12.12.25 | GPT-5.2 release, highest quality codebase, French supermarket's successful Christmas advert

Hacker News Highlights · Dec 12, 2025 · 11m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Dec 12, 2025.

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:16) - GPT-5.2

(01:23) - The highest quality codebase

(02:34) - French supermarket's Christmas advert is worldwide hit (without AI) [video]

(03:27) - EFF launches Age Verification Hub

(04:42) - Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free

(05:54) - Nokia N900 Necromancy

(07:06) - Litestream VFS

(08:16) - Craft software that makes people feel something

(09:26) - Programmers and software…