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1.14.26 | Scott Adams dies, AI music banned on Bandcamp, excessive tech in disposable vapes

1.14.26 | Scott Adams dies, AI music banned on Bandcamp, excessive tech in disposable vapes

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jan 14, 2026.

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

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:15) - Scott Adams has died
  • (01:19) - AI generated music barred from Bandcamp
  • (02:24) - There's a ridiculous amount of tech in a disposable vape
  • (03:32) - A 40-line fix eliminated a 400x performance gap
  • (04:42) - Every GitHub object has two IDs
  • (05:53) - The truth behind the 2026 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference
  • (07:06) - The Tulip Creative Computer
  • (08:07) - How to make a damn website (2024)
  • (09:12) - The $LANG Programming Language
  • (10:10) - No management needed: anti-patterns in early-stage engineering teams
  • (11:21) - Outro

Scott Adams has died
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs_JrOIo3SE
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46602102

AI generated music barred from Bandcamp
https://old.reddit.com/r/BandCamp/comments/1qbw8ba/ai_generated_music_on_bandcamp/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46605490

There's a ridiculous amount of tech in a disposable vape
https://blog.jgc.org/2026/01/theres-ridiculous-amount-of-tech-in.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46591810

A 40-line fix eliminated a 400x performance gap
https://questdb.com/blog/jvm-current-thread-user-time/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46609630

Every GitHub object has two IDs
https://www.greptile.com/blog/github-ids
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46602591

The truth behind the 2026 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference
https://www.owlposting.com/p/the-truth-behind-the-2026-jp-morgan
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46605332

The Tulip Creative Computer
https://github.com/shorepine/tulipcc
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46603995

How to make a damn website (2024)
https://lmnt.me/blog/how-to-make-a-damn-website.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46604250

The $LANG Programming Language
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46610557

No management needed: anti-patterns in early-stage engineering teams
https://www.ablg.io/blog/no-management-needed
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46605854

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