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February 21, 2025

Hacker Newsletter #734

If you're going through hell, keep going. //Winston Churchill

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#Favorites


Learn how to communicate directly with potential customers by integrating your waitlist with a Loops newsletter while building your product
//clerk.com sponsored

“A calculator app? Anyone could make that”
//chadnauseam.com comments→

All Kindles can now be jailbroken
//kindlemodding.org comments→

My Life in Weeks
//weeks.ginatrapani.org comments→

Modern-Day Oracles or Bullsh!t Machines? How to thrive in a ChatGPT world
//thebullsh!tmachines.com comments→

We were wrong about GPUs
//fly.io comments→

AI is stifling new tech adoption?
//vale.rocks comments→

My LLM codegen workflow
//harper.blog comments→

Immersive Gaussian Splat experience of Sutro Tower, San Francisco
//vincentwoo.com comments→

TL;DR of Deep Dive into LLMs Like ChatGPT by Andrej Karpathy
//anfalmushtaq.com comments→

If you ever stacked cups in gym class, blame my dad
//defector.com comments→

#Ask HN


What is the best method for turning a scanned book as a PDF into text?

Tired of startups – want a normal job. Help

#Show HN


Pi-hole v6 //pi-hole.net comments→

Scripton – Python IDE with built-in realtime visualizations //scripton.dev comments→

OCR4all //ocr4all.org comments→

United States Power Outage Map //poweroutage.us comments→

PAROL6: 3D-printed desktop robotic arm //source-robotics.github.io comments→

#Code


Valve releases Team Fortress 2 code //github.com comments→

When imperfect systems are good: Bluesky's lossy timelines //jazco.dev comments→

A year of uv: pros, cons, and should you migrate //bitecode.dev comments→

My washing machine refreshed my thinking on software estimation //cosive.com comments→

#Data


Watch R1 "think" with animated chains of thought //github.com comments→

Searchcode.com’s SQLite database is probably 6 terabytes bigger than yours //boyter.org comments→

Build your own SQLite in Rust, Part 5: Evaluating queries //blog.sylver.dev comments→

#Design


The hardest working font in Manhattan //aresluna.org comments→

Uchū – Color palette for internet lovers //uchu.style comments→

#Books


Steve Jackson Games Is Bringing the Fighting Fantasy Books to the US //sjgames.com comments→

Ask HN: What fiction/non-fiction book should everyone read on the topic of CS? //news.ycombinator.com

Who will like this book? //yrsd.life comments→

#Working


You're not a senior engineer until you've worked on a legacy project //infobip.com comments→

The ideal candidate will be punched in the stomach //scottsmitelli.com comments→

#Learn


Dust from car brakes more harmful than exhaust, study finds //e360.yale.edu comments→

What if Eye...? //eyes.mit.edu comments→

Cheap blood test detects pancreatic cancer before it spreads //nature.com comments→

Egg prices are soaring. Are backyard chickens the answer? //civileats.com comments→

Basketball has evolved into a game of calculated decision-making //nabraj.com comments→

#Watching


Grok3 Launch //twitter.com comments→

The Floppotron 3.0 //silent.org.pl comments→

What will happen if you do an entire woodworking project using a VR headset? //youtube.com comments→

#Startup News


Apple Debuts iPhone 16e //apple.com comments→

Microsoft unveils Majorana 1 quantum processor //azure.microsoft.com comments→

Perplexity Deep Research //perplexity.ai comments→

South Korean regulator accuses DeepSeek of sharing user data with ByteDance //bbc.com comments→

#Fun


Live-updating version of the 'What a week, huh?' meme //tintin.dlazaro.ca comments→

Jane Street's Figgie card game //figgie.com comments→

A secret poker game you can play on the subway //experience.prfalken.dev comments→

A web platform for using YouTube as a drum sequencer //youtubesequencer.com comments→

Flappy Bird game inside the browser favicon //mewtru.com comments→

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