272: DTF:HN for September 29, 2026

Your Daily Tech Feed covering the top 10 stories on Hacker News for September 29, 2026. Featuring: AI companies leak data to advertisers [pdf], Using any C++ library in Godot, Phyllotaxis: An audio-reactive LED display, The systems that no one will test, Booted up in 1993, this server still runs – but not for much longer (2017), and more.

Stories covered:

1. AI companies leak data to advertisers [pdf]
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 0:24)
2. Using any C++ library in Godot
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 3:57)
3. Phyllotaxis: An audio-reactive LED display
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 7:38)
4. The systems that no one will test
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 11:04)
5. Booted up in 1993, this server still runs – but not for much longer (2017)
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 14:00)
6. Software occlusion culling in Block Game
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 17:14)
7. Pirating the Pirates
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 20:32)
8. California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 23:41)
9. Tank Body Problem
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 26:47)
10. MicroLLM Lab – Try 7 tiny LLM's in the browser
    (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 30:10)