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June 13, 2025

Hacker Newsletter #750

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Issue #750 // 2025-06-13 // View in your browser

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#Favorites


Sync Clerk user data to Supabase in real time with webhooks - Stop polling and start syncing. This guide shows how to stream Clerk user updates into Supabase with ease. //clerk.com sponsored

Bill Atkinson has died
//daringfireball.net comments→

The last six months in LLMs, illustrated by pelicans on bicycles
//simonwillison.net comments→

Tell HN: Help restore the tax deduction for software dev in the US (Section 174)
//news.ycombinator.com comments→

GCP Outage
//status.cloud.google.com comments→

A receipt printer cured my procrastination
//laurieherault.com comments→

Falsehoods programmers believe about aviation
//flightaware.engineering comments→

Low-background Steel: content without AI contamination
//blog.jgc.org comments→

Finding Atari Games in Randomly Generated Data
//bbenchoff.github.io comments→

Sharing everything I could understand about gradient noise
//blog.pkh.me comments→

Solving LinkedIn Queens with SMT
//buttondown.com comments→

#Ask HN


How to learn CUDA to professional level

Any good tools for viewing congressional bills?

What cool skill or project interests you, but feels out of reach?

#Show HN


Vassar Robotics – $219 robot arm that learns new skills //news.ycombinator.com

Air Lab – A portable and open air quality measuring device //networkedartifacts.com comments→

Ikuyo a Travel Planning Web Application //ikuyo.kenrick95.org comments→

4-7-8 Breathing //breathbelly.com comments→

RomM – An open-source, self-hosted ROM manager and player //github.com comments→

Eyesite – Experimental website combining computer vision and web design //blog.andykhau.com comments→

#Code


How I Program with Agents //crawshaw.io comments→

A look at Cloudflare's AI-coded OAuth library //neilmadden.blog comments→

Demystifying Debuggers //rfleury.com comments→

Too Many Open Files //mattrighetti.com comments→

Small Programs and Languages //ratfactor.com comments→

#Data


Debug & visualize Redis instances in real time—for free //redis.io sponsored

Magistral — the first reasoning model by Mistral AI //mistral.ai comments→

Test Postgres in Python Like SQLite //github.com comments→

#Design


Apple introduces a universal design across platforms //apple.com comments→

Brian Wilson has died //pitchfork.com comments→

Convert photos to Atkinson dithering //gazs.github.io comments→

Hokusai Moyo Gafu: an album of dyeing patterns //ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp comments→

I made CSS-only glitch effect //muffinman.io comments→

-=:[ WarGames Terminal Fonts ] //mw.rat.bz comments→

#Books


Discrete Mathematics: An Open Introduction [pdf] //discrete.openmathbooks.org comments→

The Online Books Page at U Penn – listing of legally available online books //onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu comments→

#Working


How long it takes to know if a job is right for you or not //charity.wtf comments→

Joining Apple Computer //folklore.org comments→

What “working” means in the era of AI apps //a16z.com comments→

Semi-Sync Meetings: Stop Wasting Our Time //lukebechtel.com comments→

#Learn


Research suggests Big Bang may have taken place inside a black hole //port.ac.uk comments→

Researchers develop ‘transparent paper’ as alternative to plastics //japannews.yomiuri.co.jp comments→

Forests offset warming more than thought: study //news.ucr.edu comments→

Dolly Parton's Dollywood Express //thetransitguy.substack.com comments→

Air-dried vs. Kiln-dried Wood //christopherschwarz.substack.com comments→

Dancing brainwaves: How sound reshapes your brain networks in real time //sciencedaily.com comments→

#Watching


I made a 3D printed VTOL drone //tsungxu.com comments→

Why are smokestacks so tall? //practical.engineering comments→

Faster, easier 2D vector rendering //youtube.com comments→

Expanding Racks //youtube.com comments→

I tried to make something in America //youtube.com comments→

Lisp Machines: A Cult AI Computer's Boom and Bust //youtube.com comments→

#Startup News


Apple announces Foundation Models and Containerization frameworks, etc //apple.com comments→

Kagi Reaches 50k Users //kagi.com comments→

Android 16 is here //blog.google comments→

How we’re responding to The NYT’s data demands in order to protect user privacy //openai.com comments→

Apple has announced its final version of macOS for Intel //tedium.co comments→

Clay Is Joining Automattic //clay.earth comments→

#Fun


DeskHog, an open-source developer toy //posthog.com comments→

Odyc.js – A tiny JavaScript library for narrative games //odyc.dev comments→

MidWord – A Word-Guessing Game //midword.com comments→

Tool-Assisted Speedrunning the Boring Parts of Animal Crossing (GCN) //github.com comments→

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