Hacker News for Feb 1, 2026
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Today's Hacker News Topics
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Carrier-requested GPS location privacy
— Carrier-requested GPS location privacy - 02
Zero-trust networking without VPNs
— Zero-trust networking without VPNs - 03
Minimal AI coding agent tools
— Minimal AI coding agent tools - 04
Scaling architecture to 10M users
— Scaling architecture to 10M users - 05
OpenBSD PF firewall essentials
— OpenBSD PF firewall essentials - 06
Cheap Thunderbolt 25GbE reality
— Cheap Thunderbolt 25GbE reality - 07
FOSDEM sovereignty and self-hosting
— FOSDEM sovereignty and self-hosting - 08
Animal naming game mechanics
— Animal naming game mechanics - 09
Amiga UNIX preserved in wiki
— Amiga UNIX preserved in wiki - 10
Rands on real 10x engineers
— Rands on real 10x engineers