Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 27, 2025.

TypeScript types can run DOOM [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mCsluv5FXA
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43184291

Show HN: I got laid off from Meta and created a minor hit on Steam
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43186406

The FFT Strikes Back: An Efficient Alternative to Self-Attention
https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.18394
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43182325

Show HN: Breakout with a roguelite/vampire survivor twist
https://breakout.lecaro.me/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43183131

Winners of the $10k ISBN visualization bounty
https://annas-archive.org/blog/all-isbns-winners.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43168838

iMac G4(K)
https://jcs.org/2025/02/26/imacg4k
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43188971

Replace OCR with Vision Language Models
https://github.com/vlm-run/vlmrun-cookbook/blob/main/notebooks/01_schema_showcase.ipynb
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43187209

Show HN: A Database Written in Golang
https://github.com/Sahilb315/AtomixDB
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43183891

Show HN: Tach – Visualize and untangle your Python codebase
https://github.com/gauge-sh/tach
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43174041

The man who spent forty-two years at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool (1993)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1993/02/22/beverly-hills-hotel-paradise-lost
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43186050