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- Today13 min
Fable's Fermat proof meets its skeptics
Readers argue over what Anthropic's Fermat formalization by Claude Fable 5.2 really shows, an engineer makes the case that humans still matter, and CoreWeave's bond yield passes 16%. Plus a beep hunted down with five microphones, and Amazon swapping Sonnet for a small decision model.Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 (HN discussion)On Being an Engineer in 2026 (HN discussion)CoreWeave bond yield tops 16% as AI credit stress rises (HN discussion)Locating the source of a mysterious beep (HN discussion)Amazon saves millions by replacing Sonnet 4.6 with Strands Decider (HN discussion)Chapters: Intro 1. Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 1. Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2: HN comments 2. On Being an Engineer in 2026 2. On Being an Engineer in 2026: HN comments 3. CoreWeave bond yield tops 16% as AI credit stress rises 3. CoreWeave bond yield tops 16% as AI credit stress rises: HN comments 4. Locating the source of a mysterious beep 4. Locating the source of a mysterious beep: HN comments 5. Amazon saves millions by replacing Sonnet 4.6 with Strands Decider 5. Amazon saves millions by replacing Sonnet 4.6 with Strands Decider: HN comments Wrap-up
- Today11 min
Fable builds a kid's dream game overnight
A developer's one overnight prompt turns his nephew's drawings into a full arcade game. Plus human review of Gemini's connected Gmail and Drive data, a claim about ChatGPT and SSH keys, a 4.5x spread in H100 rental prices, and what malloc actually does.Fable 5.2 one-shotted my nephew's dream game (HN discussion)Google Gemini routes personal Drive files and emails to human annotators (HN discussion)ChatGPT Desktop forwards your SSH agent to remote machines (HN discussion)The same H100 costs $2.69 or $12.29 an hour depending where you rent it (HN discussion)What is malloc doing, anyway? (HN discussion)Chapters: Intro 1. Fable 5.2 one-shotted my nephew's dream game 1. Fable 5.2 one-shotted my nephew's dream game: HN comments 2. Google Gemini routes personal Drive files and emails to human annotators 2. Google Gemini routes personal Drive files and emails to human annotators: HN comments 3. ChatGPT Desktop forwards your SSH agent to remote machines 3. ChatGPT Desktop forwards your SSH agent to remote machines: HN comments 4. The same H100 costs $2.69 or $12.29 an hour depending where you rent it 4. The same H100 costs $2.69 or $12.29 an hour depending where you rent it: HN comments 5. What is malloc doing, anyway? 5. What is malloc doing, anyway?: HN comments Wrap-up
- Today12 min
USPS sells ZIP Code maps from $10,000
The Postal Service starts selling official ZIP Code boundary maps at ten thousand dollars and up, and an independent benchmark puts Claude Fable 5.2 on top. Plus a free library of paper airplanes, a twenty-year look back at Children of Men, and a Rust fan's case for Gleam.USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons (HN discussion)Claude Fable 5.2 scores 65 on Artificial Analysis, highest so far (HN discussion)Foldable Flight: The best paper airplanes (HN discussion)Children of Men: The future is a mirror for the present (HN discussion)Try Gleam (HN discussion)Chapters: Intro 1. USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons 1. USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons: HN comments 2. Claude Fable 5.2 scores 65 on Artificial Analysis, highest so far 2. Claude Fable 5.2 scores 65 on Artificial Analysis, highest so far: HN comments 3. Foldable Flight: The best paper airplanes 3. Foldable Flight: The best paper airplanes: HN comments 4. Children of Men: The future is a mirror for the present 4. Children of Men: The future is a mirror for the present: HN comments 5. Try Gleam 5. Try Gleam: HN comments Wrap-up
- Today14 min
Canada's men are struggling, report says
Canada's health report on men and boys who struggle without support, Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2, Canada's new Real-Time Rail payment system, a $385 Raspberry Pi 5, and magenta solar panels over broccoli.Too many men suffering in silence, national health report finds (HN discussion)Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 (HN discussion)Canada's Real-Time Rail payment system launches (HN discussion)Raspberry Pi 5 16GB now sells for $385 (HN discussion)Magenta solar panels may be agrivoltaics' cleverest trick yet (HN discussion)Chapters: Intro 1. Too many men suffering in silence, national health report finds 1. Too many men suffering in silence, national health report finds: HN comments 2. Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 2. Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2: HN comments 3. Canada's Real-Time Rail payment system launches 3. Canada's Real-Time Rail payment system launches: HN comments 4. Raspberry Pi 5 16GB now sells for $385 4. Raspberry Pi 5 16GB now sells for $385: HN comments 5. Magenta solar panels may be agrivoltaics' cleverest trick yet 5. Magenta solar panels may be agrivoltaics' cleverest trick yet: HN comments Wrap-up
- Today12 min
Nothing quite like Wikipedia again
The Economist says humans will never again build anything quite like Wikipedia. Plus LLM-written pitches hiding in replies to HN comments, the Dux desktop shell, Nvidia's startup bets, and a lawsuit over the Ethereum Foundation's suicide pledge.Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia (HN discussion)I Saw Your HN Comment (HN discussion)Dux: Free, open-source Wayland desktop shell (HN discussion)Nvidia was in 1 in 11 startup rounds over $100M (HN discussion)Crypto foundation demanded employees endorse suicide pledge (HN discussion)Chapters: Intro 1. Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia 1. Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia: HN comments 2. I Saw Your HN Comment 2. I Saw Your HN Comment: HN comments 3. Dux: Free, open-source Wayland desktop shell 3. Dux: Free, open-source Wayland desktop shell: HN comments 4. Nvidia was in 1 in 11 startup rounds over $100M 4. Nvidia was in 1 in 11 startup rounds over $100M: HN comments 5. Crypto foundation demanded employees endorse suicide pledge 5. Crypto foundation demanded employees endorse suicide pledge: HN comments Wrap-up
- Today11 min
Is Claude Opus 5.5 thinking less?
A developer claims an AI review of 1,400 Claude Code sessions shows Opus 5.5 changed how it reasons on November 3. Plus a critique of the GPUI toolkit, a sponsor skipper for YouTube on TVs, Germany's abandoned Stasi file reconstruction, and an outbound firewall for Windows.Is Opus 5.5 nerfed? Thinking patterns changed on November 3 (HN discussion)A Critique of GPUI (HN discussion)iSponsorBlockTV: SponsorBlock client for all YouTube TV clients (HN discussion)The Reconstruction of Torn Documents (HN discussion)A Little Snitch for Windows (HN discussion)Chapters: Intro 1. Is Opus 5.5 nerfed? Thinking patterns changed on November 3 1. Is Opus 5.5 nerfed? Thinking patterns changed on November 3: HN comments 2. A Critique of GPUI 2. A Critique of GPUI: HN comments 3. iSponsorBlockTV: SponsorBlock client for all YouTube TV clients 3. iSponsorBlockTV: SponsorBlock client for all YouTube TV clients: HN comments 4. The Reconstruction of Torn Documents 4. The Reconstruction of Torn Documents: HN comments 5. A Little Snitch for Windows 5. A Little Snitch for Windows: HN comments Wrap-up
- Yesterday13 min
Herb Sutter blames Stroustrup for C++26
Herb Sutter argues that Bjarne Stroustrup's opposition to contracts sank the C++26 vote, and Apple reportedly trims some engineers' daily AI budgets. Plus Paul Ford on the web as an app platform, a prize-winning paper on declarative dragging, and a 2016 paper on the Gordon Gekko effect.When a language's creator and its owners strongly disagree (HN discussion)Apple capped engineers at a $200 daily AI budget (HN discussion)The Web Is More Than Enough, by Paul Ford (HN discussion)Declarative Dragging (HN discussion)The Gordon Gekko effect: The role of culture in the financial industry (HN discussion)Chapters: Intro 1. When a language's creator and its owners strongly disagree 1. When a language's creator and its owners strongly disagree: HN comments 2. Apple capped engineers at a $200 daily AI budget 2. Apple capped engineers at a $200 daily AI budget: HN comments 3. The Web Is More Than Enough, by Paul Ford 3. The Web Is More Than Enough, by Paul Ford: HN comments 4. Declarative Dragging 4. Declarative Dragging: HN comments 5. The Gordon Gekko effect: The role of culture in the financial industry 5. The Gordon Gekko effect: The role of culture in the financial industry: HN comments Wrap-up
- Yesterday11 min
The case against an AI bubble
A blogger makes the case that the AI boom is not a bubble, a free SketchUp alternative appears, and a freelancer quits Harvest over a tenfold price hike. Plus SpaceX's plan to catch all of Starship, and researchers who could unlock any of one automaker's cars.I'm not convinced the AI bubble exists (HN discussion)KetchUp, a SketchUp alternative (HN discussion)RIP, Harvest (HN discussion)Starship Flight 15 (HN discussion)Unlocking any car from one brand (HN discussion)Chapters: Intro 1. I'm not convinced the AI bubble exists 1. I'm not convinced the AI bubble exists: HN comments 2. KetchUp, a SketchUp alternative 2. KetchUp, a SketchUp alternative: HN comments 3. RIP, Harvest 3. RIP, Harvest: HN comments 4. Starship Flight 15 4. Starship Flight 15: HN comments 5. Unlocking any car from one brand 5. Unlocking any car from one brand: HN comments Wrap-up
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