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- (00:00) - Intro
- (00:17) - Microsoft gave FBI set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops
- (01:30) - Proof of Corn
- (02:42) - Unrolling the Codex agent loop
- (03:38) - Gas Town's agent patterns, design bottlenecks, and vibecoding at scale
- (04:48) - Booting from a vinyl record (2020)
- (05:49) - Comma openpilot – Open source driver-assistance
- (06:58) - New YC homepage
- (07:57) - Show HN: Whosthere: A LAN discovery tool with a modern TUI, written in Go
- (09:01) - KORG phase8 – Acoustic Synthesizer
- (10:10) - The tech monoculture is finally breaking
- (11:24) - Outro
Microsoft gave FBI set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/microsoft-gave-fbi-a-set-of-bitlocker-encryption-keys-to-unlock-suspects-laptops-reports/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46735545
Proof of Corn
https://proofofcorn.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46735511
Unrolling the Codex agent loop
https://openai.com/index/unrolling-the-codex-agent-loop/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46737630
Gas Town's agent patterns, design bottlenecks, and vibecoding at scale
https://maggieappleton.com/gastown
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46734302
Booting from a vinyl record (2020)
https://boginjr.com/it/sw/dev/vinyl-boot/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46730885
Comma openpilot – Open source driver-assistance
https://comma.ai
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46740029
New YC homepage
https://www.ycombinator.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46735644
Show HN: Whosthere: A LAN discovery tool with a modern TUI, written in Go
https://github.com/ramonvermeulen/whosthere
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46731432
KORG phase8 – Acoustic Synthesizer
https://www.korg.com/us/products/dj/phase8/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46732967
The tech monoculture is finally breaking
http://www.jasonwillems.com/technology/2025/12/17/Tech-Is-Fun-Again/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46733624