The best of Hacker News - July 8, 2025

1.
Adding a feature because ChatGPT incorrectly thinks it exists

789 points

2.
Mercury: Ultra-fast language models based on diffusion

423 points

3.
I used o3 to profile myself from my saved Pocket links

350 points

4.
New sphere-packing record stems from an unexpected source

282 points

5.
When Figma starts designing us

235 points

6.
François Chollet: The Arc Prize and How We Get to AGI [video]

173 points

7.
Launch HN: Morph (YC S23) – Apply AI code edits at 4,500 tokens/sec

171 points

8.
Show HN: NYC Subway Simulator and Route Designer

145 points

9.
My first verified imperative program

140 points

10.
The Miyawaki Method of micro-forestry

123 points

11.
The chemical secrets that help keep honey fresh for so long

118 points

12.
Why are there no good dinosaur films?

76 points

13.
What Microchip doesn't (officially) tell you about the VSC8512

71 points

14.
LookingGlass: Generative Anamorphoses via Laplacian Pyramid Warping

66 points

15.
Epanet-JS

41 points

16.
The Two Towers MUD

41 points

17.
What is going on in Unix with errno's limited nature

22 points

18.
Analysing Roman itineraries using GIS tooling

21 points

19.
CU Randomness Beacon

20 points

20.
SIMD.info – Reference tool for C intrinsics of all major SIMD engines

8 points

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