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Hacker News Highlights · 629 episodes with transcripts

Daily overview of the Top 10 Hacker News posts. Post and comment summarization by AI.

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10.20.26 | Programming remains enjoyable, Wine ported to OpenBSD, One motor drone built

October 20, 2026

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

Welcome to the Hacker News Highlights, where we explore the top 10 posts on Hacker News every day. Today, we dive into enjoying programming despite workplace automation pessimism, porting Wine to OpenBSD for 64-bit Windows software, and building a flyable drone using one motor. Let's dive right in.

Title, It's Still OK to Enjoy Programming.

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