{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hacker News Highlights","title":"4.27.26 | Bought Friendster, AI agent deleted production database, AI should elevate thinking","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/3d8e4abf\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":833,"description":"This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 27, 2026.\nFeel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights\nI bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it\nhttps://ca98am79.medium.com/i-bought-friendster-for-30k-heres-what-i-m-doing-with-it-d5e8ddb3991d\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47914165\nAn AI agent deleted our production database. The agent's confession is below\nhttps://twitter.com/lifeof_jer/status/2048103471019434248\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47911524\nAI should elevate your thinking, not replace it\nhttps://www.koshyjohn.com/blog/ai-should-elevate-your-thinking-not-replace-it/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47913650\nSawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race\nhttps://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/articles/crm1m7e0zwzo\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47914350\nSelf-updating screenshots\nhttps://interblah.net/self-updating-screenshots\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47908051\nSWE-bench Verified no longer measures frontier coding capabilities\nhttps://openai.com/index/why-we-no-longer-evaluate-swe-bench-verified/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47910388\nFlipdiscs\nhttps://flipdisc.io\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47875795\nFast16: High-precision software sabotage 5 years before Stuxnet\nhttps://www.sentinelone.com/labs/fast16-mystery-shadowbrokers-reference-reveals-high-precision-software-sabotage-5-years-before-stuxnet/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47913855\nThree constraints before I build anything\nhttps://jordanlord.co.uk/blog/3-constraints/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47903541\nButterflies are in decline across North America, a look at the Western Monarch\nhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/butterflies-are-in-dramatic-decline-across-north-america-a-close-look-at-the-western-monarch-shows-why-180988582/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47914677","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}