Hacker Newsletter #789
April 10, 2026
Hacker Newsletter #789
It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. //Ursula K. Le Guin
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#Favorites
Sysdig - Secure the cloud the right way with agentic AI //sysdig sponsored Sam Altman may control our future – can he be trusted? //newyorker comments→ Project Glasswing: Securing critical software for the AI era //anthropic comments→ I built a tiny LLM to demystify how language models work //github comments→ Lunar Flyby //nasa comments→ We found an undocumented bug in the Apollo 11 guidance computer code //juxt comments→ I've sold out //mariozechner comments→ Protect your shed //dylanbutler comments→ AI helps add 10k more photos to OldNYC //danvk comments→ The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess //aphyr comments→ The Importance of Being Idle //theamericanscholar comments→
#Ask HN
How do you handle marketing as a solo technical founder? European Tech Alternatives? What are you building that's not AI related? Any Interesting Niche Hobbies?
#Show HN
LittleSnitch for Linux //obdev comments→ I built a frontpage for personal blogs //text.blogosphere comments→ Apfel – The free AI already on your Mac //apfel.franzai comments→ Sheets: Terminal based spreadsheet tool //github comments→
#Code
Issue: Claude Code is unusable for complex engineering tasks with Feb updates //github comments→ Git commands I run before reading any code //piechowski comments→ Caveman: Why use many token when few token do trick //github comments→ LÖVE: 2D Game Framework for Lua //github comments→ Cherri – programming language that compiles to an Apple Shortuct //github comments→ Lisette a little language inspired by Rust that compiles to Go //lisette comments→
#Data
April 2026 TLDR Setup for Ollama and Gemma 4 26B on a Mac mini //gist.github comments→ Google's 200M-parameter time-series foundation model with 16k context //github comments→ SQLite in Production: Lessons from Running a Store on a Single File //ultrathink comments→
#Design
Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand //sam-burns comments→ A truck driver spent 20 years making a scale model of every building in NYC //smithsonianmag comments→ M. C. Escher spiral in WebGL inspired by 3Blue1Brown //static.laszlokorte comments→ The house is a work of art: Frank Lloyd Wright //aeon comments→
#Books
Understanding the Kalman filter with a simple radar example //kalmanfilter comments→ Book review: There Is No Antimemetics Division //stephendiehl comments→ An interactive map of Tolkien's Middle-earth //middle-earth-interactive-map.web comments→ Category Theory Illustrated – Types //abuseofnotation.github comments→ The Harvard Library Passport //fi-le comments→
#Working
Employers use your personal data to figure out the lowest salary you'll accept //marketwatch comments→ Nobody is coming to save your career //alifeengineered.substack comments→
#Learn
Cambodia unveils statue to honour famous landmine-sniffing rat //bbc comments→ Some Unusual Trees //thoughts.wyounas comments→ Wit, unker, Git: The lost medieval pronouns of English intimacy //bbc comments→ Artemis II's toilet is a moon mission milestone //scientificamerican comments→
#Watching
How to get better at guitar //jakeworth comments→ I made a YouTube search form with advanced filters //playlists comments→ Revision Demoparty 2026: Razor1911 //youtube comments→ This Spillway Failed on Purpose //youtube comments→ Original Apollo 11 TV broadcast //youtube comments→
#Startup News
OpenAI closes funding round at an $852B valuation //cnbc comments→ Oracle files H-1B visa petitions amid mass layoffs //nationaltoday comments→ Delve removed from Y Combinator //ycombinator comments→ US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology //cnet comments→ Lichess and Take Take Take Sign Cooperation Agreement //lichess comments→
#Fun
A game where you build a GPU //jaso1024 comments→ Battle for Wesnoth: open-source, turn-based strategy game //wesnoth comments→ Music for Programming //musicforprogramming comments→ The Weather Channel – RetroCast //weather comments→ How Pizza Tycoon simulated traffic on a 25 MHz CPU //pizzalegacy comments→ Sopwith – 1984 Game //sopwith comments→
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