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  1. Ask HN: Share your personal website
    ×3.17 41 #51 | 900 points by susam 2 days ago | 2320 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: Do you think college is/was worth it?
    ×0.48 | 2 points by hallole 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: Claude Opus performance affected by time of day?
    ×0.64 26 #69 | 31 points by scaredreally 13 hours ago | 33 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: How are you doing RAG locally?
    ×1.99 25 #89 | 393 points by tmaly 2 days ago | 153 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: How can we solve the loneliness epidemic?
    ×3.13 38 | 756 points by publicdebates 1 day ago | 1191 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: Browser extension vs. native app for structured form filling?
    ×0.55 86 | 4 points by livrasand 10 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: Is it still worth pursuing a software startup?
    ×2.39 73 | 62 points by newbebee 6 hours ago | 51 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Tell HN: The way I do simple data management for new prototypes
    ×0.39 71 | 10 points by AndreyK1984 21 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: Who's using DuckDB in production?
    ×0.71 61 | 4 points by yakkomajuri 12 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?
    ×1.53 55 | 212 points by blahaj 2 days ago | 398 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Tell HN: YouTube gave my username switzerland to a half government organization
    ×3.83 75 | 20 points by faebi 21 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: How have you or your firm made money with LLMs?
    ×0.88 89 | 7 points by bwestergard 16 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: One IP, multiple unrealistic locations worldwide hitting my website
    ×0.51 87 | 41 points by nacho-daddy 1 day ago | 24 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: What's something you wished you started doing earlier?
    ×1.49 74 | 4 points by karakoram 8 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. I skipped Japan's university exam to write a "computational metaphysics" exam
    ×1.78 17 | 6 points by fumi2026 5 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: Can companies claim copyright over their LLM-generated codebases?
    ×1.52 49 | 4 points by mks_shuffle 6 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: Should Developers Shift from Coding to Architecture in the LLM Era?
    ×1.67 3 | 3 points by danver0 2 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: Has Claude Code changed its usage limits for you?
    ×0.77 | 2 points by laurex 8 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: Those who quit tech, moved back home, what do you do?
    ×1.87 50 | 12 points by akudha 12 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: Iran's 120h internet shutdown, phones back. How to stay resilient?
    ×1.63 109 | 113 points by us321 3 days ago | 99 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: How do you safely give LLMs SSH/DB access?
    ×0.83 95 | 80 points by nico 2 days ago | 106 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
    ×1.14 115 | 256 points by david927 5 days ago | 875 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?
    ×5.71 67 | 77 points by krishadi 1 day ago | 224 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: Have you ever tried low-code tools for your work?
    ×0.43 149 | 3 points by andre_fernandes 19 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Which system would you trust to run a business you can't afford to lose?
    ×0.42 | 2 points by cutterlayers 11 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: How to make spamming us uncomfortable for LinkedIn and friends?
    ×1.11 152 | 12 points by zx8080 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: AI music covers in 2026?
    ×0.84 92 | 16 points by sexy_seedbox 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: Local media server, receive and send audio?
    ×0.27 | 2 points by thedangler 12 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Tell HN: Execution is cheap, ideas matter again
    ×0.87 108 | 14 points by keepamovin 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Ask HN: Distributed SQL engine for ultra-wide tables
    ×0.64 133 | 23 points by synsqlbythesea 2 days ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Ask HN: When "Two-Factor Authentication" (2FA) Aren't Two
    ×0.46 | 2 points by s3131212 13 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. The $LANG Programming Language
    ×1.51 79 | 263 points by dang 3 days ago | 69 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Ask HN: LLM Poisoning Resources
    ×1.10 98 | 4 points by totallygeeky 13 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Ask HN: Tips for better image generation? I need help
    ×0.35 | 2 points by gweets 14 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Ask HN: What are good tools for creating a video or interactive demo for a SaaS?
    ×1.46 62 | 3 points by rishabhpoddar 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Why is nobody using this? Full-duplex voice streaming with Gemini Live in React
    ×0.86 116 | 3 points by loffloff 14 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Tell HN: HP Ultra G1a Bios Freezing Issue
    ×0.36 | 2 points by BizarroLand 14 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Ask HN: Is sending a lot of requests but respecting rate limits DOSing?
    ×0.37 | 2 points by SpyCoder77 15 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Ask HN: Analogy of AI IDEs for code vs. "AI IDEs" for personal health data
    ×0.38 | 2 points by nemath 15 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Tell HN: DigitalOcean's managed services broke each other after update
    ×1.14 145 | 76 points by neilfrndes 4 days ago | 48 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Ask HN: ADHD – How do you manage the constant stream of thoughts and ideas?
    ×2.58 101 | 118 points by chriswright1664 3 days ago | 145 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Ask HN: Is token-based pricing making AI harder to use in production?
    ×1.10 130 | 3 points by Barathkanna 16 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Ask HN: What is the best way to provide continuous context to models?
    ×0.92 90 | 73 points by nemath 2 days ago | 43 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Ask HN: Anyone else finding it impossible to land a job?
    ×5.70 105 | 27 points by Arch485 1 day ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Ask HN: What happens when you remove lock-in from enterprise software economics?
    ×1.65 120 | 4 points by hydrioxstate 18 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Ask HN: Quantum Computation, Computers and Programming
    ×0.53 163 | 32 points by rramadass 3 days ago | 31 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Ask HN: Vxlan over WireGuard or WireGuard over Vxlan?
    ×0.87 151 | 46 points by mlhpdx 3 days ago | 82 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Ask HN: Why does Google still provide an open redirect for phishers?
    ×1.64 131 | 23 points by throwaway89201 3 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Ask HN: What to teach my kid if AI does math and CS?
    ×1.68 153 | 10 points by devShark 1 day ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Ask HN: Why do AI code editors suck at closing tags?
    ×1.22 150 | 9 points by cryptography 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Ask HN: Is Codex login down for all workspace (non-personal) users?
    ×1.26 161 | 6 points by amluto 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Ask HN: How can we handle solo founder loneliness?
    ×0.53 154 | 3 points by dabojula 20 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Ask HN: Strangest or most unexpected behavior you've seen from GitHub Copilot?
    ×1.92 146 | 6 points by stikit 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. At the phase 'build a startup cause I can't get hired, and maybe I'll get hired'
    ×2.15 58 | 7 points by danver0 9 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Ask HN: Discrepancy between Lichess and Stockfish
    ×0.52 172 | 21 points by HNLurker2 3 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Ask HN: Looking for Windows contributors for meeting-detection engine
    ×0.39 191 | 7 points by Ayobamiu 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Ask HN: Any real prompt injections in the wild?
    ×0.72 173 | 6 points by singularity2001 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Ask HN: Any local secret manager?
    ×1.13 167 | 3 points by spacemnstr42069 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Ask HN: Trying to find a website featured on HN that listed restaurants in NYC
    ×1.51 162 | 14 points by laffOr 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Users access official platform apps in regions with frequent mirror links
    ×0.59 | 2 points by taka-dev 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Ask HN: Estimating % of dev using coding assistants
    ×1.30 160 | 7 points by japoneris 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Ask HN: Fundraising compensation
    ×0.55 | 2 points by ebitda_ai 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Ask HN: Resources for learning visual design as a developer?
    ×1.67 103 | 5 points by chaosharmonic 16 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Tell HN: Properly using dishwasher reduced friction with my wife
    ×2.50 164 | 16 points by xylo 2 days ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Ask HN: Audio analysis models, how to train to learn sound patters?
    ×0.83 178 | 4 points by thedangler 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Ask HN: Books to Learn Ruby/Rails?
    ×1.44 170 | 4 points by georgel 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Text-to-3D → Step/STL
    ×2.41 179 | 5 points by alexyakovlev919 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Ask HN: A pattern we noticed in how website leads are handled
    ×0.77 182 | 3 points by lucascorrei4 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Ask HN: For those of you building AI agents, how have you made them faster?
    ×0.35 | 2 points by arkmm 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Ask HN: Thoughts on maintaining anonymity against state-level actors?
    ×1.97 169 | 10 points by adamanteye 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Where does data help in real estate – and where does it fail?
    ×0.38 | 2 points by D___R___ 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Tell HN: A Proposal to Modernize Xorg as a Protocol-Only Graphics Layer
    ×1.03 175 | 7 points by powerwordtree 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Ask HN: How to overcome the limit of roles in LLM's
    ×0.42 | 2 points by weli 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Ask HN: When has a "dumb" solution beaten a sophisticated one for you?
    ×0.42 192 | 14 points by amadeuswoo 6 days ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Tell HN: Intel could blow up the Console Wars if it had the guts
    ×1.09 190 | 8 points by noumenon1111 3 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Architecture+cost drivers for a deterministic rule/metric engine 1,200metrics
    ×0.45 | 2 points by Trackdiver 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Tell HN: 1B Jobs on GitHub Actions
    ×0.43 | 2 points by dorianmariecom 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Ask HN: How can you instantly tell something was written by AI?
    ×2.45 96 | 7 points by 7777777phil 18 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Turning weeks of medical device documentation into minutes
    ×0.59 | 2 points by feargalosull 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Continuous agents and what happens after Ralph Wiggum?
    ×1.11 181 | 4 points by waynenilsen 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. SEO Question: How to Improve Click-Through-Rate(CTR)?
    ×0.49 | 2 points by dabojula 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Ask HN: What is your favourite GitHub Repo?
    ×1.10 188 | 3 points by amanverasia 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Ask HN: Are diffs still useful for AI-assisted code changes?
    ×0.78 183 | 7 points by nuky 2 days ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Ask HN: Best setup for Golang HTTP API development in 2026?
    ×1.84 177 | 7 points by labarilem 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Ask HN: Why does it still make sense to review stupid bugs at PR time?
    ×0.50 189 | 3 points by moshetanzer 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. MultiLang‑ASM:A Universal Assembly Platform for Kids,Students,Kernel Developers
    ×0.52 | 2 points by neuroosgenesis 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Ask HN: What is your opinion on workplace review websites like Glassdoor?
    ×2.89 125 | 8 points by slaye 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Ask HN: Anyone have a good solution for modern Mac to legacy SCSI converters?
    ×0.54 111 | 20 points by stmw 1 day ago | 49 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Ask HN: Are you worried, and care, about AI stealing your code/secrets?
    ×0.64 | 2 points by fnoef 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Cyber+ – A versatile programming language for cybersecurity and automation
    ×0.43 | 2 points by Czax225 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???