Hacker News on 30 October 2017

• Do you need a VPN?
• Google, Facebook, and Amazon have fundamentally transformed the web
• Anvil: full stack web apps built only with Python
• HTTP 103 – An HTTP Status Code for Indicating Hints
• Near Future of Programming Languages [pdf]
• Firefox takes a bite out of the canvas ‘super cookie’
• Ask HN: We have a great team and capital but can't find a good idea
• The meaning of AMP
• Simplicity: A New Language for Blockchains [pdf]
• Fun facts about Rust's growing popularity