HN blogs - 20/11/25
Think you can’t interpose static binaries with LD_PRELOAD? Think again https://balintreczey.hu/blog/think-you-cant-interpose-static-binaries-with-ld_preload-think-again/ (HN source)
Application Software Is Dead, Again
Why is software less efficient than hardware? (kbrecordzz) https://kbrecordzz.com/2025/11/why-is-software-so-much-less-efficient-than-hardware/ (HN source)
I asked Gemini 3 what was the smartest thing it could think of https://fraboniface.com/blog/gemini-3-on-degrowth/ (HN source)
Sharing my two cents on vibe coding interviews https://www.yuanhao.site/post/ai-weekly/2025-11-19-weekly-en/ (HN source)
How Visa Actually Works https://nandinfinitum.com/posts/visa/ (HN source)
How much solopreneurs make and how they make their money [research report] https://www.adrianatica.com/state-of-solopreneurship/ (HN source)
I’ve been thinking about Agents and MCP all wrong https://rmoff.net/2025/11/20/ive-been-thinking-about-agents-and-mcp-all-wrong/ (HN source)
Missing last name check left all Airline Passenger Reservations Vulnerable https://alexschapiro.com/blog/security/vulnerability/2025/11/20/avelo-airline-reservation-api-vulnerability (HN source)
Moving Beyond the NPM Elliptic Package https://soatok.blog/2025/11/19/moving-beyond-the-npm-elliptic-package/ (HN source)
Over-Regulation Is Doubling the Cost https://rein.pk/over-regulation-is-doubling-the-cost (HN source)
There is nothing out-of-distribution https://gusarich.com/blog/there-is-nothing-out-of-distribution/ (HN source)
Finding the Echoes: An Artist’s Journey from Trauma to Rediscovery https://www.jeromeleroy.com/complog-content/2025/10/finding-the-echoes-an-artists-journey-from-trauma-to-self-discovery-part1-awakenings (HN source)
We don’t use Cloudflare, yet Prisma depends on it so the outage broke our infra https://ariana.dev/blog/cloudflare-outage-lessons (HN source)
My Favorite Math Problem https://bytesauna.com/post/my-favorite-math-problem (HN source)
Don’t Make Me Wait https://rumination.computer/dont-make-me-wait (HN source)