5.12.26 | TanStack NPM supply-chain attack, GitLab workforce reduction and CREDIT end, AI-written code questions Python use

Hacker News Highlights · May 12, 2026 · 14m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 12, 2026.

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:21) - Postmortem: TanStack NPM supply-chain compromise

(01:58) - GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values

(03:22) - If AI writes your code, why use Python?

(04:57) - UCLA discovers first stroke rehabilitation drug to repair brain damage (2025)

(06:04) - Nullsoft, 1997-2004 (2004)

(07:35) - They Live (1988) inspired Adblocker

(08:48) - Training an LLM in Swift, Part 1: Taking matrix mult from…