Hey buddy,

Just wanted to give you a quick rundown of some cool stuff from Hacker News yesterday. Had some interesting reads, man.

WebGL Game: Tiny Planet Delivery

Dude, there's this super cool WebGL game where you deliver messages on a tiny planet. People are raving about how gorgeous it is, like, seriously beautiful art. Someone even linked to a case study from one of the artists, Vicente Lucendo, showing how they made a previous project. People were saying it's rare to see this much effort in a web indie game these days. A few folks mentioned the movement was a bit fiddly, but for some, it actually made it more relaxing and cozy, like, low stakes, you know? Just chill.

Typst: LaTeX Replacement?

Then, for the more nerdy stuff, there's this thing called Typst. It's being talked about as a possible replacement for LaTeX, which, you know, can be a total pain. A lot of comments were like, 'finally, something to escape the LaTeX struggle!' People are tired of cryptic syntax just to get a decent-looking PDF. Some even suggested just using Markdown with MathJax for math snippets.

Greenland: Beautiful Nightmare

Okay, totally different vibe, but this article 'Greenland is a beautiful nightmare' was super popular. It's awesome travel writing, and people were pointing out how good the metaphors were – apparently, LLMs can't do metaphors worth a damn, haha. Someone even shared a story about a raven escorting their car on a highway, kinda wild.

SSH3: Faster Secure Shell

Alright, back to tech: there's a new thing called SSH3 that's trying to be faster and better by using HTTP/3. It's supposed to fix some old TCP connection issues. The comments got pretty technical, debating if the claimed speed improvements are really addressing common TCP problems or just application layer stuff. So, for the network geeks, it's a big deal.

Postmark Backdoor: Email Theft

This one's a bit scary: a backdoor was found in an npm package for Postmark, and it was apparently downloading people's emails! It really hammers home how much we just trust random third-party code. Some people were wondering if it was an actual malicious attack or just a really bad screw-up by an inexperienced dev. Oh, and one person even thought the article itself might've been written by an LLM because of some weird phrasing, which is kinda meta for a security story, right?

Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music

And for a blast from the past, Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music popped up again. Remember that? People were getting all nostalgic about it. The comments were debating if these are true 'genres' or more like 'trends' in music. Someone pointed out you can still find old versions on the Wayback Machine with actual music samples, which is pretty cool.

X vs. Bluesky for Scientists

Last one, and it's about social media drama. Apparently, scientists are ditching X (Twitter) for Bluesky because X has lost its 'professional edge.' People were talking about how much easier Bluesky is to get into compared to Mastodon, which can be a pain. There were also some funny comments about Bluesky's content filters, or lack thereof, with people seeing 'furry p*rn' on 'cute internet cats' feeds, haha. So, seems like the academic crowd is finding a new home.

Anyway, that's the gist of it! Catch you later, man.