10.22.25 | ChatGPT Atlas, Cutting Heroku costs from $3000 to $55, Creating a custom database

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:18) - ChatGPT Atlas
• (01:16) - Replacing a $3000/mo Heroku bill with a $55/mo server
• (02:16) - Build your own database
• (03:21) - KDE Connect: Enabling communication between all your devices
• (04:28) - LLMs can get "brain rot"
• (05:43) - Neural audio codecs: how to get audio into LLMs
• (06:52) - Foreign hackers breached a US nuclear weapons plant via SharePoint flaws
• (08:06) - NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission
• (09:18) - Ask HN: Our AWS account got compromised after their outage
• (10:23) - Greenland Ditches Starlink for French Satellite Service
• (11:34) - Outro

Replacing a $3000/mo Heroku bill with a $55/mo server
https://disco.cloud/blog/how-idealistorg-replaced-a-3000mo-heroku-bill-with-a-55-server/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45661253

Build your own database
https://www.nan.fyi/database
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45657827

KDE Connect: Enabling communication between all your devices
https://community.kde.org/KDEConnect
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45557599

LLMs can get "brain rot"
https://llm-brain-rot.github.io/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45656223

Neural audio codecs: how to get audio into LLMs
https://kyutai.org/next/codec-explainer
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45655161

Foreign hackers breached a US nuclear weapons plant via SharePoint flaws
https://www.csoonline.com/article/4074962/foreign-hackers-breached-a-us-nuclear-weapons-plant-via-sharepoint-flaws.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45657287

NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/20/science/nasa-spacex-moon-landing-contract-sean-duffy
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45655188

Ask HN: Our AWS account got compromised after their outage
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45657345

Greenland Ditches Starlink for French Satellite Service
https://www.dagens.com/technology/greenland-ditches-starlink-for-french-satellite-service
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45665796