Hacker News for Feb 2, 2026
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Today's Hacker News Topics
- 01
Malicious VS Code AI extensions
— Malicious VS Code AI extensions - 02
Termux security and Android limits
— Termux security and Android limits - 03
Nano-vLLM and LLM serving
— Nano-vLLM and LLM serving - 04
OxCaml zero-allocation HTTP parsing
— OxCaml zero-allocation HTTP parsing - 05
Apple DFU port update failures
— Apple DFU port update failures - 06
iPhone hardware breaking on-device LLMs
— iPhone hardware breaking on-device LLMs - 07
Reverse-engineering a parallel dongle
— Reverse-engineering a parallel dongle - 08
Apate API mocking for tests
— Apate API mocking for tests - 09
Ratchet linting to stop rot
— Ratchet linting to stop rot