12.25.25 | Merry Christmas, Nvidia acquires Groq for $20B, Phoenix is a new X server in Zig

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:19) - Tell HN: Merry Christmas
• (01:14) - Nvidia buying AI chip startup Groq for about $20B in cash
• (02:25) - Phoenix: A modern X server written from scratch in Zig
• (03:40) - Show HN: Minimalist editor that lives in browser, stores everything in the URL
• (04:43) - Show HN: Vibium – Browser automation for AI and humans, by Selenium's creator
• (05:51) - Ruby 4.0.0
• (06:54) - Fabrice Bellard: Biography (2009) [pdf]
• (08:00) - I'm returning my Framework 16
• (09:03) - CSRF protection without tokens or hidden form fields
• (10:16) - Who Watches the Waymos? I do [video]
• (11:06) - Outro

Nvidia buying AI chip startup Groq for about $20B in cash
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/24/nvidia-buying-ai-chip-startup-groq-for-about-20-billion-biggest-deal.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46379183

Phoenix: A modern X server written from scratch in Zig
https://git.dec05eba.com/phoenix/about/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46380075

Show HN: Minimalist editor that lives in browser, stores everything in the URL
https://github.com/antonmedv/textarea
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46378554

Show HN: Vibium – Browser automation for AI and humans, by Selenium's creator
https://github.com/VibiumDev/vibium
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46377597

Ruby 4.0.0
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/12/25/ruby-4-0-0-released/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46382011

Fabrice Bellard: Biography (2009) [pdf]
https://www.ipaidia.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/117-2020-fabrice-bellard.pdf
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46377862

I'm returning my Framework 16
https://yorickpeterse.com/articles/im-returning-my-framework-16/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46375174

CSRF protection without tokens or hidden form fields
https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/csrf-protection-without-tokens-or-hidden-form-fields
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46351666

Who Watches the Waymos? I do [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYU2hAbx_Fc
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46380758