7.6.25 | Local-first software, hidden interface controls, questioning morality

Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 6, 2025.

Local-first software (2019)
https://www.inkandswitch.com/essay/local-first/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44473135

Hidden interface controls that affect usability
https://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/july-august-2025/stop-hiding-my-controls-hidden-interface-controls-are-affecting-usability
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44476297

Are We the Baddies?
https://geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2025/07/05/are-we-the-baddies.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44478115

X-Clacks-Overhead
https://xclacksoverhead.org/home/about
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44440968

Eastern Baltic cod grow much smaller than they did due to overfishing
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-cod-have-been-shrinking-dramatically-for-decades-now-scientists-say-theyve-solved-the-mystery-180986920/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44474759

macOS Icon History
https://basicappleguy.com/basicappleblog/macos-icon-history
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44473400

Europe's first geostationary sounder satellite is launched
https://www.eumetsat.int/europes-first-geostationary-sounder-satellite-launched
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44472992

How to Network as an Introvert
https://aginfer.bearblog.dev/how-to-network-as-an-introvert/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44475537

What a Hacker Stole from Me
https://mynoise.net/blog.php
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44476115

Serving 200M requests per day with a CGI-bin
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/5/cgi-bin-performance/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44476716