7.16.25 | Reflections on OpenAI, Shoggoth Mini robot powered by GPT-4o, write proofs to improve programming skills

Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 16, 2025.

Reflections on OpenAI
https://calv.info/openai-reflections
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44573195

Show HN: Shoggoth Mini – A soft tentacle robot powered by GPT-4o and RL
https://www.matthieulc.com/posts/shoggoth-mini
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44572377

To be a better programmer, write little proofs in your head
https://the-nerve-blog.ghost.io/to-be-a-better-programmer-write-little-proofs-in-your-head/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44573409

NIST ion clock sets new record for most accurate clock
https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/07/nist-ion-clock-sets-new-record-most-accurate-clock-world
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44572499

Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 Incident on July 14, 2025
https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-1-1-1-1-incident-on-july-14-2025/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44578490

Where's Firefox going next?
https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/where-s-firefox-going-next-you-tell-us/m-p/100698#M39094
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44575794

GPUHammer: Rowhammer attacks on GPU memories are practical
https://gpuhammer.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44577268

My Family and the Flood
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-flood-firsthand-account/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44576352

Designing for the Eye: Optical corrections in architecture and typography
https://www.nubero.ch/blog/015/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44573887

Mostly dead influential programming languages (2020)
https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/influential-dead-languages/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44545050