0723 | Interview Take-Home Unmasks Supply-Chain Plot

A developer dissects a fake job interview that planted persistent malware through a Git hook, and Codeberg's crypto project ban reignites the self-hosting debate. Two creators post-train Gemma 4 to self-assess accuracy, routing only uncertain queries to the cloud, while Terence Tao tests ChatGPT's reasoning on the Jacobian Conjecture. Microsoft sets a 2027 deadline to sunset SMS 2FA and begins automatic passkey enrollment in 2026, raising lock-in concerns. Plus: AI-generated menus as the new low

Timeline

• 00:00:00 Opening
• 00:00:40 Fake Job Interview Git Hook Malware: A Dissected Attack
• 00:02:29 Codeberg Bans Crypto Projects, Reigniting Self-Hosting Debate
• 00:03:29 Teaching Gemma 4 to Know When It's Wrong: Cactus Hybrid
• 00:05:25 Terence Tao Uses ChatGPT to Explore a Jacobian Conjecture Counterexample
• 00:06:42 Passkeys vs. Consumer Brains: Microsoft Sunsetting SMS 2FA Adds Urgency
• 00:08:20 AI Menu Redesigns as the New Sign of Low-Effort Business
• 00:09:54 DNA Solves 400-Year-Old Medici Mystery: Malaria, Not Poison?
• 00:11:30 Is Ethics the Skill That Matters Most Now?
• 00:13:00 Malleable Computing and the Emacs Philosophy
• 00:14:35 Should Every Developer Learn SIMD?
• 00:16:28 John C. Dvorak Has Died: HN Remembers a Tech Journalism Icon
• 00:17:39 Safari Technology Preview 248: WebKit's Continued Momentum
• 00:18:55 Reddit Decides Plain HTML Is Unsafe, HN Suspects AI Licensing Motive
• 00:20:20 Hologram Brings Elixir to the Browser, HN Reacts
• 00:21:36 Most Americans Say 'Not in My Backyard' to AI Data Centers

Related links

• I Inspected My Take-Home Interview Project. It Was a Whole Operation - Bri Hacker News Campaign Feed
• Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency Projects - Bri Hacker News Campaign Feed
• Show HN: Cactus Hybrid: We taught Gemma 4 to know when it's wrong - Bri Hacker News Campaign Feed
• Terrence Tao's ChatGPT Conversation about the Jacobian Conjecture Counterexample - Bri Hacker News Campaign Feed
• Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain - Bri Hacker News Campaign Feed
• Businesses with ugly AI menu redesigns - Bri Hacker News Campaign Feed
• Medici family mystery may be solved after more than 400 years - Bri Hacker News Campaign Feed
• Ethics Is the Skill That Matters Most Now - Bri Hacker News Campaign Feed
• Malleable Computing, Emacs, and You - Bri Hacker News Campaign Feed
• Everyone Should Know SIMD - Bri Hacker News Campaign Feed
• John C. Dvorak has died - Bri Hacker News Campaign Feed
• Safari Technology Preview 248 Released - Bri Hacker News Campaign Feed
• So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe - Bri Hacker News Campaign Feed
• Hologram works. Elixir runs in the browser - Bri Hacker News Campaign Feed
• Most Americans say "not in my backyard" to AI data centers - Bri Hacker News Campaign Feed

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