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Hacker Newsletter #756

There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. //Steven Wright

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Issue #756 // 2025-08-01 // View in your browser

#Favorites


Fast
//catherinejue.com comments→

Slow
//michaelnotebook.com comments→

Do not download the app, use the website
//idiallo.com comments→

My 2.5 year old laptop can write Space Invaders in JavaScript now
//simonwillison.net comments→

Face it: you're a crazy person
//experimental-history.com comments→

How was the Universal Pictures 1936 opening logo created?
//movies.stackexchange.com comments→

Try the Mosquito Bucket of Death
//energyvanguard.com comments→

Programming vehicles in games
//wassimulator.com comments→

Different Clocks
//ianto-cannon.github.io comments→

State capacity and eight parking spaces
//brethorsting.com comments→

#Ask HN


What are you working on?

What software subscriptions are worth paying for?

#Classifieds


You ship to production. Vibes won't cut it. //augmentcode.com

Buttondown Email - the last email platform you'll migrate to //buttondown.com

Airtable - Build with AI that means business //airtable.com

Real-World Kanban, Second Edition - Do Less, Accomplish More with Lean Thinking //pragprog.com

👉 Buy a classified ad

#Show HN


Copyparty – Turn almost any device into a file server //github.com comments→

Dumb Pipe //dumbpipe.dev comments→

Price Per Token – LLM API Pricing Data //pricepertoken.com comments→

Hyprnote – An open-source AI meeting notetaker //news.ycombinator.com

Companies use AI to take your calls. I built AI to make them for you //pipervoice.com comments→

I made a website that makes you cry //cryonceaweek.com comments→

Monchromate – Smart greyscale browser extension //monochromate.lirena.in comments→

#Code


I designed my own fast game streaming video codec – PyroWave //themaister.net comments→

Crush: Glamourous AI coding agent for your favourite terminal //github.com comments→

I know when you're vibe coding //alexkondov.com comments→

Never write your own date parsing library //zachleat.com comments→

Elements of System Design //github.com comments→

#Data


Making Postgres slower //byteofdev.com comments→

Observable Notebooks 2.0 Technology Preview //observablehq.com comments→

SQLx – Rust SQL Toolkit //github.com comments→

#Design


iPhone 16 cameras vs. traditional digital cameras //candid9.com comments→

RIP Shunsaku Tamiya, the man who made plastic model kits a global obsession //JapaneseNostalgicCar.com comments→

Optician Sans – A free font based on historical eye charts and optotypes //optician-sans.com comments→

Windows 7 GUI for the web //khang-nd.github.io comments→

Truchet Tiles //en.wikipedia.org comments→

Fountain Pen Ink and Paper Review Blog //mountainofink.com comments→

#Books


Printing a Book at Home with Minimal Equipment //huijzer.xyz comments→

Jelu: Self hosted read and to-read list book tracker //github.com comments→

The Ever-Difficult Task of Saving and Discarding Beloved Books //lithub.com comments→

The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid with Coloured Diagrams and Symbols //c82.net comments→

#Working


AI is a floor raiser, not a ceiling raiser //elroy.bot comments→

So you're a manager now //scottkosman.com comments→

What would an efficient and trustworthy meeting culture look like? //abitmighty.com comments→

#Learn


Sleep all comes down to the mitochondria //science.org comments→

Learning basic electronics by building fireflies //a64.in comments→

Where are vacation homes located in the US? //construction-physics.com comments→

Learning Is Slower Than You Think //nisheethvishnoi.substack.com comments→

Wirth's Law //en.wikipedia.org comments→

Zigzag Number Spiral //susam.net comments→

#Watching


I saved a PNG image to a bird //youtube.com comments→

FoundationDB: From idea to Apple acquisition //youtube.com comments→

I Bought a $200K VAX on eBay – Now It Runs My Smart Lights //youtube.com comments→

#Startup News


Study mode //openai.com comments→

Our $100M Series B //oxide.computer comments→

Anaconda Raises $150M Series C //anaconda.com comments→

#Fun


I built an AI that turns any book into a text adventure game //kathaaverse.com comments→

Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection //chiark.greenend.org.uk comments→

Sumo – Simulation of Urban Mobility //eclipse.dev comments→

Color Me Same – A new kind of logic game //color-me-same.franzai.com comments→

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