9.19.26 | Android 17 adds new APIs without AOSP, Cloudflare Quick Tunnels, OpenJev

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 19, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:16) - Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without releasing to the AOSP

(01:34) - Cloudflare Quick Tunnels

(03:05) - OpenJev

(04:37) - Saving another 100TB of RAM

(05:51) - Inside ZCode: Silently uploading your Git history to the cloud

(07:50) - Minimal Phone 2

(09:01) - The first new cat species discovered in 100 years

(10:08) - Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds

(11:21) - Show HN: Cactus Needle 3: 8-29MB automation models can match DeepSeek V4 Flash

(12:56) - Photon-Emission-Guided Laser Fault Injection Enables RP2350 Secure Debug

(14:23) - Outro

Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without releasing to the AOSP https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/117282080803799576 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49758736Cloudflare Quick Tunnels https://try.cloudflare.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49754785 OpenJev https://openjev.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49752041 Saving another 100TB of RAM https://blog.cloudflare.com/saving-100-tb-of-ram-with-math/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49758580 Inside ZCode: Silently uploading your Git history to the cloud https://blog.ferstar.org/en/posts/zcode-silent-workspace-snapshot-upload/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49750694 Minimal Phone 2 https://minimalcompany.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49749369 The first new cat species discovered in 100 years https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/meet-the-first-new-cat-species-discovered-in-100-years https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49744704 Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2026/09/two-separate-brains.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49763697 Show HN: Cactus Needle 3: 8-29MB automation models can match DeepSeek V4 Flash https://cactuscompute.com/needle https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49748553 Photon-Emission-Guided Laser Fault Injection Enables RP2350 Secure Debug https://donjon.ledger.com/blog/rp2350-secure-debug-laser-fault-injection/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49757050