Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 29, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:18) - Claude Opus 4.8
• (01:44) - Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection
• (03:03) - I made a million dollar product from my dorm room (2025)
• (04:09) - GitHub bans security researcher who posted zero-day Windows exploits
• (05:34) - Cars collect a startling amount of data about you
• (06:50) - Show HN: Continue? Y/N: A 60-second game about AI agent permission fatigue
• (08:09) - Building durable workflows on Postgres
• (09:49) - Blue Origin's New Glenn blows up during static fire test
• (11:07) - Nitpicking the shell history scene in 'Tron: Legacy'
• (12:21) - Indoor Wi-Fi Roaming with OpenWRT
• (13:40) - Outro

Claude Opus 4.8
https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-8
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48311647

Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection
https://mybricklog.com/blog/bricks-minifigs-corporate-stole-old-mans-200000-lego-collection
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48314136

I made a million dollar product from my dorm room (2025)
https://nick.winans.io/blog/nice-nano/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48314951

GitHub bans security researcher who posted zero-day Windows exploits
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/microsofts-github-bans-security-researcher-who-posted-zero-day-windows-exploits-because-company-ruined-their-life-expert-claims-action-is-vindictive-and-promises-further-retaliation
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48315968

Cars collect a startling amount of data about you
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260513-your-car-is-spying-on-you-its-about-to-get-worse
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48318481

Show HN: Continue? Y/N: A 60-second game about AI agent permission fatigue
https://llmgame.scalex.dev
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48308376

Building durable workflows on Postgres
https://www.dbos.dev/blog/postgres-is-all-you-need-for-durable-execution
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48313530

Blue Origin's New Glenn blows up during static fire test
https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/2060164928472854821
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48317774

Nitpicking the shell history scene in 'Tron: Legacy'
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/quasiblog/tron-legacy/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48314002

Indoor Wi-Fi Roaming with OpenWRT
https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2026/05/26/1730
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48282180