DTF:HN for April 30, 2026

Your Daily Tech Feed covering the top 10 stories on Hacker News for April 30, 2026. Featuring: Granite 4.1: IBM's 8B Model Matching 32B MoE, Where the goblins came from, Noctua releases official 3D CAD models for its cooling fans, Zed 1.0, The Zig project's rationale for their anti-AI contribution policy, and more. Stories covered: 1. Granite 4.1: IBM's 8B Model Matching 32B MoE https://firethering.com/granite-4-1-ibm-open-source-model-family/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47960507 2. Where the goblins came from https://openai.com/index/where-the-goblins-came-from/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47957688 3. Noctua releases official 3D CAD models for its cooling fans https://www.noctua.at/en/3d-cad-models HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47927627 4. Zed 1.0 https://zed.dev/blog/zed-1-0 HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47949027 5. The Zig project's rationale for their anti-AI contribution policy https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/30/zig-anti-ai/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47957294 6. Copy Fail https://copy.fail/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47952181 7. Craig Venter has died https://www.jcvi.org/media-center/j-craig-venter-genomics-pioneer-and-founder-jcvi-and-diploid-genomics-inc-dies-79 HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47957101 8. "Parse, don't validate" through the years with C++ https://derekrodriguez.dev/parse-dont-validate-through-the-years-with-c-/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47923429 9. Mozilla's Opposition to Chrome's Prompt API https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/1213 HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47959463 10. Cursor Camp https://neal.fun/cursor-camp/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47949939