Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 12, 2025.

Plain Vanilla Web
https://plainvanillaweb.com/index.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43954896

One-Click RCE in Asus's Preinstalled Driver Software
https://mrbruh.com/asusdriverhub/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43951588

A simple 16x16 dot animation from simple math rules
https://tixy.land
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43942881

Car companies are in a billion-dollar software war
https://insideevs.com/features/759153/car-companies-software-companies/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43955525

Writing an LLM from scratch, part 13 – attention heads are dumb
https://www.gilesthomas.com/2025/05/llm-from-scratch-13-taking-stock-part-1-attention-heads-are-dumb
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43931366

Lazarus Release 4.0
https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php?topic=71050.0
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43913414

Title of work deciphered in sealed Herculaneum scroll via digital unwrapping
https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/title-work-deciphered-sealed-herculaneum-scroll-digital-unwrapping
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43953883

The most valuable commodity in the world is friction
https://kyla.substack.com/p/the-most-valuable-commodity-in-the
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43933091

Why Bell Labs Worked
https://1517.substack.com/p/why-bell-labs-worked
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43957010

High-school shop students attract skilled-trades job offers
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/skilled-trades-high-school-recruitment-fd9f8257
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43954488

What is Hacker News Highlights?

Daily overview of the Top 10 Hacker News posts. Post and comment summarization by AI.