Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Mar 20, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:23) - Astral to Join OpenAI

(01:46) - Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps

(03:26) - Show HN: Three new Kitten TTS models – smallest less than 25MB

(04:36) - 4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches

(05:52) - Return of the Obra Dinn: spherical mapped dithering for a 1bpp first-person game

(06:51) - Push events into a running session with channels

(08:10) - Waymo Safety Impact

(09:36) - ArXiv Declares Independence from Cornell

(10:43) - Cockpit is a web-based graphical interface for servers

(11:53) - How the Turner twins are mythbusting modern technical apparel

(13:33) - Outro

Astral to Join OpenAI
https://astral.sh/blog/openai
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47438723Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/google-details-new-24-hour-process-to-sideload-unverified-android-apps/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47442690
Show HN: Three new Kitten TTS models – smallest less than 25MB
https://github.com/KittenML/KittenTTS
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47441546
4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c624330lg1ko
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47440430
Return of the Obra Dinn: spherical mapped dithering for a 1bpp first-person game
https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=40832.msg1363742#msg1363742
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47406160
Push events into a running session with channels
https://code.claude.com/docs/en/channels
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47448524
Waymo Safety Impact
https://waymo.com/safety/impact/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47445246
ArXiv Declares Independence from Cornell
https://www.science.org/content/article/arxiv-pioneering-preprint-server-declares-independence-cornell
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47450478
Cockpit is a web-based graphical interface for servers
https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47445599
How the Turner twins are mythbusting modern technical apparel
https://www.carryology.com/insights/how-the-turner-twins-are-mythbusting-modern-gear/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47416972

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Mar 19, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:26) - Rob Pike’s Rules of Programming (1989)

(02:01) - OpenRocket

(03:08) - Austin’s surge of new housing construction drove down rents

(04:27) - A sufficiently detailed spec is code

(05:53) - Warranty Void If Regenerated

(07:13) - Nvidia greenboost: transparently extend GPU VRAM using system RAM/NVMe

(08:21) - Nvidia NemoClaw

(09:29) - Wander – A tiny, decentralised tool to explore the small web

(10:42) - Show HN: I built 48 lightweight SVG backgrounds you can copy/paste

(11:44) - OpenAI Has New Focus (on the IPO)

(13:19) - Outro

Rob Pike’s Rules of Programming (1989)
https://www.cs.unc.edu/~stotts/COMP590-059-f24/robsrules.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47423647OpenRocket
https://openrocket.info/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47386703
Austin’s surge of new housing construction drove down rents
https://www.pew.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2026/03/18/austins-surge-of-new-housing-construction-drove-down-rents
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47433058
A sufficiently detailed spec is code
https://haskellforall.com/2026/03/a-sufficiently-detailed-spec-is-code
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47434047
Warranty Void If Regenerated
https://nearzero.software/p/warranty-void-if-regenerated
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47431237
Nvidia greenboost: transparently extend GPU VRAM using system RAM/NVMe
https://gitlab.com/IsolatedOctopi/nvidia_greenboost
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47388658
Nvidia NemoClaw
https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47427027
Wander – A tiny, decentralised tool to explore the small web
https://susam.net/wander/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47422759
Show HN: I built 48 lightweight SVG backgrounds you can copy/paste
https://www.svgbackgrounds.com/set/free-svg-backgrounds-and-patterns/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47427299
OpenAI Has New Focus (on the IPO)
https://om.co/2026/03/17/openai-has-new-focus-on-the-ipo/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47423976

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Mar 18, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:25) - Microsoft's 'unhackable' Xbox One has been hacked by 'Bliss'

(01:56) - A Decade of Slug

(03:16) - Mistral AI Releases Forge

(04:46) - Have a fucking website

(06:06) - Python 3.15's JIT is now back on track

(07:26) - Get Shit Done: A meta-prompting, context engineering and spec-driven dev system

(08:55) - Honda is killing its EVs

(10:20) - Unsloth Studio

(11:36) - It Took Me 30 Years to Solve This VFX Problem – Green Screen Problem [video]

(12:42) - More than 135 open hardware devices flashable with your own firmware

(13:47) - Outro

Microsoft's 'unhackable' Xbox One has been hacked by 'Bliss'
https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/microsofts-unhackable-xbox-one-has-been-hacked-by-bliss-the-2013-console-finally-fell-to-voltage-glitching-allowing-the-loading-of-unsigned-code-at-every-level
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47413876A Decade of Slug
https://terathon.com/blog/decade-slug.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47416736
Mistral AI Releases Forge
https://mistral.ai/news/forge
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47418295
Have a fucking website
https://www.otherstrangeness.com/2026/03/14/have-a-fucking-website/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47421442
Python 3.15's JIT is now back on track
https://fidget-spinner.github.io/posts/jit-on-track.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47416486
Get Shit Done: A meta-prompting, context engineering and spec-driven dev system
https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47417804
Honda is killing its EVs
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/14/honda-is-killing-its-evs-and-any-chance-of-competing-in-the-future/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47387268
Unsloth Studio
https://unsloth.ai/docs/new/studio
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47414032
It Took Me 30 Years to Solve This VFX Problem – Green Screen Problem [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ploi723hg4
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47368425
More than 135 open hardware devices flashable with your own firmware
https://openhardware.directory
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47369883

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Mar 17, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:19) - Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story

(01:52) - Kagi Translate now supports LinkedIn Speak as an output language

(03:04) - US SEC preparing to scrap quarterly reporting requirement

(04:04) - Leanstral: Open-source agent for trustworthy coding and formal proof engineering

(05:31) - Meta’s renewed commitment to jemalloc

(06:45) - Why I love FreeBSD

(08:04) - The “small web” is bigger than you might think

(09:38) - My Journey to a reliable and enjoyable locally hosted voice assistant (2025)

(10:46) - The American Healthcare Conundrum

(12:11) - AirPods Max 2

(13:36) - Outro

Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story
https://www.timesofisrael.com/gamblers-trying-to-win-a-bet-on-polymarket-are-vowing-to-kill-me-if-i-dont-rewrite-an-iran-missile-story/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47397822Kagi Translate now supports LinkedIn Speak as an output language
https://translate.kagi.com/?from=en&to=LinkedIn+speak
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47408703
US SEC preparing to scrap quarterly reporting requirement
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-sec-preparing-eliminate-quarterly-reporting-requirement-wsj-says-2026-03-16/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47406779
Leanstral: Open-source agent for trustworthy coding and formal proof engineering
https://mistral.ai/news/leanstral
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47404796
Meta’s renewed commitment to jemalloc
https://engineering.fb.com/2026/03/02/data-infrastructure/investing-in-infrastructure-metas-renewed-commitment-to-jemalloc/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47402640
Why I love FreeBSD
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2026/03/16/why-i-love-freebsd/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47397574
The “small web” is bigger than you might think
https://kevinboone.me/small_web_is_big.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47401879
My Journey to a reliable and enjoyable locally hosted voice assistant (2025)
https://community.home-assistant.io/t/my-journey-to-a-reliable-and-enjoyable-locally-hosted-voice-assistant/944860
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47398534
The American Healthcare Conundrum
https://github.com/rexrodeo/american-healthcare-conundrum
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47401809
AirPods Max 2
https://www.apple.com/airpods-max/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47398681

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Mar 16, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:19) - Canada's bill C-22 mandates mass metadata surveillance

(01:43) - The 49MB web page

(03:02) - Chrome DevTools MCP (2025)

(04:15) - LLM Architecture Gallery

(05:22) - A Visual Introduction to Machine Learning (2015)

(06:24) - Stop Sloppypasta

(07:49) - Separating the Wayland compositor and window manager

(09:06) - Glassworm is back: A new wave of invisible Unicode attacks hits repositories

(10:37) - LLMs can be exhausting

(12:09) - How I write software with LLMs

(13:36) - Outro

Canada's bill C-22 mandates mass metadata surveillance
https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/03/a-tale-of-two-bills-lawful-access-returns-with-changes-to-warrantless-access-but-dangerous-backdoor-surveillance-risks-remains/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47392084The 49MB web page
https://thatshubham.com/blog/news-audit
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47390945
Chrome DevTools MCP (2025)
https://developer.chrome.com/blog/chrome-devtools-mcp-debug-your-browser-session
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47390817
LLM Architecture Gallery
https://sebastianraschka.com/llm-architecture-gallery/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47388676
A Visual Introduction to Machine Learning (2015)
https://r2d3.us/visual-intro-to-machine-learning-part-1/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47386116
Stop Sloppypasta
https://stopsloppypasta.ai/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47389570
Separating the Wayland compositor and window manager
https://isaacfreund.com/blog/river-window-management/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47388137
Glassworm is back: A new wave of invisible Unicode attacks hits repositories
https://www.aikido.dev/blog/glassworm-returns-unicode-attack-github-npm-vscode
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47387047
LLMs can be exhausting
https://tomjohnell.com/llms-can-be-absolutely-exhausting/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47391803
How I write software with LLMs
https://www.stavros.io/posts/how-i-write-software-with-llms/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47394022