Hey buddy,

Man, you won't believe the stuff that went down on Hacker News today, Tuesday, November 18, 2025. It was a wild one, let me tell ya. Grab a coffee, here's the quick rundown:

Cloudflare Was Down! Again!

First off, the biggest news: Cloudflare had a massive global outage. Like, half the internet went wobbly. Turns out, it was because they pushed a "larger-than-expected feature file" that just broke everything. People were joking in the comments about how this is becoming the "new normal" for big outages, and one guy even said he'd be proud if his tiny change took down Cloudflare. Someone else was super mad about lost income, which is fair.

There was a whole post-mortem about it, and they even got into the nitty-gritty of Rust's unwrap function and how it can be risky. Some folks were saying maybe you shouldn't put your site behind Cloudflare unless you absolutely need to for DDoS protection, rather than as a default. Pretty intense day for internet infrastructure.

Google Dropped Gemini 3 and Antigravity

Google also had a bunch of AI news. They launched Gemini 3, their new big AI model, with "agentic capabilities" for developers. What's cool is one commenter actually used both Gemini 3 Pro and GPT-5.1 to summarize the comments thread itself – meta, right? There was also a deep dive into the Gemini 3 Pro Model Card, and some folks were saying "Summer 2025 was arguably the dawn of true AI assisted coding."

But get this, someone also posted about catching Google Gemini using their personal data and then covering it up. Yikes! And even Google's boss admitted that the whole AI investment boom has "elements of irrationality." So, big AI news, but with some serious caveats.

They also launched something called Google Antigravity, which is basically an AI IDE, an "agentic development platform." Some people who tried it found it buggy or not much better than VS Code, but others said their colleagues were getting "huge chunks of work" done with it. Seems like it's got some growing pains.

Sad News: Rebecca Heineman Passed Away

In some sad news, legendary game designer Rebecca Heineman died. She was a true pioneer, a Space Invaders champion, and an LGBTQ+ trailblazer. People were sharing how she was a "true hacker" who made it big without even a high school diploma. There was a lot of discussion in the comments about the healthcare system and how aggressive cancers are just brutal. Really sad to see such a talented person go.

UK Drivers Are Blinded by Headlights

This one's super relatable: nearly all UK drivers say modern headlights are too bright. Seriously, it's not just me! People in the comments were talking about getting "halos" after cataract surgery and how blinding these new lights are. Apparently, it's not just big cars, but specific brands of newer cars that are the worst offenders. Auto headlights might also make people less aware of their own lights. It's a real problem!

Blender 5.0 is Out!

For the 3D folks, Blender 5.0 dropped. People are saying Blender is making Maya "obsolete" in terms of features for the price (which is free!), but big studios are still stuck with Maya because their whole pipelines are built around it. The comments mentioned that learning Blender's shortcuts is key for productivity, even if it's a bit complicated to start.

Pebble Drama: Stealing Open Source Work?

And finally, some open-source drama. The folks behind Rebble, the community keeping old Pebble smartwatches alive, are accusing a new company called Core Devices of stealing their open-source work and sidelining them. Eric Migicovsky, the original Pebble founder, even posted a response. Some users were happy their old Pebbles worked again with Core Devices, but others felt betrayed because they supported Pebble for its hackability and community spirit. It's a whole mess about licensing and who owns what in the open-source world.

So yeah, that's the big stuff from today. Crazy, right? Talk soon!