6.17.26 | Running local models is good now, SpaceX to buy Cursor for 60 billion dollars, GrapheneOS ported to Android 17

6.19.26 | Ten thousand GitHub repositories with malware, Git offers more than .gitignore for ignoring files, CS 6120 online course on advanced compilers

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 19, 2026. Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights [https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights] * (00:00) - Intro * (00:17) - I found 10k GitHub repositories distributing Trojan malware * (01:56) - .gitignore Isn't the only way to ignore files in Git * (03:07) - CS 6120: Advanced Compilers: The Self-Guided Online Course (2020) * (04:23) - Show HN: Are You in the Weights? * (05:30) - Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS * (07:07) - Hospitals and universities repurposing drugs at lower cost * (08:23) - Modos Color Monitor Pushes E-Paper Displays Further * (09:51) - W Social, public institutions and the theater of European digital sovereignty * (11:19) - DuckDB Internals: Why Is DuckDB Fast? (Part 1) * (13:01) - To study how chips work, MIT researchers built their own operating system * (14:09) - Outro I found 10k GitHub repositories distributing Trojan malware https://orchidfiles.com/github-repositories-distributing-malware/ [https://orchidfiles.com/github-repositories-distributing-malware/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583928 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583928] .gitignore Isn't the only way to ignore files in Git https://nelson.cloud/.gitignore-isnt-the-only-way-to-ignore-files-in-git/ [https://nelson.cloud/.gitignore-isnt-the-only-way-to-ignore-files-in-git/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583356 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583356] CS 6120: Advanced Compilers: The Self-Guided Online Course (2020) https://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs6120/2025fa/self-guided/ [https://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs6120/2025fa/self-guided/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583606 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583606] Show HN: Are You in the Weights? https://www.intheweights.com/ [https://www.intheweights.com/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48591348 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48591348] Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS https://blog.ui.com/article/introducing-enterprise-nas [https://blog.ui.com/article/introducing-enterprise-nas] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48585866 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48585866] Hospitals and universities repurposing drugs at lower cost https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/hospitals-and-universities-repurposing-drugs-at-90-lower-cost [https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/hospitals-and-universities-repurposing-drugs-at-90-lower-cost] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583386 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583386] Modos Color Monitor Pushes E-Paper Displays Further https://spectrum.ieee.org/modos-e-paper-monitor [https://spectrum.ieee.org/modos-e-paper-monitor] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583897 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583897] W Social, public institutions and the theater of European digital sovereignty https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-public-institutions-and-the-theater-of-european-digital-sovereignty/ [https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-public-institutions-and-the-theater-of-european-digital-sovereignty/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48584497 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48584497] DuckDB Internals: Why Is DuckDB Fast? (Part 1) https://www.greybeam.ai/blog/duckdb-internals-part-1 [https://www.greybeam.ai/blog/duckdb-internals-part-1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48553388 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48553388] To study how chips work, MIT researchers built their own operating system https://news.mit.edu/2026/to-study-how-chips-really-work-mit-researchers-built-their-own-operating-system-0610 [https://news.mit.edu/2026/to-study-how-chips-really-work-mit-researchers-built-their-own-operating-system-0610] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48543311 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48543311]

6.18.26 | Lore open source version control system scalable, Midjourney Medical, Volkswagen blocks GrapheneOS users

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 18, 2026. Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights [https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights] * (00:00) - Intro * (00:14) - Lore – Open source version control system designed for scalability * (01:34) - Midjourney Medical * (03:14) - Volkswagen started blocking GrapheneOS users * (04:26) - US holds off blacklisting DeepSeek, more than 100 firms deemed security risks * (05:32) - RFC 10008: The new HTTP Query Method * (06:44) - How we run Firecracker VMs inside EC2 and start browsers in less than 1s * (08:10) - Why thinking out loud with someone beats thinking alone * (09:33) - Local Qwen isn't a worse Opus, it's a different tool * (11:01) - DeepSeek Introduces Vision * (12:20) - Launch HN: Adam (YC W25) – Open-Source AI CAD * (13:42) - Outro Lore – Open source version control system designed for scalability https://lore.org/ [https://lore.org/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48571081 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48571081] Midjourney Medical https://www.midjourney.com/medical/blogpost [https://www.midjourney.com/medical/blogpost] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48579650 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48579650] Volkswagen started blocking GrapheneOS users https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/35949-volkswagen-app?page=3 [https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/35949-volkswagen-app?page=3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48571526 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48571526] US holds off blacklisting DeepSeek, more than 100 firms deemed security risks https://www.reuters.com/world/china/us-holds-off-blacklisting-chinas-deepseek-more-than-100-firms-deemed-security-2026-06-17/ [https://www.reuters.com/world/china/us-holds-off-blacklisting-chinas-deepseek-more-than-100-firms-deemed-security-2026-06-17/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48565498 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48565498] RFC 10008: The new HTTP Query Method https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc10008/ [https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc10008/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48568502 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48568502] How we run Firecracker VMs inside EC2 and start browsers in less than 1s https://browser-use.com/posts/firecracker-browser-infra [https://browser-use.com/posts/firecracker-browser-infra] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48556561 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48556561] Why thinking out loud with someone beats thinking alone https://www.thesignalist.io/s/the-dialogue-dividend/ [https://www.thesignalist.io/s/the-dialogue-dividend/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48569894 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48569894] Local Qwen isn't a worse Opus, it's a different tool https://blog.alexellis.io/local-ai-is-not-opus/ [https://blog.alexellis.io/local-ai-is-not-opus/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48580209 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48580209] DeepSeek Introduces Vision https://chat.deepseek.com/ [https://chat.deepseek.com/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48581458 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48581458] Launch HN: Adam (YC W25) – Open-Source AI CAD https://github.com/Adam-CAD/CADAM [https://github.com/Adam-CAD/CADAM] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48572553 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48572553]

6.17.26 | Running local models is good now, SpaceX to buy Cursor for 60 billion dollars, GrapheneOS ported to Android 17

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 17, 2026. Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights [https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights] * (00:00) - Intro * (00:16) - Running local models is good now * (01:33) - SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B * (02:57) - GrapheneOS has been ported to Android 17 * (03:57) - Calvin and Hobbes and the price of integrity * (04:59) - TIL: You can make HTTP requests without curl using Bash /dev/TCP * (06:29) - Stop Using JWTs * (07:39) - Has AI already killed self-help nonfiction books? * (09:23) - Humiliating IIS servers for fun and jail time * (10:57) - Stop Killing Games fails to secure EU law despite 1.3M signatures * (12:05) - But yak shaving is fun (2019) * (13:13) - Outro Running local models is good now https://vickiboykis.com/2026/06/15/running-local-models-is-good-now/ [https://vickiboykis.com/2026/06/15/running-local-models-is-good-now/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48555993 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48555993] SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/spacex-buy-anysphere-60-billion-2026-06-16/ [https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/spacex-buy-anysphere-60-billion-2026-06-16/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48553224 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48553224] GrapheneOS has been ported to Android 17 https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/36469-grapheneos-has-been-ported-to-android-17-and-official-releases-are-coming-soon [https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/36469-grapheneos-has-been-ported-to-android-17-and-official-releases-are-coming-soon] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48561654 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48561654] Calvin and Hobbes and the price of integrity https://therepublicofletters.substack.com/p/calvin-and-hobbes-and-the-price-of [https://therepublicofletters.substack.com/p/calvin-and-hobbes-and-the-price-of] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48557079 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48557079] TIL: You can make HTTP requests without curl using Bash /dev/TCP https://mareksuppa.com/til/bash-dev-tcp-http-without-curl/ [https://mareksuppa.com/til/bash-dev-tcp-http-without-curl/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48558018 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48558018] Stop Using JWTs https://gist.github.com/samsch/0d1f3d3b4745d778f78b230cf6061452 [https://gist.github.com/samsch/0d1f3d3b4745d778f78b230cf6061452] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48558147 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48558147] Has AI already killed self-help nonfiction books? https://tim.blog/2026/06/12/has-ai-already-killed-nonfiction/ [https://tim.blog/2026/06/12/has-ai-already-killed-nonfiction/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48558489 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48558489] Humiliating IIS servers for fun and jail time https://mll.sh/humiliating-iis-servers-for-fun-and-jail-time/ [https://mll.sh/humiliating-iis-servers-for-fun-and-jail-time/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48563394 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48563394] Stop Killing Games fails to secure EU law despite 1.3M signatures https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/stop-killing-games-fails-to-secure-eu-law-despite-1-3m-signatures-3376431/ [https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/stop-killing-games-fails-to-secure-eu-law-despite-1-3m-signatures-3376431/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48564696 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48564696] But yak shaving is fun (2019) https://parksb.github.io/en/article/32.html [https://parksb.github.io/en/article/32.html] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48555838 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48555838]

6.16.26 | Backdoor in LinkedIn offer, Iroh 1.0, replacing Claude GBT with local model

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 16, 2026. Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights [https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights] * (00:00) - Intro * (00:19) - A backdoor in a LinkedIn job offer * (01:32) - Iroh 1.0 * (02:55) - Ask HN: Has anyone replaced Claude/GPT with a local model for daily coding? * (04:35) - TinyWind: A pixel pirate sailing game with real wind physics (380k+ kms sailed) * (05:40) - Hetzner Price Adjustment * (07:02) - Banned Book Library in a Wi-Fi Smart Light Bulb * (08:20) - John Carmack on Fabrice Bellard * (09:01) - Fox to buy Roku * (10:21) - The time the x86 emulator team found code so bad they fixed it during emulation * (11:35) - My Homelab AI Dev Platform * (12:45) - Outro A backdoor in a LinkedIn job offer https://roman.pt/posts/linkedin-backdoor/ [https://roman.pt/posts/linkedin-backdoor/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48546294 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48546294] Iroh 1.0 https://www.iroh.computer/blog/v1 [https://www.iroh.computer/blog/v1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48542480 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48542480] Ask HN: Has anyone replaced Claude/GPT with a local model for daily coding? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48542100 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48542100] TinyWind: A pixel pirate sailing game with real wind physics (380k+ kms sailed) https://tinywind.io [https://tinywind.io] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48543475 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48543475] Hetzner Price Adjustment https://docs.hetzner.com/general/infrastructure-and-availability/price-adjustment/#cloud-servers [https://docs.hetzner.com/general/infrastructure-and-availability/price-adjustment/#cloud-servers] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48540844 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48540844] Banned Book Library in a Wi-Fi Smart Light Bulb https://www.richardosgood.com/posts/banned-book-library/ [https://www.richardosgood.com/posts/banned-book-library/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48547985 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48547985] John Carmack on Fabrice Bellard https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/2064095424420487226 [https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/2064095424420487226] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48550779 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48550779] Fox to buy Roku https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/fox-roku-deal-f6e564f9 [https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/fox-roku-deal-f6e564f9] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48540499 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48540499] The time the x86 emulator team found code so bad they fixed it during emulation https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260615-00/?p=112419 [https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260615-00/?p=112419] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48550693 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48550693] My Homelab AI Dev Platform https://rsgm.dev/post/ai-dev-platform/ [https://rsgm.dev/post/ai-dev-platform/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48542433 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48542433]

6.15.26 | Firewood Splitting Simulator, Your ePub Is fine, Kage—Shadow websites offline

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 15, 2026. Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights [https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights] * (00:00) - Intro * (00:15) - Firewood Splitting Simulator * (01:18) - Your ePub Is fine * (02:31) - Show HN: Kage – Shadow any website to a single binary for offline viewing * (03:39) - Curl will not accept vulnerability reports during July 2026 * (05:08) - Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements creeping into everything * (06:21) - Rio de Janeiro's "homegrown" LLM appears to be a merge of an existing model * (07:46) - What the Fuck Happened to Nerds * (09:13) - Formal methods and the future of programming * (10:53) - Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026) * (12:12) - Even more batteries included with Emacs * (13:18) - Outro Firewood Splitting Simulator https://screen.toys/firewood/ [https://screen.toys/firewood/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48471638 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48471638] Your ePub Is fine https://andreklein.net/your-epub-is-fine-kobo-disagrees-blame-adobe/ [https://andreklein.net/your-epub-is-fine-kobo-disagrees-blame-adobe/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48533848 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48533848] Show HN: Kage – Shadow any website to a single binary for offline viewing https://github.com/tamnd/kage [https://github.com/tamnd/kage] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48529990 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48529990] Curl will not accept vulnerability reports during July 2026 https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/06/15/curl-summer-of-bliss/ [https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/06/15/curl-summer-of-bliss/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48537165 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48537165] Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements creeping into everything https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-11-users-are-tired-of-microsoft-account-requirements-and-workarounds [https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-11-users-are-tired-of-microsoft-account-requirements-and-workarounds] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48533101 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48533101] Rio de Janeiro's "homegrown" LLM appears to be a merge of an existing model https://github.com/nex-agi/Nex-N2/issues/4 [https://github.com/nex-agi/Nex-N2/issues/4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48528371 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48528371] What the Fuck Happened to Nerds https://mrmarket.lol/what-the-fuck-happened-to-nerds/ [https://mrmarket.lol/what-the-fuck-happened-to-nerds/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48538229 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48538229] Formal methods and the future of programming https://blog.janestreet.com/formal-methods-at-jane-street-index/?from_theconsensus=1 [https://blog.janestreet.com/formal-methods-at-jane-street-index/?from_theconsensus=1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48526633 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48526633] Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48528779 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48528779] Even more batteries included with Emacs https://karthinks.com/software/even-more-batteries-included-with-emacs/ [https://karthinks.com/software/even-more-batteries-included-with-emacs/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48535886 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48535886]