Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 12, 2025.

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:21) - Top model scores may be skewed by Git history leaks in SWE-bench
• (01:26) - Behind the scenes of Bun Install
• (02:44) - Why our website looks like an operating system
• (03:49) - AirPods live translation blocked for EU users with EU Apple accounts
• (04:59) - Claude’s memory architecture is the opposite of ChatGPT’s
• (06:16) - Danish supermarket chain is setting up "Emergency Stores"
• (07:23) - From burner phones to decks of cards: NYC teens adjusting to the smartphone ban
• (08:25) - Float Exposed
• (09:38) - Samsung taking market share from Apple in U.S. as foldable phones gain momentum
• (10:56) - Gene-edited pancreatic cells transplanted into a patient with type 1 diabetes
• (12:05) - Outro

Top model scores may be skewed by Git history leaks in SWE-bench
https://github.com/SWE-bench/SWE-bench/issues/465
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45214670

Behind the scenes of Bun Install
https://bun.com/blog/behind-the-scenes-of-bun-install
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45210850

Why our website looks like an operating system
https://posthog.com/blog/why-os
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45217269

AirPods live translation blocked for EU users with EU Apple accounts
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/09/11/airpods-live-translation-eu-restricted/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45210428

Claude’s memory architecture is the opposite of ChatGPT’s
https://www.shloked.com/writing/claude-memory
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45214908

Danish supermarket chain is setting up "Emergency Stores"
https://swiss.social/@swaldorff/115186445638788782
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45216805

From burner phones to decks of cards: NYC teens adjusting to the smartphone ban
https://gothamist.com/news/from-burner-phones-to-decks-of-cards-nyc-teens-are-adjusting-to-the-smartphone-ban
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45211527

Float Exposed
https://float.exposed/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45217415

Samsung taking market share from Apple in U.S. as foldable phones gain momentum
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/16/samsungs-us-market-share-apple-rivalry-foldable-phones.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45209389

Gene-edited pancreatic cells transplanted into a patient with type 1 diabetes
https://www.wired.com/story/no-more-injections-crispr-offers-new-hope-for-treating-diabetes/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45211596