9.11.26 | Shopify switches from React Native to Swift and Kotlin, questions arise about trusting OpenAI with unpublished math, Rust becomes tier-1 language at Microsoft

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 11, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:18) - Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin
• (01:38) - More questions about whether researchers can trust OpenAI with unpublished math
• (03:12) - Rust is tier-1 language at Microsoft
• (04:27) - Don't let anyone take away your big box of cables
• (05:48) - Cognition launches new SWE-2 model, Rivaling Fable 5.1 and GPT-Astra
• (07:19) - Technique for Manipulating Satellite Photos Now Reveals Ancient Images (2025)
• (08:39) - Astra for Coding: Why Are We Doing This Again?
• (10:05) - OpenAI Agents API
• (11:26) - Neki – Sharded Postgres
• (13:00) - Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom
• (14:13) - Outro

Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin
https://shopify.engineering/back-to-native
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49643982

More questions about whether researchers can trust OpenAI with unpublished math
https://mathstodon.xyz/@andreasthom/117240535270608201
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49639408

Rust is tier-1 language at Microsoft
https://rustfoundation.org/media/guest-post-rust-is-tier-1-language-at-microsoft/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49643546

Don't let anyone take away your big box of cables
https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/hands-off-my-cables/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49645393

Cognition launches new SWE-2 model, Rivaling Fable 5.1 and GPT-Astra
https://cognition.com/blog/swe-2
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49645443

Technique for Manipulating Satellite Photos Now Reveals Ancient Images (2025)
https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Manipulating_Satellite_Photos_Now_Reveals_Ancient_Images
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49645437

Astra for Coding: Why Are We Doing This Again?
https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/9/7/astra-why/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49654229

OpenAI Agents API
https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/agents-api/overview
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49649213

Neki – Sharded Postgres
https://planetscale.com/blog/introducing-neki
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49645686

Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom
https://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/MusicTheory.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49647134