Hacker News on 1 August 2021

• New in Git: switch and restore
• My tiny side project has had more impact than my decade in the software industry
• Employers bow to tech workers in hottest job market since the dot-com era
• U.S. generates more plastic trash than any other nation, report finds (2020)
• I built a business that lets me live on the beach full time
• Why printers add secret tracking dots (2020)
• Square to acquire Afterpay for $29B
• Todo apps are meant for robots
• Extracting Objects Recursively with Jq
• How to summon and sell your soul to Satan and other devils