4.7.26 | Sam Altman’s potential influence, Claude Code’s engineering limitations, and a cryptography engineer’s quantum computing insights

Hacker News Highlights · Apr 7, 2026 · 14m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 7, 2026.

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:24) - Sam Altman may control our future – can he be trusted?

(01:31) - Issue: Claude Code is unusable for complex engineering tasks with Feb updates

(03:18) - A cryptography engineer's perspective on quantum computing timelines

(04:49) - What being ripped off taught me

(06:15) - Show HN: Ghost Pepper – Local hold-to-talk speech-to-text for macOS

(07:18) - German police name alleged leaders of GandCrab and REvil…