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August 28, 2026

Hacker Newsletter #807

There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen. //Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

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Issue #807 // 2026-08-28 // View in your browser

#Favorites


The AI Conference 2026 - where 5,500 builders, researchers, and AI leaders ship what's next
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Dolly Parton has died
//theguardian comments→

How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs
//lectronz comments→

Saving 100 terabytes of memory by optimizing 1.1.1.1's DNS cache
//blog.cloudflare comments→

Small Models Have Arrived
//calv comments→

What Is a Harness?
//earendil comments→

Building a backyard office, the build and cost breakdown
//imkylelambert comments→

Three important steps in my maturation process
//thomasdullien.github comments→

Queryable Executables
//fzakaria comments→

U.S. State Department Pauses Immigrant Visa Applications
//wsj comments→

How Universities Should Prepare Founders
//paulgraham comments→

Pollen Robotics (Hugging Face) Microduck
//pollen-robotics comments→

#Featured: Apple


Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra //apple comments→

New Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra //apple comments→

New Mac mini, featuring M6 and M5 Pro //apple comments→

#Ask HN


Why do corporate failures always seem to punish the wrong people?

What is one simple thing LLMs are insanely bad at?

#Classifieds


The only ATS/CRM built by actual recruiters. //findharbor

Give agents a CMS. Give clients an editor. Try BCMS //thebcms

this+that connects your coding agent to your email inbox //thisandthat

TRMNL is a hackable ePaper display that keeps you focused //trmnl

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#Show HN


Kobo can run apps now //bandarlabs.github comments→

Tailcat – Like netcat, but over Tailscale’s data plane //github comments→

Claudette: Make Claude stop talking like a BuzzFeed article //github comments→

Tracking Costco gas prices during a global fuel crisis //jack comments→

linecast – weather, radar, tides and maps in the terminal //terminaltrove comments→

The load-bearing vocabulary of Claude //louisabraham.github comments→

#Code


There's no reason for software to be slow anymore //danluu comments→

A Friendly Introduction to Racket //geometridae.bearblog comments→

A week of using Codex more than Claude //allaboutcoding.ghinda comments→

fx :Tiny, open, native coding agent. //fx comments→

Software Engineering in the Agentic Era //simonwillison comments→

#Data


How much of HN is AI? //blog.coredump comments→

LatticeDB – Like SQLite but for graph databases //github comments→

Things I want in a modern relational query language //sporks comments→

RAG Is Simpler Than You Think //lighthousenewsletter comments→

#Design


MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally generated output with GUID //xusheng comments→

Nebula Sans //nebulasans comments→

Make your logo extra bright on HDR screens //soverybright comments→

Training AI to Paint with Code //surya.website comments→

#Books


My Friend Aaron //rorz comments→

To become a better writer, read as much as you can //nappertime comments→

Thinking in Python //thinkinginpython comments→

New Worlds: We are living in the future of J.G. Ballard or William Gibson //precastreinforced.co comments→

My favorite nonfiction books about cults, scams, and schemes //bookdna comments→

A Citation to Asimov //bookandsword comments→

I own 28,000 books – here's what I've learned //shelvd comments→

#Working


Beware Management Consultants //about.iceland.co comments→

How I find problems to solve as a staff engineer //lalitm comments→

The Remote Work Challenge: Lessons from 5 Cities //pew comments→

Never Be Angry at Work //seangoedecke comments→

The Work Number: credit score but for your employment history – by Equifax //employees.theworknumber comments→

#Learn


507 Mechanical Movements //507movements comments→

Watching TikTok and Instagram deactivates the cognitive control network: Study //rathbiotaclan comments→

Octopus intelligence may be related to never-before-seen mutation //smithsonianmag comments→

FDA clears blood test to aid evaluation for Alzheimer's disease //medicine.washu comments→

#Watching


I'm Done Coding with AI //youtube comments→

Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look //youtube comments→

The new Framework 12 //youtube comments→

DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Agentic Engineering, Vibe Coding and Linux //youtube comments→

#Startup News


Kagi added a setting for removing paywalled links from search results //kagi comments→

AWS Acquires DuckLabs //ducklabs comments→

Meta reaches $17B settlement over social media harms to children //reuters comments→

Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $13B //businessinsider comments→

Starbase, LA //spacex comments→

Mechanical Turk shutting down September 30 //mturk comments→

#Fun


The entire city of San Francisco as a video game //sf.thijs comments→

Don't Wordle //dontwordle comments→

Stwipe Acquires OpenWouter //stwipe comments→

A techno machine in one HTML file, with verifiable renders //ssx360.github comments→

Wirespan, a daily power grid optimization puzzle I made for my son //wirespan comments→

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