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Hacker Newsletter #713

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August 23, 11:02 am

Hacker Newsletter #713

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Issue #713 // 2024-08-23 // View in your browser

#Sponsor


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#Favorites


I've built my first successful side project, and I hate it
//switowski.com comments

Verso – Web browser built on top of the Servo web engine
//github.com comments

Toasts are bad UX
//maxschmitt.me comments

Artificial intelligence is losing hype
//economist.com comments

The semantic web is now widely adopted
//csvbase.com comments

Bug squash: An underrated interview question
//blog.jez.io comments

How to build a 50k ton forging press
//construction-physics.com comments

Alien – CUDA-powered artificial life simulation program
//github.com comments

Crafting a 13KB Game: The Story of Space Huggers
//frankforce.com comments

Migrating Mess with DNS to Use PowerDNS
//jvns.ca comments

#Ask HN


Do we need to pay billions in fees to Stripe, Block, PayPal and Visa/MC?

How do you work as a tech lead?

Tired of software career. What now?

Determine sound quality of a file, objectively?

#Show HN


Mpv – A free, open-source, and cross-platform media player //mpv.io comments

InstantDB – A Modern Firebase //github.com comments

Srcbook – A TypeScript notebook for rapid prototyping //github.com comments

Learn Blender shortcuts with lots of tiny videos //hollisbrown.github.io comments

Tmpmail: Temporary email right from your terminal written in POSIX sh //github.com comments

Spine – 2D skeletal animation for games, with physical secondary motions //en.esotericsoftware.com comments

Grug Notes, a simple take on text notes //grugnotes.com comments

PinkArrows – An open-source Skitch alternative on the web //github.com comments

#Code


VanillaJSX.com //vanillajsx.com comments

PgQueuer – Transform PostgreSQL into a Job Queue //github.com comments

Transformers for Ruby //github.com comments

Pragtical: Practical and pragmatic code editor //pragtical.dev comments

Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships //softwareengineering.stackexchange.com comments

I Just Cracked $1M on GitHub Sponsors //calebporzio.com comments

#Data


Data Exfiltration from Slack AI via indirect prompt injection //promptarmor.substack.com comments

Dasel: Select, put and delete data from JSON, TOML, YAML, XML and CSV //github.com comments

Just use Postgres //mccue.dev comments

Build your own SQLite, Part 1: Listing tables //blog.sylver.dev comments

What If Data Is a Bad Idea? //schmud.de comments

I Trained a 2D Game Animation Generation Model(Fully Open-Source) //github.com comments

#Design


Blockbuster Video VHS insert template //github.com comments

Midjourney web experience is now open to everyone //midjourney.com comments

Renderings Created with Only a Pencil //core77.com comments

Designing my own watch //willem.com comments

#Books


Discrete Mathematics – An Open Introduction, 4th edition //discrete.openmathbooks.org comments

I wag, therefore I am: the philosophy of dogs //theguardian.com comments

Tales from the Far Side //kleefeldoncomics.com comments

#Working


Postmortem of my 9 year journey at Google //tinystruggles.com comments

On Being a Senior Engineer //kitchensoap.com comments

Biggest productivity killers in the engineering industry //newsletter.eng-leadership.com comments

#Learn


A Texas "moth man" photographed 550 species in his own yard //texasmonthly.com comments

The waiting time paradox: why is my bus always late? //jakevdp.github.io comments

Breaking down a record-setting day on the Texas grid //blog.gridstatus.io comments

The brain simulates actions and their consequences during REM sleep //biorxiv.org comments

Juice rerouted to Venus in first lunar-Earth flyby //esa.int comments

#Watching


Basic Mechanisms In Fire Control Computers //youtube.com comments

The YouTube like button glows when you say "smash that like button" //youtube.com comments

How I Became the EEVBlog Guy //youtube.com comments

A $36,000 Graphical Workstation from 1993 – SGI Indigo 2 //youtube.com comments

#Startup News


Roblox is the biggest game in the world, but is unprofitable //matthewball.co comments

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's Leaked Stanford Talk //github.com comments

Sorcerer – Weather balloons that collect more data //news.ycombinator.com

#Fun


Notris: A Tetris clone for the PlayStation 1 //github.com comments

Lenticular Clock //instructables.com comments

Ditch the sim rig and use your car instead //outlandnish.com comments