Hacker News Highlights24 Dec 2025

12.24.25 | Fabrice Bellard's MicroQuickJS released, Epstein file redactions undone, X-ray Python library finds bad redactions

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Dec 24, 2025.

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

(00:00) - Intro
(00:17) - Fabrice Bellard Releases MicroQuickJS
(01:19) - Some Epstein file redactions are being undone with hacks
(02:22) - X-ray: a Python library for finding bad redactions in PDF documents
(03:28) - We replaced H.264 streaming with JPEG screenshots (and it worked better)
(04:49) - What makes you senior
(06:02) - Lua 5.5
(07:00) - Unifi Travel Router
(08:03) - Texas app store age verification law blocked by federal judge
(09:10) - Perfect Software – Software for an Audience of One
(10:30) - Fifty problems with standard web APIs in 2025
(11:43) - Outro

Fabrice Bellard Releases MicroQuickJS
https://github.com/bellard/mquickjs/blob/main/README.md
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46367224

Some Epstein file redactions are being undone with hacks
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/23/epstein-unredacted-files-social-media
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46368946

X-ray: a Python library for finding bad redactions in PDF documents
https://github.com/freelawproject/x-ray
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46369923

We replaced H.264 streaming with JPEG screenshots (and it worked better)
https://blog.helix.ml/p/we-mass-deployed-15-year-old-screen
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46367475

What makes you senior
https://terriblesoftware.org/2025/11/25/what-actually-makes-you-senior/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46327692

Lua 5.5
https://lua.org/versions.html#5.5
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46354674

Unifi Travel Router
https://blog.ui.com/article/travel-in-style-unifi-style-unifi-travel-router
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46371135

Texas app store age verification law blocked by federal judge
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/23/texas-app-store-law-blocked/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46370012

Perfect Software – Software for an Audience of One
https://outofdesk.netlify.app/blog/perfect-software
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46334206

Fifty problems with standard web APIs in 2025
https://zerotrickpony.com/articles/browser-bugs/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46309007

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