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

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]

6.14.26 | Banned noise infusion from Census Bureau, Every Frame Perfect, Amazon CEO's talks sparked crackdown on Anthropic models

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 14, 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 * (00:18) - Noise infusion banned from statistical products published by Census Bureau * (01:56) - Every Frame Perfect * (03:34) - Amazon CEO's talks with U.S. officials triggered crackdown on Anthropic models * (04:49) - GLM 5.2 Is Out * (06:09) - Treating pancreatic tumours may have revealed cancer's master switch * (07:23) - Police officer investigated for using AI to 'create evidence' in multiple cases * (08:27) - AI coding at home without going broke * (09:50) - A low-carbon computing platform from your retired phones * (11:08) - Honda Civics and the Evil Valet * (12:29) - RTX 5080 and RTX 3090 Setup: 80 Tok/s on Qwen 3.6 27B Q8 * (13:55) - Outro Noise infusion banned from statistical products published by Census Bureau https://desfontain.es/blog/banning-noise.html [https://desfontain.es/blog/banning-noise.html] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48517377 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48517377] Every Frame Perfect https://tonsky.me/blog/every-frame-perfect/ [https://tonsky.me/blog/every-frame-perfect/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48516251 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48516251] Amazon CEO's talks with U.S. officials triggered crackdown on Anthropic models https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/amazon-ceos-talks-with-u-s-officials-triggered-crackdown-on-anthropic-models-dcc90578?st=Yct6gx&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink [https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/amazon-ceos-talks-with-u-s-officials-triggered-crackdown-on-anthropic-models-dcc90578?st=Yct6gx&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48519092 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48519092] GLM 5.2 Is Out https://twitter.com/jietang/status/2065784751345287314 [https://twitter.com/jietang/status/2065784751345287314] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48518684 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48518684] Treating pancreatic tumours may have revealed cancer's master switch https://economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/06/12/treating-pancreatic-tumours-may-have-revealed-cancers-master-switch [https://economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/06/12/treating-pancreatic-tumours-may-have-revealed-cancers-master-switch] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48517199 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48517199] Police officer investigated for using AI to 'create evidence' in multiple cases https://news.sky.com/story/derbyshire-police-officer-investigated-for-using-ai-to-create-evidence-in-multiple-cases-13553661 [https://news.sky.com/story/derbyshire-police-officer-investigated-for-using-ai-to-create-evidence-in-multiple-cases-13553661] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48520807 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48520807] AI coding at home without going broke https://stephen.bochinski.dev/blog/2026/06/13/ai-coding-at-home-without-going-broke/ [https://stephen.bochinski.dev/blog/2026/06/13/ai-coding-at-home-without-going-broke/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48518969 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48518969] A low-carbon computing platform from your retired phones https://research.google/blog/a-low-carbon-computing-platform-from-your-retired-phones/ [https://research.google/blog/a-low-carbon-computing-platform-from-your-retired-phones/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48515336 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48515336] Honda Civics and the Evil Valet https://juniperspring.org/posts/honda-evil-valet/ [https://juniperspring.org/posts/honda-evil-valet/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48523080 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48523080] RTX 5080 and RTX 3090 Setup: 80 Tok/s on Qwen 3.6 27B Q8 https://imil.net/blog/posts/2026/rtx-5080-+-rtx-3090-setup-80+-tok-s-on-qwen-3.6-27b-q8/ [https://imil.net/blog/posts/2026/rtx-5080-+-rtx-3090-setup-80+-tok-s-on-qwen-3.6-27b-q8/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48515454 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48515454]