5.3.25 | Synthesizer using 3D physics, Soviet Venus craft reentry, language brain vs. math brain in programming

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 3, 2025.Show HN: I built a synthesizer based on 3D physicshttps://anukari.comhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43873074Old Soviet Venus descent craft nearing Earth reentryhttps://www.leonarddavid.com/old-soviet-venus-descent-craft-nearing-earth-reentry/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43873531The language brain matters more for programming than the math brain? (2020)https://massivesci.com/articles/programming-math-language-python-women-in-science/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43870969Suno v4.5https://suno.com/explore/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43869353Just redesigned my personal site with a TTY-style interfacehttps://www.abdisa.me/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43867211Expanding on what we missed with sycophancyhttps://openai.com/index/expanding-on-sycophancy/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43870819Show HN: GPT-2 implemented using graphics shadershttps://github.com/nathan-barry/gpt2-webglhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43870998Strings Just Got Fasterhttps://inside.java/2025/05/01/strings-just-got-faster/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43854337What I've learned from jjhttps://zerowidth.com/2025/what-ive-learned-from-jj/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43867403The Cannae Problemhttps://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-cannae-problem/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43869288