Hacker News on 20 August 2017

• Ideal OS: Rebooting the Desktop Operating System
• Laverna – A Markdown note-taking app focused on privacy
• Startups should not use React
• A Tutorial on Portable Makefiles
• Poland's oldest university denies Google's right to patent Polish coding concept
• Workplace flexibility is the way to win the war for talent
• Is the open office layout dead?
• What it feels like to be in the zone as a programmer
• Marko – An isomorphic UI framework similar to Vue
• IOCCC Flight Simulator