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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:15) - Shall I implement it? No
• (01:40) - Malus – Clean Room as a Service
• (03:08) - “This is not the computer for you”
• (04:42) - ATMs didn’t kill bank teller jobs, but the iPhone did
• (06:19) - US private credit defaults hit record 9.2% in 2025, Fitch says
• (07:58) - Willingness to look stupid
• (09:21) - Big data on the cheapest MacBook
• (10:46) - Bubble Sorted Amen Break
• (11:57) - Enhancing gut-brain communication reversed cognitive decline in aging mice
• (13:13) - Vite 8.0 Is Out
• (14:14) - Outro

Malus – Clean Room as a Service
https://malus.sh
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47350424

“This is not the computer for you”
https://samhenri.gold/blog/20260312-this-is-not-the-computer-for-you/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47359744

ATMs didn’t kill bank teller jobs, but the iPhone did
https://davidoks.blog/p/why-the-atm-didnt-kill-bank-teller
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47351371

US private credit defaults hit record 9.2% in 2025, Fitch says
https://www.marketscreener.com/news/us-private-credit-defaults-hit-record-9-2-in-2025-fitch-says-ce7e5fd8df8fff2d
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47349806

Willingness to look stupid
https://sharif.io/looking-stupid
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47307124

Big data on the cheapest MacBook
https://duckdb.org/2026/03/11/big-data-on-the-cheapest-macbook
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47349277

Bubble Sorted Amen Break
https://parametricavocado.itch.io/amen-sorting
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47354098

Enhancing gut-brain communication reversed cognitive decline in aging mice
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2026/03/gut-brain-cognitive-decline.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47353533

Vite 8.0 Is Out
https://vite.dev/blog/announcing-vite8
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47360730