Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 11, 2025.

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:18) - Unexpected things that are people
• (01:24) - The 'Toy Story' You Remember
• (02:21) - Time to start de-Appling
• (03:29) - Unix v4 Tape Found
• (04:34) - The lazy Git UI you didn't know you need
• (05:41) - Warren Buffett's final shareholder letter [pdf]
• (06:40) - Writing your own BEAM
• (07:46) - Spatial intelligence is AI’s next frontier
• (08:53) - Using Generative AI in Content Production
• (10:02) - Outro

Unexpected things that are people
https://bengoldhaber.substack.com/p/unexpected-things-that-are-people
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45877257

The 'Toy Story' You Remember
https://animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-toy-story-you-remember
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45883788

Time to start de-Appling
https://heatherburns.tech/2025/11/10/time-to-start-de-appling/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45876598

Unix v4 Tape Found
https://discuss.systems/@ricci/115504720054699983
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45840321

The lazy Git UI you didn't know you need
https://www.bwplotka.dev/2025/lazygit/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45878578

Warren Buffett's final shareholder letter [pdf]
https://berkshirehathaway.com/news/nov1025.pdf
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45882837

Writing your own BEAM
https://martin.janiczek.cz/2025/11/09/writing-your-own-beam.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45867828

Spatial intelligence is AI’s next frontier
https://drfeifei.substack.com/p/from-words-to-worlds-spatial-intelligence
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45880939

Using Generative AI in Content Production
https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/43393929218323-Using-Generative-AI-in-Content-Production
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45879793