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Issue #757 // 2025-08-08 // View in your browser

#Sponsor


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#Favorites


Open models by OpenAI
//openai.com comments

I spent 6 years building a ridiculous wooden pixel display
//benholmen.com comments

If you're remote, ramble
//stephango.com comments

I gave the AI arms and legs then it rejected me
//grell.dev comments

Writing a good design document
//grantslatton.com comments

GPT-5: Key characteristics, pricing and system card (release thread)
//simonwillison.net comments

Replacing tmux in my dev workflow
//bower.sh comments

I tried to replace myself with ChatGPT in my English class
//lithub.com comments

Historical Tech Tree
//historicaltechtree.com comments

Why Exercise Is a Miracle Drug
//derekthompson.org comments

Draw A Fish and watch it swim with the others (and great postmortem)
//drawafish.com comments

#Ask HN


What trick of the trade took you too long to learn?

Have you ever regretted open-sourcing something?

What change enabled you to consistently finish your side projects?

#Classifieds


Company updates made simple. Follow stocks, get AI summaries. //assetroom.net

Authentication and user management, built for B2B SaaS //propelauth.com

Airtable - Build with AI that means business //airtable.com

Simulate your financial future and chart a course toward your best life //projectionlab.com

👉 Buy a classified ad

#Show HN


I've been building an ERP for manufacturing for the last 3 years //github.com comments

NautilusTrader: Open-source algorithmic trading platform //nautilustrader.io comments

Societies.io – AI simulations of your target audience //news.ycombinator.com

#Code


Modern Node.js Patterns //kashw1n.com comments

PHP 8.5 adds pipe operator //thephp.foundation comments

HTMX is hard, so let's get it right //github.com comments

Design patterns you should unlearn in Python //lihil.cc comments

#Data


Harmony: OpenAI's response format for its open-weight model series //github.com comments

Long Term Support //sqlite.org comments

Pontoon – Open-source customer data syncs //github.com comments

#Design


How we built Bluey’s world //itsnicethat.com comments

Indian Sign Painting: A typeface designer's take on the craft //bl.ag comments

The History of F1 Design //espn.com comments

When Disney Went Digital //animationobsessive.substack.com comments

#Books


The Art of Multiprocessor Programming 2nd Edition Book Club //eatonphil.com comments

Build Your Own Lisp //buildyourownlisp.com comments

Introduction to Computer Music //cmtext.com comments

Marines now have an official drone-fighting handbook //marinecorpstimes.com comments

#Working


Job-seekers are dodging AI interviewers //fortune.com comments

Live coding interviews measure stress, not coding skills //hadid.dev comments

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

Open AI announces $1.5M bonus for every employee //medium.com comments

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

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

#Learn


At 17, Hannah Cairo solved a major math mystery //quantamagazine.org comments

How the brain increases blood flow on demand //hms.harvard.edu comments

A study of lights at night suggests dictators lie about economic growth //economist.com comments

The Sunlight Budget of Earth //asimov.press comments

#Watching


The US Relies on 51 Forty-five-year-old ships to Transport its Military Overseas //youtube.com comments

Renaming this file changes what it does //youtube.com comments

#Startup News


Japan: Apple Must Lift Browser Engine Ban by December //open-web-advocacy.org comments

Figma will IPO on July 31 //figma.com comments

Anthropic revokes OpenAI's access to Claude //wired.com comments

OpenAI raises $8.3B at $300B valuation //nytimes.com comments

#Fun


Nothing to watch – Experimental gallery visualizing 50k film posters //nothing-to-watch.port80.ch comments

Whittle – A shrinking word game //playwhittle.com comments

Tiny logic and number games I built for my kids //quizmathgenius.com comments

Termagotchi – A terminal-based Tamagotchi simulation written in Go //github.com comments