Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 26, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:19) - An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time

(01:38) - Om Malik has died

(02:42) - The 'papers, please' era of the internet will decimate your privacy

(04:07) - Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

(05:37) - Oxide computer 3D rack guided tour

(06:51) - Hey Nico, you didn't vibe code your data room but stole it from Papermark

(08:16) - IBM debuts sub-1 nanometer chip technology

(09:56) - Show HN: Chess-Inspired Roguelike

(11:04) - Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion

(12:21) - Apple to skip high-end M6 Mac chips in favor of AI-focused M7 line

(13:38) - Outro

An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time
https://scrollprize.org/firstscroll
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48675179Om Malik has died
https://om.co/2026/06/24/1966-2026/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48678852
The 'papers, please' era of the internet will decimate your privacy
https://expression.fire.org/p/the-papers-please-era-of-the-internet
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48679608
Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/apple-raises-prices-macbooks-ipads-memory-costs-skyrocket-2026-06-25/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48672732
Oxide computer 3D rack guided tour
https://explorer.oxide.computer/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48631450
Hey Nico, you didn't vibe code your data room but stole it from Papermark
https://twitter.com/mfts0/status/2070080422482977095
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48672328
IBM debuts sub-1 nanometer chip technology
https://newsroom.ibm.com/2026-06-25-ibm-debuts-worlds-first-sub-1-nanometer-chip-technology
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48674967
Show HN: Chess-Inspired Roguelike
https://princechazz.com
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48616304
Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
https://github.com/inkeep/open-knowledge
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48675435
Apple to skip high-end M6 Mac chips in favor of AI-focused M7 line
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-25/apple-to-skip-high-end-m6-mac-chips-to-launch-m7-pro-m7-max-m7-ultra-instead?embedded-checkout=true
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48676795

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 25, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:19) - OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom

(01:40) - Anthropic says Alibaba illicitly extracted Claude AI model capabilities

(03:31) - RubyLLM: A Ruby framework for all major AI providers

(05:05) - Krea 2: SOTA open-weights 12B image model

(06:19) - 45°C cooling design cuts data center water use to near zero

(07:36) - A Practical Guide to SSH Tunnels: Local and Remote Port Forwarding

(08:44) - Half-Life 2 in a Browser

(09:37) - The Xteink X4 E-Ink Reader

(10:51) - Blogging can just be stating the obvious

(12:02) - GLM-5.2 is a step change for open agents

(13:14) - Outro

OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/24/openai-unveils-its-first-custom-chip-built-by-broadcom/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48663324Anthropic says Alibaba illicitly extracted Claude AI model capabilities
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/anthropic-says-alibaba-illicitly-extracted-claude-ai-model-capabilities-2026-06-24/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48664814
RubyLLM: A Ruby framework for all major AI providers
https://rubyllm.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48660711
Krea 2: SOTA open-weights 12B image model
https://www.krea.ai/blog/krea-2-technical-report
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48646659
45°C cooling design cuts data center water use to near zero
https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/liquid-cooling-ai-factories/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48660178
A Practical Guide to SSH Tunnels: Local and Remote Port Forwarding
https://labs.iximiuz.com/tutorials/ssh-tunnels
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48606222
Half-Life 2 in a Browser
https://hl2.slqnt.dev/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48669534
The Xteink X4 E-Ink Reader
https://blog.omgmog.net/post/xteink-x4-e-ink-reader/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48662381
Blogging can just be stating the obvious
https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/blogging-stating-the-obvious/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48666927
GLM-5.2 is a step change for open agents
https://www.interconnects.ai/p/glm-52-is-the-step-change-for-open
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48639840

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 24, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:22) - FUTO Swipe – A new swipe typing model

(01:48) - Fired by Google for creating the Google workspace CLI

(03:02) - Jerry's Map

(04:12) - In memory of the man who put red and green squiggles under words

(05:26) - Show HN: TikZ Editor – WYSIWYG editor for figures in LaTeX

(06:42) - Printing Gaussian Splats

(07:48) - The worthlessness of Vitamin D is mildly exaggerated

(09:12) - Vulnerability reports are not special anymore

(10:36) - Meta Pauses Employee-Tracking Program Following Internal Data Leak

(11:59) - Swift Package Index joins Apple

(13:03) - Outro

FUTO Swipe – A new swipe typing model
https://swipe.futo.tech/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48648619Fired by Google for creating the Google workspace CLI
https://twitter.com/JPoehnelt/status/2069482265953087602
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48649011
Jerry's Map
http://www.jerrysmap.com/the-map
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48649435
In memory of the man who put red and green squiggles under words
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260622-00/?p=112451
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48648959
Show HN: TikZ Editor – WYSIWYG editor for figures in LaTeX
https://tikz.dev/editor/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48645437
Printing Gaussian Splats
https://www.patreon.com/DanyBittel/posts/printing-splats-161333338
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48618481
The worthlessness of Vitamin D is mildly exaggerated
https://dynomight.net/vitamin-d/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48647486
Vulnerability reports are not special anymore
https://words.filippo.io/vuln-reports/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48653216
Meta Pauses Employee-Tracking Program Following Internal Data Leak
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-pauses-employee-tracking-program-following-internal-security-breach/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48653575
Swift Package Index joins Apple
https://swiftpackageindex.com/blog/swift-package-index-joins-apple
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48648779

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 23, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:12) - Steam Machine launches today

(01:44) - Flock-Powered Police Chiefs Stalking Women Shows Why Warrants Are Needed

(02:58) - Canada plans 'nuclear renaissance' with up to 10 reactors built by 2040

(04:22) - GLM-5.2 – How to Run Locally

(05:48) - Polymarket has flooded social media with deceptive videos by paid creators

(07:10) - My Mathematical Regression

(08:42) - Moebius: 0.2B image inpainting model with 10B-level performance

(10:03) - VibeThinker: 3B param model that beats Opus 4.5 on reasoning with novel SFT+GRPO

(11:17) - Show HN: Got sick of ads, so I made my own logic puzzle site

(12:18) - Show HN: Oak – Git alternative designed for agents

(13:27) - Outro

Steam Machine launches today
https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/45479024/view/685257114654870245
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48632884Flock-Powered Police Chiefs Stalking Women Shows Why Warrants Are Needed
https://ipvm.com/reports/police-chiefs-track
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48634694
Canada plans 'nuclear renaissance' with up to 10 reactors built by 2040
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-nuclear-strategy-9.7244509
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48634585
GLM-5.2 – How to Run Locally
https://unsloth.ai/docs/models/glm-5.2
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48636377
Polymarket has flooded social media with deceptive videos by paid creators
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/polymarket-social-media-bets-prediction-market-441cdeb5?st=HhTZY2
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48614715
My Mathematical Regression
https://blog.dahl.dev/posts/my-mathematical-regression/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48597221
Moebius: 0.2B image inpainting model with 10B-level performance
https://hustvl.github.io/Moebius/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48630171
VibeThinker: 3B param model that beats Opus 4.5 on reasoning with novel SFT+GRPO
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.16140
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48639240
Show HN: Got sick of ads, so I made my own logic puzzle site
https://puzzlelair.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48629213
Show HN: Oak – Git alternative designed for agents
https://oak.space/oak/oak
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48631726

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 22, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:16) - Identity verification on Claude

(01:47) - Did my old job only exist because of fraud?

(03:17) - Deno Desktop

(04:59) - Apertus – Open Foundation Model for Sovereign AI

(06:26) - Help I accidentally a wigglegram

(07:40) - There is minimal downside to switching to open models

(09:05) - Everything is logarithms

(10:19) - JSON-LD explained for personal websites

(11:39) - GLM 5.2 vs. Opus

(13:11) - The minimum viable unit of saleable software

(14:47) - Outro

Identity verification on Claude
https://support.claude.com/en/articles/14328960-identity-verification-on-claude
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48618455Did my old job only exist because of fraud?
https://david.newgas.net/did-my-old-job-only-exist-because-of-fraud/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48622867
Deno Desktop
https://docs.deno.com/runtime/desktop/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48626137
Apertus – Open Foundation Model for Sovereign AI
https://apertvs.ai/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48622778
Help I accidentally a wigglegram
https://lmao.center/blog/wiggle-accidents/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48605561
There is minimal downside to switching to open models
https://www.marble.onl/posts/cancel_claude.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48622518
Everything is logarithms
https://alexkritchevsky.com/2026/05/25/everything-is-logarithms.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48622626
JSON-LD explained for personal websites
https://hawksley.dev/blog/json-ld-explained-for-personal-websites/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48621517
GLM 5.2 vs. Opus
https://techstackups.com/comparisons/glm-5.2-vs-opus/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48626866
The minimum viable unit of saleable software
https://brandur.org/minimum-viable-unit
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48620342