5.15.25 | AlphaEvolve: Gemini-powered coding agent, HDR explained, an unexpected server

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 15, 2025.

AlphaEvolve: A Gemini-powered coding agent for designing advanced algorithms
https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/alphaevolve-a-gemini-powered-coding-agent-for-designing-advanced-algorithms/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43985489

What is HDR, anyway?
https://www.lux.camera/what-is-hdr/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43983871

A server that wasn't meant to exist
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/05/13/the_server_that_wasnt_meant_to_exist/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43985971

Databricks acquires Neon
https://www.databricks.com/blog/databricks-neon
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43982777

Changes since congestion pricing started in New York
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/05/11/upshot/congestion-pricing.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43971515

Human
https://quarter--mile.com/Human
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43991396

How to Build a Smartwatch: Picking a Chip
https://ericmigi.com/blog/how-to-build-a-smartwatch-picking-a-chip/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43981680

LLMs get lost in multi-turn conversation
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.06120
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43991256

Git Bug: Distributed, Offline-First Bug Tracker Embedded in Git, with Bridges
https://github.com/git-bug/git-bug
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43971620

Interferometer Device Sees Text from a Mile Away
https://physics.aps.org/articles/v18/99
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43945733