Hacker News on Monday, 6 April 2026

Stories posted this day, by points. Rank history starts with the October 2026 rebuild.

Screenshot of newyorker.com: Sam Altman may control our future – can he be trusted?

Sam Altman may control our future – can he be trusted?(newyorker.com)

1871 points by adrianhon 6 months ago | 763 comments

New Yorker investigative feature by Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz examining doubts about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's trustworthiness, using interviews and documents.

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Screenshot of github.com: Issue: Claude Code is unusable for complex engineering tasks with Feb updates

Issue: Claude Code is unusable for complex engineering tasks with Feb updates (github.com)

1252 points by StanAngeloff 6 months ago | 686 comments

GitHub issue on anthropics/claude-code reporting that Claude Code became unusable for complex engineering tasks after the February model updates.

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Screenshot of 0xsid.com: I won't download your app. The web version is a-ok

I won't download your app. The web version is a-ok (0xsid.com)

800 points by ssiddharth 6 months ago | 469 comments

A personal blog post arguing against companies pushing users to download mobile apps instead of using their web versions.

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Screenshot of mining.com: France pulls last gold held in US

France pulls last gold held in US (mining.com)

561 points by teleforce 6 months ago | 304 comments

Mining.com news article reporting that France has withdrawn the last of its gold reserves held in the US, realizing a $15B gain.

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Screenshot of bramcohen.com: The cult of vibe coding is dogfooding run amok

The cult of vibe coding is dogfooding run amok (bramcohen.com)

541 points by drob518 6 months ago | 454 comments

Bram Cohen blog post arguing that the leaked Claude source code's poor quality reflects vibe coding dogfooding taken to cult-like extremes.

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Screenshot of words.filippo.io: A cryptography engineer's perspective on quantum computing timelines

A cryptography engineer's perspective on quantum computing timelines (words.filippo.io)

516 points by thadt 6 months ago | 209 comments

Filippo Valsorda's blog post giving a cryptography engineer's view on quantum computing timelines and the urgency of deploying quantum-resistant cryptography.

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Screenshot of wesnoth.org: Battle for Wesnoth: open-source, turn-based strategy game

Battle for Wesnoth: open-source, turn-based strategy game (wesnoth.org)

488 points by akyuu 6 months ago | 136 comments

Homepage of The Battle for Wesnoth, an open-source turn-based fantasy strategy game with singleplayer campaigns and online/hotseat multiplayer.

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Screenshot of github.com: Show HN: Ghost Pepper – Local hold-to-talk speech-to-text for macOS

Show HN: Ghost Pepper – Local hold-to-talk speech-to-text for macOS (github.com)

436 points by MattHart88 6 months ago | 190 comments

GitHub repository for Ghost Pepper, an open-source macOS hold-to-talk speech-to-text app using local WhisperKit and LLM cleanup models.

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Screenshot of belief.horse: What being ripped off taught me

What being ripped off taught me (belief.horse)

431 points by doctorhandshake 6 months ago | 211 comments

A personal blog post recounting how the author was stiffed $35k on an augmented reality bus tour contract project and the lessons learned about client work.

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Screenshot of smithsonianmag.com: A truck driver spent 20 years making a scale model of every building in NYC

A truck driver spent 20 years making a scale model of every building in NYC (smithsonianmag.com)

379 points by 1659447091 6 months ago | 64 comments

Smithsonian article about a truck driver who spent 20 years building a 1,350-square-foot scale model of every building in New York City, now on museum display.

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Screenshot of krebsonsecurity.com: German police name alleged leaders of GandCrab and REvil ransomware groups