Feb 5, 2025 | WikiTok, Chat UI issues, Oracle's JavaScript trademark dispute

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 5, 2025.WikiTokhttps://wikitok.vercel.app/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42936723Chat is a bad UI pattern for development toolshttps://danieldelaney.net/chat/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42934190Oracle justified its JavaScript trademark with Node.js–now it wants that ignoredhttps://deno.com/blog/deno-v-oracle2https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42939940Beej's Guide to Githttps://beej.us/guide/bggit/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42941283Apple Inviteshttps://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/02/introducing-apple-invites-a-new-app-that-brings-people-together/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42934422What's happening inside the NIH and NSFhttps://www.science.org/content/blog-post/what-s-happening-inside-nihhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42940257Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillancehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/04/google-ai-policies-weapons-harmhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42938125What really happens inside a dating apphttps://blog.luap.info/what-really-happens-inside-a-dating-app.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42921659Kagi – Introducing Fair Pricinghttps://kagi.com/changelog#6155https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42944371Suspension of inbound parcels from China and Hong Konghttps://about.usps.com/newsroom/service-alerts/international/suspension-of-inbound-parcels-from-china-and-hong-kong.htmhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42942405