Hacker News Highlights14 Dec 2025

12.14.25 | Stranger kindness, VPN location discrepancies, improving AI programming skills

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Dec 14, 2025.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro
(00:17) - What is the nicest thing a stranger has ever done for you?
(01:21) - VPN location claims don't match real traffic exits
(02:37) - Ask HN: How can I get better at using AI for programming?
(03:47) - I tried Gleam for Advent of Code
(04:57) - Useful patterns for building HTML tools
(06:00) - Why Twilio Segment moved from microservices back to a monolith
(07:14) - Linux Sandboxes and Fil-C
(08:21) - Recovering Anthony Bourdain's Li.st's
(09:26) - Go Proposal: Secret Mode
(10:35) - I fed 24 years of my blog posts to a Markov model
(11:43) - Outro

What is the nicest thing a stranger has ever done for you?
https://louplummer.lol/nice-stranger/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46236001

VPN location claims don't match real traffic exits
https://ipinfo.io/blog/vpn-location-mismatch-report
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46257339

Ask HN: How can I get better at using AI for programming?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46255285

I tried Gleam for Advent of Code
https://blog.tymscar.com/posts/gleamaoc2025/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46255991

Useful patterns for building HTML tools
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/10/html-tools/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46223882

Why Twilio Segment moved from microservices back to a monolith
https://www.twilio.com/en-us/blog/developers/best-practices/goodbye-microservices
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46257714

Linux Sandboxes and Fil-C
https://fil-c.org/seccomp
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46259064

Recovering Anthony Bourdain's Li.st's
https://sandyuraz.com/blogs/bourdain/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46258163

Go Proposal: Secret Mode
https://antonz.org/accepted/runtime-secret/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46210705

I fed 24 years of my blog posts to a Markov model
https://susam.net/fed-24-years-of-posts-to-markov-model.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46257607

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9.8.26 | LG Spy TVs problem, Mistral raises €3B, Jellyfin 12.0

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 8, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:16) - 216M Spy TVs – The L...

8 Sep 14min

9.7.26 | Nitter and XCancel resume service, Keep Our Servers Running, Asahi Linux on M3

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 7, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Nitter and XCancel r...

7 Sep 13min

9.6.26 | Nitter has more instances, German rocket reaches orbit from Europe, Chrome exempts Google from data settings

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 6, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:15) - Nitter has more work...

6 Sep 13min

9.5.26 | OpenAI agent message board, Fermat's Last Theorem formalized, Chromium sandbox RCE exploited

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 5, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:18) - Discovery of a new O...

5 Sep 13min

9.4.26 | .name Termination, GPT-6 Astra, Any Human Ever life selection

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 4, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - .name Termination (0...

4 Sep 14min

9.3.26 | Gemini 3.8 Flash and Cyber, Muse Spark 1.3, opt out of training data

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 3, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Gemini 3.8 Flash and...

3 Sep 13min

9.2.26 | Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1, Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions, Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 2, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Claude Fable 5.1 and...

2 Sep 13min

9.1.26 | Playa Phone, bird identification system from security cameras, Terence Tao explains six essential mathematical concepts

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 1, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Playa Phone (01:23) ...

1 Sep 12min