11.4.26 | Postman auto installs AI plugins, car navigation time jailbreaking, Qwen 3.8 27B interprets weights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 4, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:18) - Postman silently auto-installs AI plugins and attempts to share all API data
• (01:25) - Jailbreaking my car's navigation system just so I can change the time
• (02:32) - Qwen 3.8 27B on my laptop can interpret model weights, too
• (03:44) - Stringman, an $800 open-source room scale gripper robot
• (04:44) - Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand
• (05:46) - Safari introduces Adaptive Dark Mode in 27.3
• (06:46) - Show HN: HackerTV – HN's most-recommended Youtube videos as 24/7 TV channels
• (07:42) - C++26 Disapproved
• (08:36) - The Internals of PostgreSQL
• (09:36) - Jelly Sheet
• (10:22) - Outro

Postman silently auto-installs AI plugins and attempts to share all API data
https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-app-support/issues/14370
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50354960

Jailbreaking my car's navigation system just so I can change the time
https://blog.nns.ee/2026/11/02/renault-hack/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50339288

Qwen 3.8 27B on my laptop can interpret model weights, too
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Nov/3/qwen-can-interpret-model-weights/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50355251

Stringman, an $800 open-source room scale gripper robot
https://neufangled.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50354358

Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/fujifilm-to-boost-tape-production-5x-as-ai-fuels-archiving-demand/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50336918

Safari introduces Adaptive Dark Mode in 27.3
https://webkit.org/blog/18541/introducing-adaptive-dark-mode/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50358562

Show HN: HackerTV – HN's most-recommended Youtube videos as 24/7 TV channels
https://hackertv.org
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50346755

C++26 Disapproved
https://andreasfertig.com/blog/2026/11/cpp26-dis-failed-how-does-cpp-survive/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50360164

The Internals of PostgreSQL
https://www.interdb.jp/pg/index.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50358702

Jelly Sheet
https://mrdoob.github.io/codevember-2026/01/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50361268