Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Mar 18, 2026.

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  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:25) - Microsoft's 'unhackable' Xbox One has been hacked by 'Bliss'
  • (01:56) - A Decade of Slug
  • (03:16) - Mistral AI Releases Forge
  • (04:46) - Have a fucking website
  • (06:06) - Python 3.15's JIT is now back on track
  • (07:26) - Get Shit Done: A meta-prompting, context engineering and spec-driven dev system
  • (08:55) - Honda is killing its EVs
  • (10:20) - Unsloth Studio
  • (11:36) - It Took Me 30 Years to Solve This VFX Problem – Green Screen Problem [video]
  • (12:42) - More than 135 open hardware devices flashable with your own firmware
  • (13:47) - Outro

Microsoft's 'unhackable' Xbox One has been hacked by 'Bliss'
https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/microsofts-unhackable-xbox-one-has-been-hacked-by-bliss-the-2013-console-finally-fell-to-voltage-glitching-allowing-the-loading-of-unsigned-code-at-every-level
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47413876

A Decade of Slug
https://terathon.com/blog/decade-slug.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47416736

Mistral AI Releases Forge
https://mistral.ai/news/forge
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47418295

Have a fucking website
https://www.otherstrangeness.com/2026/03/14/have-a-fucking-website/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47421442

Python 3.15's JIT is now back on track
https://fidget-spinner.github.io/posts/jit-on-track.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47416486

Get Shit Done: A meta-prompting, context engineering and spec-driven dev system
https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47417804

Honda is killing its EVs
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/14/honda-is-killing-its-evs-and-any-chance-of-competing-in-the-future/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47387268

Unsloth Studio
https://unsloth.ai/docs/new/studio
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47414032

It Took Me 30 Years to Solve This VFX Problem – Green Screen Problem [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ploi723hg4
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47368425

More than 135 open hardware devices flashable with your own firmware
https://openhardware.directory
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47369883

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