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12.1.25 | Advent of Code 2025, tips for writing Claude.md, Windows drive letters beyond A-Z

12.1.25 | Advent of Code 2025, tips for writing Claude.md, Windows drive letters beyond A-Z

Update: 2025-12-01
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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Dec 1, 2025.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

  • (00:00 ) - Intro

  • (00:16 ) - Advent of Code 2025

  • (01:20 ) - Writing a good Claude.md

  • (02:26 ) - Windows drive letters are not limited to A-Z

  • (03:34 ) - Search tool that only returns content created before ChatGPT's public release

  • (04:45 ) - Migrating Dillo from GitHub

  • (05:45 ) - A Love Letter to FreeBSD

  • (06:54 ) - GitHub to Codeberg: my experience

  • (08:03 ) - Advent of Sysadmin 2025

  • (09:04 ) - Google Antigravity just deleted the contents of whole drive

  • (10:14 ) - Outro


Advent of Code 2025
https://adventofcode.com/2025/about
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46096337

Writing a good Claude.md
https://www.humanlayer.dev/blog/writing-a-good-claude-md
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46098838

Windows drive letters are not limited to A-Z
https://www.ryanliptak.com/blog/windows-drive-letters-are-not-limited-to-a-z/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46096556

Search tool that only returns content created before ChatGPT's public release
https://tegabrain.com/Slop-Evader
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46103376

Migrating Dillo from GitHub
https://dillo-browser.org/news/migration-from-github/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46096800

A Love Letter to FreeBSD
https://www.tara.sh/posts/2025/2025-11-25_freebsd_letter/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46100892

GitHub to Codeberg: my experience
https://eldred.fr/blog/forge-migration/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46097829

Algorithms for Optimization [pdf]
https://algorithmsbook.com/optimization/files/optimization.pdf
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46101492

Advent of Sysadmin 2025
https://sadservers.com/advent
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46102347

Google Antigravity just deleted the contents of whole drive
https://old.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1p82or6/google_antigravity_just_deleted_the_contents_of/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46103532

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