8.12.25 | GitHub loses independence post-CEO resignation, todo app experiment leads to .txt file, Wikipedia fails against Online Safety Act

Hacker News Highlights · Aug 12, 2025 · 11m

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

GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation

https://www.theverge.com/news/757461/microsoft-github-thomas-dohmke-resignation-coreai-team-transition

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44865560

I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file

https://www.al3rez.com/todo-txt-journey

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44864134

Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Act

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjr11qqvvwlo

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44866208

Claude Code is all you need…