Episode Details

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 19, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:17) - I found 10k GitHub repositories distributing Trojan malware
• (01:56) - .gitignore Isn't the only way to ignore files in Git
• (03:07) - CS 6120: Advanced Compilers: The Self-Guided Online Course (2020)
• (04:23) - Show HN: Are You in the Weights?
• (05:30) - Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS
• (07:07) - Hospitals and universities repurposing drugs at lower cost
• (08:23) - Modos Color Monitor Pushes E-Paper Displays Further
• (09:51) - W Social, public institutions and the theater of European digital sovereignty
• (11:19) - DuckDB Internals: Why Is DuckDB Fast? (Part 1)
• (13:01) - To study how chips work, MIT researchers built their own operating system
• (14:09) - Outro

I found 10k GitHub repositories distributing Trojan malware
https://orchidfiles.com/github-repositories-distributing-malware/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583928

.gitignore Isn't the only way to ignore files in Git
https://nelson.cloud/.gitignore-isnt-the-only-way-to-ignore-files-in-git/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583356

CS 6120: Advanced Compilers: The Self-Guided Online Course (2020)
https://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs6120/2025fa/self-guided/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583606

Show HN: Are You in the Weights?
https://www.intheweights.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48591348

Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS
https://blog.ui.com/article/introducing-enterprise-nas
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48585866

Hospitals and universities repurposing drugs at lower cost
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/hospitals-and-universities-repurposing-drugs-at-90-lower-cost
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583386

Modos Color Monitor Pushes E-Paper Displays Further
https://spectrum.ieee.org/modos-e-paper-monitor
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583897

W Social, public institutions and the theater of European digital sovereignty
https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-public-institutions-and-the-theater-of-european-digital-sovereignty/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48584497

DuckDB Internals: Why Is DuckDB Fast? (Part 1)
https://www.greybeam.ai/blog/duckdb-internals-part-1
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48553388

To study how chips work, MIT researchers built their own operating system

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