//seated.ro comments→

Feed the bots
//maurycyz.com comments→

#Ask HN


Turned 25, Give Me Your Best Advice for the Next 25 Years?

Am I the only one not using AI?

#Classifieds


Deploy your app before your coffee gets cold. The cloud for developers who ship. Sevalla. $50 free credit. //sevalla.com

Authentication and user management, built for B2B SaaS //propelauth.com

End recipe clutter. Scan, import, & generate with AI //grandmasrecipes.app

👉 Buy a classified ad

#Show HN


Diagram as code tool with draggable customizations //github.com comments→

Bash Screensavers //github.com comments→

In a single HTML file, an app to encourage my children to invest //roberdam.com comments→

I made a heatmap diff viewer for code reviews //0github.com comments→

Grokipedia by xAI //grokipedia.com comments→

ISS in Real Time – 25 Years Aboard the International Space Station //issinrealtime.org comments→

#Code


Tags to make HTML work like you expect //blog.jim-nielsen.com comments→

You already have a Git server //maurycyz.com comments→

Mistakes I see engineers making in their code reviews //seangoedecke.com comments→

No Code //github.com comments→

Django Keel – 10 Years of Django Best Practices in One Template //github.com comments→

#Data


Claude for Excel //claude.com comments→

Kafka is Fast – I'll use Postgres //topicpartition.io comments→

A sharded DuckDB on 63 nodes runs 1T row aggregation challenge in 5 sec //gizmodata.com comments→

PlanetScale Offering $5 Databases //planetscale.com comments→

JSON Query //jsonquerylang.org comments→

Data Centers Are Getting Big //distilled.earth comments→

#Design


Affinity Studio now free //affinity.studio comments→

Dithering – Part 1 //visualrambling.space comments→

Springs and Bounces in Native CSS //joshwcomeau.com comments→

#Books


Pyrex catalog from from 1938 with hand-drawn lab glassware [pdf] //exhibitdb.cmog.org comments→

My favorite cult sci-fi and fantasy books you may not have heard of before //shepherd.com comments→

Identifying Life-Changing Books with LLMs //blog.joellehman.com comments→

Eight Million Copies of Moby-Dick //thevoltablog.wordpress.com comments→

#Working


Why I code as a CTO //assembled.com comments→

AI is making us work more //tawandamunongo.dev comments→

Quarter of American employees haven't taken a vacation day in the past year //sherwood.news comments→

Good Managers Write Good //staysaasy.com comments→

#Learn


First convex polyhedron found that can't pass through itself //quantamagazine.org comments→

The ear does not do a Fourier transform //dissonances.blog comments→

How to make a Smith chart //johndcook.com comments→

Phone numbers for use in TV shows, films and creative works //acma.gov.au comments→

In memory of the Christmas Island shrew //news.mongabay.com comments→

987654321 / 123456789 //johndcook.com comments→

#Watching


10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him – bad idea //arstechnica.com comments→

Jujutsu at Google //youtube.com comments→

Underdetermined Weaving with Machines //youtube.com comments→

#Startup News


Willow quantum chip demonstrates verifiable quantum advantage on hardware //blog.google comments→

The next chapter of the Microsoft–OpenAI partnership //openai.com comments→

Nvidia takes $1B stake in Nokia //cnbc.com comments→

Grammarly rebrands to 'Superhuman,' launches a new AI assistant //techcrunch.com comments→

Alphabet tops $100B quarterly revenue for first time, cloud grows 34% //cnbc.com comments→

Apple reports fourth quarter results //apple.com comments→

#Fun


Advent of Code 2025: Number of puzzles reduce from 25 to 12 for the first time //adventofcode.com comments→

Poker Tournament for LLMs //pokerbattle.ai comments→

Connect to a 1980s Atari BBS through the web //southernamis.com comments→

Recreating a Homebrew Game System from 1987 //alex-j-lowry.github.io comments→

3D printed maquette of Amsterdam on scale 1:2000 //at5.nl comments→

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