12.30.25 | Kidnapped by Deutsche Bahn, Google is dead, GOG acquired by co-founder

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Dec 30, 2025.

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(00:00) - Intro
(00:19) - Kidnapped by Deutsche Bahn
(01:35) - Google is dead. Where do we go now?
(02:44) - GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder
(03:48) - Karpathy on Programming: “I've never felt this much behind”
(04:52) - Tesla's 4680 battery supply chain collapses as partner writes down deal by 99%
(06:16) - Linux DAW: Help Linux musicians to quickly and easily find the tools they need
(07:10) - ManusAI Joins Meta
(08:15) - I migrated to an almost all-EU stack and saved 500€ per year
(09:32) - The future of software development is software developers
(10:39) - Static Allocation with Zig
(11:54) - Outro

Kidnapped by Deutsche Bahn
https://www.theocharis.dev/blog/kidnapped-by-deutsche-bahn/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46419970

Google is dead. Where do we go now?
https://www.circusscientist.com/2025/12/29/google-is-dead-where-do-we-go-now/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46425198

GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder
https://www.gog.com/blog/gog-is-getting-acquired-by-its-original-co-founder-what-it-means-for-you/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46422412

Karpathy on Programming: “I've never felt this much behind”
https://twitter.com/karpathy/status/2004607146781278521
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46395714

Tesla's 4680 battery supply chain collapses as partner writes down deal by 99%
https://electrek.co/2025/12/29/tesla-4680-battery-supply-chain-collapses-partner-writes-down-dea/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46423290

Linux DAW: Help Linux musicians to quickly and easily find the tools they need
https://linuxdaw.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46419968

ManusAI Joins Meta
https://manus.im/blog/manus-joins-meta-for-next-era-of-innovation
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46426534

I migrated to an almost all-EU stack and saved 500€ per year
https://www.zeitgeistofbytes.com/p/bye-bye-big-tech-how-i-migrated-to
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46427582

The future of software development is software developers
https://codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/the-future-of-software-development-is-software-developers/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46424233

Static Allocation with Zig
https://nickmonad.blog/2025/static-allocation-with-zig-kv/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46422009