Episode Details

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 4, 2026.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:16) - France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US
• (01:33) - Qwen3-Coder-Next
• (02:29) - Data centers in space makes no sense
• (03:32) - Lessons learned shipping 500 units of my first hardware product
• (04:44) - I miss thinking hard
• (06:05) - Agent Skills
• (07:12) - Deno Sandbox
• (08:26) - New York’s budget bill would require “blocking technology” on all 3D printers
• (09:36) - X offices raided in France as UK opens fresh investigation into Grok
• (10:55) - Show HN: Craftplan – I built my wife a production management tool for her bakery
• (12:09) - Outro

France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US
https://apnews.com/article/europe-digital-sovereignty-big-tech-9f5388b68a0648514cebc8d92f682060
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46873294

Qwen3-Coder-Next
https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3-coder-next
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46872706

Data centers in space makes no sense
https://civai.org/blog/space-data-centers
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46876105

Lessons learned shipping 500 units of my first hardware product
https://www.simonberens.com/p/lessons-learned-shipping-500-units
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46848876

I miss thinking hard
https://www.jernesto.com/articles/thinking_hard
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46881264

Agent Skills
https://agentskills.io/home
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46871173

Deno Sandbox
https://deno.com/blog/introducing-deno-sandbox
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46874097

New York’s budget bill would require “blocking technology” on all 3D printers
https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/03/new-york-wants-to-ctrlaltdelete-your-3d-printer/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46872540

X offices raided in France as UK opens fresh investigation into Grok
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3ex92557jo
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46868998

Show HN: Craftplan – I built my wife a production management tool for her bakery
https://github.com/puemos/craftplan
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46847690