Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 29, 2025.

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:17) - Privacy Badger is a free browser extension made by EFF to stop spying
• (01:25) - F-Droid and Google’s developer registration decree
• (02:39) - Play snake in the URL address bar
• (03:37) - The AI coding trap
• (04:49) - When I say “alphabetical order”, I mean “alphabetical order”
• (05:57) - Farewell friends
• (06:58) - Supermicro server motherboards can be infected with unremovable malware
• (08:13) - Show HN: Toolbrew – Free little tools without signups or ads
• (09:13) - Zlib visualizer
• (10:12) - Outro

Privacy Badger is a free browser extension made by EFF to stop spying
https://privacybadger.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45404021

F-Droid and Google’s developer registration decree
https://f-droid.org/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45409794

Play snake in the URL address bar
https://demian.ferrei.ro/snake/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45408021

The AI coding trap
https://chrisloy.dev/post/2025/09/28/the-ai-coding-trap
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45405177

When I say “alphabetical order”, I mean “alphabetical order”
https://sebastiano.tronto.net/blog/2025-09-28-alphabetic-order/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45404022

Farewell friends
https://humbledollar.com/forum/farewell-friends/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45408229

Supermicro server motherboards can be infected with unremovable malware
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/09/supermicro-server-motherboards-can-be-infected-with-unremovable-malware/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45363465

Show HN: Toolbrew – Free little tools without signups or ads
https://toolbrew.co/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45404667

Zlib visualizer
https://lynn.github.io/flateview/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45373784