Hacker News Highlights

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

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:24) - Sizing chaos
• (01:42) - Tailscale Peer Relays is now generally available
• (03:04) - Cosmologically Unique IDs
• (04:29) - Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for third party use
• (05:13) - 27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and download official updates
• (06:32) - Zero-day CSS: CVE-2026-2441 exists in the wild
• (08:15) - DNS-Persist-01: A New Model for DNS-Based Challenge Validation
• (09:47) - Minecraft Java is switching from OpenGL to Vulkan
• (11:03) - How AI is affecting productivity and jobs in Europe
• (12:54) - The Perils of ISBN
• (14:19) - Outro

Sizing chaos
https://pudding.cool/2026/02/womens-sizing/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47066552

Tailscale Peer Relays is now generally available
https://tailscale.com/blog/peer-relays-ga
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47063005

Cosmologically Unique IDs
https://jasonfantl.com/posts/Universal-Unique-IDs/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47064490

Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for third party use
https://code.claude.com/docs/en/legal-and-compliance
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47069299

27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and download official updates
https://old.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/1r8900z/macos_which_officially_supports_27_year_old/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47066241

Zero-day CSS: CVE-2026-2441 exists in the wild
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47062748

DNS-Persist-01: A New Model for DNS-Based Challenge Validation
https://letsencrypt.org/2026/02/18/dns-persist-01.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47064047

Minecraft Java is switching from OpenGL to Vulkan
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/minecraft-java-is-switching-from-opengl-to-vulkan-for-the-vibrant-visuals-update/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47068948

How AI is affecting productivity and jobs in Europe
https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/how-ai-affecting-productivity-and-jobs-europe
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47068320

The Perils of ISBN
https://rygoldstein.com/posts/perils-of-isbn
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47063663