The best of Hacker News - April 25, 2025

1.
I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice (2022)

609 points

2.
OpenAI releases image generation in the API

338 points

3.
Instant SQL for results as you type in DuckDB UI

294 points

4.
Ask HN: Share your AI prompt that stumps every model

223 points

5.
One quantum transition makes light at 21 cm

210 points

6.
OpenVSX, which VSCode forks rely on for extensions, down for 24 hours

168 points

7.
National Airspace System Status

135 points

8.
Show HN: Lemon Slice Live – Have a video call with a transformer model

131 points

9.
You Can Be a Great Designer and Be Completely Unknown

121 points

10.
Scientists Develop Artificial Leaf, Uses Sunlight to Produce Valuable Chemicals

118 points

11.
Show HN: I reverse engineered top websites to build an animated UI library

101 points

12.
Notation as a Tool of Thought (1979)

60 points

13.
DeepMind releases Lyria 2 music generation model

56 points

14.
Swift Container Plugin

50 points

15.
PyGraph: Robust Compiler Support for CUDA Graphs in PyTorch

50 points

16.
Tarpit ideas: What are tarpit ideas and how to avoid them (2023) [video]

45 points

17.
Observability 2.0 and the Database for It

30 points

18.
I used simple rules to make DFAs that kinda match accepted physics models

11 points

19.
Show HN: I built Lovable for text bots and mini apps

11 points

20.
Show HN: MoneyOnFIRE

5 points

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