DTF:HN for May 11, 2026

Your Daily Tech Feed covering the top 10 stories on Hacker News for May 11, 2026. Featuring: Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler, Local AI needs to be the norm, I'm going back to writing code by hand, The greatest shot in television: James Burke had one chance to nail this scene (2024), Running local models on an M4 with 24GB memory, and more. Stories covered: 1. Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116550899908879585 HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48086190 2. Local AI needs to be the norm https://unix.foo/posts/local-ai-needs-to-be-norm/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48085821 3. I'm going back to writing code by hand https://blog.k10s.dev/im-going-back-to-writing-code-by-hand/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48090029 4. The greatest shot in television: James Burke had one chance to nail this scene (2024) https://www.openculture.com/2024/10/the-greatest-shot-in-television.html HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48090521 5. Running local models on an M4 with 24GB memory https://jola.dev/posts/running-local-models-on-m4 HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48089091 6. Guitar tuner that uses phone accelerometer https://tautme.github.io/phone-sensors/accel-tuner.html HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48058260 7. Obsidian plugin was abused to deploy a remote access trojan https://cyber.netsecops.io/articles/obsidian-plugin-abused-in-campaign-to-deploy-phantom-pulse-rat/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48088576 8. Ratty – A terminal emulator with inline 3D graphics https://ratty-term.org/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48093100 9. An AI coding agent, used to write code, needs to reduce your maintenance costs https://www.jamesshore.com/v2/blog/2026/you-need-ai-that-reduces-your-maintenance-costs HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48089289 10. Incident Report: CVE-2024-YIKES https://nesbitt.io/2026/02/03/incident-report-cve-2024-yikes.html HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48086082