top 20 hacker news stories for 2026-08-12

Tracking down the 16-year-old WAL-reset SQLite bug

https://tailscale.com/blog/sqlite-wal-reset-bug

2 months ago

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DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813

https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-0813

2 months ago

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AI is removing the middle class of software engineering?

https://blog.florianherrengt.com/ai-removing-middle-class-software-engineering.html

2 months ago

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uBlock Origin is giving up the fight to keep ads off Facebook

https://digitalescapetools.com/2026/08/ublock-origin-stops-chasing-facebook-ads.html

2 months ago

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Qwen3.8-2.4T

https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B

2 months ago

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Delta

https://zed.dev/blog/introducing-delta

2 months ago

1 change

License plate reader searches should require a warrant

https://andrewpwheeler.com/2026/08/12/license-plate-reader-searches-should-require-a-warrant/

2 months ago

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Grok 4.6

https://x.ai/news/grok-4-6

2 months ago

1 change

Asus Bike Booster

https://www.asus.com/accessories/bike-booster/asus-oxiis/oxiis-intelligent-bike-booster/

2 months ago

Olo (Color)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olo_(color)

2 months ago

2026 Eclipse Webcams

https://jonty.github.io/2026_eclipse_webcams/

2 months ago

LinkedIn CringeBot 3000

https://www.cringebot3000.com/

2 months ago

Controversial creators are benefiting from monetization programs run by Meta

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/ragebait-how-facebook-is-paying-controversial-creators/106940696

2 months ago

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llama.cpp

https://llama.app

2 months ago

Grok 4.6 scores 61 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

https://artificialanalysis.ai/articles/grok-4-6-benchmarks-and-analysis

2 months ago

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Why tiny JPEGs look different in Chrome

https://guillaumetech.github.io/posts/jpg-scaling-chrome/

2 months ago

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Show HN: Woxi - Open-source Mathematica / Wolfram Language reimplementation

https://woxi.ad-si.com

2 months ago

Someone is running mass vulnerability scans, spoofing AI bots like ClaudeBot

https://knownagents.com/insights

2 months ago

Tim King, AmigaDOS developer, has died

https://amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-08-00070-EN.html

2 months ago

1 change

Principia Mathematica is modern and insightful

https://okmij.org/ftp/Computation/Impressions/PrincipiaMathematica.html

2 months ago