Hacker Newsletter #791
April 27, 2026
Hacker Newsletter #791
No business plan survives first contact with customers. //Eric Ries
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#Favorites
Modern financial planning tool to simplify your journey to financial independence //projectionlab sponsored John Ternus to become Apple CEO //apple comments→ Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price //wheelfront comments→ Framework Laptop 13 Pro //frame comments→ Claude Design //anthropic comments→ Laws of Software Engineering //lawsofsoftwareengineering comments→ I am building a cloud //crawshaw comments→ If America's so rich, how'd it get so sad? //derekthompson comments→ Tim Cook's Impeccable Timing //stratechery comments→ AI should elevate your thinking, not replace it //koshyjohn comments→ How does GPS work? //perthirtysix comments→
#Ask HN
Tell HN: I'm sick of AI everything How did you land your first projects as a solo engineer/consultant? How to solve the cold start problem for a two-sided marketplace? Building a solo business is impossible?
#Classifieds
Nango: Build product integrations with AI //nango Rentware - Rental software made easy //rentware Buttondown Email - the last email platform you'll migrate to //buttondown Book a classified ad for $150
#Show HN
VidStudio, a browser based video editor that doesn't upload your files //vidstudio comments→ I made a calculator that works over disjoint sets of intervals //victorpoughon.github comments→ PanicLock – Close your MacBook lid disable TouchID –> password unlock //github comments→ Faceoff – A terminal UI for following NHL games //vincentgregoire comments→
#Code
Your hex editor should color-code bytes //simonomi comments→ Smol machines – subsecond coldstart, portable virtual machines //github comments→ Spinel: Ruby AOT Native Compiler //github comments→ GoModel – an open-source AI gateway in Go //github comments→
#Data
GPT-5.5 //openai comments→ ggsql: A Grammar of Graphics for SQL //opensource.posit comments→ Honker – Postgres NOTIFY/LISTEN Semantics for SQLite //github comments→ How LLMs Work – Interactive visual guide based on Karpathy's lecture //ynarwal.github comments→
#Design
5x5 Pixel font for tiny screens //maurycyz comments→ The Beauty of Bonsai Styles //longwoodgardens comments→ The handmade beauty of Machine Age data visualizations //resobscura.substack comments→
#Books
Books are not too expensive //millersbookreview comments→ Free textbook on engineering thermodynamics //thermodynamicsbook comments→ Tempest vs. Tempest: The Making and Remaking of Atari's Iconic Video Game //tempest.homemade.systems comments→
#Working
Stop trying to engineer your way out of listening to people //ashley.rolfmore comments→ Drunk post: Things I've learned as a senior engineer //luminousmen.substack comments→ Simulacrum of Knowledge Work //blog.happyfellow comments→ If you stop hiring juniors, your senior engineers own you //evalcode comments→
#Learn
Middle schooler finds coin from Troy in Berlin //thehistoryblog comments→ The purist's guide to phở in Hanoi //connla.substack comments→ New study compares growing corn for energy to solar production //anthropocenemagazine comments→ Plants can sense the sound of rain, a new study finds //news.mit comments→
#Watching
Making RAM at Home //youtube comments→ Ping-pong robot beats top-level human players //reuters comments→ Behind-the-Scenes of MacBook Neo Introduction Video //youtube comments→ A printing press for biological data //owlposting comments→
#Startup News
SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B //twitter comments→ Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training //reuters comments→ At long last, InfoWars is ours //theonion comments→ Meta tells staff it will cut 10% of jobs //bloomberg comments→ ReMarkable firing up to 40% of their workforce //e24 comments→
#Fun
Built a daily game where you sort historical events chronologically //hisorty comments→ Tiao, A two-player turn-based board game //playtiao comments→ Everest Drive – a multiplayer spaceship crew simulator in the browser //everestdrive comments→ 10 years: Stephen's Sausage Roll still one of the most influential puzzle games //thinkygames comments→
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