12.27.25 | uv's speed, Git's issues in package managers, toys with optimal play and clean-up

Hacker News Highlights · Dec 27, 2025 · 9m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Dec 27, 2025.

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:20) - How uv got so fast

(01:36) - Package managers keep using Git as a database, it never works out

(02:43) - Toys with the highest play-time and lowest clean-up-time

(03:43) - Show HN: Witr – Explain why a process is running on your Linux system

(04:48) - The best things and stuff of 2025

(05:53) - LearnixOS

(06:52) - Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?

(07:46) - Always bet on text (2014)

(08:47) - Exe.dev

(09:39) -…