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  1. Ask HN: What are forgotten topics in computing that deserve a new revisit?
    ×1.12 7 #32 | 8 points by draxen 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Tell HN: Gemini trains on chat history, even for subscribers (personal accounts)
    ×3.27 12 #75 | 711 points by jameslk 1 day ago | 183 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: What's your current AI agentic setup?
    ×3.18 6 #86 | 511 points by eggbrain 1 day ago | 637 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: What cryptography book do you recommend for reading with 10 year olds?
    ×0.92 62 | 85 points by mike_richards 3 days ago | 80 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: How do AI agents help you in your daily life?
    ×0.34 59 | 5 points by gonzar79 6 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. OpenAI seems to be silently re-enabling model training on Codex chats
    ×2.94 46 | 525 points by user052919 2 days ago | 161 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Tell HN: Don't use Postman, they proxy your info without your permission
    ×1.63 84 | 108 points by neya 2 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Which TV do you recommend for privacy?
    ×3.15 73 | 728 points by LecroJS 4 days ago | 881 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Gitbook Breached
    ×1.15 82 | 164 points by punchmesan 2 days ago | 44 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2026)
    ×1.08 94 | 250 points by whoishiring 3 days ago | 275 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: How to verify response generated by AI in API response quickly
    ×0.15 | 2 points by mehtahet619 10 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: Local AI Models for Coding and General Tasks?
    ×0.37 101 | 4 points by giantg2 11 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: What is going on with SMS 2FA?
    ×0.26 | 2 points by tkdb 12 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: What are some good resources on encoded/encrypted search?
    ×0.33 | 2 points by lyfeninja 12 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: In a world with AI agents how has software task estimation changed?
    ×0.60 122 | 3 points by yalogin 12 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: Where should I start to do marketing?
    ×0.78 130 | 5 points by dhruonweb 23 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: Does anyone have a contact with Cleveland-area Ham club?
    ×2.09 99 | 166 points by stockresearcher 3 days ago | 23 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. WorkOS reports security breach
    ×1.11 125 | 80 points by werrett 3 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Canva lays off 22% of its workforce; 1,270 people
    ×3.69 87 | 33 points by princevegeta89 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: How do small teams pragmatically manage Dependabot fatigue?
    ×0.58 127 | 4 points by maxk85 17 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: Credit card and loyalty analytics, where to start?
    ×1.29 133 | 5 points by scipio1551 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Courier: A macOS Postman Alternative
    ×0.28 | 2 points by _booty 19 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: Any good AI design tools for pitch decks and visuals?
    ×0.95 103 | 4 points by AlanAAG 11 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. GitLab patched the CVE. Your leaked token is still valid
    ×0.72 119 | 3 points by conduit-dev 12 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Is it possible for a residential proxy provider to exist ethically?
    ×1.02 134 | 4 points by walrus01 21 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. What's the worst bug an AI coding agent silently introduced into your code?
    ×1.05 139 | 4 points by riyashikanedunc 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: AI Coding Preference
    ×1.01 144 | 4 points by treebeard901 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: Impact of US Elections on AI?
    ×1.19 147 | 9 points by talmr 1 day ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Tell HN: You now need a government id in order to create an Anthropic account
    ×1.74 137 | 21 points by I_am_tiberius 2 days ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Ask HN: What is the best non mainstream programming language or stack in 2026?
    ×0.71 155 | 6 points by kbrannigan 2 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Ask HN: Will cheap high-quality AI end this December?
    ×1.00 154 | 9 points by amichail 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ask HN: Is it worth reading The Art of Computer Programming now?
    ×1.02 146 | 9 points by weavie 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Ask HN: How to Keep the Edge as an Engineer?
    ×1.67 141 | 11 points by spacebuffer 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Ask HN: Which agent harness do you use for working with multiple Models?
    ×0.69 145 | 6 points by avucenovic 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Tell HN: Google Play will public-share your address and phone if you sell in EU
    ×2.58 111 | 9 points by cmdr2 21 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Tell HN: Protonmail No Longer Allows Contact Management in Android
    ×1.02 121 | 4 points by eth0up 15 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Ask HN: Design My YouTube Feed
    ×0.20 158 | 4 points by mrkn1 2 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Ask HN: What's on Your Learning List?
    ×0.38 151 | 4 points by carlos-menezes 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Ask HN: Does anyone enjoy work anymore?
    ×2.13 148 | 28 points by jackmalpo 3 days ago | 29 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Ask HN: Is AI good enough for math exercises?
    ×0.35 156 | 3 points by Qision 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Ask HN: Is it still worth building and documenting projects the "old way"?
    ×0.61 157 | 3 points by dhruv_ahuja 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Tell HN: GitHub Is Down
    ×2.89 116 | 29 points by yuvadam 1 day ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Show HN: oldTunes – iTunes 4.9 for modern macOS (With GEISS) (github.com/rib3ye)
    ×0.79 | 2 points by rib3ye 12 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Qualcomm latest Snapdragon chips are compatible with Android Linux Terminal app (androidauthority.com)
    ×1.18 30 #60 | 3 points by 0in 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Moving a Go CMS to encoding/JSON/v2 (hatamoto.dev)
    ×0.89 | 2 points by zenincognito 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Scarce Positions of Economic Power Gain from Increasingly Capable AI (commanding-heights.com)
    ×0.38 | 1 points by benwen 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Understanding Nix Flakes (lwn.net)
    ×0.82 | 2 points by signa11 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Show HN: Synaps – Turn your agents into autonomous daemons (github.com/HaseebKhalid1507)
    ×0.48 | 2 points by 0x04am 14 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Show HN: Anything to colors – To every dream, its colors (void.app)
    ×1.83 124 | 5 points by Justineo 18 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Show HN: A Go JSON library faster than Sonic, with encoding/JSON/v2 support (github.com/goccy)
    ×1.12 143 | 3 points by goccy 20 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Milkman – The Better Alternative to Postman (milkman.dev)
    ×1.40 83 | 82 points by jplunien 1 day ago | 84 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Inkling 2 Small (thinkingmachines.ai)
    ×2.00 1 #6 | 110 points by Philpax 4 hours ago | 48 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. No Intel, no Qualcomm: Huawei unveils its first '100% domestic' desktop (scmp.com)
    ×2.78 11 #53 | 18 points by yogthos 3 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Apple Watch Live Rewind and Siri Recap: Features and Limitations (memova.ai)
    ×0.68 | 1 points by ViolaWang 13 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Incident with Pull Requests, Git Operations and Issues (githubstatus.com)
    ×1.41 40 | 263 points by kevcampb 1 day ago | 133 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Progress on provable inference for large language models (anthropic.com)
    ×1.27 27 | 236 points by ltononro 1 day ago | 121 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Experiments that could win the Memory Decoding Challenge (aspirationalneuroscience.org)
    ×1.01 | 2 points by arielzj 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Qualcomm Dragonwing Nabs Big SpaceX Starlink Mobile Nationwide US 5G Network Win (servethehome.com)
    ×0.86 | 2 points by teleforce 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. OpenSSH 10.6p2 Critical workaround for alpine without PAM (openssh.org)
    ×1.42 43 | 247 points by selckin 16 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Show HN: Hyperb – multiplatform browser for hypereffect apps (iroh, HTTP, WASM) (github.com/hypereffect)
    ×0.85 149 | 3 points by andunie 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Drone-Based Inventory Management for Nurseries (plnt.net)
    ×1.74 9 | 3 points by pcomstock 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. The Stacks Project, Formalized in Lean (axiommath.ai)
    ×0.68 46 #28 | 74 points by namanbnsl 11 hours ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Partial Operator Precedence (ziglang.org)
    ×0.83 61 #50 | 101 points by tosh 21 hours ago | 60 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Show HN: Green tests are not proof – verifier for C/C++ and firmware fixes (unfix.dev)
    ×0.43 | 2 points by u-pump 12 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. NASA telescope is predicted to come crashing down after failed rescue mission (apnews.com)
    ×0.83 | 2 points by gmays 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. How to Set Up Web Page Minification with VitePress (meiert.com)
    ×0.82 | 2 points by ykgoon 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Education shouldn't be held for ransom (kagi.com)
    ×3.66 53 | 127 points by notfried 1 day ago | 85 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Building a Multi-Agent System from Scratch: Architecture Patterns (kadhar.dev)
    ×0.91 38 #38 | 79 points by kadharmfn 12 hours ago | 33 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Awesome repositories are no longer awesome (erikgahner.github.io)
    ×2.22 2 #41 | 282 points by erikgahner 16 hours ago | 116 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. DApp's Numbers, with the Working Shown (github.com/globalmpc)
    ×3.03 44 | 4 points by A_Jblessing 34 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Perplexity Teammates (perplexity.ai)
    ×1.13 | 2 points by DGAP 59 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Robodinest – Robotics Supply Chain Visualize (robodienst.com)
    ×0.45 | 1 points by iamanatom 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Show HN: Roblox game idea generator I built with AI as a non-coder (robloxideas.com)
    ×0.75 | 2 points by nickcastrobuild 12 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Show HN: A Modern Agentic LaTeX Editor (papilot.ai)
    ×1.21 117 | 3 points by cuichen 12 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: Unclickbait – Replace clickbait YouTube thumbnails (unclickbait.app)
    ×1.31 126 | 14 points by namuorg 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Queen's University Belfast students find Neptune's elusive Trojan asteroids (phys.org)
    ×0.67 | 1 points by Skyfall106 28 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Changes to the SmartThings Integration for Home Assistant (smartthings.com)
    ×1.71 10 | 3 points by haimgel 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Show HN: Resource Manager – Manage all resources on the computer (github.com/BIOcanse)
    ×0.92 | 2 points by BIOcanse 12 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Show HN: A decent text-to-image model trained for ~$20K (Apache 2.0 Weights) (linum.ai)
    ×1.36 19 #17 | 176 points by schopra909 12 hours ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Obscure audio codec is a perfect fit for the N64 (phoboslab.org)
    ×1.51 24 #26 | 207 points by frostbyte7 15 hours ago | 24 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Are We Cooked? CMU Faculty on AI, Careers and Learning [video] (youtube.com)
    ×0.70 | 1 points by lmc 16 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Proled XDR Display Technology Overview [pdf] (apple.com)
    ×0.35 | 1 points by interpol_p 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Claude Code sends your email address to websites (github.com/anthropics)
    ×4.47 #1 | 685 points by motoroco 5 hours ago | 236 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Goodbye from Salon (salon.com)
    ×4.81 12 #16 | 492 points by mkeeter 8 hours ago | 176 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. I wish tech companies knew more about me (exotext.com)
    ×2.51 3 #22 | 333 points by freetonik 14 hours ago | 295 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. OCAP Bounded Authority: Edera's Managed Approach to Object Capabilities (edera.dev)
    ×0.62 40 #74 | 29 points by virtio_vixen 12 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Lab-grown meat was supposed to save the world. What happened? (theguardian.com)
    ×0.91 | 1 points by andsoitis 2 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. The Dangerous Illusion of the "Two-Week AI Expert" (medcitynews.com)
    ×1.00 | 2 points by sshah03 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Jelly Sheet (mrdoob.github.io)
    ×2.22 29 | 463 points by memalign 2 days ago | 118 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Show HN: Lab Canary – Rating AI labs on whether their staff can speak up (labcanary.com)
    ×0.96 64 | 3 points by ap11071 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???