Hacker News Highlights16 Okt 2025

10.16.25 | Apple M5 chip, Claude Haiku 4.5, Zed available on Windows

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Oct 16, 2025.

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

(00:00) - Intro
(00:22) - Apple M5 chip
(01:32) - Claude Haiku 4.5
(02:37) - Zed is now available on Windows
(03:45) - Leaving serverless led to performance improvement and a simplified architecture
(04:47) - Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agreeing new rules
(06:08) - Show HN: Halloy – Modern IRC client
(07:10) - TurboTax’s 20-year fight to stop Americans from filing taxes for free (2019)
(08:27) - Are hard drives getting better?
(09:29) - Writing an LLM from scratch, part 22 – training our LLM
(10:34) - F5 says hackers stole undisclosed BIG-IP flaws, source code
(11:50) - Outro

Apple M5 chip
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/10/apple-unleashes-m5-the-next-big-leap-in-ai-performance-for-apple-silicon/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45591799

Claude Haiku 4.5
https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-haiku-4-5
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45595403

Zed is now available on Windows
https://zed.dev/blog/zed-for-windows-is-here
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45594920

Leaving serverless led to performance improvement and a simplified architecture
https://www.unkey.com/blog/serverless-exit
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45590756

Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agreeing new rules
https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-press-access-hegseth-trump-restrictions-5d9c2a63e4e03b91fc1546bb09ffbf12
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45602179

Show HN: Halloy – Modern IRC client
https://github.com/squidowl/halloy
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45590949

TurboTax’s 20-year fight to stop Americans from filing taxes for free (2019)
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-turbotax-20-year-fight-to-stop-americans-from-filing-their-taxes-for-free
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45601750

Are hard drives getting better?
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/are-hard-drives-getting-better-lets-revisit-the-bathtub-curve/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45595724

Writing an LLM from scratch, part 22 – training our LLM
https://www.gilesthomas.com/2025/10/llm-from-scratch-22-finally-training-our-llm
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45599727

F5 says hackers stole undisclosed BIG-IP flaws, source code
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/f5-says-hackers-stole-undisclosed-big-ip-flaws-source-code/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45592271

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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 Aug 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 Aug 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 Aug 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 Aug 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 Aug 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 Aug 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 Aug 13min

8.24.26 | Reading to improve writing, Python thinking, Texas student's AI hack whistleblower

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 24, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:17) - To become a better ...

24 Aug 13min