Hey buddy,

Man, you wouldn't believe what was buzzing on Hacker News today. Grabbed a coffee and scrolled through, some wild stuff. Here's the rundown:

Anthropic Buys Bun?!

First off, get this: Anthropic, the big AI company, just bought Bun! You know, that super speedy JavaScript toolkit? Totally threw people for a loop. In the comments, everyone's like, "Wait, Bun had no revenue, what were the investors even thinking before the acquisition?" Classic tech world confusion. Some folks were also getting into a debate about Java vs. Python/JS performance, and a bit of skepticism about AI writing complex code.

Check out the official word here: bun.com/blog/bun-joins-anthropic

Mistral Drops New AI Models

Speaking of AI, Mistral, those European AI guys, released their new 'Mistral 3' family of models. Pretty big news for the open-source AI scene. A lot of people in the comments were saying they're still kinda sticking with their GPT subscriptions because they're too lazy to switch, which I get. But others pointed out that Mistral is super important for businesses that can't hand over sensitive data to proprietary systems. Makes sense, right?

Read about it here: mistral.ai/news/mistral-3

OpenAI's 'Code Red' on Google Catching Up

More AI drama! Apparently, OpenAI is in 'code red' because Google's AI is closing the gap super fast. The Verge reported it. People were debating whether making AI hardware is actually the easy part, and one comment even said Nvidia is more of a software company than a chip company now. Plus, someone chimed in saying Claude is actually way better for frontend design stuff than GPT. Who knew?

The full story: theverge.com/news/836212/openai-code-red-chatgpt

IBM CEO Thinks AI Data Centers Won't Pay Off

And another AI take, but a skeptical one: IBM's CEO is out there saying all this insane money being poured into AI data centers, like the trillions some companies are talking about, is never gonna pay off. A lot of people in the comments actually agreed, citing the massive costs and the impossible energy requirements. Some even trust IBM's business intelligence on this stuff. It's a sobering thought amidst all the AI hype.

Read the CEO's thoughts: businessinsider.com/ibm-ceo-big-tech-ai-capex-data-center-spending-2025-12

Apple's Open Weights Video Model

Even Apple's getting in on the open AI game. They just released some open-source video model. The comments had some really interesting ideas for it. Like, someone was talking about using AI to describe video games in real-time for blind players, which is a pretty awesome accessibility use case. Also, a discussion popped up about how LLMs can write 5-7k lines of code reliably, but definitely not something like a full CAD program.

Check out the model: starflow-v.github.io

The Junior Hiring Crisis

Okay, one more, but a bit of a bummer. There's this article about "The Junior Hiring Crisis." Basically, it's super hard for new developers to get jobs right now. People in the comments were complaining about ridiculous 5+ round interview cycles for junior roles, and how companies are too afraid to fire underperforming senior employees, which just makes things worse. It sounds like we're losing a whole generation of "low-background" programmers because of it. Sucks, man.

Read the article: people-work.io/blog/junior-hiring-crisis/

Anyway, that was most of the interesting stuff. Talk soon!