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Daily overview of the Top 10 Hacker News posts. Post and comment summarization by AI.© 2026 Hacker News Highlights Science
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  • 4.15.26 | Stop Flock, rare concert recordings on Internet Archive, Claude Code Routines
    Apr 15 2026
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 15, 2026.

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

    • (00:00) - Intro
    • (00:21) - Stop Flock
    • (01:44) - Rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archive
    • (03:11) - Claude Code Routines
    • (04:52) - The dangers of California's legislation to censor 3D printing
    • (06:19) - The Orange Pi 6 Plus
    • (07:50) - Let's talk space toilets
    • (08:59) - A communist Apple II and fourteen years of not knowing what you're testing
    • (11:01) - Turn your best AI prompts into one-click tools in Chrome
    • (12:09) - 5NF and Database Design
    • (13:26) - Fixing a 20-year-old bug in Enlightenment E16
    • (14:19) - Outro

    Stop Flock
    https://stopflock.com
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47772012

    Rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archive
    https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/13/thousands-of-rare-concert-recordings-are-landing-on-the-internet-archive-listen-now/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47765604

    Claude Code Routines
    https://code.claude.com/docs/en/routines
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47768133

    The dangers of California's legislation to censor 3D printing
    https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/dangers-californias-legislation-censor-3d-printing
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47759420

    The Orange Pi 6 Plus
    https://taoofmac.com/space/reviews/2026/04/11/1900
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47732535

    Let's talk space toilets
    https://mceglowski.substack.com/p/lets-talk-space-toilets
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47758870

    A communist Apple II and fourteen years of not knowing what you're testing
    https://llama.gs/blog/index.php/2026/04/10/friday-archaeology-a-communist-apple-ii-and-fourteen-years-of-not-knowing-what-youre-testing/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47724571

    Turn your best AI prompts into one-click tools in Chrome
    https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/chrome/skills-in-chrome/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47768339

    5NF and Database Design
    https://kb.databasedesignbook.com/posts/5nf/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47767676

    Fixing a 20-year-old bug in Enlightenment E16
    https://iczelia.net/posts/e16-20-year-old-bug/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47774789

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    14 mins
  • 4.14.26 | Someone planted backdoors in 30 WordPress plugins, GitHub introduced Stacked PRs, DaVinci Resolve now supports Photo editing
    Apr 14 2026
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 14, 2026.

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

    • (00:00) - Intro
    • (00:19) - Someone bought 30 WordPress plugins and planted a backdoor in all of them
    • (02:11) - GitHub Stacked PRs
    • (03:33) - DaVinci Resolve – Photo
    • (04:58) - Nothing Ever Happens: Polymarket bot that always buys No on non-sports markets
    • (05:53) - US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional
    • (07:07) - Make tmux pretty and usable (2024)
    • (08:08) - A new spam policy for “back button hijacking”
    • (09:45) - Android now stops you sharing your location in photos
    • (11:27) - Building a CLI for all of Cloudflare
    • (12:45) - Lean proved this program correct; then I found a bug
    • (14:11) - Outro

    Someone bought 30 WordPress plugins and planted a backdoor in all of them
    https://anchor.host/someone-bought-30-wordpress-plugins-and-planted-a-backdoor-in-all-of-them/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47755629

    GitHub Stacked PRs
    https://github.github.com/gh-stack/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47757495

    DaVinci Resolve – Photo
    https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/photo
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47760529

    Nothing Ever Happens: Polymarket bot that always buys No on non-sports markets
    https://github.com/sterlingcrispin/nothing-ever-happens
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47753472

    US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional
    https://nypost.com/2026/04/11/us-news/us-appeals-court-declares-158-year-old-home-distilling-ban-unconstitutional/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47751781

    Make tmux pretty and usable (2024)
    https://hamvocke.com/blog/a-guide-to-customizing-your-tmux-conf/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47752819

    A new spam policy for “back button hijacking”
    https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2026/04/back-button-hijacking
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47760764

    Android now stops you sharing your location in photos
    https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/04/android-now-stops-you-sharing-your-location-in-photos/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47750669

    Building a CLI for all of Cloudflare
    https://blog.cloudflare.com/cf-cli-local-explorer/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47753689

    Lean proved this program correct; then I found a bug
    https://kirancodes.me/posts/log-who-watches-the-watchers.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47759709

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    14 mins
  • 4.13.26 | Docker pull fails in Spain, Pro Max 5x quota exhausted, Seven countries use mostly renewables
    Apr 13 2026
    This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 13, 2026.

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

    • (00:00) - Intro
    • (00:21) - Tell HN: Docker pull fails in Spain due to football Cloudflare block
    • (01:43) - Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate usage
    • (03:09) - Seven countries now generate nearly all their electricity from renewables (2024)
    • (04:58) - Bring Back Idiomatic Design (2023)
    • (05:53) - DIY Soft Drinks
    • (07:11) - Google removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play
    • (08:15) - All elementary functions from a single binary operator
    • (09:44) - The peril of laziness lost
    • (10:48) - Show HN: boringBar – a taskbar-style dock replacement for macOS
    • (12:07) - Most people can't juggle one ball
    • (13:03) - Outro

    Tell HN: Docker pull fails in Spain due to football Cloudflare block
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47738883

    Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate usage
    https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/45756
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47739260

    Seven countries now generate nearly all their electricity from renewables (2024)
    https://www.the-independent.com/tech/renewable-energy-solar-nepal-bhutan-iceland-b2533699.html
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47739313

    Bring Back Idiomatic Design (2023)
    https://essays.johnloeber.com/p/4-bring-back-idiomatic-design
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47738827

    DIY Soft Drinks
    https://blinry.org/diy-soft-drinks/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47741701

    Google removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play
    https://bsky.app/profile/serenityforge.com/post/3mj3r4nbiws2t
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47743730

    All elementary functions from a single binary operator
    https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.21852
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47746610

    The peril of laziness lost
    https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/04/12/the-peril-of-laziness-lost/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47743628

    Show HN: boringBar – a taskbar-style dock replacement for macOS
    https://boringbar.app/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47742200

    Most people can't juggle one ball
    https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/jTGbKKGqs5EdyYoRc/most-people-can-t-juggle-one-ball
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47702887

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    13 mins
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