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October 18th, 2025 | IDEs we had 30 years ago and lost (2023) Oct 19, 2025

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 18, 2025.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): IDEs we had 30 years ago and lost (2023)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45626910&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:51): Ripgrep 15.0
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45627324&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:12): ./watch
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45626130&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:34): Root System Drawings
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45627394&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:55): Tinnitus Neuromodulator
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45628391&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:17): SQL Anti-Patterns
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45626985&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:38): Chen-Ning Yang, Nobel laureate, dies at 103
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45625229&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:59): Flowistry: An IDE plugin for Rust that focuses on relevant code
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45627692&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:21): AMD's Chiplet APU: An Overview of Strix Halo
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45624888&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:42): StageConnect: Behringer protocol is open source
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45625251&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

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October 17th, 2025 | Migrating from AWS to Hetzner Oct 18, 2025

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 17, 2025.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): Migrating from AWS to Hetzner
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45614922&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:50): Meow.camera
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45613047&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:11): Andrej Karpathy – It will take a decade to work through the issues with agents
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45619329&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:32): Ruby core team takes ownership of RubyGems and Bundler
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45615863&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:53): The Rapper 50 Cent, Adjusted for Inflation
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45618790&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:13): Amazon’s Ring to partner with Flock
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45614713&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:34): Claude Skills are awesome, maybe a bigger deal than MCP
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45619537&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:55): Live Stream from the Namib Desert
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45615931&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:16): 4Chan Lawyer publishes Ofcom correspondence
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45614148&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:37): EVs are depreciating faster than gas-powered cars
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45615237&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

October 16th, 2025 | TurboTax’s 20-year fight to stop Americans from filing taxes for free (2019) Oct 17, 2025

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 16, 2025.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): TurboTax’s 20-year fight to stop Americans from filing taxes for free (2019)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45601750&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:51): How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45610226&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:12): Claude Skills
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45607117&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:34): Retiring Windows 10 and Microsoft's move towards a surveillance state
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45600338&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:55): Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agreeing new rules
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45602179&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:17): Liquibase continues to advertise itself as "open source" despite license switch
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45602676&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:38): Tor browser removing various Firefox AI features
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45605842&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:00): Upcoming Rust language features for kernel development
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45601982&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:21): Gemini 3.0 spotted in the wild through A/B testing
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45607758&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:43): Video game union workers rally against $55B private acquisition of EA
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45606394&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

October 15th, 2025 | Apple M5 chip Oct 16, 2025

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 15, 2025.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): Apple M5 chip
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45591799&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:53): I almost got hacked by a 'job interview'
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45591707&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:16): Claude Haiku 4.5
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45595403&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:39): Ireland is making basic income for artists program permanent
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45590900&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:03): Bots are getting good at mimicking engagement
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45590681&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:26): Leaving serverless led to performance improvement and a simplified architecture
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45590756&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:49): M5 MacBook Pro
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45591902&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:13): Retiring Windows 10 and Microsoft's move towards a surveillance state
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45600338&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:36): Show HN: Halloy – Modern IRC client
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45590949&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:59): Pixnapping Attack
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45588594&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

October 14th, 2025 | FSF announces Librephone project Oct 15, 2025

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 14, 2025.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): FSF announces Librephone project
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45586339&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:53): Don’t Look Up: Sensitive internal links in the clear on GEO satellites [pdf]
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45575391&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:17): What Americans die from vs. what the news reports on
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45583336&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:40): New York Times, AP, Newsmax and others say they won't sign new Pentagon rules
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45575755&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:04): Surveillance data challenges what we thought we knew about location tracking
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45584498&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:27): Beliefs that are true for regular software but false when applied to AI
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45583180&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:51): Why the push for Agentic when models can barely follow a simple instruction?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45577080&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:14): ADS-B Exposed
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45578383&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:38): KDE celebrates the 29th birthday and kicks off the yearly fundraiser
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45578117&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:02): America Is Sliding Toward Illiteracy
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45583730&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

October 13th, 2025 | NanoChat – The best ChatGPT that $100 can buy Oct 14, 2025

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 13, 2025.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): NanoChat – The best ChatGPT that $100 can buy
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45569350&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:53): Android's sideloading limits are its most anti-consumer move
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45569371&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:17): No science, no startups: The innovation engine we're switching off
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45567877&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:40): Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45566644&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:04): Show HN: SQLite Online – 11 years of solo development, 11K daily users
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45567770&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:27): Software update bricks some Jeep 4xe hybrids over the weekend
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45568700&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:51): Don't Be a Sucker (1943) [video]
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45573025&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:14): Spotlight on pdfly, the Swiss Army knife for PDF files
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45566139&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:38): Smartphones and being present
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45568613&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:01): Environment variables are a legacy mess: Let's dive deep into them
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45570537&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

October 12th, 2025 | No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive Oct 13, 2025

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 12, 2025.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45559023&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:53): Wireguard FPGA
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45559857&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:16): Macro Splats 2025
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45556952&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:39): Schleswig-Holstein completes migration to open source email
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45558635&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:02): Jeep pushed software update that bricked all 2024 Wrangler 4xe models
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45558318&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:25): Show HN: Rift – A tiling window manager for macOS
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45553995&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:48): China's New Rare Earth and Magnet Restrictions Threaten US Defense Supply Chains
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45554369&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:11): How I'm using Helix editor
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45559076&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:34): AdapTive-LeArning Speculator System (ATLAS): Faster LLM inference
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45556474&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:57): Free software hasn't won
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45562286&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

October 11th, 2025 | The <output> Tag Oct 12, 2025

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 11, 2025.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): The Tag
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45547566&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:51): Microsoft only lets you opt out of AI photo scanning 3x a year
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45551504&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:13): Daniel Kahneman opted for assisted suicide in Switzerland
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45547492&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:34): GNU Health
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45550049&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:56): Superpowers: How I'm using coding agents in October 2025
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45547344&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:17): AMD and Sony's PS6 chipset aims to rethink the current graphics pipeline
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45546593&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:39): Tennessee man arrested, accused of threatening a shooting, after posting meme
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45551352&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:00): AV2 video codec delivers 30% lower bitrate than AV1, final spec due in late 2025
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45547537&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:22): Firefox is the best mobile browser
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45549308&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:43): People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45551081&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

October 10th, 2025 | Ryanair flight landed at Manchester airport with six minutes of fuel left Oct 11, 2025

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 10, 2025.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): Ryanair flight landed at Manchester airport with six minutes of fuel left
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45539943&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:54): Nobel Peace Prize 2025: María Corina Machado
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45536700&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:19): Show HN: I invented a new generative model and got accepted to ICLR
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45536694&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:44): Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45544044&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:09): Igalia, Servo, and the Sovereign Tech Fund
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45538137&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:33): My approach to building large technical projects (2023)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45535202&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:58): I switched from Htmx to Datastar
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45536000&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:23): Boring Company cited for almost 800 environmental violations in Las Vegas
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45540585&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:48): Notes on switching to Helix from Vim
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45539609&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:12): "Vibe code hell" has replaced "tutorial hell" in coding education
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45540313&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

October 9th, 2025 | A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size Oct 10, 2025

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 09, 2025.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45529587&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:51): Python 3.14 is here. How fast is it?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45524702&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:13): California enacts law enabling people to universally opt out of data sharing
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45523033&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:35): Two things LLM coding agents are still bad at
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45523537&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:57): Show HN: I built a web framework in C
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45526890&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:19): Figure 03, our 3rd generation humanoid robot
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45527402&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:41): The React Foundation
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45524624&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:03): Show HN: I've built a tiny hand-held keyboard
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45529393&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:25): Why Self-Host?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45528342&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:47): The great software quality collapse or, how we normalized catastrophe
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45528347&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

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