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  1. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2026)
    ×1.04 60 | 234 points by whoishiring 2 days ago | 370 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2026)
    ×0.82 66 | 143 points by whoishiring 2 days ago | 452 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Anyone seen a CC- serial prefix on legacy networking hardware?
    ×0.85 70 | 66 points by Throwaway_sys 3 days ago | 31 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: A Brief History of LLMs
    ×0.57 79 | 6 points by menomatter 15 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: What is your opinion on index rule changes to accommodate Mega-Cap IPOs?
    ×0.94 101 | 11 points by figmert 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Please don't spam people looking for employment. It's just cruel
    ×7.84 54 | 947 points by IliaLitviak 1 day ago | 266 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: What Is the State of App Development in 2026?
    ×0.95 104 | 100 points by karakoram 4 days ago | 70 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. I'm Done Using AI
    ×2.48 80 | 28 points by nyxtom 1 day ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Why Fossil DVCS is so awesome for the lone developer; A podcast
    ×1.14 77 | 8 points by techman001 17 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. AI Goal: Senior Software Engineer
    ×0.22 118 | 3 points by oryocyph 23 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. $100 to a Debian Developer who can get Fresh Editor into Trixie
    ×0.41 113 | 28 points by jph 3 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: Why is AI use decried if it has been used without attribution?
    ×0.45 114 | 5 points by bookofjoe 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Recruiters, How do you vet resume in 2026?
    ×0.42 130 | 15 points by CoffeeSky 3 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Tell HN: In the old days, computers used to get constantly faster and cheaper
    ×1.56 96 | 14 points by wewewedxfgdf 1 day ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: What are your worst war stories bringing agentic applications into prod
    ×0.40 143 | 12 points by yaoke259 3 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. The AI tool discovery problem
    ×0.47 124 | 7 points by meenabhagvat 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Multicore suppport for DOS is real – partly (vogons.org)
    ×0.83 71 #60 | 90 points by beebix 22 hours ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. German startup advancing compressor-free electrocaloric heat pump technology (pv-magazine.com)
    ×2.20 16 #61 | 31 points by rustoo 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Squillions: How money laundering won (lrb.co.uk)
    ×1.73 78 #64 | 194 points by rwmj 1 day ago | 215 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. The Florida woman catfishing America's political class (politico.com)
    ×0.82 | 1 points by _tk_ 5 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Show HN: Mashines.dev – Live-migrate microVMs between hosts without restarting (mashines.dev)
    ×0.60 | 1 points by ktaraszk 16 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Gleam v1.17.0 (gleam.run)
    ×2.48 12 | 127 points by figbert 19 hours ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. AI outperforms law professors in Stanford Law study (stanford.edu)
    ×2.59 9 #30 | 378 points by berlianta 17 hours ago | 326 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. What I've learned about the trombone (bryanhu.com)
    ×1.04 11 #51 | 57 points by bookofjoe 6 hours ago | 46 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Show HN: Having fun making mini static site apps (joeheyming.github.io)
    ×2.27 132 | 9 points by joeheyming 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Nvidia: Nemotron 3 Super (nvidia.com)
    ×1.17 | 2 points by tosh 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. AI Agent Guidelines for CS336 at Stanford (github.com/stanford-cs336)
    ×2.23 34 | 499 points by prakashqwerty 2 days ago | 153 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Now AI agents need what RSS does (julienreszka.com)
    ×1.99 35 | 82 points by julienreszka 21 hours ago | 61 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers (wsj.com)
    ×5.71 5 | 63 points by KnuthIsGod 13 hours ago | 47 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. The Bloat (milkandcigarettes.com)
    ×0.59 | 1 points by tarxzvf 11 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Knowable – Open-Source Personal AI Tutor on macOS (knowable.ca)
    ×1.19 | 2 points by samuelzxu 29 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Coreutils for Windows (github.com/microsoft)
    ×2.43 10 | 218 points by gigel82 1 day ago | 237 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Show HN: 100cc - Roll your own Claude in 100 lines (github.com/yujqiao)
    ×1.23 84 | 10 points by rapiz 23 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Show HN: A searchable archive of declassified UAP/UFO files, news, and analysis (didyousee.xyz)
    ×2.41 86 | 13 points by sonjaqql 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Show HN: I built an on-chain economy where AI agents transact autonomously (agtchain.io)
    ×1.08 100 | 9 points by winewarrior 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Show HN: Clor – give your agent claws (clor.com)
    ×2.72 82 | 10 points by jacobgold 21 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Show HN: I indexed 21,509 Shopify App Store listings (appstorepulse.com)
    ×0.45 125 | 3 points by matdesousa 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Why Janet? (2023) (ianthehenry.com)
    ×2.16 3 #79 | 486 points by yacin 1 day ago | 256 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. NPM-Scan: Detecting Supply Chain Attacks (100% Validation on Real Campaigns) (npmjs.com)
    ×0.49 | 1 points by lateos-ai 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Show HN: FuguUX – science-backed, AI user testing to identify key web UX issues (fuguux.com)
    ×2.38 142 | 9 points by sdas7 3 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Show HN: Tired of duct-taping access control into agent prompts. Here's the fix (github.com/yaodub)
    ×0.50 30 #42 | 16 points by zwigglers 4 hours ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Preparing for KDE Plasma's Last X11-Supported Release (davidedmundson.co.uk)
    ×1.48 60 #47 | 220 points by jandeboevrie 1 day ago | 324 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. EWD 1041: By Way of Introduction (Science is hated) (utexas.edu)
    ×0.48 | 1 points by ethanwillis 55 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Why China got rich and India didn't (davidoks.blog)
    ×4.23 32 | 70 points by rochansinha 18 hours ago | 71 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Show HN: Ouijit, an open-source task and terminal manager for coding agents (ouijit.com)
    ×0.85 133 | 13 points by pbjerkeseth 3 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. I built a ceiling projection mapping of the planes flying over my house (reddit.com)
    ×2.87 9 #20 | 163 points by frereubu 4 hours ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. DIY Bipedal Robot Used Pneumatic "Air-Muscles" Instead of Motors (ieee.org)
    ×0.81 49 #32 | 67 points by sohkamyung 11 hours ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Reviving Teletext for Ham Radio (ieee.org)
    ×0.77 58 #90 | 72 points by yarapavan 1 day ago | 44 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Renowned Warhammer Artist, John Blanche, Passes Away (ontabletop.com)
    ×0.49 | 1 points by bushwart 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. 32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 – AI shortage continues to squeeze PC building (tomshardware.com)
    ×4.59 14 #23 | 251 points by papersail 4 hours ago | 251 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. 4K years ago, Mohenjo-daro grew more equal over time (archaeologymag.com)
    ×1.11 43 #62 | 113 points by marojejian 19 hours ago | 52 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Counterfeit G.Skill and V-Color DDR5 modules hit Chinese marketplaces (tomshardware.com)
    ×2.36 44 | 4 points by speckx 37 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. The SSRI Debate Flares Again (psychologytoday.com)
    ×1.17 | 2 points by lovestory 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. U.S. midterms have a cyber problem, but it's not at the ballot box (checkpoint.com)
    ×2.34 68 | 74 points by gnabgib 1 day ago | 87 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. I don't want my search engine to think for me (searchzee.com)
    ×1.97 22 | 66 points by rajkverma123 17 hours ago | 63 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Show HN: I built a way to find and install Claude skills (claudinho.xyz)
    ×2.19 98 | 7 points by patrickmds 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Show HN: Fungible – A local personal finance app in the terminal (github.com/tomfunk)
    ×1.12 152 | 30 points by tomfunk 1 week ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Roku LT Operating System open source distribution (roku.com)
    ×1.05 48 #36 | 119 points by dpmdpm 16 hours ago | 58 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Capstone – multi-platform, multi-architecture disassembly framework (capstone-engine.org)
    ×0.91 49 #39 | 98 points by gregsadetsky 15 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Show HN: Nutrepedia – nutrition info in 29 locales built with Clojure and Htmx (nutrepedia.com)
    ×0.82 10 #8 | 17 points by llovan 1 hour ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Show HN: Erebus, A VPN client that runs rootless in user space (margaine.com)
    ×1.18 | 2 points by tlar 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Rebuilding Postgres Metrics on Self-Hosted VictoriaMetrics with Zero Downtime (xata.io)
    ×1.12 | 2 points by ClaudiuDasca 56 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Google Expands AirDrop Support to More Android Phones (macrumors.com)
    ×1.14 | 2 points by tosh 56 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. MAI-Thinking-1 (microsoft.ai)
    ×2.20 6 | 191 points by LER0ever 22 hours ago | 80 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Strace-ui, Bonsai_term, and the TUI renaissance (janestreet.com)
    ×1.35 55 | 152 points by matt_d 1 day ago | 77 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Show HN: Paseo – Beautiful open-source coding agent interface (github.com/getpaseo)
    ×1.41 24 | 80 points by timhigins 19 hours ago | 47 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Five Levels of Adding AI to Your SaaS App (shivekkhurana.com)
    ×0.78 | 1 points by shivekkhurana 4 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. The Relaunch of the Old West and Why I Chose Vanilla PHP (alexseifert.com)
    ×0.62 | 1 points by SeenNotHeard 13 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. My thoughts after using Clojure for about a month (acdw.net)
    ×2.09 23 #41 | 305 points by speckx 21 hours ago | 162 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Apple Announces Europe's First Developer Center (macrumors.com)
    ×1.13 | 2 points by tosh 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. How is Groq raising more money? (zach.be)
    ×1.14 59 | 152 points by hasheddan 1 day ago | 68 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Show HN: Zot – Yet another coding agent harness (zot.sh)
    ×1.21 109 | 106 points by patriceckhart 5 days ago | 82 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Show HN: TidyPress – Git-native CLI from Markdown to a static site you own (github.com/Raphjacksun7)
    ×0.63 | 2 points by raphjacksun 23 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. ESP32-S31 (espressif.com)
    ×2.45 #2 | 107 points by volemo 1 hour ago | 39 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. If AI Data Centers Are So Great, Why Are They Being Built in Secret? (thebrockovichreport.com)
    ×3.52 10 #5 | 17 points by thisislife2 37 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Show HN: Stable Audio 3 – one-shot sample generator (110gb download) (github.com/shiehn)
    ×2.69 141 | 10 points by stevehiehn 3 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Show HN: Free activity calendar for schools, sports clubs, and organizations (freecal.eu)
    ×0.49 150 | 9 points by glenn_vc 4 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior because we’re recording" (techradar.com)
    ×8.46 18 | 326 points by CharlesW 1 day ago | 255 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Show HN: Instant DBML Schema to Database Diagram PNG Tool (vibe-schema.com)
    ×0.64 66 #53 | 5 points by SsgMshdPotatoes 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Ideogram 4.0: A 9.3B open-weight image model (ideogram.ai)
    ×1.12 | 2 points by victormustar 55 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Thanks to Robots, Ukraine Is Now Talking About Winning, Not Just Surviving (defenseone.com)
    ×4.66 55 | 8 points by m463 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Three Ways to Get Paid (2018) (jasonzweig.com)
    ×2.14 4 | 222 points by nate 1 day ago | 142 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. AI enthusiasts racing against time; AI skeptics are racing against entropy (charitydotwtf.substack.com)
    ×0.48 | 1 points by SLHamlet 22 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. See SBA Loans Around You (loanround.com)
    ×0.52 | 1 points by zarie 30 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Rsync and outrage (medium.com)
    ×8.04 31 | 145 points by st3fan 14 hours ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Umami: An open-source alternative to Google Analytics, Mixpanel and Amplitude (github.com/umami-software)
    ×0.70 | 1 points by ksec 7 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Amazon-owned Ring should pay Americans for scanning their faces, lawsuit says (arstechnica.com)
    ×2.12 37 | 5 points by 01-_- 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Launch HN: Rudus (YC P26) – AI for concrete contractors
    ×0.37 73 #82 | 37 points by rishipankhaniya 22 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. I believe a whole generation of developers miss how open source used to work (twitter.com/mitsuhiko)
    ×2.52 50 | 4 points by tosh 24 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Can LLMs Reason Structurally? Benchmarking via the Lens of Data Structures (arxiv.org)
    ×0.45 | 1 points by matt_d 52 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???