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Daily overview of the Top 10 Hacker News posts. Post and comment summarization by AI.

  1. 17H AGO

    2.14.26 | Fix iOS keyboard or switch to Android, Monosketch, EU targets infinite scrolling

    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 14, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights (00:00) - Intro (00:17) - Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android (01:23) - Monosketch (02:20) - The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling (03:35) - GPT-5.2 derives a new result in theoretical physics (04:36) - An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – More Things Have Happened (05:38) - Show HN: I spent 3 years reverse-engineering a 40 yo stock market sim from 1986 (06:49) - Gradient.horse (07:44) - Building a TUI is easy now (08:45) - Babylon 5 is now free to watch on YouTube (09:56) - Show HN: Data Engineering Book – An open source, community-driven guide (10:51) - Outro Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Androidhttps://ios-countdown.win/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47003064Monosketchhttps://monosketch.io/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47001871 The EU moves to kill infinite scrollinghttps://www.politico.eu/article/tiktok-meta-facebook-instagram-brussels-kill-infinite-scrolling/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47007656 GPT-5.2 derives a new result in theoretical physicshttps://openai.com/index/new-result-theoretical-physics/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47006594 An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – More Things Have Happenedhttps://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me-part-2/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47009949 Show HN: I spent 3 years reverse-engineering a 40 yo stock market sim from 1986https://www.wallstreetraider.com/story.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46954696 Gradient.horsehttps://gradient.horsehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46955311 Building a TUI is easy nowhttps://hatchet.run/blog/tuis-are-easy-nowhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47005509 Babylon 5 is now free to watch on YouTubehttps://cordcuttersnews.com/babylon-5-is-now-free-to-watch-on-youtube/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47000505 Show HN: Data Engineering Book – An open source, community-driven guidehttps://github.com/datascale-ai/data_engineering_book/blob/main/README_en.mdhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47008163

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  2. 1D AGO

    2.13.26 | AI agent hit piece, Gemini 3 Deep Think, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 13, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights (00:00) - Intro (00:17) - An AI agent published a hit piece on me (01:32) - Gemini 3 Deep Think (02:43) - GPT‑5.3‑Codex‑Spark (03:45) - Improving 15 LLMs at Coding in One Afternoon. Only the Harness Changed (04:56) - Resizing windows on macOS Tahoe – the saga continues (06:10) - Major European payment processor can't send email to Google Workspace users (07:24) - Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash (08:26) - Skip the Tips: A game to select "No Tip" but dark patterns try to stop you (09:25) - Polis: Open-source platform for large-scale civic deliberation (10:25) - Tell HN: Ralph Giles has died (Xiph.org| Rust@Mozilla | Ghostscript) (11:19) - Outro An AI agent published a hit piece on mehttps://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46990729Gemini 3 Deep Thinkhttps://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-deep-think/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46991240 GPT‑5.3‑Codex‑Sparkhttps://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-3-codex-spark/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46992553 Improving 15 LLMs at Coding in One Afternoon. Only the Harness Changedhttp://blog.can.ac/2026/02/12/the-harness-problem/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46988596 Resizing windows on macOS Tahoe – the saga continueshttps://noheger.at/blog/2026/02/12/resizing-windows-on-macos-tahoe-the-saga-continues/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46997008 Major European payment processor can't send email to Google Workspace usershttps://atha.io/blog/2026-02-12-vivahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46989217 Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlashhttps://www.theverge.com/news/878447/ring-flock-partnership-canceledhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46996999 Skip the Tips: A game to select "No Tip" but dark patterns try to stop youhttps://skipthe.tips/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46997519 Polis: Open-source platform for large-scale civic deliberationhttps://pol.is/home2https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46992815 Tell HN: Ralph Giles has died (Xiph.org| Rust@Mozilla | Ghostscript)https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46996490

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  3. 2D AGO

    2.12.26 | Claude Code's simplification, Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification loophole, Amazon Ring's lost dog ad controversy

    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 12, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights (00:00) - Intro (00:16) - Claude Code is being dumbed down? (01:26) - Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass (02:32) - Amazon Ring's lost dog ad sparks backlash amid fears of mass surveillance (03:44) - Fluorite – A console-grade game engine fully integrated with Flutter (04:49) - GLM-5: Targeting complex systems engineering and long-horizon agentic tasks (05:52) - Warcraft III Peon Voice Notifications for Claude Code (07:05) - WiFi could become an invisible mass surveillance system (08:05) - Ireland rolls out basic income scheme for artists (09:10) - NetNewsWire Turns 23 (10:06) - “Nothing” is the secret to structuring your work (11:04) - Outro Claude Code is being dumbed down?https://symmetrybreak.ing/blog/claude-code-is-being-dumbed-down/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46978710Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypasshttps://age-verifier.kibty.town/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46982421 Amazon Ring's lost dog ad sparks backlash amid fears of mass surveillancehttps://www.theverge.com/tech/876866/ring-search-party-super-bowl-ad-online-backlashhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46978966 Fluorite – A console-grade game engine fully integrated with Flutterhttps://fluorite.game/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46976911 GLM-5: Targeting complex systems engineering and long-horizon agentic taskshttps://z.ai/blog/glm-5https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46974853 Warcraft III Peon Voice Notifications for Claude Codehttps://github.com/tonyyont/peon-pinghttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46985151 WiFi could become an invisible mass surveillance systemhttps://scitechdaily.com/researchers-warn-wifi-could-become-an-invisible-mass-surveillance-system/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46920315 Ireland rolls out basic income scheme for artistshttps://www.reuters.com/world/ireland-rolls-out-pioneering-basic-income-scheme-artists-2026-02-10/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46977175 NetNewsWire Turns 23https://netnewswire.blog/2026/02/11/netnewswire-turns.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46978490 “Nothing” is the secret to structuring your workhttps://www.vangemert.dev/blog/nothinghttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46933529

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  4. 3D AGO

    2.11.26 | Singularity on Tuesday, Europe's $24T split from Visa and Mastercard, Ex-GitHub CEO's new AI developer platform

    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 11, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights (00:00) - Intro (00:18) - The Singularity will occur on a Tuesday (01:34) - Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun (02:52) - Ex-GitHub CEO launches a new developer platform for AI agents (04:02) - Clean-room implementation of Half-Life 2 on the Quake 1 engine (05:07) - The Day the Telnet Died (06:09) - The Feynman Lectures on Physics (1961-1964) (07:17) - Simplifying Vulkan one subsystem at a time (08:29) - My eighth year as a bootstrapped founder (09:40) - Windows Notepad App Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (10:33) - Show HN: I built a macOS tool for network engineers – it's called NetViews (11:29) - Outro The Singularity will occur on a Tuesdayhttps://campedersen.com/singularityhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46962996Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begunhttps://europeanbusinessmagazine.com/business/europes-24-trillion-breakup-with-visa-and-mastercard-has-begun/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46958399 Ex-GitHub CEO launches a new developer platform for AI agentshttps://entire.io/blog/hello-entire-world/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46961345 Clean-room implementation of Half-Life 2 on the Quake 1 enginehttps://code.idtech.space/fn/hl2https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46958231 The Day the Telnet Diedhttps://www.labs.greynoise.io/grimoire/2026-02-10-telnet-falls-silent/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46967772 The Feynman Lectures on Physics (1961-1964)https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46958345 Simplifying Vulkan one subsystem at a timehttps://www.khronos.org/blog/simplifying-vulkan-one-subsystem-at-a-timehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46959418 My eighth year as a bootstrapped founderhttps://mtlynch.io/bootstrapped-founder-year-8/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46933444 Windows Notepad App Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilityhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-20841https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46971516 Show HN: I built a macOS tool for network engineers – it's called NetViewshttps://www.netviews.apphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46955712

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  5. 4D AGO

    2.10.26 | Discord mandates face scan or ID, Sky color explanation, $3.88 Walmart clock converted to ESP8266 Wi-Fi clock

    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 10, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights (00:00) - Intro (00:17) - Why is the sky blue? (01:21) - Converting a $3.88 analog clock from Walmart into a ESP8266-based Wi-Fi clock (02:40) - Another GitHub outage in the same day (03:43) - Frontier AI agents violate ethical constraints 30–50% of time, pressured by KPIs (05:02) - Sandboxels (06:03) - Hard-braking events as indicators of road segment crash risk (07:12) - Discord Alternatives, Ranked (08:14) - Rust implementation of Mistral's Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime runs in your browser (09:17) - Outro Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next monthhttps://www.theverge.com/tech/875309/discord-age-verification-global-roll-outhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46945663Why is the sky blue?https://explainers.blog/posts/why-is-the-sky-blue/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46946401 Converting a $3.88 analog clock from Walmart into a ESP8266-based Wi-Fi clockhttps://github.com/jim11662418/ESP8266_WiFi_Analog_Clockhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46947096 Another GitHub outage in the same dayhttps://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/lcw3tg2f6zsdhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46949452 Frontier AI agents violate ethical constraints 30–50% of time, pressured by KPIshttps://arxiv.org/abs/2512.20798https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46954920 Sandboxelshttps://neal.fun/sandboxels/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46946308 Hard-braking events as indicators of road segment crash riskhttps://research.google/blog/hard-braking-events-as-indicators-of-road-segment-crash-risk/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46947777 Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46937696 Discord Alternatives, Rankedhttps://taggart-tech.com/discord-alternatives/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46949564 Rust implementation of Mistral's Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime runs in your browserhttps://github.com/TrevorS/voxtral-mini-realtime-rshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46954136

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  6. 5D AGO

    2.9.26 | Vouch, Game road art, AI simplifies easy tasks but complicates hard ones

    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 9, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights (00:00) - Intro (00:16) - Vouch (01:21) - Art of Roads in Games (02:20) - AI makes the easy part easier and the hard part harder (03:27) - Claude’s C Compiler vs. GCC (04:34) - GitHub Agentic Workflows (05:45) - Dave Farber has died (06:43) - Show HN: I created a Mars colony RPG based on Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars books (07:38) - More Mac malware from Google search (08:38) - Shifts in U.S. Social Media Use, 2020–2024: Decline, Fragmentation, Polarization (2025) (09:59) - A GTA modder has got the 1997 original working on modern PCs and Steam Deck (11:01) - Outro Vouchhttps://github.com/mitchellh/vouchhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46930961Art of Roads in Gameshttps://sandboxspirit.com/blog/art-of-roads-in-games/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46938511 AI makes the easy part easier and the hard part harderhttps://www.blundergoat.com/articles/ai-makes-the-easy-part-easier-and-the-hard-part-harderhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46939593 Claude’s C Compiler vs. GCChttps://harshanu.space/en/tech/ccc-vs-gcc/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46941603 GitHub Agentic Workflowshttps://github.github.io/gh-aw/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46934107 Dave Farber has diedhttps://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/nanog@lists.nanog.org/thread/TSNPJVFH4DKLINIKSMRIIVNHDG5XKJCM/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46933401 Show HN: I created a Mars colony RPG based on Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars bookshttps://underhillgame.com/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46936237 More Mac malware from Google searchhttps://eclecticlight.co/2026/01/30/more-malware-from-google-search/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46938398 Shifts in U.S. Social Media Use, 2020–2024: Decline, Fragmentation, Polarization (2025)https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46938903 A GTA modder has got the 1997 original working on modern PCs and Steam Deckhttps://gtaforums.com/topic/986492-grand-theft-auto-ready2play-full-game-windows-version/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46938241

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  7. 6D AGO

    2.8.26 | Commands start with a comma, Vocal Guide for safe singing, SectorC: 512-byte C Compiler

    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 8, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights (00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Start all of your commands with a comma (2009) (01:18) - Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself (02:28) - SectorC: A C Compiler in 512 bytes (2023) (03:38) - Show HN: Look Ma, No Linux: Shell, App Installer, Vi, Cc on ESP32-S3 / BreezyBox (04:54) - Software factories and the agentic moment (06:10) - Show HN: LocalGPT – A local-first AI assistant in Rust with persistent memory (07:18) - Stories from 25 Years of Software Development (08:15) - Hoot: Scheme on WebAssembly (09:17) - Speed up responses with fast mode (10:35) - Outro Start all of your commands with a comma (2009)https://rhodesmill.org/brandon/2009/commands-with-comma/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46890814Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourselfhttps://jesperordrup.github.io/vocal-guide/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46922049 SectorC: A C Compiler in 512 bytes (2023)https://xorvoid.com/sectorc.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46925741 Show HN: Look Ma, No Linux: Shell, App Installer, Vi, Cc on ESP32-S3 / BreezyBoxhttps://github.com/valdanylchuk/breezydemohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46918429 Software factories and the agentic momenthttps://factory.strongdm.ai/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46924426 Show HN: LocalGPT – A local-first AI assistant in Rust with persistent memoryhttps://github.com/localgpt-app/localgpthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46930391 Stories from 25 Years of Software Developmenthttps://susam.net/twenty-five-years-of-computing.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46924264 Hoot: Scheme on WebAssemblyhttps://www.spritely.institute/hoot/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46923254 Speed up responses with fast modehttps://code.claude.com/docs/en/fast-modehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46926043

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  8. FEB 7

    2.7.26 | Ads on Apple News are scams, Waymo World Model, OpenCiv3 reimagines Civilization III

    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 7, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights (00:00) - Intro (00:21) - I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams (01:31) - The Waymo World Model (02:47) - OpenCiv3: Open-source, cross-platform reimagining of Civilization III (03:51) - Hackers (1995) Animated Experience (04:53) - An Update on Heroku (05:55) - Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info (06:50) - Microsoft open-sources LiteBox, a security-focused library OS (07:56) - Show HN: I spent 4 years building a UI design tool with only the features I use (09:00) - Understanding Neural Network, Visually (09:55) - Show HN: If you lose your memory, how to regain access to your computer? (11:02) - Outro I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scamshttps://kirkville.com/i-now-assume-that-all-ads-on-apple-news-are-scams/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46911901The Waymo World Modelhttps://waymo.com/blog/2026/02/the-waymo-world-model-a-new-frontier-for-autonomous-driving-simulationhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46914785 OpenCiv3: Open-source, cross-platform reimagining of Civilization IIIhttps://openciv3.org/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46918612 Hackers (1995) Animated Experiencehttps://hackers-1995.vercel.app/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46912800 An Update on Herokuhttps://www.heroku.com/blog/an-update-on-heroku/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46913903 Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Infohttps://www.sheldonbrown.com/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46914159 Microsoft open-sources LiteBox, a security-focused library OShttps://github.com/microsoft/liteboxhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46913793 Show HN: I spent 4 years building a UI design tool with only the features I usehttps://vecti.comhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46917033 Understanding Neural Network, Visuallyhttps://visualrambling.space/neural-network/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46871654 Show HN: If you lose your memory, how to regain access to your computer?https://eljojo.github.io/rememory/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46916609

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