Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 3, 2025.

Show HN: I built a synthesizer based on 3D physics
https://anukari.com
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43873074

Old Soviet Venus descent craft nearing Earth reentry
https://www.leonarddavid.com/old-soviet-venus-descent-craft-nearing-earth-reentry/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43873531

The language brain matters more for programming than the math brain? (2020)
https://massivesci.com/articles/programming-math-language-python-women-in-science/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43870969

Suno v4.5
https://suno.com/explore/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43869353

Just redesigned my personal site with a TTY-style interface
https://www.abdisa.me/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43867211

Expanding on what we missed with sycophancy
https://openai.com/index/expanding-on-sycophancy/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43870819

Show HN: GPT-2 implemented using graphics shaders
https://github.com/nathan-barry/gpt2-webgl
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43870998

Strings Just Got Faster
https://inside.java/2025/05/01/strings-just-got-faster/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43854337

What I've learned from jj
https://zerowidth.com/2025/what-ive-learned-from-jj/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43867403

The Cannae Problem
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-cannae-problem/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43869288