8.28.26 | Saving memory through DNS cache optimization, Microduck, emergence of small models

Hacker News Highlights · Aug 28, 2026 · 13m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 28, 2026.

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:19) - Saving 100 terabytes of memory by optimizing 1.1.1.1's DNS cache

(01:36) - Microduck

(02:48) - Small Models Have Arrived

(04:17) - 507 Mechanical Movements

(05:13) - Show HN: The load-bearing vocabulary of Claude

(06:30) - The turbulent AI era is here

(07:42) - Gemini-3.5-Transcribe

(09:18) - Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash

(10:48) - We found a division by zero bug in FFmpeg with a vibecoded fuzzer

(12:11) - Decompiling a…