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August 14, 2026

Hacker Newsletter #805

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. //Margaret Mead

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Issue #805 // 2026-08-14 // View in your browser

#Favorites


Earn an Ivy League master’s degree in AI, data science, computer science, or software systems and cybersecurity––100% online taught by Penn’s world-renowned faculty
//upenn sponsored

Muse Glimmer: 30B-parameter model optimized for always-on local agent workflows
//research.meta comments→

“Code was never the hard part” is an insult to all programmers
//blog.senko comments→

Tailscale Traces Database Corruption to 16y/o SQLite WAL-Reset Bug
//tailscale comments→

How I use LLMs to learn complex topics
//laurentiugabriel.github comments→

My server is a phone now
//seg6 comments→

Compression is prediction
//ngrok comments→

Nvidia's Risky Business
//stratechery comments→

How AI text watermarking works
//declaude comments→

Choose Boring Technology (2015)
//mcfunley comments→

Blog about things you don't understand yet
//seangoedecke comments→

The Human Is the Loop
//brentfitzgerald comments→

Where did the old web go? We followed 657,607 links to find out
//0 comments→

#Ask HN


What are you working on?

In your experience, what are sound conventions for e-ink UI development?

If Social network is created today, what do you want to see?

#Classifieds


Get 50 Free B2B Ad Templates (Perfect for LinkedIn & Meta) //b2bads

Headless CMS for Next.js App Router. Try BCMS //thebcms

We made a fitness tracker you never need to charge //getchargerless

Buttondown Email - the last email platform you'll migrate to //buttondown

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#Show HN


Cloudflare OS: an open platform for agents, apps, and work //cloudflare comments→

Gloomberb //gloom comments→

textlog – A quiet, text-only microblogging platform //textlog comments→

WorldClaw Agentic 3D open-world generation at scale //github comments→

A terminal glued to the macOS dock //github comments→

Science for Kids //science.ocaho comments→

A replayable A2A jury for tracing how agents influence decisions //github comments→

#Code


Pi's Minimalism Is Its Advantage //earendil comments→

Assembly Hall of Shame //github comments→

Squeak 6.1 //squeak comments→

Wyzer Programming Language //github comments→

Git-knife – edit commit messages, authors, and dates like a spreadsheet //github comments→

#Data


We replaced Redis with MySQL for inventory reservations and it scaled //shopify.engineering comments→

I requested a copy of my data from McDonald’s loyalty program //wired comments→

ClickBench Playground – a playground for 110 database systems //benchmark.clickhouse comments→

Sqlfmt: An SQL gofmt-style formatter //tapoueh comments→

#Design


Gateway 2000's hilariously bad ads in the 90s (Part II) //buttondown comments→

Banksy works cost public almost £150k //bbc.co comments→

The Making of Cursor's Icons //minoradventures comments→

#Books


Ancient Library – 1,060 Greek/Latin texts, click any word to parse it //ancientlibrary comments→

A 'bananas' order for 5000 obscure book titles fuels suspicion //irishtimes comments→

Principia Mathematica is modern and insightful //okmij comments→

#Working


What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers //noemamag comments→

AI is removing the middle class of software engineering? //blog.florianherrengt comments→

LinkedIn CringeBot 3000 //cringebot3000 comments→

How we used to get jobs: A newspaper classifieds story //ironicsans.ghost comments→

Detach from your work to make it work //productidentity comments→

The 37signals Manager Playbook //basecamp comments→

#Learn


DeepMind's WeatherNext model achieves breakthrough forecasting cyclones //deepmind comments→

The Tragedy of the Cognitive Commons //arxiv comments→

Möbius-Strip Crosswords //quuxplusone.github comments→

See the Sun like never before with most detailed images yet //bbc comments→

Why Are Rivers So Mathematical? //quantamagazine comments→

#Watching


Iceberg Collapses and Flips over in Ilulissat, Greenland //youtube comments→

Why Wall Street is ignoring big tech's debt //youtube comments→

ADSL's Copper Miracle //youtube comments→

#Startup News


Tl;dv: Over 180k meetings left wide open //bobdahacker comments→

Fastmail offers EU data region //fastmail comments→

Waymo in Dallas //waymo comments→

Framework discloses data breach via Metabase 0-day //community.frame comments→

Bending Spoons makes first post-IPO acquisition with $1.3B Airtable deal //live.euronext comments→

Lovable raises $400M Series C //lovable comments→

#Fun


Scroll through all 43252003274489856000 Rubik's Cube states //everycube.alen comments→

Quake – 30th Anniversary Update //slayersclub.bethesda comments→

Voice driven murder mystery, Interview AI suspects with your voice //whodunnitai comments→

Donkey.bas is 45 Years Old – 131 line of Glory //donkeybas comments→

Alphabet Soup, a multiplayer game, build the longest word to win //alphabetsoup comments→

Lemmings //buzzard1337.itch comments→

RSI Simulator //paradigm comments→

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