DTF:HN for March 15, 2026

Your Daily Tech Feed covering the top 10 stories on Hacker News for March 15, 2026. Featuring: The Appalling Stupidity of Spotify's AI DJ, Rack-mount hydroponics, Why Mathematica does not simplify sinh(arccosh(x)), Treasure hunter freed from jail after refusing to turn over shipwreck gold, A most elegant TCP hole punching algorithm, and more. Stories covered: 1. The Appalling Stupidity of Spotify's AI DJ https://www.charlespetzold.com/blog/2026/02/The-Appalling-Stupidity-of-Spotifys-AI-DJ.html HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47385272 2. Rack-mount hydroponics https://sa.lj.am/rack-mount-hydroponics/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47384352 3. Why Mathematica does not simplify sinh(arccosh(x)) https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/03/10/sinh-arccosh/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47335325 4. Treasure hunter freed from jail after refusing to turn over shipwreck gold https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg4g7kn99q3o HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47383804 5. A most elegant TCP hole punching algorithm https://robertsdotpm.github.io/cryptography/tcp_hole_punching.html HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47384032 6. How kernel anti-cheats work https://s4dbrd.github.io/posts/how-kernel-anti-cheats-work/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47382791 7. Show HN: Han – A Korean programming language written in Rust https://github.com/xodn348/han HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381382 8. Allow me to get to know you, mistakes and all https://sebi.io/posts/2026-03-14-allow-me-to-get-to-know-you-mistakes-and-all/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381736 9. Ageless Linux – Software for humans of indeterminate age https://agelesslinux.org/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381791 10. Slicing Bezier Surfaces https://fatih-erikli-potato.github.io/blog/slicing-bezier-surfaces.html HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47349871