The best of Hacker News - August 21, 2025

1.
Show HN: I was curious about spherical helix, ended up making this visualization

694 points

2.
Zedless: Zed fork focused on privacy and being local-first

443 points

3.
Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux kernel?

387 points

4.
Sequoia backs Zed

343 points

5.
Gemma 3 270M re-implemented in pure PyTorch for local tinkering

339 points

6.
Code review can be better

182 points

7.
An Update on Pytype

162 points

8.
Show HN: PlutoPrint – Generate PDFs and PNGs from HTML with Python

107 points

9.
Launch HN: Channel3 (YC S25) – A database of every product on the internet

103 points

10.
SK hynix dethrones Samsung as world’s top DRAM maker

99 points

11.
A statistical analysis of Rotten Tomatoes

79 points

12.
Home Depot sued for 'secretly' using facial recognition at self-checkouts

66 points

13.
SimpleIDE

51 points

14.
Epson MX-80 Fonts

41 points

15.
I've never had a real adversary

40 points

16.
Advice for Tech Non-Profits

31 points

17.
'Reading crisis' prompts Denmark to end 25% tax on books

15 points

18.
The Pleasure of Patterns in Art

10 points

19.
Mirror Ball Emoji Proposal (2018) [pdf]

7 points

20.
Contrasting Data and Objects (2018)

6 points

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