12.21.25 | Backing up Spotify, Jmail for Epstein files, self-host Postgres

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:15) - Backing up Spotify
• (01:23) - Show HN: Jmail – Google Suite for Epstein files
• (02:19) - Go ahead, self-host Postgres
• (03:31) - Flock and Cyble Inc. weaponize "cybercrime" takedowns to silence critics
• (04:31) - Log level 'error' should mean that something needs to be fixed
• (05:46) - Pure Silicon Demo Coding: No CPU, No Memory, Just 4k Gates
• (06:55) - Gemini 3 Pro vs. 2.5 Pro in Pokemon Crystal
• (08:09) - Skills Officially Comes to Codex
• (09:06) - OpenSCAD is kinda neat
• (10:11) - Ireland’s Diarmuid Early wins world Microsoft Excel title
• (11:22) - Outro

Show HN: Jmail – Google Suite for Epstein files
https://www.jmail.world
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46339600

Go ahead, self-host Postgres
https://pierce.dev/notes/go-ahead-self-host-postgres#user-content-fn-1
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46336947

Flock and Cyble Inc. weaponize "cybercrime" takedowns to silence critics
https://haveibeenflocked.com/news/cyble-downtime
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46341305

Log level 'error' should mean that something needs to be fixed
https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/ErrorsShouldRequireFixing
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46301059

Pure Silicon Demo Coding: No CPU, No Memory, Just 4k Gates
https://www.a1k0n.net/2025/12/19/tiny-tapeout-demo.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46337438

Gemini 3 Pro vs. 2.5 Pro in Pokemon Crystal
https://blog.jcz.dev/gemini-3-pro-vs-25-pro-in-pokemon-crystal
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46287848

Skills Officially Comes to Codex
https://developers.openai.com/codex/skills/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46334424

OpenSCAD is kinda neat
https://nuxx.net/blog/2025/12/20/openscad-is-kinda-neat/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46337984

Ireland’s Diarmuid Early wins world Microsoft Excel title
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4qzgvxxgvo
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46339031