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Hacker Newsletter #722

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November 15, 12:06 pm

Hacker Newsletter #722

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Issue #722 // 2024-11-15 // View in your browser

#Favorites


Airtable - Build powerful work apps, without code
//airtable.com sponsored

IMG_0416
//ben-mini.github.io comments

How I ship projects at big tech companies
//seangoedecke.com comments

MomBoard: E-ink display for a parent with amnesia
//jan.miksovsky.com comments

No GPS required: our app can now locate underground trains
//blog.transitapp.com comments

Leaving and Waving
//deannadikeman.com comments

M4 Mac mini's efficiency
//jeffgeerling.com comments

Visualizing World War II
//nathangoldwag.wordpress.com comments

Lessons from my first exit
//mtlynch.io comments

Virtual Windows 3.11 Computer
//pieter.com comments

How we built the Black Friday Cyber Monday 2023 globe
//shopify.engineering comments

Something weird is happening with LLMs and Chess
//dynomight.net comments

New Microblog with TILs
//jvns.ca comments

#Ask HN


How to deal with a serious mental health breakdown?

What hacks/tips do you use to make AI work better for you?

#Show HN


I Don't Have Spotify //github.com comments

HTML-to-Markdown – convert entire websites to Markdown with Golang/CLI //github.com comments

Jelly – A simpler shared inbox for small teams //letsjelly.com comments

Konga Beat – A custom track editor for Donkey Konga 2 and 3 //kongabeat.com comments

Tududi – A Minimalist, Open-Source Task and Project Management Tool //github.com comments

#Code


Bus Number – The GitHub plugin my coworkers asked me not to write //scannedinavian.com comments

Unusual Raku Features //buttondown.com comments

I wrote an open-source browser alternative for Computer Use for any LLM //github.com comments

Typesetting Engines: A Programmer's Perspective //blog.ppresume.com comments

Netflix's Distributed Counter Abstraction //netflixtechblog.com comments

#Data


What I wish someone told me about Postgres //challahscript.com comments

Visprex – Open-source, in-browser data visualisation tool for CSV files //docs.visprex.com comments

SQLite Index Visualization //mrsuh.com comments

TinyTroupe, a new LLM-powered multiagent persona simulation Python library //github.com comments

SQLite does not do checksums //avi.im comments

#Design


NYC Subway Station Layouts //projectsubwaynyc.com comments

Visualizing 13M Bluesky users //joelgustafson.com comments

Misguided Apple Intelligence ads //tidbits.com comments

A Mathematician in a School of Art //mathvalues.org comments

Dev Fonts //devfonts.gafi.dev comments

#Books


You too can write a book //parentheticallyspeaking.org comments

MdBook – a command line tool to create books with Markdown //rust-lang.github.io comments

The online sports gambling experiment //thezvi.substack.com comments

#Working


Why is it so hard to find a job now? Enter Ghost Jobs //arxiv.org comments

Stretch My Time Off – An Algorithm to Optimize Your Vacation Days //stretchmytimeoff.com comments

Amazon Makes It Harder for Disabled Employees to Work from Home //bloomberg.com comments

Looking for a Job Is Tough //blog.kaplich.me comments

#Learn


Scientist treated her own cancer with viruses she grew in the lab //nature.com comments

Memories are not only in the brain, human cell study finds //medicalxpress.com comments

When muscles work out, they help neurons to grow, a new study shows //news.mit.edu comments

MIT engineers make converting CO2 into useful products more practical //news.mit.edu comments

Russian family lived alone in the Siberian wilderness for 40 years //smithsonianmag.com comments

#Watching


Brian Kernighan Reflects on Unix: A History and a Memoir //youtube.com comments

Smaller Than Pixel Art: Sub-Pixel Art //youtube.com comments

Happy Exploding Whale Day //youtube.com comments

Replacing my $8000 Mac Pro with a $1400 Mac mini //youtube.com comments

#Startup News


The Onion buys Infowars //nytimes.com comments

OpenAI, Google and Anthropic are struggling to build more advanced AI //bloomberg.com comments

Waymo One is now open to all in Los Angeles //waymo.com comments

Bluesky adds 700k new users in a week //theverge.com comments

Wonder is acquiring Grubhub //about.grubhub.com comments

#Fun


The Impact of Jungle Music in 90s Video Game Development //pikuma.com comments

Daisy, an AI granny wasting scammers' time //news.virginmediao2.co.uk comments

Grim Fandango //filfre.net comments

Pi Chess Board //readymag.website comments

A simple image puzzle generator //puzzlip.com comments