12.2.25 | DeepSeek-v3.2 advances open language models, India mandates preloaded cyber safety app, Ghostty compiles to WASM with xterm.js compatibility

Update: 2025-12-02

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Dec 2, 2025.

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(00:00 ) - Intro

(00:21 ) - DeepSeek-v3.2: Pushing the frontier of open large language models [pdf]

(01:42 ) - India orders smartphone makers to preload state-owned cyber safety app

(02:48 ) - Ghostty compiled to WASM with xterm.js API compatibility

(03:47 ) - Google unkills JPEG XL?

(05:03 ) - What will enter the public domain in 2026?

(06:10 ) - 10 years of writing a blog nobody reads

(07:09 ) - Codex, Opus, Gemini try to build Counter Strike

(08:18 ) - Google, Nvidia, and OpenAI

(09:34 ) - The Penicillin Myth

(10:43 ) - Outro

DeepSeek-v3.2: Pushing the frontier of open large language models [pdf]
https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.2/resolve/main/assets/paper.pdf
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46108780

India orders smartphone makers to preload state-owned cyber safety app
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/india-orders-mobile-phones-preloaded-with-government-app-ensure-cyber-safety-2025-12-01/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46104193

Ghostty compiled to WASM with xterm.js API compatibility
https://github.com/coder/ghostty-web
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46110842

Google unkills JPEG XL?
https://tonisagrista.com/blog/2025/google-unkills-jpegxl/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46108563

What will enter the public domain in 2026?
https://publicdomainreview.org/features/entering-the-public-domain/2026/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46117112

10 years of writing a blog nobody reads
https://flowtwo.io/post/on-10-years-of-writing-a-blog-nobody-reads
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46070883

Codex, Opus, Gemini try to build Counter Strike
https://www.instantdb.com/essays/agents_building_counterstrike
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46080835

Google, Nvidia, and OpenAI
https://stratechery.com/2025/google-nvidia-and-openai/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46108437

The Penicillin Myth
https://www.asimov.press/p/penicillin-myth
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46107658

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12.2.25 | DeepSeek-v3.2 advances open language models, India mandates preloaded cyber safety app, Ghostty compiles to WASM with xterm.js compatibility