Hacker Newsletter - Hacker Newsletter #717

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Issue #717 // 2024-09-27 // View in your browser

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#Favorites


OpenAI to Become For-Profit Company
//reuters.com comments

I designed a Dieter Rams-inspired iPhone dock
//arslan.io comments

Sanding UI
//blog.jim-nielsen.com comments

Xkcd 1425 (Tasks) turns ten years old today
//simonwillison.net comments

Visualizing Weather Forecasts Through Landscape Imagery
//github.com comments

They stole my voice with AI
//jeffgeerling.com comments

Move Fast and Abandon Things
//engineersneedart.com comments

Why I still blog after 15 years
//jonashietala.se comments

Working Turing Machine
//ideas.lego.com comments

Using YouTube to steal your files
//lyra.horse comments

What I've Learned in the Past Year Spent Building an AI Video Editor
//makeartwithpython.com comments

#Ask HN


Platform for 11 year old to create video games?

Good Sites for/with AI Enthusiasts?

Did you personal website help you get hired? Tell about it

#Show HN


OpenFreeMap – Open-Source Map Hosting //openfreemap.org comments

A CLI tool I made to self-host any app with two commands on a VPS //github.com comments

Void, an open-source Cursor/GitHub Copilot alternative //voideditor.com comments

Haystack – Visualize and edit code on an infinite canvas //github.com comments

Maker Pipe – Structural Pipe Fittings for DIY Builders //makerpipe.com comments

Open Scanner, an open-source document scanning app for iPhone //github.com comments

I made crowdwave – imagine Twitter/Reddit but every post is a voicemail //crowdwave.com comments

Sourcetable – AI Spreadsheet and Data Platform //news.ycombinator.com

#Code


Winamp Legacy player source code //github.com comments

I Like Makefiles //switowski.com comments

GPU Puzzles //github.com comments

Rearchitecting: Redis to SQLite //wafris.org comments

Phlex: Object-oriented HTML components in Ruby //phlex.fun comments

#Data


PostgreSQL 17 //postgresql.org comments

SQL Tips and Tricks //github.com comments

How we built ngrok's data platform – Kafka, flink, dbt and more //ngrok.com comments

#Design


Ultra high-resolution image of The Night Watch //rijksmuseum.nl comments

3K free SVG icons for popular brands //simpleicons.org comments

Visualizing Ship Movements with AIS Data //beautifulpublicdata.com comments

Iosevka Font //typeof.net comments

#Books


I Wrote a Book on Java //news.ycombinator.com

Why to Not Write a Book //gwern.net comments

Goodbye, Atomic Habits. The overlooked problems with building healthy habits //stephanjoppich.com comments

A Summary of Ilya Sutskevers AI Reading List //tensorlabbet.com comments

Programming Book Covers at O RLY Books //orlybooks.com comments

#Working


The war on remote work has nothing to do with productivity //the-sentinel-intelligence.com comments

Signs It's Time to Quit Your Job //cate.blog comments

Hire HTML and CSS People //robinrendle.com comments

How I Hire Programmers – Aaron Swartz //aaronsw.com comments

#Learn


In 1870, Lord Rayleigh used oil and water to calculate the size of molecules //atomsonly.news comments

Put this touch sensor on a robot and learn super precise tasks //any-skin.github.io comments

Free-form floor plan design using differentiable Voronoi diagram //github.com comments

Octopuses seen hunting together with fish, punching those that don't cooperate //nbcnews.com comments

47-year-old Voyager 1 fired up thrusters it hasn't used in decades //cnn.com comments

Why the U.S. can't build icebreaking ships //construction-physics.com comments

#Watching


iPhone 16 Pro Storage Expansion 128GB to 1TB //youtube.com comments

Insights after 11 years with Datomic //youtube.com comments

The Power of Crystal: A language for humans and computers Helvetic Ruby 2024 //crystal-lang.org comments

#Startup News


Orion, our first true augmented reality glasses //about.fb.com comments

DOJ accuses Visa of monopoly that affects price of 'nearly everything’ //cnbc.com comments

Uber charges more if you have credits in your account //viewfromthewing.com comments

WP Engine is not WordPress //wordpress.org comments

#Fun


Time Flies //time-flies.koenvangilst.nl comments

King Thirteen: 2048 with chess pieces, in under 13 KB //js13kgames.com comments

Franzelio – Draw lines, make music, share your instrument //franzelio.franzai.com comments

Interactive map of the convenience store "turf war" in Japan //conbini.kikkia.dev comments

BBC Sound Effects Library //sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk comments

Netlify Celebrates 5M Developers – 3D Game //5-million-devs.netlify.com comments

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Hacker Newsletter #716

Friday, September 20, 2024

Change is inevitable. Growth is optional. //John Maxwell hackernewsletter Issue #716 // 2024-09-20 // View in your browser #Sponsor WorkOS: Modern Identity Platform for B2B SaaS Start selling to

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Friday, August 30, 2024

It's better to go slowly in the right direction, than to go speeding off in the wrong direction. //Simon Sinek hackernewsletter Issue #714 // 2024-08-30 // View in your browser #Favorites Automate

Hacker Newsletter #713

Friday, August 23, 2024

Not everything's a lesson. Sometimes you just fail. //Dwight Schrute hackernewsletter Issue #713 // 2024-08-23 // View in your browser #Sponsor WorkOS: Modern Identity Platform for B2B SaaS Start

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Tuesday, August 20, 2024

A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world. //John le Carre hackernewsletter Issue #712 // 2024-08-16 // View in your browser #Favorites Learn how to integrate role-based access control

Hacker Newsletter #711

Friday, August 9, 2024

What I cannot build, I do not understand. //Richard Feynman hackernewsletter Issue #711 // 2024-08-09 // View in your browser #Sponsor WorkOS: Modern Identity Platform for B2B SaaS Start selling to

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