Hacker News Highlights19 Aug 2025

8.19.25 | Anna's Archive update, app to block Shorts and Reels, Obsidian Bases

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 19, 2025.

(00:00) - Intro
(00:18) - Anna's Archive: An Update from the Team
(01:27) - Show HN: I built an app to block Shorts and Reels
(02:32) - Obsidian Bases
(03:38) - Show HN: Whispering – Open-source, local-first dictation you can trust
(04:37) - FFmpeg Assembly Language Lessons
(05:44) - Counter-Strike: A billion-dollar game built in a dorm room
(06:50) - Left to Right Programming
(08:00) - OpenMower – An open source lawn mower
(09:09) - Electromechanical reshaping, an alternative to laser eye surgery
(10:22) - Lazy-brush – smooth drawing with mouse or finger
(11:22) - Outro

Anna's Archive: An Update from the Team
https://annas-archive.org/blog/an-update-from-the-team.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44942501

Show HN: I built an app to block Shorts and Reels
https://scrollguard.app/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44923520

Obsidian Bases
https://help.obsidian.md/bases
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44945532

Show HN: Whispering – Open-source, local-first dictation you can trust
https://github.com/epicenter-so/epicenter/tree/main/apps/whispering
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44942731

FFmpeg Assembly Language Lessons
https://github.com/FFmpeg/asm-lessons
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44940485

Counter-Strike: A billion-dollar game built in a dorm room
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/arts/counter-strike-half-life-minh-le.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44941369

Left to Right Programming
https://graic.net/p/left-to-right-programming
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44942936

OpenMower – An open source lawn mower
https://github.com/ClemensElflein/OpenMower
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44946996

Electromechanical reshaping, an alternative to laser eye surgery
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-alternative-lasik-lasers.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44938818

Lazy-brush – smooth drawing with mouse or finger
https://lazybrush.dulnan.net
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44915897

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