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July 3, 2026

Hacker Newsletter #800

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better. //Albert Camus

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Issue #800 // 2026-07-03 // View in your browser

800 issues! Thanks for continuing to support this project and spreading the word. One quick programming note - I'll be taking next week off. – kale

#Favorites


Secure AI Generated Applications with Vibe Coding Best Practices
//wiz sponsored

Bring back crappy forums
//tedium comments→

The case for physical media ownership
//dervis comments→

How to ask for help from people who don't know you
//pradyuprasad comments→

Oomwoo, an open-source robot vacuum you build yourself
//makerspet comments→

I used Claude Code to get a second opinion on my MRI
//antoine comments→

Box3D, an open source 3D physics engine
//box2d comments→

The best response to AI slop and online noise is from Robin Williams
//jayacunzo comments→

5k menus from the New York Public Library’s Buttolph Collection (1880-1920)
//pudding comments→

Tokenmaxxing is dead, long live tokenmaxxing
//12gramsofcarbon comments→

Building a custom octocopter from scratch with no prior hardware experience
//karolina.mgdubiel comments→

My Favorite Keyboards
//fabiensanglard comments→

#Ask HN


Is "no source code was copied" still a sufficient copyright defense?

Why are so many "AI evangelists" posting such insufferable content?

How much coding should beginners learn in the AI era?

#Show HN


PeerTube is a free, decentralized and federated video platform //github comments→

A native graphical shell for SSH //probablymarcus comments→

The Xteink X4 E-Ink Reader //blog.omgmog comments→

A graph paper generator that renders vector PDFs in the browser //freegraphpaper comments→

LookAway, a Mac break reminder that knows when not to interrupt //lookaway comments→

Shot-scraper video tool for recording YAML-defined webapp feature demos //simonwillison comments→

#Code


A Practical Guide to SSH Tunnels: Local and Remote Port Forwarding //labs.iximiuz comments→

You can't unit test for taste //dev.karltryggvason comments→

I ported Kubernetes to the browser //ngrok comments→

Smart model routing directly in Claude, Codex and Cursor //github comments→

Working With AI: A concrete example //htmx comments→

#Data


Claude Sonnet 5 //anthropic comments→

The gap between open weights LLMs and closed source LLMs //blog.doubleword comments→

Postgres transactions are a distributed systems superpower //dbos comments→

Reading the internals of Postgres: Database cluster, databases, and tables //buraksen comments→

#Design


Immich 3.0 //github comments→

Winamp Skin Museum //skins.webamp comments→

#Books


Fintech Engineering Handbook //w.pitula comments→

Gun Mistakes in Fiction Writing: Handgun Edition //swiftsilentdeadly comments→

Edsger Dijkstra's Library (Housed and Archived in Leuven, Belgium) //dijkstrascry comments→

#Working


Ford AI hiccups push carmaker to rehire ‘gray beard’ inspectors //bloomberg comments→

Ask HN: Who is quitting? //news.ycombinator

Job seekers giving up: Labor force participation falls to lowest in 50 years //cnbc comments→

Ask HN: Who is hiring? //news.ycombinator

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? //news.ycombinator

#Learn


For first time, a cell built from scratch grows and divides //quantamagazine comments→

Frog-derived gut bacterium eradicates tumors in mice //thefocalpoints comments→

Exercise intensity influences body composition in healthy older adults //maturitas comments→

What Is a Nomogram and Why Would It Interest Me? //lefakkomies.github comments→

Underwater Suit-Wearing Cyborg Insect Capable of Diving and Terra-Aqua Travel //nature comments→

Newly discovered spider builds spring loaded snare to catch ants //phys comments→

#Watching


What If a Man Practised Shooting a Million Times? Shot 90172, Football Progress //youtube comments→

I'm building a Space Cadet Pinball Machine! //youtube comments→

2026 vs. 1996 Chevrolet Blazer IIHS crash test //youtube comments→

#Startup News


OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom //techcrunch comments→

Nintendo has raised its employees base salary by 10% //mynintendonews comments→

Rocketlab acquires Iridium //investors.rocketlabcorp comments→

#Fun


Exapunks //zachtronics comments→

Zanagrams //zanagrams comments→

Starglyphs - A constellation puzzle game based on Euler paths //starglyphs comments→

A wire-faithful, browser-based re-creation of the Atari ST game MIDI Maze //github comments→

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