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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:16) - Kill The Cookie Banner
• (01:33) - US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during airport search
• (02:45) - PGSimCity - How PostgreSQL Works
• (03:40) - Htmx 4.0, the first JavaScript library to release exclusively on the Game Boy
• (05:03) - French firefighters face 'pyrocumulonimbus' for first time
• (06:01) - Decker, a platform that builds on the legacy of Hypercard and classic macOS
• (07:19) - Show HN: Physically accurate black hole you can put in your room
• (08:39) - Design is compromise
• (09:55) - Show HN: Reverse Minesweeper
• (11:06) - I learned PCB design, 3D printing and C just to listen to music
• (12:19) - Outro

US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during airport search
https://www.techspot.com/news/113236-us-prosecutors-charge-atlanta-man-after-grapheneos-phone.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49063022

PGSimCity - How PostgreSQL Works
https://nikolays.github.io/PGSimCity/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49063754

Htmx 4.0, the first JavaScript library to release exclusively on the Game Boy
https://swag.htmx.org/en-cad/products/htmx-4-the-game
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49057241

French firefighters face 'pyrocumulonimbus' for first time
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260726-french-firefighters-face-pyrocumulonimbus-for-first-time
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49060495

Decker, a platform that builds on the legacy of Hypercard and classic macOS
https://beyondloom.com/decker/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49060856

Show HN: Physically accurate black hole you can put in your room
https://blackhole.plav.in
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49021270

Design is compromise
https://stephango.com/design-is-compromise
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49059367

Show HN: Reverse Minesweeper
https://sunflowersgame.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49057666

I learned PCB design, 3D printing and C just to listen to music
https://pentaton.app/blog/2026-07-12-introducing-pentaton-lp/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49022355