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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:17) - FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE
• (01:30) - Prism
• (02:38) - A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last few weeks
• (03:41) - 430k-year-old well-preserved wooden tools are the oldest ever found
• (04:51) - Doing the thing is doing the thing
• (05:44) - Xfwl4 – The Roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor
• (06:56) - Lennart Poettering, Christian Brauner founded a new company
• (07:54) - Show HN: One Human + One Agent = One Browser From Scratch in 20K LOC
• (09:09) - Amazon closing its Fresh and Go stores
• (10:11) - AI2: Open Coding Agents
• (11:25) - Outro

Prism
https://openai.com/index/introducing-prism
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46783752

A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last few weeks
https://twitter.com/karpathy/status/2015883857489522876
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46771564

430k-year-old well-preserved wooden tools are the oldest ever found
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/science/archaeology-neanderthals-tools.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46781530

Doing the thing is doing the thing
https://www.softwaredesign.ing/blog/doing-the-thing-is-doing-the-thing
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46776155

Xfwl4 – The Roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor
https://alexxcons.github.io/blogpost_15.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46779645

Lennart Poettering, Christian Brauner founded a new company
https://amutable.com/about
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46784572

Show HN: One Human + One Agent = One Browser From Scratch in 20K LOC
https://emsh.cat/one-human-one-agent-one-browser/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46779522

Amazon closing its Fresh and Go stores
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-closing-fresh-grocery-convenience-150437789.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46781444

AI2: Open Coding Agents
https://allenai.org/blog/open-coding-agents
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46783017

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:15) - After two years of vibecoding, I'm back to writing by hand
• (01:25) - France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, etc.
• (02:33) - Television is 100 years old today
• (03:40) - Fedora Asahi Remix is now working on Apple M3
• (04:41) - Qwen3-Max-Thinking
• (05:36) - Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal
• (06:56) - Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability
• (08:04) - ChatGPT Containers can now run bash, pip/npm install packages and download files
• (09:11) - JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back
• (10:26) - The hidden engineering of runways
• (11:29) - Outro

France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, etc.
https://twitter.com/lellouchenico/status/2015775970330882319
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46767668

Television is 100 years old today
https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2026/01/tv100.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46766188

Fedora Asahi Remix is now working on Apple M3
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:okydh7e54e2nok65kjxdklvd/post/3mdd55paffk2o
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46769051

Qwen3-Max-Thinking
https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3-max-thinking
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46766741

Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202601255198
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46760329

Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/01/apple-introduces-new-airtag-with-expanded-range-and-improved-findability/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46765819

ChatGPT Containers can now run bash, pip/npm install packages and download files
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/26/chatgpt-containers/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46770221

JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back
https://nproject.io/blog/juicessh-give-me-back-my-pro-features/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46768909

The hidden engineering of runways
https://practical.engineering/blog/2026/1/20/the-hidden-engineering-of-runways
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46694193

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:19) - First, make me care
• (01:14) - A macOS app that blurs your screen when you slouch
• (02:13) - Iran's internet blackout may become permanent, with access for elites only
• (03:33) - Clawdbot - open source personal AI assistant
• (04:32) - Web-based image editor modeled after Deluxe Paint
• (05:33) - Using PostgreSQL as a Dead Letter Queue for Event-Driven Systems
• (06:40) - Scientists identify brain waves that define the limits of 'you'
• (07:48) - The browser is the sandbox
• (09:05) - I was right about ATProto key management
• (10:15) - Things I've learned in my 10 years as an engineering manager
• (11:29) - Outro

A macOS app that blurs your screen when you slouch
https://github.com/tldev/posturr
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46754944

Iran's internet blackout may become permanent, with access for elites only
https://restofworld.org/2026/iran-blackout-tiered-internet/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46761822

Clawdbot - open source personal AI assistant
https://github.com/clawdbot/clawdbot
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46760237

Web-based image editor modeled after Deluxe Paint
https://github.com/steffest/DPaint-js
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46753708

Using PostgreSQL as a Dead Letter Queue for Event-Driven Systems
https://www.diljitpr.net/blog-post-postgresql-dlq
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46755115

Scientists identify brain waves that define the limits of 'you'
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-identify-brain-waves-that-define-the-limits-of-you
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46760099

The browser is the sandbox
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/25/the-browser-is-the-sandbox/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46762150

I was right about ATProto key management
https://notes.nora.codes/atproto-again/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46757357

Things I've learned in my 10 years as an engineering manager
https://www.jampa.dev/p/lessons-learned-after-10-years-as
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46709270

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:21) - BirdyChat becomes first European chat app that is interoperable with WhatsApp
• (01:40) - Claude Code's new hidden feature: Swarms
• (02:40) - Adoption of EVs tied to real-world reductions in air pollution: study
• (03:52) - Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is coming to Android
• (05:02) - Postmortem: Our first VLEO satellite mission (with imagery and flight data)
• (06:19) - Ask HN: Gmail spam filtering suddenly marking everything as spam?
• (07:23) - Raspberry Pi Drag Race: Pi 1 to Pi 5 – Performance Comparison
• (08:31) - Nvidia-smi hangs indefinitely after ~66 days
• (09:36) - Second Win11 emergency out of band update to address disastrous Patch Tuesday
• (10:46) - Deutsche Telekom is violating Net Neutrality
• (11:53) - Outro

Claude Code's new hidden feature: Swarms
https://twitter.com/NicerInPerson/status/2014989679796347375
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46743908

Adoption of EVs tied to real-world reductions in air pollution: study
https://keck.usc.edu/news/adoption-of-electric-vehicles-tied-to-real-world-reductions-in-air-pollution-study-finds/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46749198

Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is coming to Android
https://www.androidauthority.com/google-sideloading-android-high-friction-process-3633468/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46688804

Postmortem: Our first VLEO satellite mission (with imagery and flight data)
https://albedo.com/post/clarity-1-what-worked-and-where-we-go-next
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46747119

Ask HN: Gmail spam filtering suddenly marking everything as spam?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46744807

Raspberry Pi Drag Race: Pi 1 to Pi 5 – Performance Comparison
https://the-diy-life.com/raspberry-pi-drag-race-pi-1-to-pi-5-performance-comparison/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46745922

Nvidia-smi hangs indefinitely after ~66 days
https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules/issues/971
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46750425

Second Win11 emergency out of band update to address disastrous Patch Tuesday
https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-11-second-emergency-out-of-band-update-kb5078127-released-address-outlook-bugs
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46750358

Deutsche Telekom is violating Net Neutrality
https://netzbremse.de/en/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46751899

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:17) - Microsoft gave FBI set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops
• (01:30) - Proof of Corn
• (02:42) - Unrolling the Codex agent loop
• (03:38) - Gas Town's agent patterns, design bottlenecks, and vibecoding at scale
• (04:48) - Booting from a vinyl record (2020)
• (05:49) - Comma openpilot – Open source driver-assistance
• (06:58) - New YC homepage
• (07:57) - Show HN: Whosthere: A LAN discovery tool with a modern TUI, written in Go
• (09:01) - KORG phase8 – Acoustic Synthesizer
• (10:10) - The tech monoculture is finally breaking
• (11:24) - Outro

Proof of Corn
https://proofofcorn.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46735511

Unrolling the Codex agent loop
https://openai.com/index/unrolling-the-codex-agent-loop/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46737630

Gas Town's agent patterns, design bottlenecks, and vibecoding at scale
https://maggieappleton.com/gastown
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46734302

Booting from a vinyl record (2020)
https://boginjr.com/it/sw/dev/vinyl-boot/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46730885

Comma openpilot – Open source driver-assistance
https://comma.ai
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46740029

New YC homepage
https://www.ycombinator.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46735644

Show HN: Whosthere: A LAN discovery tool with a modern TUI, written in Go
https://github.com/ramonvermeulen/whosthere
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46731432

KORG phase8 – Acoustic Synthesizer
https://www.korg.com/us/products/dj/phase8/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46732967

The tech monoculture is finally breaking
http://www.jasonwillems.com/technology/2025/12/17/Tech-Is-Fun-Again/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46733624

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:19) - Show HN: isometric.nyc – giant isometric pixel art map of NYC
• (01:29) - GPTZero finds 100 new hallucinations in NeurIPS 2025 accepted papers
• (02:37) - Bugs Apple Loves
• (03:39) - Qwen3-TTS family is now open sourced: Voice design, clone, and generation
• (04:41) - Why does SSH send 100 packets per keystroke?
• (05:58) - Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide over "heroes"
• (07:13) - Your app subscription is now my weekend project
• (08:22) - Capital One to acquire Brex for $5.15B
• (09:28) - Proton Spam and the AI Consent Problem
• (10:33) - Outro

GPTZero finds 100 new hallucinations in NeurIPS 2025 accepted papers
https://gptzero.me/news/neurips/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46720395

Bugs Apple Loves
https://www.bugsappleloves.com
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46727587

Qwen3-TTS family is now open sourced: Voice design, clone, and generation
https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3tts-0115
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46719229

Why does SSH send 100 packets per keystroke?
https://eieio.games/blog/ssh-sends-100-packets-per-keystroke/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46723990

Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide over "heroes"
https://shreevatsa.net/post/douglas-adams-cultural-divide/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46719222

Your app subscription is now my weekend project
https://rselbach.com/your-sub-is-now-my-weekend-project
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46672713

Capital One to acquire Brex for $5.15B
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/capital-one-buy-fintech-firm-brex-515-billion-deal-2026-01-22/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46725288

Proton Spam and the AI Consent Problem
https://dbushell.com/2026/01/22/proton-spam/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46729368

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:18) - Show HN: ChartGPU – WebGPU-powered charting library (1M points at 60fps)
• (01:20) - Claude's new constitution
• (02:29) - Skip is now free and open source
• (03:41) - Waiting for dawn in search: Search index, Google rulings and impact on Kagi
• (05:00) - Show HN: Sweep, Open-weights 1.5B model for next-edit autocomplete
• (06:02) - Nested code fences in Markdown
• (06:57) - Can you slim macOS down?
• (08:02) - Your brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of cognitive debt when using an AI assistant
• (09:14) - JPEG XL Test Page
• (10:09) - Significant US farm losses persist, despite federal assistance
• (11:26) - Outro

Claude's new constitution
https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-new-constitution
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46707572

Skip is now free and open source
https://skip.dev/blog/skip-is-free/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46706906

Waiting for dawn in search: Search index, Google rulings and impact on Kagi
https://blog.kagi.com/waiting-dawn-search
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46708678

Show HN: Sweep, Open-weights 1.5B model for next-edit autocomplete
https://huggingface.co/sweepai/sweep-next-edit-1.5B
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46713106

Nested code fences in Markdown
https://susam.net/nested-code-fences.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46705201

Can you slim macOS down?
https://eclecticlight.co/2026/01/21/can-you-slim-macos-down/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46702411

Your brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of cognitive debt when using an AI assistant
https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/your-brain-on-chatgpt/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46712678

JPEG XL Test Page
https://tildeweb.nl/~michiel/jxl/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46708032

Significant US farm losses persist, despite federal assistance
https://www.fb.org/market-intel/significant-farm-losses-persist-despite-federal-assistance
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46713929

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:21) - California is free of drought for the first time in 25 years
• (01:26) - Unconventional PostgreSQL Optimizations
• (02:34) - Anthropic's original take home assignment open sourced
• (03:36) - Ask HN: Do you have any evidence that agentic coding works?
• (04:43) - cURL removes bug bounties
• (05:47) - The Unix Pipe Card Game
• (06:37) - Instabridge has acquired Nova Launcher
• (07:44) - IPv6 is not insecure because it lacks a NAT
• (08:56) - The challenges of soft delete
• (10:06) - Outro

Unconventional PostgreSQL Optimizations
https://hakibenita.com/postgresql-unconventional-optimizations
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46692116

Anthropic's original take home assignment open sourced
https://github.com/anthropics/original_performance_takehome
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46700594

Ask HN: Do you have any evidence that agentic coding works?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46691243

cURL removes bug bounties
https://etn.se/index.php/nyheter/72808-curl-removes-bug-bounties.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46701733

The Unix Pipe Card Game
https://punkx.org/unix-pipe-game/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46694124

Instabridge has acquired Nova Launcher
https://novalauncher.com/nova-is-here-to-stay
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46696357

IPv6 is not insecure because it lacks a NAT
https://www.johnmaguire.me/blog/ipv6-is-not-insecure-because-it-lacks-nat/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46696303

The challenges of soft delete
https://atlas9.dev/blog/soft-delete.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46698061