{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hacker News Highlights","title":"5.17.25 | Push Ifs Up, JavaScript's Explicit Resource Management, Japan's IC Cards","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/70661cff\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":703,"description":"This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 17, 2025.\nPush Ifs Up and Fors Down\nhttps://matklad.github.io/2023/11/15/push-ifs-up-and-fors-down.html\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44013157\nJavaScript's New Superpower: Explicit Resource Management\nhttps://v8.dev/features/explicit-resource-management\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44012227\nJapan's IC cards are weird and wonderful\nhttps://aruarian.dance/blog/japan-ic-cards/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43993711\nMCP: An in-depth introduction\nhttps://www.speakeasy.com/mcp/mcp-tutorial\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43972334\nXTool – Cross-platform Xcode replacement\nhttps://github.com/xtool-org/xtool\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44011515\nWow@Home – Network of Amateur Radio Telescopes\nhttps://phl.upr.edu/wow/outreach\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44011489\nPalette lighting tricks on the Nintendo 64\nhttps://30fps.net/pages/palette-lighting-tricks-n64/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44014587\nA kernel developer plays with Home Assistant\nhttps://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1017720/7155ecb9602e9ef2/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44011381\n\"We would be less confidential than Google\" Proton threatens to quit Switzerland\nhttps://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/we-would-be-less-confidential-than-google-proton-threatens-to-quit-switzerland-over-new-surveillance-law\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44014808\nPyrefly: A new type checker and IDE experience for Python\nhttps://engineering.fb.com/2025/05/15/developer-tools/introducing-pyrefly-a-new-type-checker-and-ide-experience-for-python/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44013913","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}