Newslurp

<< Stories

Hacker Newsletter #740

Hacker Newsletter <kale@hackernewsletter.com>

April 4, 12:19 pm

Hacker Newsletter #740

hackernewsletter

Issue #740 // 2025-04-04 // View in your browser

#Favorites


Learn how Supabase works with Next.js to increase security and reduce development hours, and how Clerk integrates with this stack
//clerk.com sponsored

US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China, 20% on EU
//bbc.com comments

TV Garden
//tv.garden comments

The average college student today
//hilariusbookbinder.substack.com comments

How to write blog posts that developers read
//refactoringenglish.com comments

Blue95: a desktop for your childhood home's computer room
//github.com comments

Pico.sh – SSH powered services for developers
//pico.sh comments

Why I don't discuss politics with friends
//shwin.co comments

Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi
//kagi.com comments

In the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio
//newslttrs.com comments

Et Tu, Grammarly?
//dbushell.com comments

#Ask HN


What are you working on?

Why hasn’t AMD made a viable CUDA alternative?

What's the best way to get started with LLM-assisted programing?

If you had 100 hours to learn something new, what would you learn?

#Show HN


Duolingo-style exercises but with real-world content like the news //app.fluentsubs.com comments

Goblin.tools: simple, single-task tools to help neurodivergent people with tasks //goblin.tools comments

Physical Pomodoro Timer with ESP32 and e-paper screen //github.com comments

My iOS app to practice sight reading (10 years in the App Store) //apps.apple.com comments

OpenNutrition – A free, public nutrition database //opennutrition.app comments

I vibecoded a 35k LoC recipe app //recipeninja.ai comments

#Code


Go Optimization Guide //goperf.dev comments

Self-contained Python scripts with uv //blog.dusktreader.dev comments

Plain – a web framework for building products with Python //plainframework.com comments

You should know this before choosing Next.js //eduardoboucas.com comments

#Data


Stop syncing everything //sqlsync.dev comments

Postgres Language Server: Initial Release //github.com comments

Cloud-Ready Postgres MCP Server //github.com comments

LLM Workflows then Agents: Getting Started with Apache Airflow //github.com comments

LLM Schemas //simonwillison.net comments

#Design


Animals Made from 13 Circles //dorithegiant.com comments

Why Apple's Severance gets edited over remote desktop software //tedium.co comments

Why is the world losing color? //culture-critic.com comments

The Design of the New Swiss Passport //kottke.org comments

#Books


KOReader: Open-Source eBook Reader //github.com comments

New Textbook Featuring GNU Radio Published //gnuradio.org comments

My Book's Pre-Sale Just Barely Succeeded //mtlynch.io comments

#Working


The April Fools joke that might have got me fired //oldvcr.blogspot.com comments

Are people bad at their jobs or are the jobs just bad? //annehelen.substack.com comments

Ask HN: Who is hiring? //news.ycombinator.com

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? //news.ycombinator.com

Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? //news.ycombinator.com

#Learn


How to Use Em Dashes (–), En Dashes (–), and Hyphens (-) //merriam-webster.com comments

James Webb Space Telescope reveals that most galaxies rotate clockwise //smithsonianmag.com comments

Giant, fungus-like organism may be a completely unknown branch of life //livescience.com comments

Excitable cells //jenevoldsen.com comments

Things I Won't Work With: Dioxygen Difluoride //science.org comments

How Silica Gel Took Over the World //scopeofwork.net comments

#Watching


Fiber optic drones are changing combat operations //youtube.com comments

I won't connect my dishwasher to your stupid cloud //youtube.com comments

What if the Earth rotated 90 degrees? //youtube.com comments

Adam Savage Tests the Apple AirPods Pro Hearing Aid //youtube.com comments

#Startup News


xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B //twitter.com comments

Restructuring Announcement //automattic.com comments

Intel, TSMC tentatively agree to form chipmaking joint venture //finance.yahoo.com comments

#Fun


Veloren – Voxel action-adventure role-playing //veloren.net comments

The Myst Graph: A New Perspective on Myst //glthr.com comments

Browsercraft: Java Minecraft in the browser //browsercraft.cheerpj.com comments

I made a little puzzle game about a rogue chess knight //knightride.rakhim.org comments

CSS Clicker – a pure-CSS idle game where you build your own website //lyra.horse comments