Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 9, 2025.

Apache ECharts
https://echarts.apache.org/en/index.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43624220

Thank HN: The puzzle game I posted here 6 weeks ago got licensed by The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43622719

Brazil's government-run payments system has become dominant
https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2025/04/03/brazils-government-run-payments-system-has-become-dominant
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43620279

Tailscale has raised $160M
https://tailscale.com/blog/series-c
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43620141

No elephants: Breakthroughs in image generation
https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/no-elephants-breakthroughs-in-image
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43590569

An Overwhelmingly Negative and Demoralizing Force
https://aftermath.site/ai-video-game-development-art-vibe-coding-midjourney
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43619759

Obituary for Cyc
https://yuxi-liu-wired.github.io/essays/posts/cyc/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43625474

Ask HN: Do you still use search engines?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43619768

Better typography with text-wrap pretty
https://webkit.org/blog/16547/better-typography-with-text-wrap-pretty/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43622703

PostgreSQL Full-Text Search: Fast When Done Right (Debunking the Slow Myth)
https://blog.vectorchord.ai/postgresql-full-text-search-fast-when-done-right-debunking-the-slow-myth
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43627646