{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hacker News Highlights","title":"1.18.26 | ASCII rendering explained, Apple icons reversed show design improvement, Claude Code in Rollercoaster Tycoon","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/3a560c2a\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":683,"description":"This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jan 18, 2026.\nFeel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights\nASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering\nhttps://alexharri.com/blog/ascii-rendering\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46657122\nIf you put Apple icons in reverse it looks like someone getting good at design\nhttps://mastodon.social/@heliographe_studio/115890819509545391\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46663338\nWe put Claude Code in Rollercoaster Tycoon\nhttps://labs.ramp.com/rct\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46588972\nThe recurring dream of replacing developers\nhttps://www.caimito.net/en/blog/2025/12/07/the-recurring-dream-of-replacing-developers.html\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46658345\njQuery 4\nhttps://blog.jquery.com/2026/01/17/jquery-4-0-0/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46664755\nRaising money fucked me up\nhttps://blog.yakkomajuri.com/blog/raising-money-fucked-me-up\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46660543\nErdos 281 solved with ChatGPT 5.2 Pro\nhttps://twitter.com/neelsomani/status/2012695714187325745\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46664631\nKip: A programming language based on grammatical cases of Turkish\nhttps://github.com/kip-dili/kip\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46661897\nThe Olivetti Company\nhttps://www.abortretry.fail/p/the-olivetti-company\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46576581\nIconify: Library of Open Source Icons\nhttps://icon-sets.iconify.design/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46665411","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}