6.17.26 | Running local models is good now, SpaceX to buy Cursor for 60 billion dollars, GrapheneOS ported to Android 17

Hacker News Highlights · Jun 17, 2026 · 13m

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

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:16) - Running local models is good now

(01:33) - SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B

(02:57) - GrapheneOS has been ported to Android 17

(03:57) - Calvin and Hobbes and the price of integrity

(04:59) - TIL: You can make HTTP requests without curl using Bash /dev/TCP

(06:29) - Stop Using JWTs

(07:39) - Has AI already killed self-help nonfiction books?

(09:23) - Humiliating IIS servers for fun and jail time

(10:57) - Stop…