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Ask HN: How to be SOC2 Type 2 compliant as a solo-entreprenuer?

×0.87 72 | 164 points by sochix 3 days ago | 133 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: When did computers stop being fun?

×2.31 61 | 67 points by klez 1 day ago | 90 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: We just had an actual UUID v4 collision...

×2.21 91 | 476 points by mittermayr 1 week ago | 342 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tell HN: Mindie.dev is scraping emails from profiles to send spam

×1.06 76 | 22 points by stackghost 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
SlothDB is an OLAP DB ahead of DuckDB on Clickbench SQL database in C++20

×0.14 95 | 4 points by souravroy78 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tell HN: Dont use Claude Design, lost access to my projects after unsubscribing

×2.16 74 | 298 points by pycassa 4 days ago | 85 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated

×7.16 75 | 1676 points by CliffStoll 1 week ago | 258 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)

×1.16 90 | 288 points by david927 1 week ago | 1103 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: What LLM models are you using and why?

×0.45 85 | 8 points by rubyn00bie 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Viable open source Claude Design alternative?

×0.49 112 | 24 points by splatzone 3 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Note-taking software,Novel ideas

×0.24 121 | 5 points by huaqing 2 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Which country will be the first to pass laws limiting Meta Ray-Ban glasses?

×0.41 110 | 29 points by nothrowaways 3 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Do you still spend time maintaining Claude.md / AGENTS.md files?

×1.54 103 | 9 points by david_d8912 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: PHP-fts – Full-text search engine in pure PHP, no extensions (github.com/olivier-ls)

×0.97 138 | 89 points by asmodios 1 week ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: OrcaSheets, local first analytics engine to process billions of rows (orcasheets.ai)

×1.32 146 | 5 points by ydgandhi 3 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A molecule with half-Möbius topology (science.org)

×0.86 70 #70 | 109 points by bryanrasmussen 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The latest X algorithm has been published to GitHub (twitter.com/elonmusk)

×3.89 53 | 52 points by guiambros 1 day ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Rust but Lisp (github.com/ThatXliner)

×1.51 104 | 217 points by thatxliner 1 week ago | 73 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Tilde.run – Agent sandbox with a transactional, versioned filesystem (tilde.run)

×1.09 117 | 205 points by ozkatz 1 week ago | 133 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Built a verifiable, open-source SoC 2 readiness scanner (loxeai.com)

×0.29 | 2 points by arjavmehta 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: adamsreview – better multi-agent PR reviews for Claude Code (github.com/adamjgmiller)

×0.65 116 | 85 points by adamthegoalie 1 week ago | 55 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation (github.com/tech4bot)

×1.72 22 #5 | 383 points by tech4bot 22 hours ago | 180 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask an Astronaut: 333 hours of Q&A footage with astronauts (issinrealtime.org)

×1.30 23 #6 | 157 points by gaws 14 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
EU weighs restricting use of US cloud platforms to process government data (osnews.com)

×3.96 36 | 146 points by abdelhousni 18 hours ago | 67 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
BambuStudio has been violating PrusaSlicer AGPL license since their fork (twitter.com/josefprusa)

×3.49 77 | 53 points by marcosscriven 6 hours ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Unknowable Math Can Help Hide Secrets (quantamagazine.org)

×0.84 57 #80 | 82 points by Xcelerate 1 day ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I automated opt-outs for 500 data broker sites (open source) (github.com/stephenlthorn)

×1.67 | 2 points by stephenlthorn 20 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Zero – Programming Language for Agents (github.com/vercel-labs)

×1.36 | 2 points by throwaw12 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: E2a – Open-source email gateway for AI agents (github.com/Mnexa-AI)

×0.70 123 | 48 points by mnexa 6 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Design posters showcasing your country's electrical grid (github.com/open-energy-transition)

×1.90 11 #57 | 90 points by lyoncy 13 hours ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Zero Day Clock (zerodayclock.com)

×2.28 20 | 4 points by jonbaer 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: I built an open-source email builder, alternative to Beefree/Unlayer (templatical.com)

×1.11 124 | 169 points by oahmadov 1 week ago | 48 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Mercurial, 20 years and counting: how are we still alive and kicking? [video] (fosdem.org)

×1.36 5 #42 | 198 points by ibobev 19 hours ago | 222 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Nearly 50 Years Later, WKRP in Cincinnati Becomes a Real Radio Station (openculture.com)

×1.07 64 #79 | 139 points by bookofjoe 2 days ago | 83 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Vibe Coding a $20k /Year Enterprise Logistics Platform (trmnl.com)

×3.23 93 | 31 points by ryanckulp 2 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Étienne Ghys: The Shape of Letters: From Leonardo da Vinci to Donald Knuth (youtube.com)

×1.14 5 #46 | 33 points by tzury 7 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Qubes OS: A reasonably secure operating system (qubes-os.org)

×0.80 | 1 points by throwoutway 14 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Claude64, a Commodore 64 client for Claude (github.com/theletterf)

×1.69 122 | 7 points by theletterf 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
America's Most-Spoken Languages After English and Spanish (visualcapitalist.com)

×2.49 28 #61 | 49 points by RyeCombinator 8 hours ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Balance of Nature (wikipedia.org)

×0.48 | 1 points by soupspaces 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Prepare for an AI Jobs Apocalypse (economist.com)

×2.49 80 | 32 points by wiseowise 2 days ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Gigacatalyst – Extend your SaaS with an embedded AI builder

×0.43 114 | 60 points by namanyayg 5 days ago | 27 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Burn, baby, burn (those tokens) (github.com/dtnewman)

×3.00 70 | 131 points by dtnewman 2 days ago | 29 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: LFK – A Fast Kubernetes TUI (github.com/janosmiko)

×2.78 129 | 6 points by baskInEminence 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Dogme 25 – Vow of Chastity (dogma25.dk)

×1.60 37 #8 | 5 points by internet_points 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ebola outbreak with uncommon strain erupts in Congo and Uganda; 65 deaths (arstechnica.com)

×2.49 16 #32 | 6 points by rbanffy 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Shiftpaper – native parallax wallpaper engine for Wayland (github.com/CPritch)

×2.18 42 | 3 points by PxldLtd 50 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
DeepSeek-V4-Flash means LLM steering is interesting again (seangoedecke.com)

×3.00 25 | 270 points by Brajeshwar 1 day ago | 75 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The SGI Buyer's Guide (2003) (majix.org)

×0.82 43 #38 | 34 points by uticus 11 hours ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Futhark by example (2020) (futhark-lang.org)

×0.82 66 #84 | 124 points by tosh 2 days ago | 37 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
FluidX3D Lands a Big Speed-Up for This OpenCL CFD Software (phoronix.com)

×0.48 | 1 points by rbanffy 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: A Dark Cave – Minimalistic Graphics in the Age of AI Slop (a-dark-cave.com)

×4.55 98 | 12 points by julez_ 2 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
SANA-WM, a 2.6B open-source world model for 1-minute 720p video (nvlabs.github.io)

×1.77 22 #81 | 395 points by mjgil 1 day ago | 152 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: GridTravel – A community based travel app for users to share routes (gridtravel.app)

×0.86 88 | 61 points by 3 days ago | 39 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Jank now has its own custom IR (jank-lang.org)

×1.87 16 #9 | 165 points by DASD 14 hours ago | 33 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Magical Realism: “Northern Exposure” 25 Years Later (2015) (rogerebert.com)

×1.15 43 #19 | 120 points by walterbell 17 hours ago | 54 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Hosting a website on an 8-bit microcontroller (maurycyz.com)

×1.46 57 #37 | 241 points by zdw 1 day ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Moving away from Tailwind, and learning to structure my CSS (jvns.ca)

×3.35 23 #63 | 674 points by mpweiher 2 days ago | 377 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: CADara – I made an open-source in-browser CAD (cadara.app)

×0.78 156 | 37 points by ttouch 1 week ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: TongueType – Local, privacy-focused Whisper dictation for macOS (tonguetype.app)

×1.44 142 | 5 points by claviska 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Are modern precision EDC knives worth the premium build cost? (paragon-knives.com)

×0.46 | 1 points by bgzlsxaz 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Japan’s robot wolf sells out as record bear attacks drive demand (independent.co.uk)

×2.20 43 | 116 points by bookofjoe 1 day ago | 68 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
XS: A programming language. Anywhere, anytime, by anyone (xslang.org)

×1.24 19 | 60 points by yacin 21 hours ago | 40 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: How to Kill the Dead Internet (google.com)

×1.96 55 | 6 points by bigger_fish 10 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The occasional ECONNRESET (movq.de)

×1.00 7 #62 | 113 points by zdw 18 hours ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Why reality is more than the sum of its particles (aeon.co)

×2.26 33 | 3 points by pseudolus 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Statewright – Visual state machines that make AI agents reliable (github.com/statewright)

×1.01 94 | 126 points by azurewraith 5 days ago | 56 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Coding on Paper (wickstrom.tech)

×2.20 65 #88 | 22 points by owickstrom 22 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
How to Create Your Own Bespoke, Artisanal, Hand-Drawn PCBs (hackster.io)

×1.47 | 2 points by CTOSian 34 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Key Python 3.15 Updates to Make Your Coding Faster, Cleaner, and Easier (medium.com)

×0.63 | 1 points by yangzhou 53 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Running AI agents without losing my keys (medium.com)

×1.83 19 | 3 points by pkhodiyar 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Greek Alphabet Cards (randomquark.com)

×1.15 62 #77 | 148 points by ricochet11 1 day ago | 68 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Strava for AI coding – analytics on your Copilot/Claude/Codex usage (github.com/microsoft)

×1.48 105 | 8 points by aymenfurter 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Raybeam – A better way to screen share on macOS (raybeam.live)

×1.17 145 | 4 points by fisc 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Ableton Live MCP (github.com/bschoepke)

×1.17 149 | 123 points by bschoepke 2 weeks ago | 79 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The History of ThinkPad: From IBM’s Bento Box to Lenovo’s AI Workstations (jdhodges.com)

×1.45 3 #47 | 104 points by zdw 13 hours ago | 50 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Microsoft admits Windows 11's dedicated Copilot key breaks certain workflows (windowscentral.com)

×3.11 42 #58 | 16 points by 01-_- 2 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Agent-skills-eval – Test whether Agent Skills improve outputs (github.com/darkrishabh)

×0.83 141 | 79 points by darkrishabh 1 week ago | 37 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Who Owns This Agent? Tracing AI Agents Back to Their Owners (arxiv.org)

×1.28 | 2 points by Timofeibu 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A Node Based Brush Engine – PixiEditor 2.1 (pixieditor.net)

×1.69 1 | 3 points by axi_n 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: An index of indie web/blog indexes (theindex.fyi)

×1.15 109 | 154 points by rocketpastsix 1 week ago | 39 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Apple's SHARP running in the browser via ONNX runtime web (github.com/bring-shrubbery)

×0.97 132 | 185 points by bring-shrubbery 2 weeks ago | 46 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: I solved my study problems by talking to a goose (professorgoose.com)

×2.10 111 | 21 points by polaritymaking 3 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: GlycemicGPT – Open-source AI-powered diabetes management (github.com/GlycemicGPT)

×0.87 83 | 64 points by jlengelbrecht 3 days ago | 61 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Domain DMARC Checker (dmarcdefender.io)

×1.85 133 | 6 points by c0nrad 3 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Crystals found inside wreckage from the first nuclear bomb test (scientificamerican.com)

×1.43 7 #3 | 98 points by jumploops 8 hours ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Sense Humans with WiFi – Ruview (cognitum.one)

×0.80 40 #65 | 18 points by unixhero 10 hours ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Gnome 51 Could End Up Replacing System Tools with "Resources" App (phoronix.com)

×3.06 52 | 5 points by rbanffy 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
AI subscriptions are a ticking time bomb for enterprise (thestateofbrand.com)

×3.47 57 | 398 points by mooreds 1 day ago | 389 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Lisp in Web-Based Applications (2001) (turbifycdn.com)

×1.00 | 1 points by bschne 1 minute ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???