Hacker News Highlights

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

(00:00) - Intro

(00:18) - Antirender: remove the glossy shine on architectural renderings

(01:25) - HTTP Cats

(02:12) - The engineer who invented the Mars rover suspension in his garage [video]

(03:12) - Surely the crash of the US economy has to be soon

(04:19) - Peerweb: Decentralized website hosting via WebTorrent

(05:32) - Show HN: I trained a 9M speech model to fix my Mandarin tones

(06:41) - Code is cheap. Show me the talk

(08:02) - Disrupting the largest residential proxy network

(09:14) - YouTube blocks background video playback on Brave and other Browsers

(10:12) - Outro

Antirender: remove the glossy shine on architectural renderings
https://antirender.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46829147HTTP Cats
https://http.cat/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46824422
The engineer who invented the Mars rover suspension in his garage [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKSPk_0N4Jc
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46773655
Surely the crash of the US economy has to be soon
https://wilsoniumite.com/2026/01/27/surely-it-has-to-be-soon/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46822630
Peerweb: Decentralized website hosting via WebTorrent
https://peerweb.lol/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46829582
Show HN: I trained a 9M speech model to fix my Mandarin tones
https://simedw.com/2026/01/31/ear-pronunication-via-ctc/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46832074
Code is cheap. Show me the talk
https://nadh.in/blog/code-is-cheap/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46823485
Disrupting the largest residential proxy network
https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/disrupting-largest-residential-proxy-network
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46802748
YouTube blocks background video playback on Brave and other Browsers
https://piunikaweb.com/2026/01/28/youtube-background-play-samsung-internet-brave/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46834441

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jan 30, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:19) - Claude Code daily benchmarks for degradation tracking

(01:24) - Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive worlds

(02:31) - Moltbook

(03:34) - PlayStation 2 Recompilation Project Is Absolutely Incredible

(04:41) - AGENTS.md outperforms skills in our agent evals

(05:56) - A lot of population numbers are fake

(07:23) - Grid: Free, local-first, browser-based 3D printing/CNC/laser slicer

(08:34) - Retiring GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and OpenAI o4-mini in ChatGPT

(09:47) - OpenClaw – Moltbot Renamed Again

(10:55) - The WiFi only works when it's raining (2024)

(11:54) - Outro

Claude Code daily benchmarks for degradation tracking
https://marginlab.ai/trackers/claude-code/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46810282Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive worlds
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-deepmind/project-genie/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46812933
Moltbook
https://www.moltbook.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46820360
PlayStation 2 Recompilation Project Is Absolutely Incredible
https://redgamingtech.com/playstation-2-recompilation-project-is-absolutely-incredible/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46814743
AGENTS.md outperforms skills in our agent evals
https://vercel.com/blog/agents-md-outperforms-skills-in-our-agent-evals
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46809708
A lot of population numbers are fake
https://davidoks.blog/p/a-lot-of-population-numbers-are-fake
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46810027
Grid: Free, local-first, browser-based 3D printing/CNC/laser slicer
https://grid.space/stem/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46817813
Retiring GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and OpenAI o4-mini in ChatGPT
https://openai.com/index/retiring-gpt-4o-and-older-models/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46816539
OpenClaw – Moltbot Renamed Again
https://openclaw.ai/blog/introducing-openclaw
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46820783
The WiFi only works when it's raining (2024)
https://predr.ag/blog/wifi-only-works-when-its-raining/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46816357

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jan 29, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:19) - Airfoil (2024)

(01:18) - Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app

(02:32) - We can't send mail farther than 500 miles (2002)

(03:33) - Tesla ending Models S and X production

(04:39) - Render Mermaid diagrams as SVGs or ASCII art

(05:38) - Android's desktop interface leaks

(06:54) - Oban, the job processing framework from Elixir, has come to Python

(08:02) - Europe's next-generation weather satellite sends back first images

(09:08) - Mousefood – Build embedded terminal UIs for microcontrollers

(10:12) - Trinity large: An open 400B sparse MoE model

(11:15) - Outro

Airfoil (2024)
https://ciechanow.ski/airfoil/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46795908Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/28/patreon-apple-tax/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46801419
We can't send mail farther than 500 miles (2002)
https://web.mit.edu/jemorris/humor/500-miles
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46805665
Tesla ending Models S and X production
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/28/tesla-ending-model-s-x-production.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46802867
Render Mermaid diagrams as SVGs or ASCII art
https://github.com/lukilabs/beautiful-mermaid
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46804828
Android's desktop interface leaks
https://9to5google.com/2026/01/27/android-desktop-leak/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46790740
Oban, the job processing framework from Elixir, has come to Python
https://www.dimamik.com/posts/oban_py/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46797594
Europe's next-generation weather satellite sends back first images
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Meteorological_missions/meteosat_third_generation/Europe_s_next-generation_weather_satellite_sends_back_first_images
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46806773
Mousefood – Build embedded terminal UIs for microcontrollers
https://github.com/ratatui/mousefood
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46798402
Trinity large: An open 400B sparse MoE model
https://www.arcee.ai/blog/trinity-large
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46789561

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jan 28, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:17) - FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE

(01:30) - Prism

(02:38) - A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last few weeks

(03:41) - 430k-year-old well-preserved wooden tools are the oldest ever found

(04:51) - Doing the thing is doing the thing

(05:44) - Xfwl4 – The Roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor

(06:56) - Lennart Poettering, Christian Brauner founded a new company

(07:54) - Show HN: One Human + One Agent = One Browser From Scratch in 20K LOC

(09:09) - Amazon closing its Fresh and Go stores

(10:11) - AI2: Open Coding Agents

(11:25) - Outro

FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/fbi-investigating-minnesota-signal-minneapolis-group-ice-patel-kash-rcna256041
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46783254Prism
https://openai.com/index/introducing-prism
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46783752
A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last few weeks
https://twitter.com/karpathy/status/2015883857489522876
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46771564
430k-year-old well-preserved wooden tools are the oldest ever found
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/science/archaeology-neanderthals-tools.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46781530
Doing the thing is doing the thing
https://www.softwaredesign.ing/blog/doing-the-thing-is-doing-the-thing
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46776155
Xfwl4 – The Roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor
https://alexxcons.github.io/blogpost_15.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46779645
Lennart Poettering, Christian Brauner founded a new company
https://amutable.com/about
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46784572
Show HN: One Human + One Agent = One Browser From Scratch in 20K LOC
https://emsh.cat/one-human-one-agent-one-browser/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46779522
Amazon closing its Fresh and Go stores
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-closing-fresh-grocery-convenience-150437789.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46781444
AI2: Open Coding Agents
https://allenai.org/blog/open-coding-agents
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46783017

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jan 27, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:15) - After two years of vibecoding, I'm back to writing by hand

(01:25) - France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, etc.

(02:33) - Television is 100 years old today

(03:40) - Fedora Asahi Remix is now working on Apple M3

(04:41) - Qwen3-Max-Thinking

(05:36) - Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal

(06:56) - Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability

(08:04) - ChatGPT Containers can now run bash, pip/npm install packages and download files

(09:11) - JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back

(10:26) - The hidden engineering of runways

(11:29) - Outro

After two years of vibecoding, I'm back to writing by hand
https://atmoio.substack.com/p/after-two-years-of-vibecoding-im
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46765460France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, etc.
https://twitter.com/lellouchenico/status/2015775970330882319
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46767668
Television is 100 years old today
https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2026/01/tv100.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46766188
Fedora Asahi Remix is now working on Apple M3
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:okydh7e54e2nok65kjxdklvd/post/3mdd55paffk2o
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46769051
Qwen3-Max-Thinking
https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3-max-thinking
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46766741
Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202601255198
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46760329
Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/01/apple-introduces-new-airtag-with-expanded-range-and-improved-findability/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46765819
ChatGPT Containers can now run bash, pip/npm install packages and download files
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/26/chatgpt-containers/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46770221
JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back
https://nproject.io/blog/juicessh-give-me-back-my-pro-features/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46768909
The hidden engineering of runways
https://practical.engineering/blog/2026/1/20/the-hidden-engineering-of-runways
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46694193