5.14.26 | Linux gaming speeds up, free *.city.state.us domains in 2025, twin brothers erase 96 government databases

Hacker News Highlights · May 14, 2026 · 14m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 14, 2026.

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:19) - Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features

(01:43) - Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025)

(02:55) - Twin brothers wipe 96 government databases minutes after being fired

(04:08) - A History of IDEs at Google

(05:54) - Princeton mandates proctoring for in-person exams, upending 133 year precedent

(07:24) - The Emacsification of Software

(08:46) - Claude for…