Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 29, 2026.

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  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:19) - Substack writers, you need a website
  • (01:46) - Codex Security
  • (03:13) - Kimi K3 Architecture Overview and Notes
  • (04:40) - Delayed Gratification – Proud to Be 'Last to Breaking News'
  • (05:55) - Show HN: I was tired of opening 2 tabs for every HN link, so I made a userscript
  • (07:10) - Zig's Incremental Compilation Internals
  • (08:48) - Steel Bank Common Lisp version 2.6.7
  • (09:56) - Half-Life ported to Mac OS 9
  • (11:05) - Discovering Cryptographic Weaknesses with Claude
  • (12:27) - Una GPS smart watch – Repairable, USB-C charging, developer-friendly
  • (13:31) - Outro

Substack writers, you need a website
https://elizabethtai.com/2026/06/10/substack-writers-you-need-a-website/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49086788

Codex Security
https://github.com/openai/codex-security
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49089755

Kimi K3 Architecture Overview and Notes
https://sebastianraschka.com/blog/2026/kimi-k3-architecture-notes.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49085698

Delayed Gratification – Proud to Be 'Last to Breaking News'
https://www.slow-journalism.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49085731

Show HN: I was tired of opening 2 tabs for every HN link, so I made a userscript
https://github.com/twalichiewicz/HNewhere
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49090607

Zig's Incremental Compilation Internals
https://mlugg.co.uk/posts/incremental-compilation-internals/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49085666

Steel Bank Common Lisp version 2.6.7
https://sbcl.org/all-news.html?2.6.7
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49086971

Half-Life ported to Mac OS 9
https://mac-classic.com/news/half-life-ported-to-mac-os-9/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49089814

Discovering Cryptographic Weaknesses with Claude
https://www.anthropic.com/research/discovering-cryptographic-weaknesses
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49087091

Una GPS smart watch – Repairable, USB-C charging, developer-friendly
https://unawatch.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49084813

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