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April 10, 2026

Hacker Newsletter #789

It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. //Ursula K. Le Guin

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#Favorites


Sysdig - Secure the cloud
the right way with agentic AI
//sysdig sponsored

Sam Altman may control our future – can he be trusted?
//newyorker comments→

Project Glasswing: Securing critical software for the AI era
//anthropic comments→

I built a tiny LLM to demystify how language models work
//github comments→

Lunar Flyby
//nasa comments→

We found an undocumented bug in the Apollo 11 guidance computer code
//juxt comments→

I've sold out
//mariozechner comments→

Protect your shed
//dylanbutler comments→

AI helps add 10k more photos to OldNYC
//danvk comments→

The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess
//aphyr comments→

The Importance of Being Idle
//theamericanscholar comments→

#Ask HN


How do you handle marketing as a solo technical founder?

European Tech Alternatives?

What are you building that's not AI related?

Any Interesting Niche Hobbies?

#Show HN


LittleSnitch for Linux //obdev comments→

I built a frontpage for personal blogs //text.blogosphere comments→

Apfel – The free AI already on your Mac //apfel.franzai comments→

Sheets: Terminal based spreadsheet tool //github comments→

#Code


Issue: Claude Code is unusable for complex engineering tasks with Feb updates //github comments→

Git commands I run before reading any code //piechowski comments→

Caveman: Why use many token when few token do trick //github comments→

LÖVE: 2D Game Framework for Lua //github comments→

Cherri – programming language that compiles to an Apple Shortuct //github comments→

Lisette a little language inspired by Rust that compiles to Go //lisette comments→

#Data


April 2026 TLDR Setup for Ollama and Gemma 4 26B on a Mac mini //gist.github comments→

Google's 200M-parameter time-series foundation model with 16k context //github comments→

SQLite in Production: Lessons from Running a Store on a Single File //ultrathink comments→

#Design


Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand //sam-burns comments→

A truck driver spent 20 years making a scale model of every building in NYC //smithsonianmag comments→

M. C. Escher spiral in WebGL inspired by 3Blue1Brown //static.laszlokorte comments→

The house is a work of art: Frank Lloyd Wright //aeon comments→

#Books


Understanding the Kalman filter with a simple radar example //kalmanfilter comments→

Book review: There Is No Antimemetics Division //stephendiehl comments→

An interactive map of Tolkien's Middle-earth //middle-earth-interactive-map.web comments→

Category Theory Illustrated – Types //abuseofnotation.github comments→

The Harvard Library Passport //fi-le comments→

#Working


Employers use your personal data to figure out the lowest salary you'll accept //marketwatch comments→

Nobody is coming to save your career //alifeengineered.substack comments→

#Learn


Cambodia unveils statue to honour famous landmine-sniffing rat //bbc comments→

Some Unusual Trees //thoughts.wyounas comments→

Wit, unker, Git: The lost medieval pronouns of English intimacy //bbc comments→

Artemis II's toilet is a moon mission milestone //scientificamerican comments→

#Watching


How to get better at guitar //jakeworth comments→

I made a YouTube search form with advanced filters //playlists comments→

Revision Demoparty 2026: Razor1911 //youtube comments→

This Spillway Failed on Purpose //youtube comments→

Original Apollo 11 TV broadcast //youtube comments→

#Startup News


OpenAI closes funding round at an $852B valuation //cnbc comments→

Oracle files H-1B visa petitions amid mass layoffs //nationaltoday comments→

Delve removed from Y Combinator //ycombinator comments→

US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology //cnet comments→

Lichess and Take Take Take Sign Cooperation Agreement //lichess comments→

#Fun


A game where you build a GPU //jaso1024 comments→

Battle for Wesnoth: open-source, turn-based strategy game //wesnoth comments→

Music for Programming //musicforprogramming comments→

The Weather Channel – RetroCast //weather comments→

How Pizza Tycoon simulated traffic on a 25 MHz CPU //pizzalegacy comments→

Sopwith – 1984 Game //sopwith comments→

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