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New ask Hacker News story: Dwarf Fortress creator: industry in shambles over AI and layoffs

Dwarf Fortress creator: industry in shambles over AI and layoffs 2 by 01-_- | 1 comments on Hacker News. In an interview with PC Gamer at Gamescom 2026, Dwarf Fortress creator Tarn Adams sharply criticizes studio executives' obsession with generative AI and the wave of layoffs across the games industry. He compares the behavior of certain CEOs to a form of "psychosis," describing managers pressuring teams over AI usage and threatening to replace them with machines. He also brings up his own father, laid off from a sewage treatment plant by managers who didn't understand his job, to illustrate a pattern he sees repeating throughout the games industry. Read more: https://ift.tt/LQTpys5

New ask Hacker News story: Hotline Telegram Support and Sales Hub (hotline.tg)

Hotline Telegram Support and Sales Hub (hotline.tg) 2 by hotline | 0 comments on Hacker News. One person + Hotline = the output of a 10-person sales team. Build a lifestyle business that scales without headcount.

New ask Hacker News story: Old.reddit.com no longer works for logged out users

Old.reddit.com no longer works for logged out users 7 by kradeelav | 1 comments on Hacker News. Used old.reddit.com for ~10 years with no problem to get around the "new" UI, including yesterday. Come today, and there's a unavoidable pop-up saying it's for logged-in users only.

New ask Hacker News story: Claude Code now appends a link to a Claude session in every commit

Claude Code now appends a link to a Claude session in every commit 4 by codexon | 0 comments on Hacker News. Claude code now appends every commit with this line, everyone is opted in automatically. This link is only accessible to the user so it doesn't make sense to be put in a commit. Claude-Session: https://ift.tt/0FVTJG2... There is a new setting that allows you to disable it. "attribution": { "sessionUrl": false }

New ask Hacker News story: Dropbox Data Breach

Dropbox Data Breach 9 by hmate9 | 2 comments on Hacker News. I received a security notice from Dropbox today saying that my account was accessed without authorization between August 4 and August 21, 2026, and that Dropbox believes files in the account were viewed or downloaded. According to the email, Dropbox uses Lenovo as an identity provider, allowing users to authenticate to Dropbox with a verified Lenovo ID. Dropbox says: an issue with Lenovo’s email verification process allowed an unauthorized party to register a Lenovo ID using your email address and then use that Lenovo ID to log into the Dropbox account associated with that email address. So, as I understand it, the attack path was roughly: 1. Attacker registers a Lenovo ID using the victim’s email address. 2. Lenovo incorrectly treats the email address as verified. 3. Dropbox trusts the Lenovo identity. 4. Attacker gets access to the Dropbox account associated with that email address. Dropbox says it has since expired all ...

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What are your biggest problems and fixes with multisession engineering?

Ask HN: What are your biggest problems and fixes with multisession engineering? 2 by top_rooster | 0 comments on Hacker News. I have run into a lot of issues using multiple sessions at once to build things, and I really want to hear from those that have figured a good amount out. Or at least hear what problems people are having to know if I am running into the same blockers everyone is. For example, I often want to have agents stop at certain points, but fail to get a mechanism that works.

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What do you use to host side projects?

Ask HN: What do you use to host side projects? 2 by ilmak1704 | 3 comments on Hacker News.