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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jan 18, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:16) - ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering (01:24) - If you put Apple icons in reverse it looks like someone getting good at design (02:26) - We put Claude Code in Rollercoaster Tycoon (03:38) - The recurring dream of replacing developers (04:48) - jQuery 4 (05:54) - Raising money fucked me up (06:57) - Erdos 281 solved with ChatGPT 5.2 Pro (08:06) - Kip: A programming language based on grammatical cases of Turkish (09:11) - The Olivetti Company (10:20) - Iconify: Library of Open Source Icons (11:18) - Outro ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII renderinghttps://alexharri.com/blog/ascii-renderinghttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46657122If you put Apple icons in reverse it looks like someone getting good at designhttps://mastodon.social/@heliographe_studio/115890819509545391https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46663338We put Claude Code in Rollercoaster Tycoonhttps://labs.ramp.com/rcthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46588972The recurring dream of replacing developershttps://www.caimito.net/en/blog/2025/12/07/the-recurring-dream-of-replacing-developers.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46658345jQuery 4https://blog.jquery.com/2026/01/17/jquery-4-0-0/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46664755Raising money fucked me uphttps://blog.yakkomajuri.com/blog/raising-money-fucked-me-uphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46660543Erdos 281 solved with ChatGPT 5.2 Prohttps://twitter.com/neelsomani/status/2012695714187325745https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46664631Kip: A programming language based on grammatical cases of Turkishhttps://github.com/kip-dili/kiphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46661897The Olivetti Companyhttps://www.abortretry.fail/p/the-olivetti-companyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46576581Iconify: Library of Open Source Iconshttps://icon-sets.iconify.design/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46665411 What is Hacker News Highlights? Daily overview of the Top 10 Hacker News posts. Post and comment summarization by AI.