Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 9, 2025.

From: Steve Jobs. "Great idea, thank you."
https://blog.hayman.net/2025/05/06/from-steve-jobs-great-idea.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43929724

Void: Open-source Cursor alternative
https://github.com/voideditor/void
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43927926

First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo XIV
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/new-pope-conclave-day-two-05-08-25
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43927856

Reservoir Sampling
https://samwho.dev/reservoir-sampling/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43928315

LegoGPT: Generating Physically Stable and Buildable Lego
https://avalovelace1.github.io/LegoGPT/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43933891

Progress toward fusion energy gain as measured against the Lawson criteria
https://www.fusionenergybase.com/articles/continuing-progress-toward-fusion-energy-breakeven-and-gain-as-measured-against-the-lawson-criteria
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43927337

When Abandoned Mines Collapse
https://practical.engineering/blog/2025/5/6/when-abandoned-mines-collapse
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43908261

A flat pricing subscription for Claude Code
https://support.anthropic.com/en/articles/11145838-using-claude-code-with-your-max-plan
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43931409

Starlink User Terminal Teardown
https://www.darknavy.org/blog/a_first_glimpse_of_the_starlink_user_ternimal/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43933452

How to start a school with your friends
https://prigoose.substack.com/p/how-to-start-a-university
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43930397

What is Hacker News Highlights?

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