8.28.25 | Google cuts 35% of small team managers, Rust shows unexpected productivity boost, malicious Nx versions and plugins published

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 28, 2025.

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:20) - Google has eliminated 35% of managers overseeing small teams in past year
• (01:34) - Unexpected productivity boost of Rust
• (02:41) - Malicious versions of Nx and some supporting plugins were published
• (03:57) - The GitHub website is slow on Safari
• (04:59) - Altered states of consciousness induced by breathwork accompanied by music
• (06:33) - VIM Master
• (07:32) - Toyota is recycling old EV batteries to help power Mazda's production line
• (08:48) - Yamanot.es: A music box of train station melodies from the JR Yamanote Line
• (09:51) - Object-oriented design patterns in C and kernel development
• (11:02) - The Deletion of Docker.io/Bitnami
• (12:12) - Outro

Google has eliminated 35% of managers overseeing small teams in past year
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/27/google-executive-says-company-has-cut-a-third-of-its-managers.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45045398

Unexpected productivity boost of Rust
https://lubeno.dev/blog/rusts-productivity-curve
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45041286

Malicious versions of Nx and some supporting plugins were published
https://github.com/nrwl/nx/security/advisories/GHSA-cxm3-wv7p-598c
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45034496

The GitHub website is slow on Safari
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/170758
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45037365

Altered states of consciousness induced by breathwork accompanied by music
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0329411
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45046916

VIM Master
https://github.com/renzorlive/vimmaster
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45041315

Toyota is recycling old EV batteries to help power Mazda's production line
https://www.thedrive.com/news/toyota-is-recycling-old-ev-batteries-to-help-power-mazdas-production-line
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44998010

Yamanot.es: A music box of train station melodies from the JR Yamanote Line
https://yamanot.es/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45045307

Object-oriented design patterns in C and kernel development
https://oshub.org/projects/retros-32/posts/object-oriented-design-patterns-in-osdev
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45023857

The Deletion of Docker.io/Bitnami
https://community.broadcom.com/tanzu/blogs/beltran-rueda-borrego/2025/08/18/how-to-prepare-for-the-bitnami-changes-coming-soon
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45048419