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  1. Ask HN: Distributed data centers in our basements
    ×0.54 30 #39 | 53 points by cmos 10 hours ago | 59 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Tell HN: Chrome says "suspicious download" when trying to download yt-dlp
    ×2.43 57 #76 | 269 points by joering2 11 hours ago | 87 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: Academic study on AI's impact on software development – want to join?
    ×0.64 1 | 28 points by research2026 10 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: I burnt out from software development. What now?
    ×1.99 31 | 11 points by fnoef 8 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. LinkedIn uses 65GB of RAM with 7 tabs opened
    ×1.48 21 | 7 points by daniele_dll 5 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. LinkedIn uses 2.4 GB RAM across two tabs
    ×3.92 28 | 783 points by hrncode 2 days ago | 447 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Nexus – Agent-native ops platform for ecommerce MCP, self-registration, no demos
    ×0.53 79 | 3 points by karimsherif 7 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Is there any founder building non AI startup in 2026?
    ×2.25 44 | 9 points by daudmalik06 8 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Proof-engine A mathematical rendering engine for Rust
    ×0.51 91 | 4 points by Shmungus 11 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: Does anyone else notice that gas runs out faster than usual
    ×0.66 95 | 18 points by cat-turner 1 day ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: What was it like in the era of BBS before the internet?
    ×0.98 92 | 24 points by ex-aws-dude 1 day ago | 31 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Are you team MCP or team CLI?
    ×0.63 109 | 13 points by sharath39 1 day ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: Who needs contributors? (March 2026)
    ×0.81 111 | 23 points by Kathan2651 1 day ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Tell HN: DeepL Moving Data to AWS
    ×0.21 108 | 5 points by bilekas 18 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. With Mythos will we reach coding singularity?
    ×0.47 122 | 4 points by kamalsrini17 20 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Sandflare – I built a sandbox that launches AI agent VMs in ~300ms
    ×0.52 116 | 5 points by ajaysheoran2323 21 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: Gemini CLI vs. Claude Code
    ×0.64 115 | 6 points by elC0mpa 23 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Curious. anyone here allow agents to make purchase decisions of >$100?
    ×0.21 | 2 points by adityasriram 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: Are you too getting addicted to the dev workflow of coding with agents?
    ×0.87 74 | 41 points by gchamonlive 1 day ago | 41 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: Is it actually possible to run multiple coding sessions in parallel?
    ×0.52 124 | 11 points by sukit 1 day ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: Best stack for building a tiny game with an 11-year-old?
    ×0.51 135 | 15 points by richardstahl 2 days ago | 27 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: M5 MacBook Pro buyers, worth spending the $$$ to maybe run LLMs local?
    ×0.76 144 | 10 points by tpurves 2 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. The risk of AI isn't making us lazy, but making "lazy" look productive
    ×1.46 119 | 74 points by acmerfight 3 days ago | 87 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: Dean of studies at a French CS school – what should we teach?
    ×1.34 90 | 8 points by fdeage 17 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: How to Handle Claude's Stubbornness?
    ×0.60 129 | 9 points by classicpsy 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: What's the latest concensus on OpenAI vs. Anthropic $20/month tier?
    ×0.83 156 | 13 points by whatarethembits 3 days ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: What's your favorite number, and why?
    ×1.38 113 | 10 points by QuantumNomad_ 1 day ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: Release Path for 'Transformers Alternatives'?
    ×0.27 166 | 4 points by adinhitlore 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: Is anyone still resisting the slop onslaught?
    ×1.49 117 | 7 points by 0xDEFACED 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Claude API Error: 529
    ×0.46 160 | 25 points by anujbans 4 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Ask HN: How are you keeping AI coding agents from burning money?
    ×0.35 164 | 8 points by bhaviav100 3 days ago | 33 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ask HN: Anyone using Meshtastic/LoRa for non-chat applications?
    ×0.72 163 | 14 points by redgridtactical 3 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Ask HN: Is it just me?
    ×0.86 154 | 17 points by twoelf 3 days ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Why do SF billboards hit different?
    ×0.18 171 | 3 points by YouAreExisting 2 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Operator23: Describe Your Workflow in English, Deploy Everywhere
    ×0.21 169 | 4 points by Mrakermo 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. From 300KB to 69KB per Token: How LLM Architectures Solve the KV Cache Problem (future-shock.ai)
    ×0.89 17 #28 | 90 points by future-shock-ai 10 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Another Starlink satellite has inexplicably exploded (theverge.com)
    ×1.46 14 #68 | 5 points by c420 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Gaim 3 Is in Development for Restoring the Original Gaim Instant Messaging App (phoronix.com)
    ×1.49 9 | 3 points by Bender 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Show HN: Crazierl – An Erlang Operating System (crazierl.org)
    ×0.78 94 | 72 points by toast0 2 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Income percent for all food, food at home and food not at home, 1960-2019 (2020) (usda.gov)
    ×1.37 62 | 4 points by NaOH 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Slop is not necessarily the future (greptile.com)
    ×1.35 13 #12 | 187 points by dakshgupta 11 hours ago | 336 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Claude Code Unpacked (ccunpacked.dev)
    ×1.15 | 2 points by rmason 53 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. AI Native Tool for Product Managers – Zeaota.ai (zeaota.ai)
    ×0.43 | 1 points by Shriansh05 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. The ladder is missing rungs – Engineering Progression When AI Ate the Middle (negroniventurestudios.com)
    ×1.25 68 | 93 points by sorenvrist 1 day ago | 51 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Show HN: Margo – Find the font your brain reads fastest (margo.fyi)
    ×0.93 97 | 3 points by theseidel 9 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Show HN: Free AI API gateway that auto-fails over Gemini, Groq, Mistral, etc. (github.com/msmarkgu)
    ×0.91 121 | 5 points by markfront 23 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Show HN: Fio: 3D World editor/game engine – inspired by Radiant and Hammer (github.com/ViciousSquid)
    ×0.82 131 | 96 points by vicioussquid 5 days ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Show HN: SuperPaint – a fluid simulation painting app (aaronetz.github.io)
    ×2.42 153 | 9 points by aaronetz 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Why Don't You Use String Views Instead of Passing Std:Wstring by Const& (giodicanio.com)
    ×0.81 50 #18 | 5 points by Orochikaku 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Ollama is now powered by MLX on Apple Silicon in preview (ollama.com)
    ×2.52 12 #47 | 608 points by redundantly 23 hours ago | 333 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. OpenGridWorks: The Electricity Infrasctructure, Mapped (opengridworks.com)
    ×1.38 31 #80 | 164 points by jonbraun 1 day ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. NASA Chief: "We Just Built Antigravity Propulsion " [video] (youtube.com)
    ×0.53 | 1 points by chadpaulson 34 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Obsidian and Cursor had a baby. It's open source (cushionmd.com)
    ×2.21 70 | 9 points by Aleex_c12 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Show HN: BitTorrent DHT Proxy – hiding your IP from DHT and trackers (janhouse.lv)
    ×1.16 | 2 points by Jnr 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Show HN: AI Spotlight for Your Computer (natural language search for files)
    ×0.34 159 | 3 points by DEEPAN_C 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. U.S. exempts oil industry from protecting Gulf animals, for 'national security' (npr.org)
    ×6.03 6 #7 | 126 points by Jimmc414 1 hour ago | 49 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. How to turn anything into a router (nbailey.ca)
    ×2.90 25 #90 | 761 points by yabones 1 day ago | 259 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. DefenseClaw: Secure Your OpenClaw (github.com/cisco-ai-defense)
    ×0.99 | 2 points by latentlie_747 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Book Recommendation Prompt for Introspective People (joeiq.com)
    ×0.45 | 1 points by joeiq 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. 15 years, one server, 8GB RAM and 500k users – how Webminal refuses to die (webminal.org)
    ×3.36 36 | 298 points by giis 1 day ago | 54 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Mathematical methods and human thought in the age of AI (arxiv.org)
    ×1.11 41 | 212 points by zaikunzhang 1 day ago | 90 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Show HN: Twitch Roulette – Find live streamers who need views the most (twitchroulette.net)
    ×1.23 105 | 179 points by ellg 4 days ago | 95 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Show HN: Git bayesect – Bayesian Git bisection for non-deterministic bugs (github.com/hauntsaninja)
    ×1.59 172 | 4 points by hauntsaninja 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. A dot a day keeps the clutter away (scottlawsonbc.com)
    ×2.24 3 #6 | 175 points by scottlawson 5 hours ago | 58 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Inside the 'self-driving' lab revolution (nature.com)
    ×0.69 14 #23 | 10 points by salkahfi 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Artemis II is not safe to fly (idlewords.com)
    ×3.75 20 #49 | 809 points by idlewords 1 day ago | 553 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. The JetStream 3 Benchmark Suite (webkit.org)
    ×0.45 | 1 points by zdw 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Take better notes, by hand (brianschrader.com)
    ×1.68 23 | 208 points by sonicrocketman 1 day ago | 93 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Show HN: Multi-agent autoresearch for ANE inference beats Apple's CoreML by 6× (ensue-network.ai)
    ×1.56 75 | 4 points by christinetyip 7 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Show HN: Grafana TUI – Browse Grafana dashboards in the terminal (github.com/lovromazgon)
    ×5.11 161 | 24 points by lmazgon 4 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Accidentally created my first fork bomb with Claude Code (droppedasbaby.com)
    ×0.63 28 #35 | 61 points by offbyone42 10 hours ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Audio tapes reveal mass rule-breaking in Milgram's obedience experiments (psypost.org)
    ×1.27 9 #58 | 211 points by lentoutcry 17 hours ago | 128 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. There's a prediction market for jobs now. Software engineer is down 45% YTD (open-hive.com)
    ×1.79 24 | 3 points by vincentjiang 57 minutes ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Show HN: Gravimera, AI(LLM) driven 3D world editor and explorer (github.com/gravimera)
    ×1.16 89 | 4 points by FlowWei 11 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: Pglens – 27 read-only PostgreSQL tools for AI agents via MCP (github.com/janbjorge)
    ×2.42 142 | 12 points by jeeybee 2 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Anthropic open sourced Claude Code (layer5.io)
    ×0.77 | 1 points by miacycle 7 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. How Claude Code memory works (db0.ai)
    ×1.03 | 2 points by shenli3514 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Letterboxd for Cafes – Looking for Feedback
    ×0.48 | 1 points by teobe 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Autoscaling CI for Gitea in Rust (rustunit.com)
    ×0.45 | 1 points by y1n0 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Show HN: Coasts – Containerized Hosts for Agents (github.com/coast-guard)
    ×0.67 63 | 91 points by jsunderland323 1 day ago | 37 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Show HN: Prawduct, a product development framework for Claude Code (github.com/brookstalley)
    ×2.56 81 | 5 points by brookst 11 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Neanderthals survived on a knife's edge for 350k years (science.org)
    ×1.23 19 #17 | 9 points by Hooke 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Show HN: Loreline, narrative language transpiled via Haxe: C++/C#/JS/Java/Py/Lua (loreline.app)
    ×0.68 22 #55 | 60 points by jeremyfa 12 hours ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. A sea of sparks: Seeing radioactivity (maurycyz.com)
    ×0.66 65 | 72 points by maurycyz 1 day ago | 27 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Supreme Court opens door to conversion therapy (npr.org)
    ×1.12 | 2 points by 1659447091 50 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order Supreme Court: Splits Conservative Scholars (nytimes.com)
    ×1.07 | 2 points by KnuthIsGod 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Show HN: Browserbeam – a browser API built for AI agents (browserbeam.com)
    ×0.68 | 2 points by nyku 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: Public transit systems as data – lines, stations, railcars, and history (publictransit.systems)
    ×0.70 118 | 47 points by qwertykb 2 days ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: A Terminal Interface for Jira (github.com/justinmklam)
    ×0.92 151 | 4 points by thehaikuza 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Show HN: HTMLPipe, and how to archive archive.is pages on archive.org manually (mataroa.blog)
    ×2.87 134 | 7 points by Imustaskforhelp 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???