Postmortem: TanStack npm supply-chain compromise

Introduction

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Today's Top 10 Stories on Hacker News

#1 — Postmortem: TanStack npm supply-chain compromise

https://github.com/TanStack/router/issues/7383

Score: 495 points · Comments: 170 · Posted by: varunsharma07

Read full article: https://tanstack.com/blog/npm-supply-chain-compromise-postmortem

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#2 — UCLA discovers first stroke rehabilitation drug to repair brain damage (2025)

Score: 212 points · Comments: 40 · Posted by: bookofjoe

Read full article: https://stemcell.ucla.edu/news/ucla-discovers-first-stroke-rehabilitation-drug-repair-brain-damage

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#3 — If AI writes your code, why use Python?

Score: 107 points · Comments: 111 · Posted by: indigodaddy

Read full article: https://medium.com/@NMitchem/if-ai-writes-your-code-why-use-python-bf8c4ba1a055

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#4 — Library for fast mapping of Java records to native memory

Score: 104 points · Comments: 23 · Posted by: joe_mwangi

Read full article: https://github.com/mamba-studio/TypedMemory

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#5 — GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values

Score: 286 points · Comments: 283 · Posted by: AnonGitLabEmpl

Read full article: https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/

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#6 — Can we code our way out of gentrification?

Score: 9 points · Comments: 15 · Posted by: burlesona

Read full article: https://www.freerange.city/p/can-we-code-our-way-out-of-gentrification

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#7 — I let AI build a tool to help me figure out what was waking me up at night

Score: 58 points · Comments: 56 · Posted by: showmypost

Read full article: https://martin.sh/i-let-ai-build-a-tool-to-help-me-figure-out-what-was-waking-me-up-at-night/

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#8 — Nullsoft, 1997-2004 (2004)

Score: 216 points · Comments: 70 · Posted by: downbad_

Read full article: https://slate.com/technology/2004/11/the-death-of-the-last-maverick-tech-company.html

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#9 — Griffin PowerMate driver for modern macOS

Score: 30 points · Comments: 10 · Posted by: classichasclass

Read full article: https://github.com/jameslockman/Griffin-PowerMate-Driver

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#10 — Ratty – A terminal emulator with inline 3D graphics

Score: 609 points · Comments: 197 · Posted by: orhunp_

Read full article: https://ratty-term.org/

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Updated: May 12, 2026