Weekly Hacker News for the 7 days ending 2026-05-02
The 20 highest-rated articles on Hacker News in the 7 days ending May 02, 2026 which have not appeared on any previous Hacker News Weekly are:
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Amateur armed with ChatGPT solves an Erdős problem
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The West forgot how to make things, now it’s forgetting how to code
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An AI agent deleted our production database. The agent's confession is below
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AI should elevate your thinking, not replace it
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I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it
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Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive and revenue-sharing deal
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GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing
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Talkie: a 13B vintage language model from 1930
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Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop
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Your phone is about to stop being yours
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Ghostty is leaving GitHub
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Zed 1.0
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Cursor Camp
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Online age verification is the hill to die on
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Copy Fail
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HERMES.md in commit messages causes requests to route to extra usage billing
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Where the goblins came from
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Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants
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Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention \"OpenClaw\"
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Can I disable all data collection from my vehicle?
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Posted at 2026-05-03 00:00 | Permanent link |