DTF:HN for June 16, 2026

Your Daily Tech Feed covering the top 10 stories on Hacker News for June 16, 2026. Featuring: The time the x86 emulator team found code so bad they fixed it during emulation, John Carmack on Fabrice Bellard, A backdoor in a LinkedIn job offer, Getting Creative with Perlin Noise Fields, Iroh 1.0, and more. Stories covered: 1. The time the x86 emulator team found code so bad they fixed it during emulation https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260615-00/?p=112419 HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48550693 2. John Carmack on Fabrice Bellard https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/2064095424420487226 HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48550779 3. A backdoor in a LinkedIn job offer https://roman.pt/posts/linkedin-backdoor/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48546294 4. Getting Creative with Perlin Noise Fields https://sighack.com/post/getting-creative-with-perlin-noise-fields HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48522316 5. Iroh 1.0 https://www.iroh.computer/blog/v1 HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48542480 6. Banned Book Library in a Wi-Fi Smart Light Bulb https://www.richardosgood.com/posts/banned-book-library/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48547985 7. Ask HN: Has anyone replaced Claude/GPT with a local model for daily coding? HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48542100 8. Understanding the rationale behind a rule when trying to circumvent it https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260611-00/?p=112415 HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48551876 9. TinyWind: A pixel pirate sailing game with real wind physics (380k+ kms sailed) https://tinywind.io HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48543475 10. Trinket.io shutting down, so we saved it and hosted it a trinket.strivemath.org https://trinket.strivemath.org/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48552723