6.7.25 | Tax code causing tech layoffs, Meta's invasive AI feed concerns, GitLab backup time reduced significantly

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 7, 2025.The time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffshttps://qz.com/tech-layoffs-tax-code-trump-section-174-microsoft-meta-1851783502https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44180533Meta: Shut down your invasive AI Discover feedhttps://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/campaigns/meta-shut-down-your-invasive-ai-discover-feed-now/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44201872How we decreased GitLab repo backup times from 48 hours to 41 minuteshttps://about.gitlab.com/blog/2025/06/05/how-we-decreased-gitlab-repo-backup-times-from-48-hours-to-41-minutes/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44201975Researchers develop ‘transparent paper’ as alternative to plasticshttps://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/science-nature/technology/20250605-259501/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44205282A year of funded FreeBSD developmenthttps://www.daemonology.net/blog/2025-06-06-A-year-of-funded-FreeBSD.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44204224Falsehoods programmers believe about aviationhttps://flightaware.engineering/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-aviation/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44205590A masochist's guide to web developmenthttps://sebastiano.tronto.net/blog/2025-06-06-webdev/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44200895Odyc.js – A tiny JavaScript library for narrative gameshttps://odyc.devhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44200866The Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Limitations of Reasoning LLMs [pdf]https://ml-site.cdn-apple.com/papers/the-illusion-of-thinking.pdfhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44203562Sandia turns on brain-like storage-free supercomputerhttps://blocksandfiles.com/2025/06/06/sandia-turns-on-brain-like-storage-free-supercomputer/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44201812