We help founders make something people want. The Y Combinator Podcast is where builders talk about building. From the earliest days of an idea to scaling a company that changes the world, YC partners and founders share real stories, lessons, and tactics from the frontlines.
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A podcast that recaps some of the top posts on Hacker News every day. This is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by Wondercraft.ai. Create your own news rundown podcast at app.wondercraft.ai
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January 6th, 2026 | Vietnam bans unskippable ads
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14:27This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on January 06, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Vietnam bans unskippable ads Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46514677&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:52): enclose.horse Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46509211&utm_source=wondercraft_a…
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January 5th, 2026 | It's hard to justify Tahoe icons
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14:41This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on January 05, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): It's hard to justify Tahoe icons Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46497712&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:53): Anna's Archive loses .org domain after surprise suspension Original post: https://news.ycombina…
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January 4th, 2026 | Lessons from 14 years at Google
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14:21This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on January 04, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Lessons from 14 years at Google Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46488819&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:51): Neural Networks: Zero to Hero Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46485090&utm_s…
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January 3rd, 2026 | Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes
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14:41This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on January 03, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46473348&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:53): Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time Original post: ht…
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January 2nd, 2026 | Why users cannot create Issues directly
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13:28This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on January 02, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Why users cannot create Issues directly Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46460319&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:46): I'm a developer for a major food delivery app Original post: https://news.ycombinator.co…
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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on January 01, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Linux is good now Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46457770&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:51): Bluetooth Headphone Jacking: A Key to Your Phone [video] Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
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December 31st, 2025 | Stardew Valley developer made a $125k donation to the FOSS C# framework MonoGame
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14:09This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 31, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Stardew Valley developer made a $125k donation to the FOSS C# framework MonoGame Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46445068&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:50): Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathawa…
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December 30th, 2025 | Netflix Open Content
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14:15This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 30, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Netflix Open Content Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46431560&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:51): Show HN: 22 GB of Hacker News in SQLite Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46435308&utm_s…
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December 29th, 2025 | Kidnapped by Deutsche Bahn
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14:26This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 29, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Kidnapped by Deutsche Bahn Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46419970&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:52): Google is dead. Where do we go now? Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46425198&utm…
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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 28, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Calendar Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46408613&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:46): What an unprocessed photo looks like Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46415225&utm_source=wondercra…
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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 27, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Floor796 Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46401612&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:55): Nvidia's $20B antitrust loophole Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46403559&utm_source=wondercraft_a…
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December 26th, 2025 | Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI
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14:10This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 26, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46392115&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:50): How uv got so fast Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46393992&utm_source=won…
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December 25th, 2025 | We invited a man into our home at Christmas and he stayed with us for 45 years
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14:25This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 25, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): We invited a man into our home at Christmas and he stayed with us for 45 years Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46383552&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:52): Ruby 4.0.0 Original post: https://news.ycombinat…
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December 24th, 2025 | Tell HN: Merry Christmas
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14:19This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 24, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Tell HN: Merry Christmas Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46380168&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:51): Unifi Travel Router Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46371135&utm_source=wondercraf…
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December 23rd, 2025 | Inside CECOT – 60 Minutes [video]
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14:22This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 23, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Inside CECOT – 60 Minutes [video] Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46361024&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:51): Fabrice Bellard Releases MicroQuickJS Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=463…
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December 22nd, 2025 | US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified
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14:31This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 22, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46357881&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:52): Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tr…
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2025 was the year AI stopped feeling chaotic and started feeling buildable. In this Lightcone episode, the YC partners break down the surprises of the year, from shifting model dominance to why the real opportunity is moving back to the application layer, and why the next wave of AI startups may be just getting started.…
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December 21st, 2025 | Flock and Cyble Inc. weaponize “cybercrime” takedowns to silence critics
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14:29This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 21, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Flock and Cyble Inc. weaponize “cybercrime” takedowns to silence critics Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46341305&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:52): Logging sucks Original post: https://news.ycombinator.…
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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 20, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Backing Up Spotify Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46338339&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:52): Show HN: Jmail – Google Suite for Epstein files Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46339600…
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December 19th, 2025 | Hacker News front page now, but the titles are honest
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14:26This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 19, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Hacker News front page now, but the titles are honest Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46326588&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:52): Amazon will allow ePub and PDF downloads for DRM-free eBooks Original pos…
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December 18th, 2025 | Beginning January 2026, all ACM publications will be made open access
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14:36This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 18, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Beginning January 2026, all ACM publications will be made open access Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46313991&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:53): We pwned X, Vercel, Cursor, and Discord through a supply-…
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December 17th, 2025 | Gemini 3 Flash: Frontier intelligence built for speed
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14:24This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 17, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Gemini 3 Flash: Frontier intelligence built for speed Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46301851&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:51): Is Mozilla trying hard to kill itself? Original post: https://news.ycombi…
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ARC-AGI is redefining how to measure progress on the path to AGI - focusing on reasoning, generalization, and adaptability instead of memorization or scale. During this month's NeurIPS 2025 conference, YC's Diana Hu sat down with ARC Prize Foundation President Greg Kamradt to find out why most AI benchmarks fail, how ARC-AGI reveals the limits of t…
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December 16th, 2025 | 8M users' AI conversations sold for profit by "privacy" extensions
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14:27This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 16, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): 8M users' AI conversations sold for profit by "privacy" extensions Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46284266&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:52): alpr.watch Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?…
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December 15th, 2025 | Roomba maker goes bankrupt, Chinese owner emerges
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14:46This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 15, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Roomba maker goes bankrupt, Chinese owner emerges Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46268854&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:54): I'm Kenyan. I don't write like ChatGPT, ChatGPT writes like me Original post:…
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December 14th, 2025 | Europeans' health data sold to US firm run by ex-Israeli spies
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14:21This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 14, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Europeans' health data sold to US firm run by ex-Israeli spies Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46262524&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:51): Elevated errors across many models Original post: https://news.y…
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December 13th, 2025 | Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help
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14:08This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 13, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46252114&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:50): VPN location claims don't match real traffic exits Origin…
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December 12th, 2025 | Nokia N900 Necromancy
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14:18This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 12, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Nokia N900 Necromancy Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46239177&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:51): Google de-indexed Bear Blog and I don't know why Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4623…
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Head of Design Ryo Lu helped transform Cursor from a feature-layer on top of VS Code into one of the world's leading AI code editors.He joins YC's Aaron Epstein on Design Review to talk about the path that brought him to Cursor, how rapid prototyping reshaped the core product and how he's breaking down the barriers that once separated designers and…
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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 11, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): GPT-5.2 Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46234788&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:52): Patterns.dev Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46226483&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:14): iPhone Typ…
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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 10, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Size of Life Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46219346&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (01:52): Rust in the kernel is no longer experimental Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46213585&utm_sour…
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In just a few years, James Hawkins took PostHog from an idea hacked together right before YC's W20 deadline to a unicorn powering product analytics for thousands of teams. He joins YC's Brad Flora to talk about surviving six months of "pivot hell," why open-source analytics was the breakthrough, and how PostHog grew from fighting for its first user…
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