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February 16th, 2026 | I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive? Feb 17, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 16, 2026.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47031580&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:57): 14-year-old Miles Wu folded origami pattern that holds 10k times its own weight
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47038546&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:25): Ministry of Justice orders deletion of the UK's largest court reporting database
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47034713&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:52): Qwen3.5: Towards Native Multimodal Agents
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47032876&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:20): Anthropic tries to hide Claude's AI actions. Devs hate it
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47033622&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:48): Thanks a lot, AI: Hard drives are sold out for the year, says WD
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47034192&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:15): What your Bluetooth devices reveal
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47035560&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:43): UK Discord users were part of a Peter Thiel-linked data collection experiment
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47035679&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:11): Study: Self-generated Agent Skills are useless
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47040430&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:38): Show HN: Jemini – Gemini for the Epstein Files
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47031334&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

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February 15th, 2026 | I love the work of the ArchWiki maintainers Feb 16, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 15, 2026.
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(00:30): I love the work of the ArchWiki maintainers
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47020191&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:56): EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47025378&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:23): I’m joining OpenAI
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47028013&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:49): Amazon's Ring and Google's Nest reveal the severity of U.S. surveillance state
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47023238&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:16): I fixed Windows native development
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47022891&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:42): Oat – Ultra-lightweight, zero dependency, semantic HTML, CSS, JS UI library
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47021980&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:09): Hideki Sato, designer of all Sega's consoles, has died
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47024907&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:36): LT6502: A 6502-based homebrew laptop
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47025399&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:02): Flashpoint Archive – Over 200k web games and animations preserved
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47021354&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:29): NewPipe: YouTube client without vertical videos and algorithmic feed
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47020218&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

February 14th, 2026 | uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts Feb 15, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 14, 2026.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47016443&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:57): An AI agent published a hit piece on me – more things have happened
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47009949&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:24): Ars Technica makes up quotes from Matplotlib maintainer; pulls story
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47013059&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:51): Ooh.directory: a place to find good blogs that interest you
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47014449&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:18): News publishers limit Internet Archive access due to AI scraping concerns
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47017138&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:45): My smart sleep mask broadcasts users' brainwaves to an open MQTT broker
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47015294&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:12): Vim 9.2
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47015330&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:39): Zig – io_uring and Grand Central Dispatch std.Io implementations landed
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47012717&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:06): Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47009582&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:33): Platforms bend over backward to help DHS censor ICE critics, advocates say
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47015406&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

February 13th, 2026 | Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android Feb 14, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 13, 2026.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47003064&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:59): Monosketch
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47001871&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:28): MinIO repository is no longer maintained
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47000041&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:58): Skip the Tips: A game to select "No Tip" but dark patterns try to stop you
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46997519&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:27): The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47007656&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:56): OpenAI has deleted the word 'safely' from its mission
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47008560&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:26): GPT-5.2 derives a new result in theoretical physics
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47006594&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:55): Ring owners are returning their cameras
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46999545&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:25): Lena by qntm (2021)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46999224&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:54): An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – More Things Have Happened
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47009949&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

February 12th, 2026 | An AI agent published a hit piece on me Feb 13, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 12, 2026.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): An AI agent published a hit piece on me
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46990729&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:59): Warcraft III Peon Voice Notifications for Claude Code
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46985151&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:28): AI agent opens a PR write a blogpost to shames the maintainer who closes it
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46987559&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:57): Gemini 3 Deep Think
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46991240&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:26): GPT‑5.3‑Codex‑Spark
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46992553&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:55): ai;dr
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46991394&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:25): Improving 15 LLMs at Coding in One Afternoon. Only the Harness Changed
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46988596&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:54): Major European payment processor can't send email to Google Workspace users
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46989217&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:23): US businesses and consumers pay 90% of tariff costs, New York Fed says
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46990056&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:52): Anthropic raises $30B in Series G funding at $380B post-money valuation
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46993345&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

February 11th, 2026 | Claude Code is being dumbed down? Feb 12, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 11, 2026.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): Claude Code is being dumbed down?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46978710&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:57): Windows Notepad App Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46971516&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:25): Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46982421&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:52): Amazon Ring's lost dog ad sparks backlash amid fears of mass surveillance
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46978966&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:20): Chrome extensions spying on users' browsing data
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46973083&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:48): Fluorite – A console-grade game engine fully integrated with Flutter
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46976911&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:15): GLM-5: From Vibe Coding to Agentic Engineering
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46977210&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:43): Why vampires live forever
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46976443&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:11): Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46972610&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:38): FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46973647&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

February 10th, 2026 | The Singularity will occur on a Tuesday Feb 11, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 10, 2026.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): The Singularity will occur on a Tuesday
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46962996&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:57): Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46958399&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:25): Google Fulfilled ICE Subpoena Demanding Student Journalist Credit Card Number
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46963804&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:52): I started programming when I was 7. I'm 50 now and the thing I loved has changed
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46960675&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:20): Oxide raises $200M Series C
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46960036&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:47): Frontier AI agents violate ethical constraints 30–50% of time, pressured by KPIs
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46954920&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:15): Jury told that Meta, Google 'engineered addiction' at landmark US trial
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46959832&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:42): Ex-GitHub CEO launches a new developer platform for AI agents
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46961345&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:10): Qwen-Image-2.0: Professional infographics, exquisite photorealism
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46957198&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:37): Rust implementation of Mistral's Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime runs in your browser
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46954136&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

February 9th, 2026 | Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month Feb 10, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 09, 2026.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46945663&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:57): GitHub is down again
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46946827&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:25): Why is the sky blue?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46946401&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:52): Converting a $3.88 analog clock from Walmart into a ESP8266-based Wi-Fi clock
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46947096&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:20): Show HN: Algorithmically finding the longest line of sight on Earth
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46943568&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:47): Claude’s C Compiler vs. GCC
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46941603&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:15): Nobody knows how the whole system works
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46941882&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:42): Another GitHub outage in the same day
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46949452&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:10): AT&T, Verizon blocking release of Salt Typhoon security assessment reports
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46945497&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:37): Hard-braking events as indicators of road segment crash risk
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46947777&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

February 8th, 2026 | Vouch Feb 09, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 08, 2026.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): Vouch
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46930961&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:58): AI fatigue is real and nobody talks about it
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46934404&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:27): DoNotNotify is now Open Source
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46932192&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:55): I am happier writing code by hand
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46934344&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:24): Slop Terrifies Me
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46933067&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:52): Show HN: LocalGPT – A local-first AI assistant in Rust with persistent memory
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46930391&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:21): I put a real-time 3D shader on the Game Boy Color
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46935791&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:49): OpenClaw is changing my life
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46931805&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:18): Omega-3 is inversely related to risk of early-onset dementia
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46935991&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:46): The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in USA
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46931948&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

February 7th, 2026 | France's homegrown open source online office suite Feb 08, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 07, 2026.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): France's homegrown open source online office suite
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46923736&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:57): We mourn our craft
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46926245&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:25): Coding agents have replaced every framework I used
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46923543&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:53): Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46922049&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:21): U.S. jobs disappear at fastest January pace since great recession
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46925669&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:49): The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46922969&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:16): SectorC: A C Compiler in 512 bytes (2023)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46925741&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:44): Why I Joined OpenAI
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46920487&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:12): British drivers over 70 to face eye tests every three years
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46924813&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:40): Software factories and the agentic moment
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46924426&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

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