Hacker Newsletter #782
February 13, 2026
Hacker Newsletter #782
Not doing something will always be faster than doing it. //James Clear
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#Favorites
Optimize your website for AI answer engines with Webflow //webflow.com sponsored The Singularity will occur on a Tuesday //campedersen.com comments→ The Waymo World Model //waymo.com comments→ Vouch //github.com comments→ Why is the sky blue? //explainers.blog comments→ ai;dr //0xsid.com comments→ Art of Roads in Games //sandboxspirit.com comments→ The Feynman Lectures on Physics (1961-1964) //feynmanlectures.caltech.edu comments→ Do not apologize for replying late to my email //ploum.net comments→ AI agents play SimCity through a REST API //hallucinatingsplines.com comments→ AI Doesn't Reduce Work–It Intensifies It //simonwillison.net comments→
#Classifieds
MCP authentication in minutes //propelauth.com Lust auf Lifestyle-Teilzeit? Werde ERP-Berater bei ALYF //alyf.de Nango: Integrate your product & AI agents with 600+ APIs //nango.dev More SQL Antipatterns //pragprog.com End recipe clutter. Scan, import, & generate with AI //grandmasrecipes.app 👉 Buy a classified ad
#Ask HN
What are you working on? Why are electronics still so unrecyclable?
#Show HN
Warcraft III Peon Voice Notifications for Claude Code //github.com comments→ LocalGPT – A local-first AI assistant in Rust with persistent memory //github.com comments→ Rowboat – AI coworker that turns your work into a knowledge graph (OSS) //github.com comments→ Distr 2.0 – A year of learning how to ship to customer environments //github.com comments→ I made paperboat.website, a platform for friends and creativity //paperboat.website comments→
#Code
I started programming when I was 7. I'm 50 now and the thing I loved has changed //jamesdrandall.com comments→ How to effectively write quality code with AI //heidenstedt.org comments→ Stories from 25 Years of Software Development //susam.net comments→ Parse, Don't Validate //lexi-lambda.github.io comments→
#Data
An AI agent published a hit piece on me //theshamblog.com comments→ Visualize MySQL query execution plans as interactive FlameGraphs //github.com comments→ Text classification with Python 3.14's ZSTD module //maxhalford.github.io comments→
#Design
Qwen-Image-2.0: Professional infographics, photorealis //qwen.ai comments→ I spent 4 years building a UI design tool with only the features I use //vecti.com comments→ Resizing windows on macOS Tahoe – the saga continues //noheger.at comments→ LiftKit – UI where "everything derives from the golden ratio" //chainlift.io comments→ Luce: First Electric Ferrari //ferrari.com comments→ How to make a living as an artist //essays.fnnch.com comments→ I saw this cool navigation reveal, so I made a simple HTML+CSS version //github.com comments→
#Books
The Little Learner: A Straight Line to Deep Learning //mitpress.mit.edu comments→ Every book recommended on the Odd Lots Discord //odd-lots-books.netlify.app comments→ Printable Classics – Free printable classic books for hobby bookbinders //printableclassics.com comments→ Sekka Zusetsu: A Book of Snowflakes //publicdomainreview.org comments→ It's Yours //inventingthefuture.ghost.io comments→
#Working
MIT Living Wage Calculator //livingwage.mit.edu comments→ Game Theory Patterns at Work //daeus.blog comments→ Ireland rolls out basic income scheme for artists //reuters.com comments→ "Nothing" is the secret to structuring your work //vangemert.dev comments→
#Learn
Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself //jesperordrup.github.io comments→ Algorithmically finding the longest line of sight on Earth //alltheviews.world comments→ The Falkirk Wheel //scottishcanals.co.uk comments→ A method and calculator for building foamcore drawer organisers //capnfabs.net comments→ A brief history of barbed wire fence telephone networks //loriemerson.net comments→
#Watching
How to Have a Bad Career – David Patterson //youtube.com comments→ An articulated archer automaton //youtube.com comments→
#Startup News
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month //theverge.com comments→ TikTok's 'addictive design' found to be illegal in Europe //nytimes.com comments→ Oxide raises $200M Series C //oxide.computer comments→ An Update on Heroku //heroku.com comments→ Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash //theverge.com comments→ Anthropic raises $30B in Series G funding at $380B post-money valuation //anthropic.com comments→
#Fun
OpenCiv3: Open-source, cross-platform reimagining of Civilization III //openciv3.org comments→ Sandboxels //neal.fun comments→ I created a Mars colony RPG based on Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars books //underhillgame.com comments→ Skip the Tips: A game to select "No Tip" but dark patterns try to stop you //skipthe.tips comments→ Like Game-of-Life, but on Growing Graphs, with WASM and WebGL //znah.net comments→ Fun With Pinball //funwithpinball.com comments→ Geo Racers – Race from London to Tokyo on a single bus pass //geo-racers.com comments→ Run Pebble OS in Browser via WASM //ericmigi.github.io comments→ Purple Word – A new word puzzle game //purpleword.com comments→
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