Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 17, 2025.

WhatsApp introduces ads in its app
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/technology/whatsapp-ads.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44289412

Nanonets-OCR-s – OCR model that transforms documents into structured markdown
https://huggingface.co/nanonets/Nanonets-OCR-s
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44287043

Show HN: Chawan TUI web browser
https://chawan.net/news/chawan-0-2-0.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44293260

Generative AI coding tools and agents do not work for me
https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/why-generative-ai-coding-tools-and-agents-do-not-work-for-me
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44294633

Show HN: Canine – A Heroku alternative built on Kubernetes
https://github.com/czhu12/canine
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44292103

Benzene at 200
https://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/benzene-at-200/4021504.article
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44290413

OpenAI wins $200M U.S. defense contract
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/16/openai-wins-200-million-us-defense-contract.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44293988

Show HN: Zeekstd – Rust Implementation of the ZSTD Seekable Format
https://github.com/rorosen/zeekstd
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44284871

What happens when clergy take psilocybin
https://nautil.us/clergy-blown-away-by-psilocybin-1217112/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44293610

Dull Men’s Club
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/09/meet-the-members-of-the-dull-mens-club-some-of-them-would-bore-the-ears-off-you
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44291892

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