This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 27, 2025.

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(00:30): 10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him – bad idea
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45720376&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(01:52): It's insulting to read AI-generated blog posts
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45722069&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(03:15): PSF has withdrawn $1.5M proposal to US Government grant program
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45721904&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(04:37): Recall for Linux
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45718231&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(06:00): Claude for Excel
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45722639&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(07:22): Rust cross-platform GPUI components
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45719004&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(08:45): Tags to make HTML work like you expect
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45719140&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(10:07): What happened to running what you wanted on your own machine?
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45718665&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(11:30): How I turned Zig into my favorite language to write network programs in
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45716109&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(12:52): ICE Will Use AI to Surveil Social Media
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45716296&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

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October 27th, 2025 | 10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him – bad idea

Hacker News Recap