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Hacker Newsletter #755

Just because something is easy to measure doesn't mean it's important. //Seth Godin

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Issue #755 // 2025-07-25 // View in your browser

#Sponsor


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#Favorites


CARA – High precision robot dog using rope
//aaedmusa.com comments→

How to Firefox
//kau.sh comments→

Coding with LLMs in the summer of 2025 – an update
//antirez.com comments→

Nobody knows how to build with AI yet
//worksonmymachine.substack.com comments→

A 14kb page can load much faster than a 15kb page
//endtimes.dev comments→

The bewildering phenomenon of declining quality
//english.elpais.com comments→

Unsafe and Unpredictable: My Volvo EX90 Experience
//myvolvoex90.com comments→

I drank every cocktail
//aaronson.org comments→

Make Your Own Backup System – Part 1: Strategy Before Scripts
//it-notes.dragas.net comments→

Two narratives about AI
//calnewport.com comments→

The Game Genie Generation
//tedium.co comments→

#Ask HN


Any active COBOL devs here? What are you working on?

I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

#Show HN


Tinder but it's only pictures of my wife and I can only swipe right //trytender.app comments→

Compass CNC – Open-source handheld CNC router //compassrouter.com comments→

TheProtector – Linux Bash script for the paranoid admin on a budget //github.com comments→

Subreply – An open source text-only social network //github.com comments→

#Code


Uv: Running a script with dependencies //docs.astral.sh comments→

To be a better programmer, write little proofs in your head //the-nerve-blog.ghost.io comments→

TODOs aren't for doing //sophiebits.com comments→

Open Source Maintenance Fee //github.com comments→

Vibe scraping and vibe coding a schedule webapp for a conference on my phone //simonwillison.net comments→

#Data


US AI Action Plan //ai.gov comments→

Subliminal learning: Models transmit behaviors via hidden signals in data //alignment.anthropic.com comments→

Positron – A next-generation data science IDE //positron.posit.co comments→

SQL Injection as a Feature //idiallo.com comments→

Postgres to ClickHouse: Data Modeling Tips //clickhouse.com comments→

DataRamen, a Fast SQL Explorer with Automatic Joins and Data Navigation //dataramen.xyz comments→

#Design


Font Comparison: Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono vs. JetBrains Mono and Fira Code //anthes.is comments→

DaisyUI: Tailwind CSS Components //daisyui.com comments→

From Cartography to Code: Architectures of Power at the Venice Biennale 2025 //stirworld.com comments→

#Books


CP/M creator Gary Kildall's memoirs released as free download //spectrum.ieee.org comments→

How to increase your surface area for luck //usefulfictions.substack.com comments→

The Magic of Code – book about the wonders and weirdness of computation //themagicofcode.com comments→

The Sumerian Game: The ancestor of modern city builders //spillhistorie.no comments→

#Working


How Anthropic teams use Claude Code //anthropic.com comments→

The vibe coder's career path is doomed //blog.florianherrengt.com comments→

Work Life balance slows careers //pathtostaff.com comments→

#Learn


Altermagnets: The first new type of magnet in nearly a century //newscientist.com comments→

Facts don't change minds, structure does //vasily.cc comments→

Why you can't color calibrate deep space photos //maurycyz.com comments→

Hiding messages in a deck playing cards //asherfalcon.com comments→

Robot metabolism: Toward machines that can grow by consuming other machines //science.org comments→

Sutton SignWriting is a writing system for sign languages //en.m.wikipedia.org comments→

#Watching


The Genius Device That Rocked F1 //youtube.com comments→

It's DOOM but you can Cut, Copy and Paste //youtube.com comments→

Out Run: Amiga Edition – Launch Trailer //youtube.com comments→

#Startup News


Global hack on Microsoft Sharepoint hits U.S., state agencies, researchers say //washingtonpost.com comments→

Mistral Releases Deep Research, Voice, Projects in Le Chat //mistral.ai comments→

Meta says it won't sign Europe AI agreement //cnbc.com comments→

Intel CEO Letter to Employees //morethanmoore.substack.com comments→

TSMC to start building four new plants with 1.4nm technology //taipeitimes.com comments→

Mira Murati’s AI startup Thinking Machines valued at $12B in early-stage funding //reuters.com comments→

#Fun


TrackWeight: Turn your MacBook's trackpad into a digital weighing scale //github.com comments→

Pimping My Casio: Part Deux //blog.jgc.org comments→

Solving a Childhood Mystery: How BASIC Games Learned to Win //sublevelgames.github.io comments→

I built a free math-based puzzle game called Equatile //equatile.com comments→

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