Hacker Newsletter - Hacker Newsletter #688

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Issue #688 // 2024-02-16 // View in your browser

#Favorites


Stripe Sessions: The global internet economy conference, April 23-25
//stripesessions.com sponsored

I designed a cube that balances itself on a corner
//willempennings.nl comments

Sora: Creating video from text
//openai.com comments

Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize awarded: we can read the first scroll
//scrollprize.org comments

Almost every infrastructure decision I endorse or regret
//cep.dev comments

Is something bugging you?
//antithesis.com comments

Our next-generation model: Gemini 1.5
//blog.google comments

How to write stuff no one else can
//thewritetoroam.com comments

Observable 2.0, a static site generator for data apps
//observablehq.com comments

Bitwise Liminal – A Short Film in 256 Bytes of Code
//killedbyapixel.github.io comments

Why it's impossible to agree on what's allowed
//danluu.com comments

Mastering Programming
//tidyfirst.substack.com comments

#Ask HN


What are the best articles on managing people?

What are some actual use cases of AI Agents right now?

Alternatives to the Pomodoro technique?

#Show HN


Multi-monitor KVM using just a USB switch //github.com comments

Reor – An AI note-taking app that runs models locally //github.com comments

Gitlab Meeting Simulator 2024 //benjamin-brady.github.io comments

Aldi Price Map //aldipricemap.com comments

Daily price tracking for Trader Joe's //traderjoesprices.com comments

Pika – Simple blogging software //pika.page comments

#Code


Pkl, a Programming Language for Configuration //pkl-lang.org comments

How I write HTTP services in Go after 13 years //grafana.com comments

Go 1.22 //go.dev comments

Command line interface guidelines //clig.dev comments

A distributed systems reading list //ferd.ca comments

#Data


Stable Cascade //github.com comments

Is the "modern data stack" still a useful idea? //roundup.getdbt.com comments

Thinking about high-quality human data //lilianweng.github.io comments

Building a Pivot Table in SQLite //antonz.org comments

#Design


Should toggle button show its current state or the state to which it'll change? //ux.stackexchange.com comments

Miracode, a Minecraft programming font that is readable //github.com comments

How deceptive design is used to compromise your privacy and how to fight back //consciousdigital.org comments

The Sankey Photography Archive //sankeyphotoarchive.uk comments

#Books


Data Structures for Data-Intensive Applications [pdf] //cs-people.bu.edu comments

Permutation City //gregegan.net comments

I'm an engineer that needs to sell my services. Any good books on sales? //news.ycombinator.com

Usborne 1980s Computer Books //usborne.com comments

Best Mathematical Science Fiction Books //best-sci-fi-books.com comments

Making My Bookshelves Clickable //jamesg.blog comments

#Working


What it was like working for Gitlab //yorickpeterse.com comments

Finding a new software developer job //henrikwarne.com comments

OKRs Are Bullshit //blog.appliedcomputing.io comments

What you've got is in fact a people problem //blog.glyph.im comments

#Learn


Cousins are disappearing. Is this reshaping the experience of childhood? //cbc.ca comments

Kalman Filter Explained Simply //thekalmanfilter.com comments

Doorway effect //en.wikipedia.org comments

Visual calculus //en.wikipedia.org comments

#Watching


Git tips and tricks //blog.gitbutler.com comments

It was almost impossible to make the blue LED //youtube.com comments

Machine Assisted Proof //youtube.com comments

The Brennan self-balancing monorail //youtube.com comments

How were photos transmitted by wire in 1937? //thekidshouldseethis.com comments

#Startup News


Cloudflare defeats patent troll Sable at trial //blog.cloudflare.com comments

OpenAI – Application for US trademark “GPT” has failed //tsdr.uspto.gov comments

How Quora died //slate.com comments

The dating app paradox //npr.org comments

Nokia made too many phones //textquery.app comments

#Fun


Play the game I'm developing directly on its website //athenacrisis.com comments

Name That Nation //namethatnation.com comments

BirdLingo: A birdsong learning game //jessicalieb.itch.io comments

Cross My Heart – A Frogger Demake in 256 Bytes of HTML/JS //killedbyapixel.github.io comments

Half Earth: A Planetary Crisis Planning Game //play.half.earth comments

Unflip, a puzzle game about XOR patterns of squares //unflipgame.com comments

#Cutting Room Floor


Sudo for Windows //devblogs.microsoft.com comments

"Fake Chinese income" mortgages fuel Toronto real estate bubble: HSBC bank leaks //thebureau.news comments

Write code for the web //mrmr.io comments

Enhancing Factorio with SAT solvers //github.com comments

2024: The year of the OpenStreetMap vector maps //blog.openstreetmap.org comments

It Can Be Done //multicians.org comments

Deleting and destroying finished movies //rogerebert.com comments

Aho – a Git implementation in Awk //github.com comments

RSS is still pretty great //pcloadletter.dev comments

Abandoned villages of Hong Kong //cnn.com comments

Presentations for your webcam, not a projector //cuecam-presenter.com comments

Write a Letter to Your Future Self //futureme.org comments

OPML is underrated //kmaasrud.com comments

YouTube Oddities //github.com comments

Demoscene and video game music streaming radio links //mw.rat.bz comments

Carl Griffith's 1847 Oregon Trail Sourdough Starter //carlsfriends.net comments

I Went to FOSDEM //leejo.github.io comments

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