73: DTF:HN for March 14, 2026

Your Daily Tech Feed covering the top 10 stories on Hacker News for March 14, 2026. Featuring: 1M context is now generally available for Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6, A Survival Guide to a PhD (2016), Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-week clock, You gotta think outside the hypercube, Show HN: Channel Surfer – Watch YouTube like it’s cable TV, and more.

Stories covered:

1. 1M context is now generally available for Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 0:24)
2. A Survival Guide to a PhD (2016)
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 3:29)
3. Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-week clock
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 6:29)
4. You gotta think outside the hypercube
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 10:03)
5. Show HN: Channel Surfer – Watch YouTube like it’s cable TV
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 13:14)
6. Emacs and Vim in the Age of AI
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 16:49)
7. Recursive Problems Benefit from Recursive Solutions
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 19:54)
8. Mouser: An open source alternative to Logi-Plus mouse software
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 23:34)
9. The Isolation Trap: Erlang
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 26:51)
10. Hammerspoon
    (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 30:22)