4.19.26 | Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner, comparing request-tokens in Opus 4.6 and 4.7, and exploring Japan's excellent railways

Hacker News Highlights · Apr 19, 2026 · 14m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 19, 2026.

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:18) - Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner

(02:10) - Anonymous request-token comparisons from Opus 4.6 and Opus 4.7

(03:46) - Why Japan has such good railways

(05:19) - State of Kdenlive

(06:35) - The electromechanical angle computer inside the B-52 bomber's star tracker

(07:41) - NIST scientists create 'any wavelength' lasers

(08:54) - Thoughts and feelings around Claude Design

(10:35) - College instructor turns to…