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Hacker Newsletter #772

To err is human, but even more so is to blame others. //Baltazar Gracián

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Issue #772 // 2025-11-21 // View in your browser

# Sponsor


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#Favorites


Gemini 3
//blog.google comments→

AI World Clocks
//clocks.brianmoore.com comments→

Nano Banana Pro
//blog.google comments→

Things that aren't doing the thing
//strangestloop.io comments→

Maybe you’re not trying
//usefulfictions.substack.com comments→

Building a Simple Search Engine That Works
//karboosx.net comments→

Messing with scraper bots
//herman.bearblog.dev comments→

The code and open-source tools I used to produce a science fiction anthology
//compellingsciencefiction.com comments→

Cognitive and mental health correlates of short-form video use
//psycnet.apa.org comments→

How to stay sane in a world that rewards insanity
//joanwestenberg.com comments→

#Ask HN


Senior people, how did your career evolve?

How does one stay motivated to grind through LeetCode?

#Show HN


AirPods libreated from Apple's ecosystem //github.com comments→

I made a down detector for down detector //downdetectorsdowndetector.com comments→

Epstein Files Organized and Searchable //searchepsteinfiles.com comments→

Browser-based interactive 3D Three-Body problem simulator //trisolarchaos.com comments→

Continuous Claude – run Claude Code in a loop //github.com comments→

RowboatX – open-source Claude Code for everyday automations //github.com comments→

#Code


Google Antigravity //antigravity.google comments→

PHP 8.5 //stitcher.io comments→

CLI tool to check the Git status of multiple projects //github.com comments→

#Data


Europe is scaling back GDPR and relaxing AI laws //theverge.com comments→

Parqeye – A CLI tool to visualize and inspect Parquet files //github.com comments→

RegreSQL: Regression Testing for PostgreSQL Queries //boringsql.com comments→

Vortex: An extensible, state of the art columnar file format //github.com comments→

#Design


'Calvin and Hobbes' at 40 //npr.org comments→

Color Palette Pro //colorpalette.pro comments→

#Books


Open-source Zig book //zigbook.net comments→

The Pragmatic Programmer: 20th Anniversary Edition //ahalbert.com comments→

Short Little Difficult Books //countercraft.substack.com comments→

Mathematics and Computation (2019) [pdf] //math.ias.edu comments→

#Learn


Interactive World History Atlas Since 3000 BC //geacron.com comments→

Basalt Woven Textile //materialdistrict.com comments→

How Slide Rules Work //amenzwa.github.io comments→

#Watching


TCP, the workhorse of the internet //cefboud.com comments→

Dissecting Flock Safety: The Cameras Tracking You Are a Security Nightmare //youtube.com comments→

Go Cryptography State of the Union //words.filippo.io comments→

#Startup News


Replicate is joining Cloudflare //replicate.com comments→

Report: Tim Cook could step down as Apple CEO 'as soon as next year' //9to5mac.com comments→

AMD continues to chip away at Intel's x86 market share //tomshardware.com comments→

#Fun


Red Alert 2 in web browser //chronodivide.com comments→

Microsoft makes Zork open-source //opensource.microsoft.com comments→

Unflip – a puzzle game about XOR patterns of squares //unflipgame.com comments→

Binary Sudoku Puzzle – Foxtrot Comic //foxtrot.com comments→

SQL Case Files – A browser-based SQL detective game //sqlcasefiles.com comments→

My Light & Spirit – A Clever Indie Puzzle Where Light Becomes Your Tool //groober.itch.io comments→

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