{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hacker News Highlights","title":"4.18.26 | Claude Design, measuring Claude 4.7's tokenizer costs, Smol machines – subsecond coldstart, portable virtual machines","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/43614e2d\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":760,"description":"This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 18, 2026.\nFeel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights\nClaude Design\nhttps://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-design-anthropic-labs\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47806725\nMeasuring Claude 4.7's tokenizer costs\nhttps://www.claudecodecamp.com/p/i-measured-claude-4-7-s-new-tokenizer-here-s-what-it-costs-you\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47807006\nShow HN: Smol machines – subsecond coldstart, portable virtual machines\nhttps://github.com/smol-machines/smolvm\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47808268\nAll 12 moonwalkers had \"lunar hay fever\" from dust smelling like gunpowder (2018)\nhttps://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/The_toxic_side_of_the_Moon\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47808913\nNASA Force\nhttps://nasaforce.gov/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47807209\nAre the costs of AI agents also rising exponentially? (2025)\nhttps://www.tobyord.com/writing/hourly-costs-for-ai-agents\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47778922\nSpending 3 months coding by hand\nhttps://miguelconner.substack.com/p/im-coding-by-hand\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47807583\nNIST gives up enriching most CVEs\nhttps://risky.biz/risky-bulletin-nist-gives-up-enriching-most-cves/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47806777\nHyperscalers have already outspent most famous US megaprojects\nhttps://twitter.com/finmoorhouse/status/2044933442236776794\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47807619","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}