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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jan 1, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:15) - Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO after six decades (01:22) - 2025: The Year in LLMs (02:38) - I canceled my book deal (03:42) - Show HN: Use Claude Code to Query 600 GB Indexes over Hacker News, ArXiv, etc. (04:46) - Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design (2011) [pdf] (05:56) - Web Browsers have stopped blocking pop-ups (07:09) - Demystifying DVDs (08:10) - On privacy and control (09:24) - Scientists unlock brain's natural clean-up system for new treatments for stroke (10:28) - Outro Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO after six decadeshttps://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-12-31/warren-buffett-steps-down-as-berkshire-hathaway-ceo-after-six-decadeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=464487052025: The Year in LLMshttps://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/31/the-year-in-llms/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46449643I canceled my book dealhttps://austinhenley.com/blog/canceledbookdeal.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46446815Show HN: Use Claude Code to Query 600 GB Indexes over Hacker News, ArXiv, etc.https://exopriors.com/scryhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46442245Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design (2011) [pdf]https://www.ece.uvic.ca/~elec399/201409/Akin%27s%20Laws%20of%20Spacecraft%20Design.pdfhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46442903Web Browsers have stopped blocking pop-upshttps://www.smokingonabike.com/2025/12/31/web-browsers-have-stopped-blocking-pop-ups/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46446366Demystifying DVDshttps://hiddenpalace.org/News/One_Bad_Ass_Hedgehog_-_Shadow_the_Hedgehog#Demystifying_DVDshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46417162On privacy and controlhttps://toidiu.com/blog/2025-12-25-privacy-and-control/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46446938Scientists unlock brain's natural clean-up system for new treatments for strokehttps://www.monash.edu/pharm/about/news/news-listing/latest/scientists-unlock-brains-natural-clean-up-system-to-develop-new-treatments-for-stroke-and-other-neurological-diseaseshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46448894 What is Hacker News Highlights? Daily overview of the Top 10 Hacker News posts. Post and comment summarization by AI.