6.11.26 | Building an HTML-first site doubled users overnight, πFS, Eric Ries, "The Lean Startup," "Incorruptible" AMA

6.11.26 | Building an HTML-first site doubled users overnight, πFS, Eric Ries, "The Lean Startup," "Incorruptible" AMA

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 11, 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 * (00:20) - Building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight * (02:03) - πFS * (03:18) - I'm Eric Ries, author of "The Lean Startup" and new book "Incorruptible" – AMA * (04:50) - PgDog is funded and coming to a database near you * (06:06) - Cybersecurity researchers aren't happy about the guardrails on Anthropic's Fable * (07:43) - Anthropic requires 30 day data retention for Fable and Mythos * (09:08) - AI agent runs amok in Fedora and elsewhere * (10:30) - Pokémon Go Scans Trained the Navigation Tech for Military Drones * (11:57) - Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM * (12:59) - GeoLibre 1.0 * (14:20) - Outro Building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight https://mohkohn.co.uk/writing/html-first/ [https://mohkohn.co.uk/writing/html-first/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48475483 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48475483] πFS https://github.com/philipl/pifs [https://github.com/philipl/pifs] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48480978 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48480978] I'm Eric Ries, author of "The Lean Startup" and new book "Incorruptible" – AMA https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48477135 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48477135] PgDog is funded and coming to a database near you https://pgdog.dev/blog/our-funding-announcement [https://pgdog.dev/blog/our-funding-announcement] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48476466 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48476466] Cybersecurity researchers aren't happy about the guardrails on Anthropic's Fable https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/10/cybersecurity-researchers-arent-happy-about-the-guardrails-on-anthropics-fable/ [https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/10/cybersecurity-researchers-arent-happy-about-the-guardrails-on-anthropics-fable/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48478969 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48478969] Anthropic requires 30 day data retention for Fable and Mythos https://support.claude.com/en/articles/15425996-data-retention-practices-for-mythos-class-models [https://support.claude.com/en/articles/15425996-data-retention-practices-for-mythos-class-models] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48464258 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48464258] AI agent runs amok in Fedora and elsewhere https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1077035/c7e7c14fbd60fae9/ [https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1077035/c7e7c14fbd60fae9/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48484584 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48484584] Pokémon Go Scans Trained the Navigation Tech for Military Drones https://dronexl.co/2026/06/09/pokemon-go-scans-niantic-vantor-military-drone-navigation/ [https://dronexl.co/2026/06/09/pokemon-go-scans-niantic-vantor-military-drone-navigation/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48487029 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48487029] Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM https://www.adafruit.com/product/6125?src=raspberrypi [https://www.adafruit.com/product/6125?src=raspberrypi] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48481857 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48481857] GeoLibre 1.0 https://geolibre.app/ [https://geolibre.app/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48479852 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48479852]

6.10.26 | Claude Fable 5, old-school graphics, dependency on Claude Fable

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 10, 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 * (00:20) - Claude Fable 5 * (02:00) - Making Graphics Like it's 1993 * (03:32) - If Claude Fable stops helping you, you'll never know * (05:10) - macOS Container Machines * (06:31) - OpenCV 5 Is Here: The Biggest Leap in Years for Computer Vision * (07:57) - CEOs who think AI replaces their employees are just bad CEOs * (09:16) - German ruling declares Google liable for false answers in AI Overviews * (10:55) - Upcoming breaking changes for npm v12 * (12:10) - What it feels like to work with Mythos * (13:31) - Ultrafast machine learning on FPGAs via Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks * (15:00) - Outro Claude Fable 5 https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-fable-5-mythos-5 [https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-fable-5-mythos-5] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48463808 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48463808] Making Graphics Like it's 1993 https://staniks.github.io/articles/catlantean-3d-blog-1/ [https://staniks.github.io/articles/catlantean-3d-blog-1/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48459294 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48459294] If Claude Fable stops helping you, you'll never know https://jonready.com/blog/posts/claude-fable5-is-allowed-to-sabotage-your-app-if-youre-a-competitor.html [https://jonready.com/blog/posts/claude-fable5-is-allowed-to-sabotage-your-app-if-youre-a-competitor.html] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48467896 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48467896] macOS Container Machines https://github.com/apple/container/blob/main/docs/container-machine.md [https://github.com/apple/container/blob/main/docs/container-machine.md] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48469658 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48469658] OpenCV 5 Is Here: The Biggest Leap in Years for Computer Vision https://opencv.org/opencv-5/ [https://opencv.org/opencv-5/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48421858 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48421858] CEOs who think AI replaces their employees are just bad CEOs https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/09/ceos-who-think-ai-replaces-their-employees-are-just-bad-ceos/ [https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/09/ceos-who-think-ai-replaces-their-employees-are-just-bad-ceos/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48465675 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48465675] German ruling declares Google liable for false answers in AI Overviews https://the-decoder.com/landmark-german-ruling-declares-googles-ai-overviews-are-googles-own-words-and-makes-it-liable-for-false-answers/ [https://the-decoder.com/landmark-german-ruling-declares-googles-ai-overviews-are-googles-own-words-and-makes-it-liable-for-false-answers/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48470248 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48470248] Upcoming breaking changes for npm v12 https://github.blog/changelog/2026-06-09-upcoming-breaking-changes-for-npm-v12/ [https://github.blog/changelog/2026-06-09-upcoming-breaking-changes-for-npm-v12/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48467705 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48467705] What it feels like to work with Mythos https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/what-it-feels-like-to-work-with-mythos [https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/what-it-feels-like-to-work-with-mythos] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48464140 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48464140] Ultrafast machine learning on FPGAs via Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks https://aarushgupta.io/posts/kan-fpga/ [https://aarushgupta.io/posts/kan-fpga/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48466277 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48466277]

6.9.26 | Performative-UI, Apple’s new AI architecture with Google Gemini, Siri AI

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 9, 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) - Show HN: Performative-UI – A react component library of design tropes * (01:26) - Apple reveals new AI architecture built around Google Gemini models * (03:08) - Siri AI * (04:52) - Surveillance is not safety: A statement on the UK's latest threat to privacy [pdf] * (06:00) - xAI is looking more like a datacentre REIT than a frontier lab * (07:26) - MiMo-v2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed: 1T model with 1000 tokens per second * (08:47) - EU-banned pesticides found in rice, tea and spices * (10:03) - Apple Core AI Framework * (11:28) - Show HN: Gitdot – A better GitHub. Open-source, written in Rust * (12:40) - Outro Show HN: Performative-UI – A react component library of design tropes https://vorpus.github.io/performativeUI/ [https://vorpus.github.io/performativeUI/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48445554 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48445554] Apple reveals new AI architecture built around Google Gemini models https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/08/apple-reveals-new-ai-architecture/ [https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/08/apple-reveals-new-ai-architecture/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48450142 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48450142] Siri AI https://www.apple.com/apple-intelligence/ [https://www.apple.com/apple-intelligence/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48449084 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48449084] Surveillance is not safety: A statement on the UK's latest threat to privacy [pdf] https://signal.org/blog/pdfs/2026-06-08-uk-surveillance-is-not-safety.pdf [https://signal.org/blog/pdfs/2026-06-08-uk-surveillance-is-not-safety.pdf] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48450646 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48450646] xAI is looking more like a datacentre REIT than a frontier lab https://martinalderson.com/posts/xais-new-rental-business/ [https://martinalderson.com/posts/xais-new-rental-business/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446428 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446428] MiMo-v2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed: 1T model with 1000 tokens per second https://mimo.xiaomi.com/blog/mimo-tilert-1000tps [https://mimo.xiaomi.com/blog/mimo-tilert-1000tps] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446639 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446639] EU-banned pesticides found in rice, tea and spices https://www.foodwatch.org/en/eu-banned-pesticides-found-in-rice-tea-and-spices [https://www.foodwatch.org/en/eu-banned-pesticides-found-in-rice-tea-and-spices] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48447062 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48447062] Apple Core AI Framework https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coreai/ [https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coreai/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48449665 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48449665] Show HN: Gitdot – A better GitHub. Open-source, written in Rust https://gitdot.io/ [https://gitdot.io/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48447806 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48447806]

6.8.26 | LLMs threaten software careers, rebuilding after addiction and felony, Linear's speed explained

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 8, 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) - LLMs are eroding my software engineering career and I don't know what to do * (01:52) - Building from zero after addiction, prison, and a felony * (03:05) - How's Linear so fast? A technical breakdown * (04:34) - Dopamine Fracking * (05:46) - Show HN: Lathe – Use LLMs to learn a new domain, not skip past it * (07:02) - DeepSeek V4 Pro beats GPT-5.5 Pro on precision * (08:11) - Show HN: I Derived a Pancake * (09:18) - Making peace with your unlived dreams (2023) * (10:20) - APC–2 – A professional record cutter for producing original playback discs * (11:27) - The Smallest Brain You Can Build: A Perceptron in Python * (12:39) - Outro LLMs are eroding my software engineering career and I don't know what to do https://human-in-the-loop.bearblog.dev/llms-are-eroding-my-software-engineering-career-and-i-dont-know-what-to-do/ [https://human-in-the-loop.bearblog.dev/llms-are-eroding-my-software-engineering-career-and-i-dont-know-what-to-do/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48434312 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48434312] Building from zero after addiction, prison, and a felony https://gavinray97.github.io/blog/building-from-zero-after-addiction-prison-felony [https://gavinray97.github.io/blog/building-from-zero-after-addiction-prison-felony] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48437406 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48437406] How's Linear so fast? A technical breakdown https://performance.dev/how-is-linear-so-fast-a-technical-breakdown [https://performance.dev/how-is-linear-so-fast-a-technical-breakdown] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48437609 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48437609] Dopamine Fracking https://igerman.cc/blog/dopamine-fracking/ [https://igerman.cc/blog/dopamine-fracking/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440792 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440792] Show HN: Lathe – Use LLMs to learn a new domain, not skip past it https://github.com/devenjarvis/lathe [https://github.com/devenjarvis/lathe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48433756 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48433756] DeepSeek V4 Pro beats GPT-5.5 Pro on precision https://runtimewire.com/article/deepseek-v4-pro-beats-gpt-5-5-pro-on-precision [https://runtimewire.com/article/deepseek-v4-pro-beats-gpt-5-5-pro-on-precision] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440448 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440448] Show HN: I Derived a Pancake https://www.absurdlyoptimized.com/recipes/pancakes/ [https://www.absurdlyoptimized.com/recipes/pancakes/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48408854 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48408854] Making peace with your unlived dreams (2023) https://nik.art/making-peace-with-your-unlived-dreams/ [https://nik.art/making-peace-with-your-unlived-dreams/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48437290 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48437290] APC–2 – A professional record cutter for producing original playback discs https://teenage.engineering/products/apc-2 [https://teenage.engineering/products/apc-2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440383 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440383] The Smallest Brain You Can Build: A Perceptron in Python https://ranpara.net/posts/perceptron-explained-from-scratch/ [https://ranpara.net/posts/perceptron-explained-from-scratch/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440064 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440064]

6.7.26 | "Readers share 'oh shit' moments with GenAI, Meta confirms Instagram hacks via AI chatbot, Ntsc-rs offers open-source analog TV and VHS emulation."

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 7, 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) - Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI? * (01:43) - Meta confirms 1000s of Instagram accounts were hacked by abusing its AI chatbot * (03:00) - Ntsc-rs – open-source video emulation of analog TV and VHS artifacts * (04:17) - Pokemon Emerald Ported to WebAssembly (100k FPS) * (05:25) - Moving beyond fork() + exec() * (07:08) - Nvidia is proposing a beast of a CPU system for Windows PCs * (08:47) - Google to pay SpaceX $920M a month for compute capacity at xAI data centers * (10:15) - Zeroserve: A zero-config web server you can script with eBPF * (11:37) - Harness engineering: Leveraging Codex in an agent-first world * (12:57) - The 29th International Obfuscated C Code Contest (IOCCC) 2025 Winners * (14:11) - Outro Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48406174 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48406174] Meta confirms 1000s of Instagram accounts were hacked by abusing its AI chatbot https://this.weekinsecurity.com/meta-confirms-thousands-of-instagram-accounts-were-hacked-by-abusing-its-ai-chatbot/ [https://this.weekinsecurity.com/meta-confirms-thousands-of-instagram-accounts-were-hacked-by-abusing-its-ai-chatbot/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48427643 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48427643] Ntsc-rs – open-source video emulation of analog TV and VHS artifacts https://ntsc.rs/ [https://ntsc.rs/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48428025 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48428025] Pokemon Emerald Ported to WebAssembly (100k FPS) https://pokeemerald.com/ [https://pokeemerald.com/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48423762 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48423762] Moving beyond fork() + exec() https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1076018/16f01bbbb8e0d1f0/ [https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1076018/16f01bbbb8e0d1f0/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48425528 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48425528] Nvidia is proposing a beast of a CPU system for Windows PCs https://twitter.com/lemire/status/2062880075117113739 [https://twitter.com/lemire/status/2062880075117113739] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48424605 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48424605] Google to pay SpaceX $920M a month for compute capacity at xAI data centers https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/05/google-to-pay-spacex-920-million-a-month-for-xai-compute-capacity.html [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/05/google-to-pay-spacex-920-million-a-month-for-xai-compute-capacity.html] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48417490 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48417490] Zeroserve: A zero-config web server you can script with eBPF https://su3.io/posts/introducing-zeroserve [https://su3.io/posts/introducing-zeroserve] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48425723 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48425723] Harness engineering: Leveraging Codex in an agent-first world https://openai.com/index/harness-engineering/ [https://openai.com/index/harness-engineering/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48416264 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48416264] The 29th International Obfuscated C Code Contest (IOCCC) 2025 Winners https://www.ioccc.org/2025/ [https://www.ioccc.org/2025/] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48432199 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48432199]