7.5.26 | Command and Conquer Generals ported, GPT-5.5 Codex clustering performance, Button's sole purpose

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:19) - Command and Conquer Generals natively ported to macOS, iPhone, iPad using Fable
• (01:44) - GPT-5.5 Codex reasoning-token clustering may be leading to degraded performance
• (03:18) - If you're a button, you have one job
• (04:36) - What ORMs have taught me: just learn SQL (2014)
• (06:03) - Better Models: Worse Tools
• (07:39) - Shadcn/UI now defaults to Base UI instead of Radix
• (08:58) - “Beyond the limit”: Satellites and mirrors in space pose threat to the night sky
• (10:23) - Jellyfish can heal wounds in minutes. Scientists want their secrets
• (11:33) - Meta's Un-Stable Signature
• (12:53) - Programmers need to start meditating
• (14:07) - Outro

GPT-5.5 Codex reasoning-token clustering may be leading to degraded performance
https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/30364
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48789428

If you're a button, you have one job
https://unsung.aresluna.org/if-youre-a-button-you-have-one-job/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48790689

What ORMs have taught me: just learn SQL (2014)
https://wozniak.ca/blog/2014/08/03/1/index.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48742175

Better Models: Worse Tools
https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/7/4/better-models-worse-tools/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48788599

Shadcn/UI now defaults to Base UI instead of Radix
https://ui.shadcn.com/docs/changelog
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48791328

“Beyond the limit”: Satellites and mirrors in space pose threat to the night sky
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2607/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48787042

Jellyfish can heal wounds in minutes. Scientists want their secrets
https://www.mbl.edu/news/jellyfish-can-heal-wounds-minutes-scientists-want-their-secrets
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48789712

Meta's Un-Stable Signature
https://hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?/archives/1098-Metas-Un-Stable-Signature.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48750405

Programmers need to start meditating
https://jacob.gold/posts/programmers-need-to-start-meditating-now/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48792080