3.29.26 | GitLab founder fights cancer by founding companies, Spanish legislation stored as a Git repo, AI too affirming in personal advice

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Mar 29, 2026.

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

(00:00) - Intro
(00:19) - Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies
(01:34) - Spanish legislation as a Git repo
(02:42) - AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice
(03:41) - I decompiled the White House's new app
(04:52) - I Built an Open-World Engine for the N64 [video]
(06:07) - CSS is DOOMed
(07:32) - Further human + AI + proof assistant work on Knuth's "Claude Cycles" problem
(08:47) - Linux is an interpreter
(10:17) - OpenCiv1 – open-source rewrite of Civ1
(11:42) - Alzheimer's disease mortality among taxi and ambulance drivers (2024)
(13:12) - Outro

Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies
https://sytse.com/cancer/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47556729

Spanish legislation as a Git repo
https://github.com/EnriqueLop/legalize-es
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47553798

AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice
https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2026/03/ai-advice-sycophantic-models-research
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47554773

I decompiled the White House's new app
https://thereallo.dev/blog/decompiling-the-white-house-app
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47555556

I Built an Open-World Engine for the N64 [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXxmIw9axWw
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47553717

CSS is DOOMed
https://nielsleenheer.com/articles/2026/css-is-doomed-rendering-doom-in-3d-with-css/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47557960

Further human + AI + proof assistant work on Knuth's "Claude Cycles" problem
https://twitter.com/BoWang87/status/2037648937453232504
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47557166

Linux is an interpreter
https://astrid.tech/2026/03/28/0/linux-is-an-interpreter/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47556359

OpenCiv1 – open-source rewrite of Civ1
https://github.com/rajko-horvat/OpenCiv1
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47557064

Alzheimer's disease mortality among taxi and ambulance drivers (2024)
https://www.bmj.com/content/387/bmj-2024-082194
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47559481

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