Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 4, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:18) - Postman silently auto-installs AI plugins and attempts to share all API data

(01:25) - Jailbreaking my car's navigation system just so I can change the time

(02:32) - Qwen 3.8 27B on my laptop can interpret model weights, too

(03:44) - Stringman, an $800 open-source room scale gripper robot

(04:44) - Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand

(05:46) - Safari introduces Adaptive Dark Mode in 27.3

(06:46) - Show HN: HackerTV – HN's most-recommended Youtube videos as 24/7 TV channels

(07:42) - C++26 Disapproved

(08:36) - The Internals of PostgreSQL

(09:36) - Jelly Sheet

(10:22) - Outro

Postman silently auto-installs AI plugins and attempts to share all API data
https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-app-support/issues/14370
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50354960Jailbreaking my car's navigation system just so I can change the time
https://blog.nns.ee/2026/11/02/renault-hack/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50339288
Qwen 3.8 27B on my laptop can interpret model weights, too
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Nov/3/qwen-can-interpret-model-weights/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50355251
Stringman, an $800 open-source room scale gripper robot
https://neufangled.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50354358
Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/fujifilm-to-boost-tape-production-5x-as-ai-fuels-archiving-demand/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50336918
Safari introduces Adaptive Dark Mode in 27.3
https://webkit.org/blog/18541/introducing-adaptive-dark-mode/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50358562
Show HN: HackerTV – HN's most-recommended Youtube videos as 24/7 TV channels
https://hackertv.org
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50346755
C++26 Disapproved
https://andreasfertig.com/blog/2026/11/cpp26-dis-failed-how-does-cpp-survive/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50360164
The Internals of PostgreSQL
https://www.interdb.jp/pg/index.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50358702
Jelly Sheet
https://mrdoob.github.io/codevember-2026/01/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50361268

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 3, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:17) - Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen

(01:29) - Show HN: Subvocal – Talk to your computer without making noise

(02:36) - If you love a website, back it up

(03:38) - US boy names that became girl names and vice versa

(04:40) - Show HN: Hacker Times, a New York Times-inspired version of Hacker News

(05:35) - Show HN: Warsaw in voxels – An interactive 3D map of the city centre

(06:28) - DiscImageStudio: burn visible artwork onto CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs

(07:32) - Self-Employed? Solopreneur? NIST Has a Cybersecurity Guide Just for You

(08:34) - Resisting Cognitive Surrender

(09:35) - Egoless Mathematics in the AI Era

(10:37) - Outro

Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen
https://rikiyat.github.io/blog/weight-space-programming/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50341174Show HN: Subvocal – Talk to your computer without making noise
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50340088
If you love a website, back it up
https://blog.mistys-internet.website/post/2026/10/29/if-you-love-a-website-back-it-up/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50336518
US boy names that became girl names and vice versa
https://namedaisy.com/blog/boy-names-that-became-girl-names
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50339397
Show HN: Hacker Times, a New York Times-inspired version of Hacker News
https://hackertimes.ca/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50346981
Show HN: Warsaw in voxels – An interactive 3D map of the city centre
https://p.migdal.pl/warsaw-vibe-voxel/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50339221
DiscImageStudio: burn visible artwork onto CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs
https://github.com/JiaFeiMiao-K-Cat/DiscImageStudio
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50346849
Self-Employed? Solopreneur? NIST Has a Cybersecurity Guide Just for You
https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2026/11/self-employed-solopreneur-nist-has-cybersecurity-guide-just-you
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50340619
Resisting Cognitive Surrender
https://knlb.dev/essays/surrender
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50323123
Egoless Mathematics in the AI Era
https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/11/02/egoless-mathematics-in-the-ai-era/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50341736

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 2, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:20) - Show HN: HackerBooks – HackerTube, but for books mentioned on HN

(01:18) - Postgres 19 is late because so many more bugs are being found now

(02:11) - Ask HN: Which TV do you recommend for privacy?

(03:16) - OccupySaaS

(04:15) - Show HN: Wikihack – HackerTube, but for Wikipedia articles mentioned on HN

(05:13) - Show HN: OmniDiff – Opensource, super fast, content aware Git difftool, in Rust

(06:21) - Show HN: Point your camera at a landscape to learn about its geology

(07:22) - Copper – A minimal low-level programming language with OOP and generics

(08:23) - Mystery of 60-Second Fluctuations in Power Grids Solved

(09:18) - One-minute frequency disturbances from synchronization in power systems

(10:16) - Outro

Show HN: HackerBooks – HackerTube, but for books mentioned on HN
https://hackerbooks.org
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50326821Postgres 19 is late because so many more bugs are being found now
http://rhaas.blogspot.com/2026/10/postgres-19-is-late-and-its-ais-fault.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50312408
Ask HN: Which TV do you recommend for privacy?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50328896
OccupySaaS
https://occupysaas.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50331402
Show HN: Wikihack – HackerTube, but for Wikipedia articles mentioned on HN
https://wikihack.netlify.app
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50333339
Show HN: OmniDiff – Opensource, super fast, content aware Git difftool, in Rust
https://github.com/ivankovic/omnidiff
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50325253
Show HN: Point your camera at a landscape to learn about its geology
https://outcrop.rocks/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50290533
Copper – A minimal low-level programming language with OOP and generics
https://tibleiz.net/copper/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50308754
Mystery of 60-Second Fluctuations in Power Grids Solved
https://www.fz-juelich.de/en/news/archive/press-release/2026/mystery-of-60-second-fluctuations-in-power-grids-solved
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50315217
One-minute frequency disturbances from synchronization in power systems
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-026-02144-0
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50314617

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 1, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:19) - HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN

(01:27) - TCP Use-After-Free: CVE-2026-98432 / CVSS 9.8

(02:44) - An Italian farmer found some unknown seeds in his attic and planted them

(03:49) - Norway makes shithouses great again

(04:35) - Memdoor: A team of 5 Qwen3.8-27B models beats Fable 5 on LiveCodeBench Hard

(05:55) - Jepsen: ParticleDB 1.1.4

(07:11) - It's the memory latency, stupid

(08:28) - Brazilian Court Sanctions Lawyers for Prompt Injection in Court Filing

(09:35) - The AI cost of JavaScript frameworks

(10:45) - Electrification Could Cut Global Energy Use in Half

(11:46) - Outro

HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN
https://karpathy.bearblog.dev/hacker-tube/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50319510TCP Use-After-Free: CVE-2026-98432 / CVSS 9.8
https://atlasum.net/blog/cve-2026-98432-linux-ipv4-tcp-uaf
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50319143
An Italian farmer found some unknown seeds in his attic and planted them
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/italian-farmer-found-unknown-seeds-attic-with-nothing-lose-planted-them-result-biblical-180989644/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50320963
Norway makes shithouses great again
https://www.visitnorway.com/plan-your-trip/travel-tips-a-z/norwegian-scenic-routes/worlds-best-toilets/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50324388
Memdoor: A team of 5 Qwen3.8-27B models beats Fable 5 on LiveCodeBench Hard
https://github.com/guregodevo/memdoor/tree/main/examples/workflows/team-solve
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50320995
Jepsen: ParticleDB 1.1.4
https://jepsen.io/analyses/particledb-1.1.4
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50316100
It's the memory latency, stupid
https://pivotlake.io/blog/its-the-memory-latency-stupid/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50318720
Brazilian Court Sanctions Lawyers for Prompt Injection in Court Filing
https://jetstream.security/insights/brazilian-court-sanctions-prompt-injection-filing/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50322173
The AI cost of JavaScript frameworks
https://nolanlawson.com/2026/10/28/the-ai-cost-of-javascript-frameworks/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50323088
Electrification Could Cut Global Energy Use in Half
https://fullycharged.show/podcasts/podcast-361-why-electrification-could-cut-global-energy-use-in-half/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50319110

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Oct 31, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:18) - Backdoor in Claude Code for VS Code extension on the Cursor Marketplace

(01:28) - The $6.3B Binance hack was pulled off in just 20 minutes

(02:42) - Northflank Breached

(03:40) - My favourite PowerMac is a Nintendo Wii

(04:43) - Azure's Weakest Link – Five Full Cross-Tenant Compromises

(05:46) - The federated code forge

(06:54) - Florilegium: Procedural Flowers in LaTeX

(07:57) - Breaking the open web won't stop the bad bots

(09:03) - Show HN: A working Nintendo in ~1GB of Qwen weights

(10:11) - Tell HN: Scribd Breached

(11:01) - Outro

Backdoor in Claude Code for VS Code extension on the Cursor Marketplace
https://phorion.io/blog/offical-claude-code-vsx-compromise/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50300683The $6.3B Binance hack was pulled off in just 20 minutes
https://www.wired.com/story/the-dollar63-billion-binance-hack-was-pulled-off-in-just-20-minutes/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50303172
Northflank Breached
https://status.northflank.com
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50305025
My favourite PowerMac is a Nintendo Wii
https://virtuallyfun.com/2026/10/29/my-favourite-powermac-is-a-nintendo-wii/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50307190
Azure's Weakest Link – Five Full Cross-Tenant Compromises
https://www.binarysecurity.no/posts/2026/10/one-root-case
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50301854
The federated code forge
https://tangled.org/blog/forge/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50305573
Florilegium: Procedural Flowers in LaTeX
https://github.com/kevinraymond/florilegium
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50305637
Breaking the open web won't stop the bad bots
https://www.techpolicy.press/breaking-the-open-web-wont-stop-the-bad-bots/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50263837
Show HN: A working Nintendo in ~1GB of Qwen weights
https://github.com/dbreunig/nesformer
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50306442
Tell HN: Scribd Breached
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50312756