Hacker News Highlights14 Joulu 2025

12.14.25 | Stranger kindness, VPN location discrepancies, improving AI programming skills

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Dec 14, 2025.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro
(00:17) - What is the nicest thing a stranger has ever done for you?
(01:21) - VPN location claims don't match real traffic exits
(02:37) - Ask HN: How can I get better at using AI for programming?
(03:47) - I tried Gleam for Advent of Code
(04:57) - Useful patterns for building HTML tools
(06:00) - Why Twilio Segment moved from microservices back to a monolith
(07:14) - Linux Sandboxes and Fil-C
(08:21) - Recovering Anthony Bourdain's Li.st's
(09:26) - Go Proposal: Secret Mode
(10:35) - I fed 24 years of my blog posts to a Markov model
(11:43) - Outro

What is the nicest thing a stranger has ever done for you?
https://louplummer.lol/nice-stranger/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46236001

VPN location claims don't match real traffic exits
https://ipinfo.io/blog/vpn-location-mismatch-report
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46257339

Ask HN: How can I get better at using AI for programming?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46255285

I tried Gleam for Advent of Code
https://blog.tymscar.com/posts/gleamaoc2025/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46255991

Useful patterns for building HTML tools
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/10/html-tools/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46223882

Why Twilio Segment moved from microservices back to a monolith
https://www.twilio.com/en-us/blog/developers/best-practices/goodbye-microservices
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46257714

Linux Sandboxes and Fil-C
https://fil-c.org/seccomp
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46259064

Recovering Anthony Bourdain's Li.st's
https://sandyuraz.com/blogs/bourdain/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46258163

Go Proposal: Secret Mode
https://antonz.org/accepted/runtime-secret/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46210705

I fed 24 years of my blog posts to a Markov model
https://susam.net/fed-24-years-of-posts-to-markov-model.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46257607

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9.1.26 | Playa Phone, bird identification system from security cameras, Terence Tao explains six essential mathematical concepts

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 1, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Playa Phone (01:23) ...

1 Syys 12min

8.31.26 | Creepy crawlies, careful word choice, Haiku R1/beta6 release

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 31, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:18) - Creepy Crawlies (02...

31 Elo 13min

8.30.26 | Tether enables messaging on Linux, EVE Online transitions to Python 3, lawmakers fund Flock cameras with car insurance increase

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 30, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:15) - Tether: iMessage, S...

30 Elo 13min

8.29.26 | GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven, GLM-5.3 is now open-weight, Htmx 4.0

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 29, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - GUIs should be full...

29 Elo 13min

8.28.26 | Saving memory through DNS cache optimization, Microduck, emergence of small models

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 28, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Saving 100 terabyte...

28 Elo 13min

8.27.26 | Nvidia acquires Hugging Face, GLM-5.3-Flash, CEO fires developers for AI progress

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 27, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Nvidia agrees to ac...

27 Elo 14min

8.26.26 | Dolly Parton has died, Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra, Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 26, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:20) - Dolly Parton has di...

26 Elo 14min

8.25.26 | Europe harming makers, Xiaomi's CPU performance, MS Paint and Photos watermarking

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 25, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - How Europe is killi...

25 Elo 13min