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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 9, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:16) - Vouch (01:21) - Art of Roads in Games (02:20) - AI makes the easy part easier and the hard part harder (03:27) - Claude’s C Compiler vs. GCC (04:34) - GitHub Agentic Workflows (05:45) - Dave Farber has died (06:43) - Show HN: I created a Mars colony RPG based on Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars books (07:38) - More Mac malware from Google search (08:38) - Shifts in U.S. Social Media Use, 2020–2024: Decline, Fragmentation, Polarization (2025) (09:59) - A GTA modder has got the 1997 original working on modern PCs and Steam Deck (11:01) - Outro Vouchhttps://github.com/mitchellh/vouchhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46930961Art of Roads in Gameshttps://sandboxspirit.com/blog/art-of-roads-in-games/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46938511AI makes the easy part easier and the hard part harderhttps://www.blundergoat.com/articles/ai-makes-the-easy-part-easier-and-the-hard-part-harderhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46939593Claude’s C Compiler vs. GCChttps://harshanu.space/en/tech/ccc-vs-gcc/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46941603GitHub Agentic Workflowshttps://github.github.io/gh-aw/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46934107Dave Farber has diedhttps://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/nanog@lists.nanog.org/thread/TSNPJVFH4DKLINIKSMRIIVNHDG5XKJCM/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46933401Show HN: I created a Mars colony RPG based on Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars bookshttps://underhillgame.com/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46936237More Mac malware from Google searchhttps://eclecticlight.co/2026/01/30/more-malware-from-google-search/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46938398Shifts in U.S. Social Media Use, 2020–2024: Decline, Fragmentation, Polarization (2025)https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46938903A GTA modder has got the 1997 original working on modern PCs and Steam Deckhttps://gtaforums.com/topic/986492-grand-theft-auto-ready2play-full-game-windows-version/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46938241 What is Hacker News Highlights? Daily overview of the Top 10 Hacker News posts. Post and comment summarization by AI.