7.6.25 | Local-first software, hidden interface controls, questioning morality

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 6, 2025.Local-first software (2019)https://www.inkandswitch.com/essay/local-first/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44473135Hidden interface controls that affect usabilityhttps://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/july-august-2025/stop-hiding-my-controls-hidden-interface-controls-are-affecting-usabilityhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44476297Are We the Baddies?https://geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2025/07/05/are-we-the-baddies.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44478115X-Clacks-Overheadhttps://xclacksoverhead.org/home/abouthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44440968Eastern Baltic cod grow much smaller than they did due to overfishinghttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-cod-have-been-shrinking-dramatically-for-decades-now-scientists-say-theyve-solved-the-mystery-180986920/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44474759macOS Icon Historyhttps://basicappleguy.com/basicappleblog/macos-icon-historyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44473400Europe's first geostationary sounder satellite is launchedhttps://www.eumetsat.int/europes-first-geostationary-sounder-satellite-launchedhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44472992How to Network as an Introverthttps://aginfer.bearblog.dev/how-to-network-as-an-introvert/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44475537What a Hacker Stole from Mehttps://mynoise.net/blog.phphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44476115Serving 200M requests per day with a CGI-binhttps://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/5/cgi-bin-performance/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44476716