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This episode recaps the top 10 posts on Hacker News from April 30, 2026.

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 30, 2026. Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights (00:00) - Intro (00:16) - Zed 1.0 (01:47) - HERMES.md in commit messages causes requests to route to extra usage billing (03:13) - Copy Fail (04:41) - Cursor Camp (05:35) - Where the goblins came from (06:53) - We need a federation of forges (08:14) - FastCGI: 30 years old and still the better protocol for reverse proxies (09:46) - The Zig project's rationale for their anti-AI contribution policy (11:02) - Noctua releases official 3D CAD models for its cooling fans (12:38) - OpenTrafficMap (13:47) - Outro Zed 1.0 https://zed.dev/blog/zed-1-0 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47949027 HERMES.md in commit messages causes requests to route to extra usage billing https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/53262 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47952722 Copy Fail https://copy.fail/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47952181 Cursor Camp https://neal.fun/cursor-camp/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47949939 Where the goblins came from https://openai.com/index/where-the-goblins-came-from/…

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