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May 7th, 2026 | The map that keeps Burning Man honest May 08, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 07, 2026.
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(00:30): The map that keeps Burning Man honest
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48049653&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:58): AI slop is killing online communities
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48053203&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:27): Dirtyfrag: Universal Linux LPE
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48053623&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:56): Chrome removes claim of On-device Al not sending data to Google Servers
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48050964&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:25): Grand Theft Oil Futures: Insider traders keep making a killing at our expense
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48047981&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:53): Canvas is down as ShinyHunters threatens to leak schools’ data
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48055913&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:22): Cloudflare to cut about 20% workforce
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48054423&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:51): Agents need control flow, not more prompts
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48051562&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:20): Child marriages plunged when girls stayed in school in Nigeria
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48049208&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:48): DeepSeek 4 Flash local inference engine for Metal
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48050751&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

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May 6th, 2026 | Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license May 07, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 06, 2026.
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(00:30): Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48037555&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:58): Appearing productive in the workplace
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48038001&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:27): Red Squares – GitHub outages as contributions
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48034587&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:56): StarFighter 16-Inch
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48031261&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:25): Agents can now create Cloudflare accounts, buy domains, and deploy
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48031684&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:54): Vibe coding and agentic engineering are getting closer than I'd like
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48037128&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:23): Knitting bullshit
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48032461&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:52): Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48037986&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:21): Multi-stroke text effect in CSS
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48032265&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:50): Ombudsman column: The Pentagon is trying to silence me
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48031769&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

May 5th, 2026 | Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent May 06, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 05, 2026.
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(00:30): Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48019219&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:56): Zig → Rust porting guide
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48016880&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:22): .de TLD offline due to DNSSEC?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48027897&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:48): Accelerating Gemma 4: faster inference with multi-token prediction drafters
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48024540&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:14): AI didn't delete your database, you did
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48022742&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:41): Train Your Own LLM from Scratch
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48017948&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:07): Async Rust never left the MVP state
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48019163&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:33): iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48021561&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:59): Three Inverse Laws of AI
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48023861&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:26): Y Combinator's Stake in OpenAI (0.6%?)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48016534&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

May 4th, 2026 | Talking to strangers at the gym May 05, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 04, 2026.
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(00:30): Talking to strangers at the gym
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48007438&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:56): GameStop makes $55.5B takeover offer for eBay
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48006402&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:22): Trademark violation: Fake Notepad++ for Mac
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48006445&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:49): Removable batteries in smartphones will be mandatory in the EU starting in 2027
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48009697&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:15): Microsoft Edge stores all passwords in memory in clear text, even when unused
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48012735&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:41): US healthcare marketplaces shared citizenship and race data with ad tech giants
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48011689&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:08): I am worried about Bun
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48011184&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:34): Incident with Issues and Webhooks – Resolved
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48010301&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:00): Days without GitHub incidents
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48012022&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:27): How OpenAI delivers low-latency voice AI at scale
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48013919&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

May 3rd, 2026 | Mercedes-Benz commits to bringing back physical buttons May 04, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 03, 2026.
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(00:30): Mercedes-Benz commits to bringing back physical buttons
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47997418&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:56): A couple million lines of Haskell: Production engineering at Mercury
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47991802&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:22): Kimi K2.6 just beat Claude, GPT-5.5, and Gemini in a coding challenge
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47993235&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:49): OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of ER patients vs. 50-55% by triage doctors
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47991981&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:15): BYOMesh – New LoRa mesh radio offers 100x the bandwidth
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47999636&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:41): New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48000152&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:08): Why TUIs are back
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48000028&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:34): Agentic Coding Is a Trap
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48002442&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:01): DeepClaude – Claude Code agent loop with DeepSeek V4 Pro, 17x cheaper
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48002136&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:27): A desktop made for one
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47997947&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

May 2nd, 2026 | VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage May 03, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 02, 2026.
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(00:30): VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47989883&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:56): Why does it take so long to release black fan versions?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47983352&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:22): Ask.com has closed
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47983226&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:48): NetHack 5.0.0
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47988776&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:15): Dav2d
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47988504&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:41): AI Self-preferencing in Algorithmic Hiring: Empirical Evidence and Insights
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47987256&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:07): California to begin ticketing driverless cars that violate traffic laws
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47988742&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:33): Do_not_track
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47988592&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:00): Russia Poisons Wikipedia
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47986083&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:26): How fast is a macOS VM, and how small could it be?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47984852&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

May 1st, 2026 | Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables May 02, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 01, 2026.
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(00:30): Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47972511&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:56): The gay jailbreak technique (2025)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47977134&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:22): Ti-84 Evo
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47979583&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:48): Grok 4.3
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47972447&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:14): Uber torches 2026 AI budget on Claude Code in four months
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47976415&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:40): Apple accidentally left Claude.md files Apple Support app
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47973378&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:06): AI uses less water than the public thinks
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47977383&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:32): City Learns Flock Accessed Cameras in Children's Gymnastics Room as a Sales Demo
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47978370&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(11:58): New research suggests people can communicate and practice skills while dreaming
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47977748&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:24): Police Have Used License Plate Readers at Least 14x to Stalk Romantic Interests
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47976529&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

April 30th, 2026 | Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention "OpenClaw" May 01, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 30, 2026.
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(00:30): Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention "OpenClaw"
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47963204&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:58): Where the goblins came from
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47957688&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:26): Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47961319&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:54): The Zig project's rationale for their anti-AI contribution policy
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47957294&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:23): Mozilla's opposition to Chrome's Prompt API
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47959463&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:51): Can I disable all data collection from my vehicle?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47967786&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:19): How Mark Klein told the EFF about Room 641A [book excerpt]
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47965060&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:47): Meta in row after workers who saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47961838&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:16): Spain's parliament will act against massive IP blockages by LaLiga
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47964034&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:44): For Linux kernel vulnerabilities, there is no heads-up to distributions
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47965108&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

April 29th, 2026 | Zed 1.0 Apr 30, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 29, 2026.
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(00:30): Zed 1.0
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47949027&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:57): HERMES.md in commit messages causes requests to route to extra usage billing
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47952722&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:25): Online age verification is the hill to die on
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47950091&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:53): Cursor Camp
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47949939&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:21): Copy Fail
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47952181&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:49): Bugs Rust won't catch
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47943499&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:17): We need a federation of forges
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47948603&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:45): Soft launch of open-source code platform for government
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47945918&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:12): Mistral Medium 3.5
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47949642&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:40): HashiCorp co-founder says GitHub 'no longer a place for serious work'
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47946958&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

April 28th, 2026 | Ghostty is leaving GitHub Apr 29, 2026

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 28, 2026.
This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai
(00:30): Ghostty is leaving GitHub
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47939579&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(01:57): Your phone is about to stop being yours
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47935853&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(03:24): Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47933208&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(04:51): UAE to leave OPEC
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47933983&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(06:18): Before GitHub
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47940921&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(07:45): GTFOBins
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47931035&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(09:12): An update on GitHub availability
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47932422&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(10:39): VibeVoice: Open-source frontier voice AI
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47933236&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(12:06): Period tracking app, Flo, found to be selling user data to Meta
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47932990&utm_source=wondercraft_ai
(13:33): Who owns the code Claude Code wrote?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47932937&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

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