5.8.25 | Ty is a fast Python type checker, Postgres 18 accelerates disk reads with asynchronous I/O, Mistral launches Le Chat, an enterprise AI assistant for on-prem use

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 8, 2025.Ty: A fast Python type checker and language serverhttps://github.com/astral-sh/tyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43918484Waiting for Postgres 18: Accelerating Disk Reads with Asynchronous I/Ohttps://pganalyze.com/blog/postgres-18-async-iohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43916577Mistral ships Le Chat – enterprise AI assistant that can run on premhttps://mistral.ai/news/le-chat-enterprisehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43916098So Much Bloodhttps://dynomight.net/blood/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43913751Open source Google Analytics replacementhttps://github.com/rybbit-io/rybbithttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43918620My quest to make motorcycle riding that tad bit saferhttps://gill.net.in/posts/my-quest-to-make-motorcycle-riding-safer/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43914235Web search on the Anthropic APIhttps://www.anthropic.com/news/web-search-apihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43920188Show HN: eInk optimized manga with Kindle Comic Converter (+Kobo/ReMarkable)https://github.com/ciromattia/kcchttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43916956Create and edit images with Gemini 2.0 in previewhttps://developers.googleblog.com/en/generate-images-gemini-2-0-flash-preview/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43917461Mac Themes Gardenhttps://damien.zone/introducing-mac-themes-garden/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43919868