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November 14, 2025

Hacker Newsletter #771

If you're not getting older, you're dead. //Tom Petty

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#Favorites


Choose Gusto for payroll, benefits, and more—built for small businesses
//gusto.com sponsored

Steam Machine / Steam Frame
//store.steampowered.com comments / comments→

The 'Toy Story' You Remember
//animationobsessive.substack.com comments→

Marble Fountain
//willmorrison.net comments→

Ratatui – App Showcase
//ratatui.rs comments→

Unexpected things that are people
//bengoldhaber.substack.com comments→

Collaboration sucks
//newsletter.posthog.com comments→

How did I get here?
//how-did-i-get-here.net comments→

Marko – A declarative, HTML‑based language
//markojs.com comments→

Micro.blog launches new 'Studio' tier with video hosting
//heydingus.net comments→

#Ask HN


What Are You Working On?

How would you set up a child’s first Linux computer?

How do you get over the fear of sharing code?

#Show HN


Beets: The music geek’s media organizer //beets.io comments→

AI documentation you can talk to, for every repo //deepwiki.com comments→

qqqa – A fast, stateless LLM-powered assistant for your shell //github.com comments→

Gametje – A casual online gaming platform //gametje.com comments→

I built a local-first daily planner for iOS //apps.apple.com comments→

Creavi Macropad – Built a wireless macropad with a display //creavi.tech comments→

#Code


Valdi – A cross-platform UI framework that delivers native performance //github.com comments→

.NET 10 //devblogs.microsoft.com comments→

The lazy Git UI you didn't know you need //bwplotka.dev comments→

Vibe Code Warning – A personal casestudy //github.com comments→

Ruby already solved my problem //newsletter.masilotti.com comments→

Opencloud – An alternative to Nextcloud written in Go //github.com comments→

Building a CI/CD Pipeline Runner from Scratch in Python //muhammadraza.me comments→

#Data


Deepnote, a Jupyter alternative, is going open source //deepnote.com comments→

650GB of Data (Delta Lake on S3). Polars vs. DuckDB vs. Daft vs. Spark //dataengineeringcentral.substack.com comments→

The write last, read first rule //tigerbeetle.com comments→

#Design


Myna: Monospace typeface designed for symbol-heavy programming languages //github.com comments→

Avería: The Average Font //iotic.com comments→

We ran over 600 image generations to compare AI image models //latenitesoft.com comments→

M.C. Escher Prints Digitized and Put Online by the Boston Public Library //openculture.com comments→

The Mac calculator's original design came from letting Steve play with menus //arstechnica.com comments→

#Books


The Manuscripts of Edsger W. Dijkstra //cs.utexas.edu comments→

Learn Prolog Now //lpn.swi-prolog.org comments→

Math Books //github.com comments→

I made a children's book about WebSockets //websocket.org comments→

The Pinouts Book //pinouts.org comments→

#Working


AI isn't replacing jobs. AI spending is //fastcompany.com comments→

Always be ready to leave (even if you never do) //andreacanton.dev comments→

Zed Is Our Office //zed.dev comments→

#Learn


New gel restores dental enamel and could revolutionise tooth repair //nottingham.ac.uk comments→

Ticker: Don't die of heart disease //myticker.com comments→

Largest cargo sailboat completes first Atlantic crossing //marineinsight.com comments→

Metabolic and cellular differences between sedentary and active individuals //howardluksmd.substack.com comments→

The Geometry Behind Normal Maps //shlom.dev comments→

How Press Photos Were Transmitted Back in the 1970s //petapixel.com comments→

#Watching


Near mid-air collision at LAX between American Airlines and ITA //youtube.com comments→

Simulating a Planet on the GPU: Part 1 //patrickcelentano.com comments→

High speed X-ray video: jumping beans, wind-up toys and more //youtube.com comments→

100% Apple. This Apple Pie Contains Only Apples //youtube.com comments→

#Startup News


SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi Search //blog.kagi.com comments→

SoftBank sells its entire stake in Nvidia //cnbc.com comments→

Waymo robotaxis are now giving rides on freeways in LA, SF and Phoenix //techcrunch.com comments→

What happened to Transmeta, the last big dotcom IPO //dfarq.homeip.net comments→

Judge denies request to exempt Flock footage from Public Records Act //goskagit.com comments→

Google will allow users to sideload Android apps without verification //android-developers.googleblog.com comments→

Anthropic invests $50B in US AI infrastructure //anthropic.com comments→

#Fun


I Am Mark Zuckerberg //iammarkzuckerberg.com comments→

Tabloid: The Clickbait Headline Programming Language //tabloid.vercel.app comments→

Realtime BART Arrival Display //filbot.com comments→

Three Emojis, a daily word puzzle for language learners //threeemojis.com comments→

Continuum 93 fantasy retro emulator now open source //enthusiastguy.itch.io comments→

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