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Feb 9, 2025 | Destroying software, gradual automation, interesting obscure islands

Feb 09, 202511 minEp. 19
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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 9, 2025.

We are destroying software
https://antirez.com/news/145
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42983275

Do-nothing scripting: the key to gradual automation (2019)
https://blog.danslimmon.com/2019/07/15/do-nothing-scripting-the-key-to-gradual-automation/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42976698

Obscure islands I find interesting
https://amanvir.com/obscure-islands
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42978199

Jacksonpollock.org (2003)
https://jacksonpollock.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42986320

Cities can cost effectively start their own utilities
https://kevin.burke.dev/kevin/norcal-cities-new-utility/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42975492

The Deck: An open-source cross-platform multiplayer card game engine in Flutter
https://github.com/xajik/thedeck
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42983699

Tips for mathematical handwriting (2007)
https://johnkerl.org/doc/ortho/ortho.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42985427

Show HN: FlashSpace – fast, open-source, macOS Spaces replacement
https://github.com/wojciech-kulik/FlashSpace
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42984420

Writing a simple windows driver in Rust
https://scorpiosoftware.net/2025/02/08/writing-a-simple-driver-in-rust/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42984457

RISC-V Mainboard for Framework Laptop 13 is now available
https://frame.work/gb/en/blog/risc-v-mainboard-for-framework-laptop-13-is-now-available
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42946223

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