9.11.26 | Shopify switches from React Native to Swift and Kotlin, questions arise about trusting OpenAI with unpublished math, Rust becomes tier-1 language at Microsoft

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 11, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:18) - Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin

(01:38) - More questions about whether researchers can trust OpenAI with unpublished math

(03:12) - Rust is tier-1 language at Microsoft

(04:27) - Don't let anyone take away your big box of cables

(05:48) - Cognition launches new SWE-2 model, Rivaling Fable 5.1 and GPT-Astra

(07:19) - Technique for Manipulating Satellite Photos Now Reveals Ancient Images (2025)

(08:39) - Astra for Coding: Why Are We Doing This Again?

(10:05) - OpenAI Agents API

(11:26) - Neki – Sharded Postgres

(13:00) - Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom

(14:13) - Outro

Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin https://shopify.engineering/back-to-native https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49643982More questions about whether researchers can trust OpenAI with unpublished math https://mathstodon.xyz/@andreasthom/117240535270608201 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49639408 Rust is tier-1 language at Microsoft https://rustfoundation.org/media/guest-post-rust-is-tier-1-language-at-microsoft/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49643546 Don't let anyone take away your big box of cables https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/hands-off-my-cables/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49645393 Cognition launches new SWE-2 model, Rivaling Fable 5.1 and GPT-Astra https://cognition.com/blog/swe-2 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49645443 Technique for Manipulating Satellite Photos Now Reveals Ancient Images (2025) https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Manipulating_Satellite_Photos_Now_Reveals_Ancient_Images https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49645437 Astra for Coding: Why Are We Doing This Again? https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/9/7/astra-why/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49654229 OpenAI Agents API https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/agents-api/overview https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49649213 Neki – Sharded Postgres https://planetscale.com/blog/introducing-neki https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49645686 Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom https://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/MusicTheory.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49647134