{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hacker News Highlights","title":"1.21.26 | California drought-free for 25 years, PostgreSQL optimizations, Anthropic's open-sourced assignment","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/11c57929\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":611,"description":"This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jan 21, 2026.\nFeel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights\nCalifornia is free of drought for the first time in 25 years\nhttps://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-01-09/california-has-no-areas-of-dryness-first-time-in-25-years\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46698660\nUnconventional PostgreSQL Optimizations\nhttps://hakibenita.com/postgresql-unconventional-optimizations\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46692116\nAnthropic's original take home assignment open sourced\nhttps://github.com/anthropics/original_performance_takehome\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46700594\nAsk HN: Do you have any evidence that agentic coding works?\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46691243\ncURL removes bug bounties\nhttps://etn.se/index.php/nyheter/72808-curl-removes-bug-bounties.html\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46701733\nThe Unix Pipe Card Game\nhttps://punkx.org/unix-pipe-game/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46694124\nInstabridge has acquired Nova Launcher\nhttps://novalauncher.com/nova-is-here-to-stay\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46696357\nIPv6 is not insecure because it lacks a NAT\nhttps://www.johnmaguire.me/blog/ipv6-is-not-insecure-because-it-lacks-nat/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46696303\nThe challenges of soft delete\nhttps://atlas9.dev/blog/soft-delete.html\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46698061","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/4nmCVUJ5pUFbIsTy4mvxtFFdN3d3RgMGSU08kiDg2ac/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NWYy/MGY3NDk0MDRhZjdh/MzljNmM4MTE4YzU0/MDNlNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}