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May 2, 2025

Hacker Newsletter #744

When you find an idea that you just can’t stop thinking about, that’s probably a good one to pursue. //Josh James

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#Favorites


Learn how to take your Clerk app to production in this step-by-step guide. Complete with a custom domain, OAuth credentials, and secure DNS config
//clerk.com sponsored

A $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, no screen
//theverge.com comments→

I use zip bombs to protect my server
//idiallo.com comments→

Watching o3 guess a photo's location is surreal, dystopian and entertaining
//simonwillison.net comments→

Finland Bans Smartphones in Schools
//yle.fi comments→

I created Perfect Wiki and reached $250k in annual revenue without investors
//habr.com comments→

You Wouldn't Download a Hacker News
//jasonthorsness.com comments→

The One-Person Framework in Practice
//link.mail.beehiiv.com comments→

Boxie – an always offline audio player for my 3 year old
//mariozechner.at comments→

Uncovering the mechanics of The Games: Winter Challenge
//mrwint.github.io comments→

Claude Integrations
//anthropic.com comments→

Mechanical Computer Kit (Roons)
//whomtech.com comments→

#Ask HN


What are you working on?

CS degrees, do they matter again?

AI Replacing Engineers – Firsthand Stories?

#Classifieds


Why B2B SaaS outgrow unified APIs //nango.dev

Discover interesting businesses started by indie developers and creators //indiehustle.co

Keep your Laravel apps secure with continuous security monitoring //stackshield.io

Start your own newsletter with Buttondown //buttondown.com

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#Show HN


Internet in a Box //internet-in-a-box.org comments→

I made a web-based, free alternative to Screen Studio //screenrecorder.me comments→

Beatsync – perfect audio sync across multiple devices //github.com comments→

I used OpenAI's new image API for a personalized coloring book service //clevercoloringbook.com comments→

The True Size Of //thetruesize.com comments→

Linkwarden: FOSS self-hostable bookmarking with AI-tagging and page archival //linkwarden.app comments→

#Code


Migrating away from Rust //deadmoney.gg comments→

A single line of code cost $8000 //pietrasiak.com comments→

TmuxAI: AI-Powered, Non-Intrusive Terminal Assistant //tmuxai.dev comments→

Cheating the Reaper in Go //mcyoung.xyz comments→

That's How We've Always Done Things Around Here //alexcristea.substack.com comments→

#Data


ClickHouse gets lazier and faster: Introducing lazy materialization //clickhouse.com comments→

A faster way to copy SQLite databases between computers //alexwlchan.net comments→

Shardines: SQLite3 Database-per-Tenant with ActiveRecord //blog.julik.nl comments→

What If We Could Rebuild Kafka from Scratch? //morling.dev comments→

Found a simple tool for database modeling: dbdiagram.io //dbdiagram.io comments→

Wikipedia: Database Download //en.wikipedia.org comments→

Anatomy of a SQL Engine //dolthub.com comments→

#Design


108B Pixel Scan of Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring //hirox-europe.com comments→

The 12-bit rainbow palette //iamkate.com comments→

Icônes //icones.js.org comments→

You Can Be a Great Designer and Be Completely Unknown //chrbutler.com comments→

#Books


I wrote a book called “Crap Towns”. It seemed funny at the time //samj.substack.com comments→

Notation as a Tool of Thought //jsoftware.com comments→

How to program a text adventure in C //helderman.github.io comments→

The Books of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin //lars.ingebrigtsen.no comments→

In 1909 E.M. Forster wrote an eerily prescient short story about man vs. machine //stephango.com comments→

#Working


Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at all, say economists //theregister.com comments→

Business co-founders in tech startups are less valuable than they think //verdikapuku.com comments→

"AI-first" is the new Return To Office //anildash.com comments→

Ask HN: Who is hiring? //news.ycombinator.com

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? //news.ycombinator.com

Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? //news.ycombinator.com

#Learn


The effect of deactivating Facebook and Instagram on users' emotional state //nber.org comments→

Astronomers confirm the existence of a lone black hole //phys.org comments→

Chongqing, the Largest City – In Pictures //theguardian.com comments→

Collatz's Ant //gbragafibra.github.io comments→

#Watching


Someone at YouTube needs glasses //jayd.ml comments→

Berkeley Humanoid Lite – Open-source robot //lite.berkeley-humanoid.org comments→

Pewdiepie – I installed Linux (so should you) //youtube.com comments→

Pebble Core 2 Duo Smartwatch Demo and Q&A //youtube.com comments→

How to Identify Quality in Clothing (A Rant) //youtube.com comments→

#Startup News


Apple violated antitrust ruling, judge finds //wsj.com comments→

Redis is open source again //antirez.com comments→

OpenAI releases image generation in the API //openai.com comments→

Waymo and Toyota outline partnership to advance autonomous driving deployment //waymo.com comments→

Backblaze: Mounting Losses, Lawsuits, Sham Accounting, Insider Selling //morpheus-research.com comments→

Magic Patterns – AI Design and Prototyping for Product Teams //news.ycombinator.com

#Fun


Cloth //cloudofoz.com comments→

One Million Chessboards //onemillionchessboards.com comments→

Mobygratis – Free Moby music to empower your creative projects //mobygratis.com comments→

Lil digi – play a platformer game as yourself //lildigi.me comments→

Robot Unlock – an open-ended programming game/zachlike //store.steampowered.com comments→

The DOS game from 1984 recreated //github.com comments→

Classic games that look like a spreadsheet for office workers //boredspreadsheet.com comments→

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