Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 24, 2025.

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:16) - Always Invite Anna
• (01:23) - Find SF parking cops
• (02:22) - Libghostty is coming
• (03:33) - Baldur's Gate 3 Steam Deck – Native Version
• (04:40) - Markov chains are the original language models
• (05:54) - Getting AI to work in complex codebases
• (06:56) - Qwen3-VL
• (08:00) - Mesh: I tried Htmx, then ditched it
• (09:20) - From Rust to reality: The hidden journey of fetch_max
• (10:37) - Top Programming Languages 2025
• (11:49) - Outro

Always Invite Anna
https://sharif.io/anna-alexei
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45348495

Find SF parking cops
https://walzr.com/sf-parking/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45350690

Libghostty is coming
https://mitchellh.com/writing/libghostty-is-coming
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45347117

Baldur's Gate 3 Steam Deck – Native Version
https://larian.com/support/faqs/steam-deck-native-version_121
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45354644

Markov chains are the original language models
https://elijahpotter.dev/articles/markov_chains_are_the_original_language_models
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45304980

Getting AI to work in complex codebases
https://github.com/humanlayer/advanced-context-engineering-for-coding-agents/blob/main/ace-fca.md
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45347532

Qwen3-VL
https://qwen.ai/blog?id=99f0335c4ad9ff6153e517418d48535ab6d8afef&from=research.latest-advancements-list
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45352672

Mesh: I tried Htmx, then ditched it
https://ajmoon.com/posts/mesh-i-tried-htmx-then-ditched-it
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45345950

From Rust to reality: The hidden journey of fetch_max
https://questdb.com/blog/rust-fetch-max-compiler-journey/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45352944

Top Programming Languages 2025
https://spectrum.ieee.org/top-programming-languages-2025
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45354314