5.7.26 | Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license, appearing productive in the workplace, and Vibe coding and agentic engineering are converging dangerously

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 7, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:18) - Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license (01:23) - Appearing productive in the workplace (02:42) - Vibe coding and agentic engineering are getting closer than I'd like (04:09) - Google Cloud fraud defense, the next evolution of reCAPTCHA (05:31) - SQLite Is a Library of Congress Recommended Storage Format (06:54) - From Supabase to Clerk to Better Auth (08:19) - Show HN: Hallucinopedia (09:08) - A Theory of Deep Learning (10:31) - Show HN: Tilde.run – Agent sandbox with a transactional, versioned filesystem (11:56) - Permacomputing Principles (13:19) - Outro Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons licensehttps://www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/05/valve-releases-steam-controller-cad-files-under-creative-commons-licensehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48037555Appearing productive in the workplacehttps://nooneshappy.com/article/appearing-productive-in-the-workplace/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48038001Vibe coding and agentic engineering are getting closer than I'd likehttps://simonwillison.net/2026/May/6/vibe-coding-and-agentic-engineering/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48037128Google Cloud fraud defense, the next evolution of reCAPTCHAhttps://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/introducing-google-cloud-fraud-defense-the-next-evolution-of-recaptcha/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48039362SQLite Is a Library of Congress Recommended Storage Formathttps://sqlite.org/locrsf.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48042434From Supabase to Clerk to Better Authhttps://blog.val.town/better-authhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48038827Show HN: Hallucinopediahttp://halupedia.com/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48038257A Theory of Deep Learninghttps://elonlit.com/scrivings/a-theory-of-deep-learning/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48027455Show HN: Tilde.run – Agent sandbox with a transactional, versioned filesystemhttps://tilde.run/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48037724Permacomputing Principleshttps://permacomputing.net/principles/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48044638