1.29.26 | Airfoil (2024), Apple to take 30% cut from Patreon creators, Mail limited to 500 miles (2002)

Hacker News Highlights · Jan 29, 2026 · 11m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jan 29, 2026.

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:19) - Airfoil (2024)

(01:18) - Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app

(02:32) - We can't send mail farther than 500 miles (2002)

(03:33) - Tesla ending Models S and X production

(04:39) - Render Mermaid diagrams as SVGs or ASCII art

(05:38) - Android's desktop interface leaks

(06:54) - Oban, the job processing framework from Elixir, has come to Python

(08:02) - Europe's next-generation…