9.2.25 | Minecraft becomes spherical, Bear transitions to source-available, Foil sticker effect implementation

Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 2, 2025.

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:21) - Making Minecraft Spherical
• (01:36) - Bear is now source-available
• (02:55) - Implementing a Foil Sticker Effect
• (04:00) - Patrick Winston: How to Speak (2018) [video]
• (04:57) - Cloudflare Radar: AI Insights
• (05:58) - FreeDroidWarn
• (07:06) - Amazon has mostly sat out the AI talent war
• (08:16) - CocoaPods trunk read-only plan
• (09:26) - The future of 32-bit support in the kernel
• (10:50) - Outro

Making Minecraft Spherical
https://www.bowerbyte.com/posts/blocky-planet/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45055205

Bear is now source-available
https://herman.bearblog.dev/license/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45092490

Implementing a Foil Sticker Effect
https://www.4rknova.com/blog/2025/08/30/foil-sticker
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45095460

Patrick Winston: How to Speak (2018) [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unzc731iCUY
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45095849

Cloudflare Radar: AI Insights
https://radar.cloudflare.com/ai-insights
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45093090

FreeDroidWarn
https://github.com/woheller69/FreeDroidWarn
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45098722

Amazon has mostly sat out the AI talent war
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-ai-talent-wars-internal-document-2025-8
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45095603

CocoaPods trunk read-only plan
https://blog.cocoapods.org/CocoaPods-Specs-Repo/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45091493

The future of 32-bit support in the kernel
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1035727/4837b0d3dccf1cbb/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45095475