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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 17, 2025.(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Compiler Bug Causes Compiler Bug: How a 12-Year-Old G++ Bug Took Down Solidity (01:36) - OpenBSD is so fast, I had to modify the program slightly to measure itself (02:44) - When the CIA got away with building a heart attack gun (03:47) - US F-16s lose out as Thai Air Force seals US$600M deal for Swedish Gripen jets (04:54) - Bullfrog in the Dungeon (06:04) - The Future of Large Files in Git Is Git (07:11) - Is air travel getting worse? (08:16) - Launch HN: Embedder (YC S25) – Claude code for embedded software (09:19) - An interactive guide to sensor fusion with quaternions (10:23) - I accidentally became PureGym’s unofficial Apple Wallet developer (11:30) - Outro Compiler Bug Causes Compiler Bug: How a 12-Year-Old G++ Bug Took Down Solidityhttps://osec.io/blog/2025-08-11-compiler-bug-causes-compiler-bug/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44872584OpenBSD is so fast, I had to modify the program slightly to measure itselfhttps://flak.tedunangst.com/post/is-OpenBSD-10x-faster-than-Linuxhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44915824When the CIA got away with building a heart attack gunhttps://wisewolfmedia.substack.com/p/the-investigation-that-should-havehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44911412US F-16s lose out as Thai Air Force seals US$600M deal for Swedish Gripen jetshttps://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3320828/us-f-16s-lose-out-thai-air-force-seals-us600-million-deal-swedish-gripen-jetshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44917308Bullfrog in the Dungeonhttps://www.filfre.net/2025/08/bullfrog-in-the-dungeon/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44914149The Future of Large Files in Git Is Githttps://tylercipriani.com/blog/2025/08/15/git-lfs/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44916783Is air travel getting worse?https://www.maximum-progress.com/p/is-air-travel-getting-worsehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44911941Launch HN: Embedder (YC S25) – Claude code for embedded softwarehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44915206An interactive guide to sensor fusion with quaternionshttps://quaternion.cafe/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44912727I accidentally became PureGym’s unofficial Apple Wallet developerhttps://drobinin.com/posts/how-i-accidentally-became-puregyms-unofficial-apple-wallet-developer/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44910865 What is Hacker News Highlights? Daily overview of the Top 10 Hacker News posts. Post and comment summarization by AI.