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May 17th, 2026 | Mozilla to UK regulators: VPNs are essential privacy and security tools May 18, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 17, 2026.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): Mozilla to UK regulators: VPNs are essential privacy and security tools
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48166459&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(02:00): Security researcher says Microsoft built a Bitlocker backdoor, releases exploit
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48168856&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:31): I don't think AI will make your processes go faster
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48168221&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(05:02): At least 25 Flock cameras have been destroyed in five states since April 2025
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48170798&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:33): Native all the way, until you need text
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48168058&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(08:04): AI subscriptions are a ticking time bomb for enterprise
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48168056&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:35): AI is a technology not a product
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48168626&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:06): Apple Silicon costs more than OpenRouter
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48168198&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:37): I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48168668&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(14:08): WHO declares Ebola outbreak a global health emergency
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48168708&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

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May 16th, 2026 | Moving away from Tailwind, and learning to structure my CSS May 17, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 16, 2026.
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(00:30): Moving away from Tailwind, and learning to structure my CSS
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48158400&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:57): 'No way to prevent this,' says only package manager where this regularly happens
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155690&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:25): Frontier AI has broken the open CTF format
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48157559&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:52): SANA-WM, a 2.6B open-source world model for 1-minute 720p video
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48159445&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:20): HTML Lists
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48161861&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:48): Fecal transplants for autism deliver success in clinical trials (2019)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48158494&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:15): Accelerando (2005)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48159241&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:43): Zerostack – A Unix-inspired coding agent written in pure Rust
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48164287&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:11): Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48158130&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:38): We've made the world too complicated
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48158065&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

May 15th, 2026 | I believe there are entire companies right now under AI psychosis May 16, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 15, 2026.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): I believe there are entire companies right now under AI psychosis
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48153379&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:58): Project Gutenberg – keeps getting better
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48150431&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:27): Mullvad exit IPs are surprisingly identifying
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48143880&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:56): Explore Wikipedia Like a Windows XP Desktop
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48146129&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:25): California bill would require patches or refunds when online games shut down
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48152994&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:54): U.S. DOJ demands Apple and Google unmask over 100k users of car-tinkering app
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48151383&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:23): Bun Rust rewrite: "codebase fails basic miri checks, allows for UB in safe rust"
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48150900&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:52): A 0-click exploit chain for the Pixel 10
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48148460&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:21): We are retiring our bug bounty program
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48148391&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:50): Amazon workers under pressure to up their AI usage are making up tasks
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48148337&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

May 14th, 2026 | Removing the modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 hybrid May 15, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 14, 2026.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): Removing the modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 hybrid
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48138136&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:59): A message from President Kornbluth about funding and the talent pipeline
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48136262&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:29): Rewrite Bun in Rust has been merged
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48132488&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:58): RTX 5090 and M4 MacBook Air: Can It Game?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48137145&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:28): Claude for Small Business
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48130950&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:57): AI is making me dumb
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48139148&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:27): New arXiv policy: 1-year ban for hallucinated references
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48140922&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:57): Scorched Earth 2000 – Web
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48129694&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:26): New Nginx Exploit
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48138268&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:56): Bitcoin trader recovers wallet with help of Claude
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48136240&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

May 13th, 2026 | I moved my digital stack to Europe May 14, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 13, 2026.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): I moved my digital stack to Europe
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48120629&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:58): Leaving GitHub for Forgejo
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48121266&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:27): Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48122635&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:56): Kickstarter is forced to ban adult content by payment processors
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48123198&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:25): Starship V3
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48116781&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:54): Princeton mandates proctoring for in-person exams, upending 133 year precedent
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48126848&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:23): Deterministic Fully-Static Whole-Binary Translation Without Heuristics
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48117810&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:52): Open Source Resistance: keep OSS alive on company time
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48123015&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:21): The Emacsification of Software
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48118727&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:50): Dutch suicide prevention website shares data with tech companies without consent
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48121299&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

May 12th, 2026 | Bambu Lab is abusing the open source social contract May 13, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 12, 2026.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): Bambu Lab is abusing the open source social contract
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48109224&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:57): Googlebook
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48111545&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:25): Screenshots of Old Desktop OSes
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48104428&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:53): They Live (1988) inspired Adblocker
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48102700&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:21): Learning Software Architecture
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48106024&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:49): EU to crack down on TikTok, Instagram's 'addictive design' targeting kids
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48106534&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:16): Why senior developers fail to communicate their expertise
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48109460&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:44): Rendering the Sky, Sunsets, and Planets
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48107997&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:12): Show HN: Needle: We Distilled Gemini Tool Calling into a 26M Model
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48111896&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:40): Operation: Epic Furious
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48109519&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

May 11th, 2026 | I'm going back to writing code by hand May 12, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 11, 2026.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): I'm going back to writing code by hand
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48090029&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:57): Postmortem: TanStack npm supply-chain compromise
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48100706&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:25): Mythos Finds a Curl Vulnerability
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48091737&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:52): Ratty – A terminal emulator with inline 3D graphics
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48093100&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:20): Gmail registration now requires scanning a QR code and sending a text message
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48092028&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:48): GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48100500&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:15): Software engineering may no longer be a lifetime career
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48095550&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:43): CUDA-oxide: Nvidia's official Rust to CUDA compiler
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48096692&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:10): The greatest shot in television: James Burke had one chance to nail this scene (2024)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48090521&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:38): If AI writes your code, why use Python?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48100433&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

May 10th, 2026 | Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler May 11, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 10, 2026.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48086190&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:56): Local AI needs to be the norm
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48085821&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:22): Louis Rossmann offers to pay legal fees for a threatened OrcaSlicer developer
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48084432&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:49): Incident Report: CVE-2024-YIKES
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48086082&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:15): Show HN: Building a web server in assembly to give my life (a lack of) meaning
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48080587&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:42): Remind HN: Today is Mother's Day, call your moms
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48085384&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:08): Debian must ship reproducible packages
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48081245&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:35): Space Cadet Pinball on Linux
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48082968&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:01): YC's Biggest Scandals
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48085314&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:28): GitHub is sinking
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48085095&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

May 9th, 2026 | A recent experience with ChatGPT 5.5 Pro May 10, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 09, 2026.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): A recent experience with ChatGPT 5.5 Pro
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48071262&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:57): Internet Archive Switzerland
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48074265&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:24): Bun's experimental Rust rewrite hits 99.8% test compatibility on Linux x64 glibc
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48073680&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:52): EU Parliamentary Research Service calls VPNs "a loophole that needs closing"
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48072190&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:19): Using Claude Code: The unreasonable effectiveness of HTML
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48071940&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:47): LLMs corrupt your documents when you delegate
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48073246&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:14): Meta's embrace of AI is making its employees miserable
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48077126&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:42): I’ve banned query strings
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48076173&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:09): The hypocrisy of cyberlibertarianism
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48074952&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:37): GrapheneOS fixes Android VPN leak Google refused to patch
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48075144&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

May 8th, 2026 | Poland is now among the 20 largest economies May 09, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 08, 2026.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): Poland is now among the 20 largest economies
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48062117&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:59): Google broke reCAPTCHA for de-googled Android users
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48067119&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:28): Google Cloud Fraud Defence is just WEI repackaged
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48063199&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:58): A web page that shows you everything the browser told it without asking
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48062178&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:27): David Attenborough's 100th Birthday
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48061884&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:57): An Introduction to Meshtastic
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48061566&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:26): Ask HN: We just had an actual UUID v4 collision...
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48060054&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:56): Mojo 1.0 Beta
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48057901&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:25): Cartoon Network Flash Games
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48065360&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:55): AI is breaking two vulnerability cultures
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48066524&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

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