Hacker News Highlights17 Aug 2025

8.17.25 | Compiler bug affects Solidity, OpenBSD's speed requires program adjustment, CIA's heart attack gun incident

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 17, 2025.

(00:00) - Intro
(00:19) - Compiler Bug Causes Compiler Bug: How a 12-Year-Old G++ Bug Took Down Solidity
(01:36) - OpenBSD is so fast, I had to modify the program slightly to measure itself
(02:44) - When the CIA got away with building a heart attack gun
(03:47) - US F-16s lose out as Thai Air Force seals US$600M deal for Swedish Gripen jets
(04:54) - Bullfrog in the Dungeon
(06:04) - The Future of Large Files in Git Is Git
(07:11) - Is air travel getting worse?
(08:16) - Launch HN: Embedder (YC S25) – Claude code for embedded software
(09:19) - An interactive guide to sensor fusion with quaternions
(10:23) - I accidentally became PureGym’s unofficial Apple Wallet developer
(11:30) - Outro

Compiler Bug Causes Compiler Bug: How a 12-Year-Old G++ Bug Took Down Solidity
https://osec.io/blog/2025-08-11-compiler-bug-causes-compiler-bug/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44872584

OpenBSD is so fast, I had to modify the program slightly to measure itself
https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/is-OpenBSD-10x-faster-than-Linux
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44915824

When the CIA got away with building a heart attack gun
https://wisewolfmedia.substack.com/p/the-investigation-that-should-have
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44911412

US F-16s lose out as Thai Air Force seals US$600M deal for Swedish Gripen jets
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3320828/us-f-16s-lose-out-thai-air-force-seals-us600-million-deal-swedish-gripen-jets
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44917308

Bullfrog in the Dungeon
https://www.filfre.net/2025/08/bullfrog-in-the-dungeon/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44914149

The Future of Large Files in Git Is Git
https://tylercipriani.com/blog/2025/08/15/git-lfs/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44916783

Is air travel getting worse?
https://www.maximum-progress.com/p/is-air-travel-getting-worse
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44911941

Launch HN: Embedder (YC S25) – Claude code for embedded software
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44915206

An interactive guide to sensor fusion with quaternions
https://quaternion.cafe/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44912727

I accidentally became PureGym’s unofficial Apple Wallet developer
https://drobinin.com/posts/how-i-accidentally-became-puregyms-unofficial-apple-wallet-developer/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44910865

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6.15.26 | Firewood Splitting Simulator, Your ePub Is fine, Kage—Shadow websites offline

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

15 Juni 13min

6.14.26 | Banned noise infusion from Census Bureau, Every Frame Perfect, Amazon CEO's talks sparked crackdown on Anthropic models

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 14, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:18) - Noise infusion bann...

14 Juni 14min

6.13.26 | US government halts Fable 5 and Mythos 5, open source AI must prevail, CRISPR targets "undruggable" cancers

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 13, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:20) - Statement on US gov...

13 Juni 14min

6.12.26 | Homebrew 6.0.0, human effort needed for attention, AI agent bankrupts operator scanning DN42

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 12, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:15) - Show HN: Homebrew 6...

12 Juni 13min

6.11.26 | Building an HTML-first site doubled users overnight, πFS, Eric Ries, "The Lean Startup," "Incorruptible" AMA

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 11, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:20) - Building an HTML-fi...

11 Juni 14min

6.10.26 | Claude Fable 5, old-school graphics, dependency on Claude Fable

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 10, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:20) - Claude Fable 5 (02:...

10 Juni 15min

6.9.26 | Performative-UI, Apple’s new AI architecture with Google Gemini, Siri AI

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 9, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Show HN: Performativ...

9 Juni 12min

6.8.26 | LLMs threaten software careers, rebuilding after addiction and felony, Linear's speed explained

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 8, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:15) - LLMs are eroding my ...

8 Juni 12min