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December 28th, 2025 | Calendar Dec 29, 2025

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 28, 2025.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): Calendar
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46408613&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:46): What an unprocessed photo looks like
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46415225&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:03): Growing up in “404 Not Found”: China's nuclear city in the Gobi Desert
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46408988&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:20): Replacing JavaScript with Just HTML
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46407337&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:37): Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46409969&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:54): Fathers’ choices may be packaged and passed down in sperm RNA
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46407502&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:10): Building a macOS app to know when my Mac is thermal throttling
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46410402&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:27): Stepping down as Mockito maintainer after ten years
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46414078&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:44): Learn computer graphics from scratch and for free
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46410210&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:01): CEOs are hugely expensive. Why not automate them? (2021)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46415488&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

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December 27th, 2025 | Floor796 Dec 28, 2025

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 27, 2025.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): Floor796
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46401612&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:55): Nvidia's $20B antitrust loophole
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46403559&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:21): Apple releases open-source model that instantly turns 2D photos into 3D views
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46401539&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:47): Show HN: Ez FFmpeg – Video editing in plain English
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46400251&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:13): How we lost communication to entertainment
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46404848&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:39): Gpg.fail
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46403200&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:05): Publishing your work increases your luck
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46397991&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:31): QNX Self-Hosted Developer Desktop
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46398201&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:56): Janet Jackson had the power to crash laptop computers (2022)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46403291&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:22): Replacing JavaScript with Just HTML
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46407337&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

December 26th, 2025 | Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI Dec 27, 2025

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 26, 2025.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46392115&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:50): How uv got so fast
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46393992&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:11): Package managers keep using Git as a database, it never works out
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46391514&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:31): Rob Pike Goes Nuclear over GenAI
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46389444&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:52): FFmpeg has issued a DMCA takedown on GitHub
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46394327&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:12): Seven Diabetes Patients Die Due to Undisclosed Bug in Abbott's Glucose Monitors
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46388040&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:33): My insulin pump controller uses the Linux kernel. It also violates the GPL
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46395184&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:53): Experts explore new mushroom which causes fairytale-like hallucinations
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46393936&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:14): I'm a laptop weirdo and that's why I like my new Framework 13
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46391410&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:34): Rob Pike got spammed with an AI slop "act of kindness"
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46394867&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

December 25th, 2025 | We invited a man into our home at Christmas and he stayed with us for 45 years Dec 26, 2025

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 25, 2025.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): We invited a man into our home at Christmas and he stayed with us for 45 years
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46383552&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:52): Ruby 4.0.0
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46382011&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:14): Alzheimer’s disease can be reversed in animal models? Study
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46384919&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:36): I sell onions on the Internet (2019)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46385308&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:58): Maybe the default settings are too high
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46387657&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:20): Mattermost restricted access to old messages after 10000 limit is reached
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46383675&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:42): Python 3.15’s interpreter for Windows x86-64 should hopefully be 15% faster
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46384167&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:04): Who Watches the Waymos? I do [video]
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46380758&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:26): Asahi Linux with Sway on the MacBook Air M2 (2024)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46384565&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:48): Free Software Foundation receives historic private donations
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46382134&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

December 24th, 2025 | Tell HN: Merry Christmas Dec 25, 2025

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 24, 2025.
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(00:30): Tell HN: Merry Christmas
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46380168&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:51): Unifi Travel Router
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46371135&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:12): Nvidia buying AI chip startup Groq for about $20B in cash
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46379183&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:34): Phoenix: A modern X server written from scratch in Zig
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46380075&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:55): Show HN: Minimalist editor that lives in browser, stores everything in the URL
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46378554&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:17): Show HN: Vibium – Browser automation for AI and humans, by Selenium's creator
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46377597&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:38): Fabrice Bellard: Biography (2009) [pdf]
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46377862&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:59): When Compilers Surprise You
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46375384&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:21): Don't Become the Machine
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46372153&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:42): Nabokov's guide to foreigners learning Russian
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46371423&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

December 23rd, 2025 | Inside CECOT – 60 Minutes [video] Dec 24, 2025

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 23, 2025.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): Inside CECOT – 60 Minutes [video]
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46361024&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:51): Fabrice Bellard Releases MicroQuickJS
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46367224&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:13): Meta is using the Linux scheduler designed for Valve's Steam Deck on its servers
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46366998&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:35): Instant database clones with PostgreSQL 18
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46363360&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:57): Ask HN: What are the best engineering blogs with real-world depth?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46363921&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:18): We replaced H.264 streaming with JPEG screenshots (and it worked better)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46367475&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:40): Snitch – A friendlier ss/netstat
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46361229&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:02): X-ray: a Python library for finding bad redactions in PDF documents
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46369923&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:24): Show HN: CineCLI – Browse and torrent movies directly from your terminal
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46362655&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:45): 10 years bootstrapped: €6.5M revenue with a team of 13
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46363319&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

December 22nd, 2025 | US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified Dec 23, 2025

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 22, 2025.
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(00:30): US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46357881&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:52): Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46355548&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:15): Cecot – 60 Minutes
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46361024&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:38): If you don't design your career, someone else will (2014)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46352930&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:00): Claude Code gets native LSP support
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46355165&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:23): Jimmy Lai Is a Martyr for Freedom
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46355888&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:46): The Illustrated Transformer
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46357675&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:08): GLM-4.7: Advancing the Coding Capability
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46357287&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:31): Lotusbail npm package found to be harvesting WhatsApp messages and contacts
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46359996&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:54): The biggest CRT ever made: Sony's PVM-4300
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46353777&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

December 21st, 2025 | Flock and Cyble Inc. weaponize “cybercrime” takedowns to silence critics Dec 22, 2025

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 21, 2025.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): Flock and Cyble Inc. weaponize “cybercrime” takedowns to silence critics
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46341305&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:52): Logging sucks
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46346796&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:14): The Going Dark initiative or ProtectEU is a Chat Control 3.0 attempt
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46347080&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:37): I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me alone
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46347108&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:59): Show HN: Books mentioned on Hacker News in 2025
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46345897&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:22): Ruby website redesigned
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46342859&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:44): Show HN: WalletWallet – create Apple passes from anything
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46345745&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:07): A guide to local coding models
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46348329&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:29): You’re not burnt out, you’re existentially starving
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46346958&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:52): Waymo halts service during S.F. blackout after causing traffic jams
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46342412&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

December 20th, 2025 | Backing Up Spotify Dec 21, 2025

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 20, 2025.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): Backing Up Spotify
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46338339&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:52): Show HN: Jmail – Google Suite for Epstein files
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46339600&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:14): Go ahead, self-host Postgres
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46336947&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:37): NTP at NIST Boulder Has Lost Power
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46334299&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:59): Airbus to migrate critical apps to a sovereign Euro cloud
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46334533&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:21): Privacy doesn't mean anything anymore, anonymity does
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46334025&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:44): Pure Silicon Demo Coding: No CPU, No Memory, Just 4k Gates
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46337438&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:06): Charles Proxy
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46333983&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:28): Skills Officially Comes to Codex
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46334424&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:51): Over 40% of deceased drivers in vehicle crashes test positive for THC: Study
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46337123&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

December 19th, 2025 | Hacker News front page now, but the titles are honest Dec 20, 2025

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 19, 2025.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): Hacker News front page now, but the titles are honest
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46326588&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:52): Amazon will allow ePub and PDF downloads for DRM-free eBooks
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46324078&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:14): GotaTun – Mullvad's WireGuard Implementation in Rust
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46324543&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:36): Garage – An S3 object store so reliable you can run it outside datacenters
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46326984&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:58): Noclip.website – A digital museum of video game levels
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46321619&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:20): CSS Grid Lanes
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46331586&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:42): TikTok Deal Is the Shittiest Possible Outcome, Making Everything Worse
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46327406&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:04): You can now play Grand Theft Auto Vice City in the browser
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46329696&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:27): Getting bitten by Intel's poor naming schemes
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46322540&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:49): 2026 Apple introducing more ads to increase opportunity in search results
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46322556&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

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