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November 13, 2026

Hacker Newsletter #818

How hard can it be? //Jensen Huang

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Issue #818 // 2026-11-13 // View in your browser

#Favorites


Your greatest AI bottleneck is distance. Learn how to shrink it. Match GPU power with workloads positioned to drive real-time AI globally.
//akamai sponsored

Foldable Flight: The Best Paper Airplanes
//foldableflight comments→

Anthropic IPO
//ipo.anthropic comments→

Goodbye Claude, hello Pi
//caleb.software comments→

Socratic Tutor
//github comments→

Service degradation on Microsoft 365
//status.cloud.microsoft comments→

I'm not convinced the AI bubble exists
//matteoraso.github comments→

Writing as a thinking tool
//muratbuffalo.blogspot comments→

The Web Is More Than Enough
//ftrain comments→

Infinite Mac: BeOS
//blog.persistent comments→

Every processor die anyone has photographed and given away
//sheets comments→

Switcher (2004)
//folklore comments→

#Featured


Jensen Huang resigns //apnews comments→

Nvidia is preparing to oust Jensen Huang //wsj comments→

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair //nvidia comments→

Nvidia employees petition to bring back Jensen Huang //wired comments→

#Ask HN


What are you working on?

How do you manage your AI agents' context across clients and projects?

What are forgotten topics in computing that deserve a new revisit?

#Classifieds


Think Weirder 2: The Year's Best Science Fiction Ideas //thinkweirder

Issue management with DORA metrics. Hosted 100% in EU, runs on 100% renewable energy. //atlasprinciple

Reserve your Flipper One //flipper

Build one-page sites for pretty much anything //carrd

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#Show HN


Every satellite that passed over any place this week, and its photos //watched comments→

Yogurt – Free, private, open-source alternative to Granola //github comments→

Kugelblitz – Mac-Native Google Earth Alternative //apps.metaebene comments→

Aircad – Professional drafting and 3D modeling in the browser //aircad comments→

#Code


Libghostty 1.0 //mitchellh comments→

AWS emulator //github comments→

AI usage generates a fragile codebase //evanxmerz comments→

Rust 1.100 //blog.rust-lang comments→

#Data


Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 //anthropic comments→

USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons //postalpro.usps comments→

Gemini 4 Hydrogen //blog comments→

Ultorg: The User Interface for Relational Databases //ultorg comments→

LLMs Play Zachtronics' TIS-100 //tis-100.wincon comments→

#Design


KetchUp – Open-source SketchUp alternative built with Rust and WebGPU //ketchup3d.github comments→

Blender 5.3 released with Gaussian Splat support //blender comments→

The Utah Teapot //graphics.cs.utah comments→

#Books


Six Math Essentials //teorth.github comments→

Why I wrote the BEAM book //happihacking comments→

Terry Pratchett's Study //sussi comments→

Five memorable books about programming //prog21.dadgum comments→

#Working


Why are we still working this hard? //wilsoniumite comments→

On Being an Engineer in 2026 //shahar comments→

Our software engineering interviews are changing a little //blog.janestreet comments→

Petered //aworkinglibrary comments→

#Learn


Verification Is Not Knowledge: Science needs more than answers //blog.cosmos-institute comments→

Dwarf planet candidate appears which takes roughly 280 years to orbit our sun //smithsonianmag comments→

Making any integer with four 2s //eli.thegreenplace comments→

Notes on San Marino //mattlakeman comments→

How Long Can Life Wait? //mceglowski.substack comments→

#Watching


AI, activity, and outcomes in software engineering //cabird comments→

Why Clip Art Was Everywhere Until It Wasn't //youtube comments→

DIY Injection Molding: Making Plastic Recycling Accessible to All //youtube comments→

Billion Watts in the Speaker //youtube comments→

#Startup News


Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production //nbcnews comments→

Apple has new Mac app coming to make running local AI models easy //9to5mac comments→

Starlink Mini 2 //starlink comments→

RIP, Harvest //aphyr comments→

Val Town is winding down //blog.val comments→

OpenAI to acquire Pierre Computer Company //openai comments→

OpenAI raises $11B at a $1.25T valuation //247wallst comments→

#Fun


Need for Speed Underground 2 online in the browser //nfsu2 comments→

Fable 5.2 one-shotted my nephew's dream game //notesbylex comments→

Hyper-realistic sand with WebGL2 //av.github comments→

Chimera Vocal Synth //chimera-vocal-synth.vercel comments→

Valencia, Spain in Sim City/Isometric View //tinyvalencia comments→

I recreated Papers Please but you're deciding which YC startups to fund //termsheetplease comments→

Uncracked City, detective game where you question LLM suspects that lie //uncracked comments→

Size-It-Up //magnitudle comments→

Multiplayer tanks that demolish real buildings from OpenStreetMap //worldstrike comments→

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