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November 15, 2024

Hacker Newsletter #722

If you give someone a program, you will frustrate them for a day; if you teach them how to program, you will frustrate them for a lifetime. //David Leinweber

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Issue #722 // 2024-11-15 // View in your browser

#Favorites


Airtable - Build powerful work apps, without code
//airtable.com sponsored

IMG_0416
//ben-mini.github.io comments→

How I ship projects at big tech companies
//seangoedecke.com comments→

MomBoard: E-ink display for a parent with amnesia
//jan.miksovsky.com comments→

No GPS required: our app can now locate underground trains
//blog.transitapp.com comments→

Leaving and Waving
//deannadikeman.com comments→

M4 Mac mini's efficiency
//jeffgeerling.com comments→

Visualizing World War II
//nathangoldwag.wordpress.com comments→

Lessons from my first exit
//mtlynch.io comments→

Virtual Windows 3.11 Computer
//pieter.com comments→

How we built the Black Friday Cyber Monday 2023 globe
//shopify.engineering comments→

Something weird is happening with LLMs and Chess
//dynomight.net comments→

New Microblog with TILs
//jvns.ca comments→

#Ask HN


How to deal with a serious mental health breakdown?

What hacks/tips do you use to make AI work better for you?

#Show HN


I Don't Have Spotify //github.com comments→

HTML-to-Markdown – convert entire websites to Markdown with Golang/CLI //github.com comments→

Jelly – A simpler shared inbox for small teams //letsjelly.com comments→

Konga Beat – A custom track editor for Donkey Konga 2 and 3 //kongabeat.com comments→

Tududi – A Minimalist, Open-Source Task and Project Management Tool //github.com comments→

#Code


Bus Number – The GitHub plugin my coworkers asked me not to write //scannedinavian.com comments→

Unusual Raku Features //buttondown.com comments→

I wrote an open-source browser alternative for Computer Use for any LLM //github.com comments→

Typesetting Engines: A Programmer's Perspective //blog.ppresume.com comments→

Netflix's Distributed Counter Abstraction //netflixtechblog.com comments→

#Data


What I wish someone told me about Postgres //challahscript.com comments→

Visprex – Open-source, in-browser data visualisation tool for CSV files //docs.visprex.com comments→

SQLite Index Visualization //mrsuh.com comments→

TinyTroupe, a new LLM-powered multiagent persona simulation Python library //github.com comments→

SQLite does not do checksums //avi.im comments→

#Design


NYC Subway Station Layouts //projectsubwaynyc.com comments→

Visualizing 13M Bluesky users //joelgustafson.com comments→

Misguided Apple Intelligence ads //tidbits.com comments→

A Mathematician in a School of Art //mathvalues.org comments→

Dev Fonts //devfonts.gafi.dev comments→

#Books


You too can write a book //parentheticallyspeaking.org comments→

MdBook – a command line tool to create books with Markdown //rust-lang.github.io comments→

The online sports gambling experiment //thezvi.substack.com comments→

#Working


Why is it so hard to find a job now? Enter Ghost Jobs //arxiv.org comments→

Stretch My Time Off – An Algorithm to Optimize Your Vacation Days //stretchmytimeoff.com comments→

Amazon Makes It Harder for Disabled Employees to Work from Home //bloomberg.com comments→

Looking for a Job Is Tough //blog.kaplich.me comments→

#Learn


Scientist treated her own cancer with viruses she grew in the lab //nature.com comments→

Memories are not only in the brain, human cell study finds //medicalxpress.com comments→

When muscles work out, they help neurons to grow, a new study shows //news.mit.edu comments→

MIT engineers make converting CO2 into useful products more practical //news.mit.edu comments→

Russian family lived alone in the Siberian wilderness for 40 years //smithsonianmag.com comments→

#Watching


Brian Kernighan Reflects on Unix: A History and a Memoir //youtube.com comments→

Smaller Than Pixel Art: Sub-Pixel Art //youtube.com comments→

Happy Exploding Whale Day //youtube.com comments→

Replacing my $8000 Mac Pro with a $1400 Mac mini //youtube.com comments→

#Startup News


The Onion buys Infowars //nytimes.com comments→

OpenAI, Google and Anthropic are struggling to build more advanced AI //bloomberg.com comments→

Waymo One is now open to all in Los Angeles //waymo.com comments→

Bluesky adds 700k new users in a week //theverge.com comments→

Wonder is acquiring Grubhub //about.grubhub.com comments→

#Fun


The Impact of Jungle Music in 90s Video Game Development //pikuma.com comments→

Daisy, an AI granny wasting scammers' time //news.virginmediao2.co.uk comments→

Grim Fandango //filfre.net comments→

Pi Chess Board //readymag.website comments→

A simple image puzzle generator //puzzlip.com comments→

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