9.17.26 | Nvidia announces native GPU programming in Rust, training a 4B model for faster query plans than Postgres, small programming tricks

Hacker News Highlights · Sep 17, 2026 · 13m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 17, 2026.

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:18) - Nvidia announces native GPU programming in Rust

(01:39) - Training a 4B model to produce 81% faster query plans than Postgres

(03:08) - Small programming tricks

(04:18) - Xiaomi Mimo 2.6 live post-training dashboard

(05:34) - AWS says it can't restore some data from mideast facilities struck by Iran

(07:10) - Performance Improvements in .NET 11

(08:13) - Backups Aren't Simple

(09:16) - Reversing Factorio's RNG…