Hacker News Highlights

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

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  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:16) - GPT-5.2
  • (01:23) - The highest quality codebase
  • (02:34) - French supermarket's Christmas advert is worldwide hit (without AI) [video]
  • (03:27) - EFF launches Age Verification Hub
  • (04:42) - Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free
  • (05:54) - Nokia N900 Necromancy
  • (07:06) - Litestream VFS
  • (08:16) - Craft software that makes people feel something
  • (09:26) - Programmers and software developers lost the plot on naming their tools
  • (10:37) - Denial of service and source code exposure in React Server Components
  • (11:40) - Outro

GPT-5.2
https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-2/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46234788

The highest quality codebase
https://gricha.dev/blog/the-highest-quality-codebase
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46197930

French supermarket's Christmas advert is worldwide hit (without AI) [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na9VmMNJvsA
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46231187

EFF launches Age Verification Hub
https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-launches-age-verification-hub-resource-against-misguided-laws
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46223389

Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free
https://riviantrackr.com/news/rivian-unveils-custom-silicon-r2-lidar-roadmap-universal-hands-free-and-its-next-gen-autonomy-platform/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46234920

Nokia N900 Necromancy
https://yaky.dev/2025-12-11-nokia-n900-necromancy/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46239177

Litestream VFS
https://fly.io/blog/litestream-vfs/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46234710

Craft software that makes people feel something
https://rapha.land/craft-software-that-makes-people-feel-something/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46231274

Programmers and software developers lost the plot on naming their tools
https://larr.net/p/namings.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46234806

Denial of service and source code exposure in React Server Components
https://react.dev/blog/2025/12/11/denial-of-service-and-source-code-exposure-in-react-server-components
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46236924

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