Hacker News Recap - podcast cover

Hacker News Recap

Wondercraft.aiwondercraft.ai

A podcast that recaps some of the top posts on Hacker News every day. This is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by Wondercraft.ai. Create your own news rundown podcast at app.wondercraft.ai

Last refreshed:
Follow this podcast in the Metacast mobile app to refresh it and see new episodes.
Download Metacast podcast app
Podcasts are better in Metacast mobile app
Don't just listen to podcasts. Learn from them with transcripts, summaries, and chapters for every episode. Skim, search, and bookmark insights. Learn more

Episodes

July 14th, 2024 | Fitting an elephant with four non-zero parameters

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on July 14th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:41): Fitting an elephant with four non-zero parameters Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40961163&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:49): How to Know When It's Time to Go Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40962675&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:55): Just Be Rich (2021) Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40962965&utm_sou...

Jul 15, 202414 min

July 13th, 2024 | Disney's Internal Slack Breached? NullBulge Leaks 1.1 TiB of Data

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on July 13th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:39): Disney's Internal Slack Breached? NullBulge Leaks 1.1 TiB of Data Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40955693&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:52): Give people something to link to Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40954879&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:01): Jelly Star – The Smallest Android 13 Smartphone Original post: https://news....

Jul 14, 202413 min

July 12th, 2024 | AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' customers in data breach

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on July 12th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:33): AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' customers in data breach Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40944505&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:49): Use a Work Journal to Recover Focus Faster and Clarify Your Thoughts Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40950584&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:03): Tau: Open-source PaaS...

Jul 13, 202413 min

July 11th, 2024 | Surviving three years in North Korea as a foreigner (2021)

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on July 11th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:38): The Typeset of Wall·E (2018) Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40934924&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:06): WebVM is a server-less virtual Linux environment running client-side Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40940225&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:12): Second factor SMS: Worse than its reputation Original post: https://news.ycom...

Jul 12, 202413 min

July 10th, 2024 | AMD to buy Silo AI for $665M

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on July 10th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:36): Zed on Linux Is Here Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40928893&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:37): AMD to buy Silo AI for $665M Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40926648&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:47): Scientists discover a cause of lupus, possible way to reverse it Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40931636...

Jul 11, 202413 min

July 9th, 2024 | Another AI company wrote us and here’s our response

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on July 9th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:35): Google Chrome has an API accesible only from *.google.com Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40918052&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:40): PySkyWiFi: Free stupid wi-fi on long-haul flights Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40915082&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:54): Linksys Velop routers send Wi-Fi passwords in plaintext to US server...

Jul 10, 202413 min

July 8th, 2024 | Reverse engineering Ticketmaster's rotating barcodes

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on July 8th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:38): Reverse engineering Ticketmaster's rotating barcodes Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40906148&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:55): Google Chrome has an API accesible only from *.google.com Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40918052&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:50): No more boot loader: Please use the kernel instead Original post:...

Jul 10, 202413 min

July 7th, 2024 | YouTube embeds are heavy and it’s fixable

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on July 7th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:34): YouTube embeds are heavy and it’s fixable Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40897205&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:41): A reawakening of systems programming meetups Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40897506&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:59): I'm funding Ladybird because I can't fund Firefox Original post: https://news.ycombinator...

Jul 08, 202413 min

July 6th, 2024 | Teaching general problem-solving skills is not a substitute for teaching math [pdf] (2010)

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on July 6th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:36): First anode-free sodium solid-state battery Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40891252&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:50): Teaching general problem-solving skills is not a substitute for teaching math [pdf] (2010) Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40890847&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:07): How to think in writing Original post: ht...

Jul 07, 202413 min

July 5th, 2024 | Put the DVD logo in the corner (2023)

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on July 5th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:39): Put the DVD logo in the corner (2023) Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40883277&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:59): I have no constructor, and I must initialize Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40880932&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:15): PostgreSQL and UUID as Primary Key Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=408848...

Jul 07, 202414 min

July 4th, 2024 | Insights from over 10,000 comments on "Ask HN: Who Is Hiring" using GPT-4o

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on July 4th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:42): Twilio confirms data breach after hackers leak 33M Authy user phone numbers Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40874341&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:53): Insights from over 10,000 comments on "Ask HN: Who Is Hiring" using GPT-4o Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40877136&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:16): SCIM: Ncurses based, Vim-...

Jul 06, 202413 min

July 3rd, 2024 | AI's $600B Question

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on July 3rd,2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:36): Proton launches its own version of Google Docs Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40864914&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:51): AI's $600B Question Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40869461&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:11): Do not taunt happy fun branch predictor (2023) Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40866374&am...

Jul 04, 202413 min

July 2nd, 2024 | Why is Chile so long?

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on July 2nd, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:37): Why is Chile so long? Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40856030&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:38): Ladybird Web Browser becomes a non-profit with $1M from GitHub Founder Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40856791&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:42): Welcome to Ladybird, a truly independent web browser Original post: https://news.yc...

Jul 03, 202412 min

July 1st, 2024 | Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for official acts

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on July 1st, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:38): Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for official acts Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40847963&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:50): RegreSSHion: RCE in OpenSSH's server, on glibc-based Linux systems Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40843778&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:10): My finetuned models beat OpenAI's GPT-4 Ori...

Jul 02, 202414 min

June 30th, 2024 | Writing GUI apps for Windows is painful

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 30th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:34): Writing GUI apps for Windows is painful Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40839208&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:42): Postzegelcode Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40839418&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:56): Rodney Brooks on limitations of generative AI Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40835588&utm_source...

Jul 01, 202413 min

June 29th, 2024 | Researchers at ETH Zurich develop the fastest possible flow algorithm

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 29th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:40): Bytecode Breakdown: Unraveling Factorio's Lua Security Flaws Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40830005&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:59): Inside a $1 radar motion sensor Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40834349&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:13): Researchers at ETH Zurich develop the fastest possible flow algorithm Original pos...

Jun 30, 202413 min

June 28th, 2024 | Supreme Court overturns 40-year-old "Chevron deference" doctrine

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 28th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:34): Supreme Court overturns 40-year-old "Chevron deference" doctrine Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40820949&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:41): Is Clear Air Turbulence becoming more common? Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40819784&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:57): New ways to catch gravitational waves Original post: https://new...

Jun 29, 202413 min

June 27th, 2024 | 200 people charged in $2.7B health care fraud crackdown

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 27th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:41): Remembering Larry Finger, who made Linux wireless work Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40812695&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:52): Google Sheets ported its calculation worker from JavaScript to WasmGC Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40808820&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:06): 200 people charged in $2.7B health care fraud crac...

Jun 28, 202413 min

June 26th, 2024 | One Million Checkboxes

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 26th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:31): One Million Checkboxes Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40800869&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:29): Figma Slides Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40802676&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:40): Figma AI Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40802423&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:49): South Korean telecom company a...

Jun 27, 202413 min

June 25th, 2024 | Polyfill supply chain attack hits 100K+ sites

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 25th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:38): Polyfill supply chain attack hits 100K+ sites Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40791829&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:49): Local First, Forever Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40786425&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:00): Microsoft removes documentation for switching to a local account in Windows 11 Original post: https://news.y...

Jun 26, 202413 min

June 24th, 2024 | Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 24th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:37): Microfeatures I love in blogs and personal websites Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40774277&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:46): Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40782130&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:45): Apple found in breach of EU competition rules...

Jun 25, 202413 min

June 23rd, 2024 | The tiny chip that powers Montreal subway tickets

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 23rd, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:37): I am using AI to drop hats outside my window onto New Yorkers Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40767459&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:37): The tiny chip that powers Montreal subway tickets Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40769001&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:54): Llama.ttf: A font which is also an LLM Original post: https://n...

Jun 25, 202413 min

June 22nd, 2024 | I am using AI to drop hats outside my window onto New Yorkers

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 23rd, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:37): I am using AI to drop hats outside my window onto New Yorkers Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40767459&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:41): After my dad died, I ran and sold his company (2018) Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40758767&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:03): The tiny chip that powers Montreal subway tickets Original p...

Jun 24, 202413 min

June 21st, 2024 | Allan McDonald refused to approve Challenger launch, exposed cover-up (2021)

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 21st, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:38): Allan McDonald refused to approve Challenger launch, exposed cover-up (2021) Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40748371&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:51): Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publishers' court win Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40754229&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:07): My Windows Computer Just ...

Jun 22, 202414 min

June 20th, 2024 | Claude 3.5 Sonnet

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 20th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:36): EU Council has withdrawn the vote on Chat Control Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40736771&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:50): Tetris Font Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40737294&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:55): Claude 3.5 Sonnet Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40738916&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:...

Jun 21, 202413 min

June 19th, 2024 | Safe Superintelligence Inc.

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 19th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:32): Safe Superintelligence Inc. Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40730156&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:40): Fast Crimes at Lambda School Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40729501&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:45): Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming" Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/...

Jun 20, 202413 min

June 18th, 2024 | Chat Control Must Be Stopped – Now

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 18th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:43): Chat Control Must Be Stopped – Now Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40715449&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:57): Chat Control: Incompatible with Fundamental Rights (2022) Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40715695&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:11): Cyber Scarecrow Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40715250&u...

Jun 19, 202413 min

June 17th, 2024 | FTC sues Adobe for hiding fees and inhibiting cancellations

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 17th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:33): FTC sues Adobe for hiding fees and inhibiting cancellations Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40707558&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:04): How to get stuff repaired when the manufacturer don't wanna: take 'em to court Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40702782&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:53): Htmx 2.0.0 has been released Origina...

Jun 18, 202418 min

June 16th, 2024 | Do not try to be the smartest in the room; try to be the kindest

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 16th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:40): MicroMac, a Macintosh for under £5 Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40699684&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:11): Do not try to be the smartest in the room; try to be the kindest Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40695997&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:40): The Raspberry Pi 5 Is No Match for a Tini-Mini-Micro PC Original post: http...

Jun 17, 202418 min

June 15th, 2024 | Perplexity AI is lying about their user agent

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 15th, 2024. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:34): Perplexity AI is lying about their user agent Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40690898&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:22): Tesla's FSD – A Useless Technology Demo Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40688001&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (04:05): Just Enough Software Architecture Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=406...

Jun 16, 202418 min
Hosted on Buzzsprout
For the best experience, listen in Metacast app for iOS or Android