This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 27, 2025.

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(00:30 ): 10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him – bad idea
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45720376&utm_source=wondercraft_ai


(01:52 ): It's insulting to read AI-generated blog posts
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45722069&utm_source=wondercraft_ai


(03:15 ): PSF has withdrawn $1.5M proposal to US Government grant program
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45721904&utm_source=wondercraft_ai


(04:37 ): Recall for Linux
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45718231&utm_source=wondercraft_ai


(06:00 ): Claude for Excel
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45722639&utm_source=wondercraft_ai


(07:22 ): Rust cross-platform GPUI components
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45719004&utm_source=wondercraft_ai


(08:45 ): Tags to make HTML work like you expect
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45719140&utm_source=wondercraft_ai


(10:07 ): What happened to running what you wanted on your own machine?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45718665&utm_source=wondercraft_ai


(11:30 ): How I turned Zig into my favorite language to write network programs in
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45716109&utm_source=wondercraft_ai


(12:52 ): ICE Will Use AI to Surveil Social Media
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45716296&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

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