10.17.25 | Bypassing Amazon's Kindle web DRM, Claude Skills, Gemini 3.0 A/B testing discovery

Hacker News Highlights · Oct 17, 2025 · 11m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Oct 17, 2025.

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:16) - How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM

(01:27) - Claude Skills

(02:40) - Gemini 3.0 spotted in the wild through A/B testing

(03:51) - Hyperflask – Full stack Flask and Htmx framework

(05:04) - Elixir 1.19

(06:08) - Syntax highlighting is a waste of an information channel (2020)

(07:23) - Your data model is your destiny

(08:35) - Meow.camera

(09:35) - DoorDash and Waymo launch autonomous delivery service in…