The best of Hacker News - July 09, 2024

1.
Google Chrome has an API accesible only from *.google.com

712 points

2.
PySkyWiFi: Free stupid wi-fi on long-haul flights

618 points

3.
Linksys Velop routers send Wi-Fi passwords in plaintext to US servers

410 points

4.
DB Browser for SQLite (Windows, macOS, and Most Versions of Linux)

353 points

5.
Making my own wedding rings

269 points

6.
The zombie misconception of theoretical computer science

227 points

7.
Show HN: Crawlee for Python – a web scraping and browser automation library

207 points

8.
Guide to attending a space launch in person

200 points

9.
Geomys, a blueprint for a sustainable open-source maintenance firm

197 points

10.
MobileLLM: Optimizing Sub-Billion Parameter Language Models for On-Device Use

195 points

11.
The Deadlock Empire: An Interactive Guide to Locks

193 points

12.
How I turned seemingly 'failed' experiments into a successful PhD

183 points

13.
Turbopuffer: Fast search on object storage

176 points

14.
State of Text Rendering 2024

172 points

15.
TUI for Managing WiFi on Linux

163 points

16.
Show HN: I am building an open-source incident management platform

162 points

17.
Judge dismisses DMCA copyright claim in GitHub Copilot suit

160 points

18.
Detect Migrating Birds with a Plastic Dish and a Cheap Microphone

150 points

19.
Ask HN: How do browsers isolate internal audio from microphone input?

146 points

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