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September 11, 2026

Hacker Newsletter #809

Let's roll. //Todd Beamer

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Issue #809 // 2026-09-11 // View in your browser

#Favorites


Optimize your website for AI answer engines with Webflow
//webflow sponsored

Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin
//shopify.engineering comments→

De-Brainrot Vacations
//devz comments→

Don't let anyone take away your big box of cables
//blog.jim-nielsen comments→

How to build a printer
//nishantjosh comments→

The Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem
//simonwillison comments→

Planet Labs' open satellite feed
//tech.marksblogg comments→

Finder is so frustrating and has been since day one
//kepter comments→

Claude, change the "Add to Cart" button to blue
//opusfived comments→

Simple Is Not Small
//jyn comments→

What do Visa and Mastercard do? An intro to card networks
//tautology comments→

#Featured: Apple


iPhone Duo //apple comments→

AirPods 5 //apple comments→

iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max //apple comments→

Apple Watch Series 12 //apple comments→

#Ask HN


How do you manage skills files?

Anyone still coding like 2021? Where do you work?

Show your micro-SaaS

#Classifieds


Spelt - a combinatorial optimization problem masquerading as a daily word game //spelt

Is your cloud AI ready? Have an expert review your security first //cloudsecuritypartners

Performance, Security & Accessibility. AI-enhanced reports //webperformancereport

this+that: stop writing tickets for your coding agent //thisandthat

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#Show HN


Cloud in a Bottle: making self-hosting accessible to everyone //cloudinabottle comments→

What if the speed of light was 5 km/h? //rivendell.dmitrybrant comments→

Open-Source eInk Bike Computer //opentrailpaper comments→

Copperhead – Cursor for circuit boards //copperhead comments→

LLM Attention Visualization //ishamf comments→

HomeCat – Design your backyard office //myhomecat comments→

#Code


I-have-ADHD: A skill to stop coding agents from burying the answer //github comments→

Making a Python interpreter in 1024 bytes //austinhenley comments→

Bitap: My favorite string matching algorithm //jo3-l comments→

#Data


Neki – Sharded Postgres //planetscale comments→

I tested 10 model/harness combinations on the same Three.js task //alvins82.github comments→

Engrim – A universal, local-first SQLite memory engine for AI CLIs //github comments→

#Design


Bill Biggart, 9/11 photographer //billbiggart comments→

CouchEditor: Pipeline photo editor that runs natively on Web //couch-editor comments→

Automating culling – 3,478 RAW photos with 977 vision calls //blog.simbastack comments→

#Books


Doomscrolling ourselves to death //edwest.co comments→

Learn Programming with OCaml //usr.lmf.cnrs comments→

Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom //musictheory.pugetsound comments→

A Topological Picture Book, Rendered //e-infinity comments→

#Working


Programming is Art //orchidfiles comments→

Protecting Engineers' Skills in the AI Era //spectrum.ieee comments→

If a startup worth your career //thetrueengineer comments→

Headed for the Exit: The Great Engineering Leader Career Break //newsletter.pragmaticengineer comments→

#Learn


Technique for Manipulating Satellite Photos Now Reveals Ancient Images //spinoff.nasa comments→

Mexican student creates an acoustic fire extinguisher to put out fire in seconds //upsocl comments→

Trees use a "muscle", tension wood, to correct their posture //phys comments→

#Watching


The Helicopter with Radioactive Blades //hackaday comments→

216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem //youtube comments→

Isar Aerospace launch into orbit //youtube comments→

The Story of VS Code | Official Documentary //youtube comments→

Why the Harness Matters More Than the Model //youtube comments→

Douglas Hofstadter: Analogy as the Core of Cognition //youtube comments→

#Startup News


Shopify acquires Tailwind //tailwindcss comments→

Mistral raises €3B //mistral comments→

Muse – Meta’s personal AI agent //ai.meta comments→

Automattic's board forces CEO Matt Mullenweg into leave of absence //techcrunch comments→

Framework cuts 32/64GB memory prices for 13 Pro, issues retroactive refunds //tomshardware comments→

#Fun


No Man's Sky Cosmos //nomanssky comments→

Watch Los Angeles get built, one building at a time (1880–2026) //lax-skyline.parcelscope comments→

Newton's Orchard – Browser-based space/gravity playground //newtonsorchard comments→

Amaze Kings – a browser logic puzzle with 1,400 hand-graded levels //kings.amaze-apps comments→

Making a GBA game with GPT-6 Astra //spritefusion comments→

Ultracapitalism, a Company-Building Autobattler //chromagolem.itch comments→

Fly By – retro biplane flying game //michaelteter comments→

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