This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 18, 2025.

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(00:30): IDEs we had 30 years ago and lost (2023)
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45626910&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(01:51): Ripgrep 15.0
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45627324&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(03:12): ./watch
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45626130&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(04:34): Root System Drawings
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45627394&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(05:55): Tinnitus Neuromodulator
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45628391&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(07:17): SQL Anti-Patterns
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45626985&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(08:38): Chen-Ning Yang, Nobel laureate, dies at 103
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45625229&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(09:59): Flowistry: An IDE plugin for Rust that focuses on relevant code
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45627692&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(11:21): AMD's Chiplet APU: An Overview of Strix Halo
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45624888&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(12:42): StageConnect: Behringer protocol is open source
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45625251&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

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October 18th, 2025 | IDEs we had 30 years ago and lost (2023)