Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 23, 2025.

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:22) - Cap'n Web: a new RPC system for browsers and web servers
• (01:36) - Delete FROM users WHERE location = 'Iran';
• (02:46) - Qwen3-Omni: Native Omni AI model for text, image and video
• (03:53) - OpenAI and Nvidia announce partnership to deploy 10GW of Nvidia systems
• (05:12) - Why haven't local-first apps become popular?
• (06:27) - Nine Things I Learned in Ninety Years
• (07:30) - I'm spoiled by Apple Silicon but still love Framework
• (08:50) - Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?
• (09:55) - The Beginner's Textbook for Fully Homomorphic Encryption
• (11:01) - Fall Foliage Map 2025
• (11:53) - Outro

Cap'n Web: a new RPC system for browsers and web servers
https://blog.cloudflare.com/capnweb-javascript-rpc-library/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45332883

Delete FROM users WHERE location = 'Iran';
https://gist.github.com/avestura/ce2aa6e55dad783b1aba946161d5fef4
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45343108

Qwen3-Omni: Native Omni AI model for text, image and video
https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen3-Omni
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45336989

OpenAI and Nvidia announce partnership to deploy 10GW of Nvidia systems
https://openai.com/index/openai-nvidia-systems-partnership/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45335474

Why haven't local-first apps become popular?
https://marcobambini.substack.com/p/why-local-first-apps-havent-become
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45333021

Nine Things I Learned in Ninety Years
http://edwardpackard.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Nine-Things-I-Learned-in-Ninety-Years.pdf
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45342364

I'm spoiled by Apple Silicon but still love Framework
https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2025-09-22-why-im-spoiled-by-apple-silicon-but-still-love-framework/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45332859

Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?
https://blog.jgc.org/2025/09/is-movie-prop-ultimate-laptop-bag.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45332196

The Beginner's Textbook for Fully Homomorphic Encryption
https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.05136
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45323027

Fall Foliage Map 2025
https://www.explorefall.com/fall-foliage-map
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45341324