5.12.26 | TanStack NPM supply-chain attack, GitLab workforce reduction and CREDIT end, AI-written code questions Python use

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 12, 2026.

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

(00:00) - Intro
(00:21) - Postmortem: TanStack NPM supply-chain compromise
(01:58) - GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values
(03:22) - If AI writes your code, why use Python?
(04:57) - UCLA discovers first stroke rehabilitation drug to repair brain damage (2025)
(06:04) - Nullsoft, 1997-2004 (2004)
(07:35) - They Live (1988) inspired Adblocker
(08:48) - Training an LLM in Swift, Part 1: Taking matrix mult from Gflop/s to Tflop/s
(10:21) - Screenshots of Old Desktop OSes
(11:30) - Interaction Models
(12:56) - Google says criminal hackers used AI to find a major software flaw
(14:20) - Outro

Postmortem: TanStack NPM supply-chain compromise
https://tanstack.com/blog/npm-supply-chain-compromise-postmortem
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48100706

GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values
https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48100500

If AI writes your code, why use Python?
https://medium.com/@NMitchem/if-ai-writes-your-code-why-use-python-bf8c4ba1a055
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48100433

UCLA discovers first stroke rehabilitation drug to repair brain damage (2025)
https://stemcell.ucla.edu/news/ucla-discovers-first-stroke-rehabilitation-drug-repair-brain-damage
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48098261

Nullsoft, 1997-2004 (2004)
https://slate.com/technology/2004/11/the-death-of-the-last-maverick-tech-company.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48060077

They Live (1988) inspired Adblocker
https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48102700

Training an LLM in Swift, Part 1: Taking matrix mult from Gflop/s to Tflop/s
https://www.cocoawithlove.com/blog/matrix-multiplications-swift.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48085685

Screenshots of Old Desktop OSes
http://www.typewritten.org/Media/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48104428

Interaction Models
https://thinkingmachines.ai/blog/interaction-models/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48100524

Google says criminal hackers used AI to find a major software flaw
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/us/politics/google-hackers-attack-ai.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48094641

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