11.7.26 | Tesla winding down Cybertruck production, Libghostty 1.0, Jev helps Opus accuracy cheaply

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 7, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:19) - Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production
• (01:17) - Libghostty 1.0
• (02:30) - A Jev that can ask Opus for help gives Opus accuracy at 4x lower cost
• (03:41) - US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traffic control by 2028
• (04:35) - Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash
• (05:38) - AI is dramatically accelerating AI research
• (06:55) - Firecracker VM Escape: PwnEscape Part 2
• (08:16) - First steps in bare-metal programming using UEFI
• (09:18) - Asahi Linux Progress Linux 7.3
• (10:36) - Devvm.dev: One VM for every project
• (11:46) - Outro

Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/tesla-wind-cybertruck-production-years-poor-sales-markets-rcna607817
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50391456

Libghostty 1.0
https://mitchellh.com/writing/libghostty-1-0
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50399933

A Jev that can ask Opus for help gives Opus accuracy at 4x lower cost
https://hightouch.com/blog/llm-judges-identity-resolution
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50397429

US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traffic control by 2028
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-faa-says-it-will-phase-out-floppy-disks-air-traffic-control-by-2028-2026-11-05/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50388001

Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/introducing-gemini-omni-1-2-flash/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50392118

AI is dramatically accelerating AI research
https://www.planned-obsolescence.org/p/ai-is-dramatically-accelerating-ai
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50397994

Firecracker VM Escape: PwnEscape Part 2
https://pwn.ai/blog/firecracker-escape
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50397219

First steps in bare-metal programming using UEFI
https://kevinboone.me/efitest_index.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50394855

Asahi Linux Progress Linux 7.3
https://asahilinux.org/2026/11/progress-report-7-3/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50401867

Devvm.dev: One VM for every project
https://devvm.dev/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50395450