Hackers 5.0 for Hacker News is here - modular SwiftUI rewrite and built for iOS 26.

Download: apps.apple.com/app/hackers/...

Blog: weiranzhang.com/blog/2025/ha...

GitHub: github.com/weiran/Hackers

New iOS 26 Home Screen design has gone a bit far.

Eventbrite is sending me confirmation emails for other people's events I've not signed up for. I can see the attendee's full name, email address, and when and where the event is.

This has happened three times in the past month which smells like a serious security bug.

Mastodon is an echo chamber.

Threads is full of people trying to teach me life hacks.

Twitter is... Twitter.

Bluesky seems to be in that goldilocks size right now so I'm cautiously optimistic.

15 years since the App Store launched. What are the first apps you downloaded?

Really enjoyed #Silo on Apple TV. Now watching #Hijack which feels like a British low-budget homage to Die Hard 2.

Goodbye to Apollo, it’s been a great run for the past 9 years. Thank you @selig.bsky.social

National Geographic laying off its entire writing and podcast staff but still planning to keep publishing issues is bonkers.

There’s no way they’ll be able to keep the quality up with freelancers & AI. This is a death spiral for an iconic magazine.

Is there any future for journalism majors?

Reddit moderators thought they were caretakers of a community and Spez reminded them they are overseers of a content farm for advertising revenue.

Changing your handle to a custom domain name in Bluesky: super duper easy. No need to read documentation. Just go to Settings, scroll down to “Change Handle” under Advanced, and then tap “I have my own domain”.

Thanks for the invite @calamityjames.bsky.social

Here’s my cat tax for joining.

Hello Bluesky. Who should I be following?