8.9.26 | Code not the hard part, for-sale DNS records, Fastmail EU data region

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 9, 2026.

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

(00:00) - Intro
(00:22) - “Code was never the hard part” is an insult to all programmers
(01:35) - _for-sale DNS records
(02:57) - Fastmail offers EU data region
(04:16) - Lost my phone at the office. Claude suggested tracking Bluetooth signal strength
(05:18) - My server is a phone now
(06:29) - Improving Heuristics for A* Pathfinding
(07:46) - Triton: DirectX 11 Driver for QEMU
(09:07) - Shopify replaced Redis with MySQL for inventory reservations–and it scaled
(10:41) - Dithered QR Codes
(11:51) - Open-source interactive map for the Aug 12 total solar eclipse
(13:00) - Outro

“Code was never the hard part” is an insult to all programmers
https://blog.senko.net/code-was-never-the-hard-part-is-an-insult-to-all-programmers
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49222189

_for-sale DNS records
https://specification.website/spec/foundations/for-sale-dns/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49221668

Fastmail offers EU data region
https://www.fastmail.com/blog/fastmail-offers-eu-data-region/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49223082

Lost my phone at the office. Claude suggested tracking Bluetooth signal strength
https://twitter.com/un1c0rnioz/status/2084686552299634805
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49215786

My server is a phone now
https://seg6.space/posts/phone-server/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49226636

Improving Heuristics for A* Pathfinding
https://www.redblobgames.com/pathfinding/heuristics/differential.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49079995

Triton: DirectX 11 Driver for QEMU
https://blog.getutm.app/2026/introducing-triton-directx-11-driver-for-qemu/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49221711

Shopify replaced Redis with MySQL for inventory reservations–and it scaled
https://shopify.engineering/scaling-inventory-reservations
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49226536

Dithered QR Codes
https://www.andrewt.net/dithered-qr-codes/wtf/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49226742

Open-source interactive map for the Aug 12 total solar eclipse
https://eclipsefan.org/?v=2&t=max&layers=eclipse%2Cbesselian%2Cumbra-live%2Cshadow-3d%2Ccloud-projection%2Cosm&lat=43.4623&lon=-3.8099&opacity=besselian%3A0.2%2Cumbra-live%3A0.2&zoom=6&palier=minute
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49225139

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