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  1. Tell HN: Bob Cringely has died
    ×3.43 1 #2 | 386 points by paveworld 7 hours ago | 77 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2026)
    ×0.72 61 | 127 points by whoishiring 2 days ago | 475 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2026)
    ×1.12 45 | 263 points by whoishiring 2 days ago | 280 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: What are you reading?
    ×2.35 59 | 464 points by dan-bailey 4 days ago | 881 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Chamath says open AI models are "commoditize your complement." Agree?
    ×0.27 87 | 5 points by Dinuda 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: What are you reading to your kids?
    ×0.51 117 | 18 points by jopizio 3 days ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. What did Google do to its Linux terminal on Pixel phones
    ×0.41 98 | 4 points by Steaglsz 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. GitHub mutuals on AI in life sciences or bioinformatics
    ×0.34 101 | 5 points by arli_ap 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: Email leaked while traveling abroad?
    ×0.66 104 | 17 points by thatonehack 2 days ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Muse.ai gets me kicked off fb marketplace
    ×0.74 107 | 30 points by zcalvin 3 days ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Tell HN: OVH price increase for dedicated servers
    ×0.36 113 | 6 points by esher 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Rpi – a Rust rewrite of the Pi agent, 10× faster startup
    ×0.28 120 | 8 points by bigfishhk 2 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. System-level ad-blocking in Android (kevinboone.me)
    ×1.76 | 2 points by dimonomid 38 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. 2026 SaaS Metrics Industry Statistics (nicheaitool.com)
    ×0.61 | 1 points by acewits 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. The Dot and the Swarm (oneusefulthing.org)
    ×1.17 | 2 points by saikatsg 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Show HN: NSL – WSL for Linux (frostyard.github.io)
    ×1.22 76 | 165 points by bketelsen 4 days ago | 111 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Dirty Optimization Secrets (C for Playdate) (play.date)
    ×1.13 46 #21 | 5 points by ibobev 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Docker has always used microVMs (well since 2016) (recoil.org)
    ×0.71 36 #30 | 36 points by avsm 10 hours ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Show HN: Graphene – Data analysis toolkit for your coding agent (github.com/graphene-data)
    ×0.66 45 #57 | 30 points by kcmarr 14 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Show HN: Ledge.sh – Runnable Markdown Notes (ledge.sh)
    ×1.42 67 | 204 points by dancablam 4 days ago | 88 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Show HN: What's Agent Doing – a Claude Code UI mod that explains each step (github.com/tzafrir)
    ×0.65 | 2 points by tzafrir 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Show HN: Go++, an Aspiring Go Superset (github.com/telgatech)
    ×1.40 127 | 3 points by u89012 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Show HN: Timeline of the Far Future (dmitrybrant.com)
    ×1.56 69 | 17 points by dmitrybrant 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Gemini 4 Argon (blog.google)
    ×6.38 2 #83 | 1696 points by bradleyg223 3 days ago | 1180 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Chandraprakash Kumawat – Digital Marketer in Jaipur (instagram.com)
    ×0.83 | 1 points by mr_chandrapraka 12 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Aleph Alpha Kolibri: How the sovereign German LLM works (tej.as)
    ×3.31 71 | 413 points by tejaskumar__ 21 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. China's Push into A.I. Has Led to a Problem: Too Much Usage (nytimes.com)
    ×0.83 | 1 points by TMWNN 13 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Benchmarking CV and depth-estimation algorithms (mozilladatacollective.com)
    ×0.52 | 1 points by createphotos 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Show HN: Valet – Self-Hosted Cloud Agents with Computers (github.com/dropalltables)
    ×1.25 74 | 3 points by imbobbytables 13 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. IBM Debuts Brain-Inspired Chip for Speedy, Efficient AI (2023) (ieee.org)
    ×0.79 | 1 points by lioeters 17 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Olomni for All Devs (olomni.com)
    ×0.61 | 1 points by FaustoDario33 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Plane Crazy: Building a Plane in 30 Days [video] (youtube.com)
    ×0.62 | 1 points by tosh 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. MBTI for AI coding agents, complete with a self-awareness score (github.com/joonfjp)
    ×1.23 | 2 points by trndgtr 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Show HN: Mini React – React like UI library (vladocar.github.io)
    ×1.33 130 | 3 points by bepero 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. AI can clone your indie game, but not its soul (twitter.com/robertvaradan)
    ×1.80 17 #61 | 14 points by robertvaradan 5 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Shimano Bicycle Museum Review (inrng.com)
    ×1.58 50 #64 | 305 points by pietroppeter 2 days ago | 81 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. An Update on Orion for Linux and Windows (kagi.com)
    ×1.68 6 #67 | 181 points by pentagrama 1 day ago | 111 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Show HN: S3-Accelerator (github.com/danthegoodman1)
    ×0.73 | 2 points by dangoodmanUT 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Show HN: Premortem – AI agents that red-team your startup idea (premortem.site)
    ×1.09 110 | 11 points by ahoskins 2 days ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Show HN: Outis – Fight AI spam by sending fake "user unknown" bounce emails (github.com/dtonon)
    ×1.24 121 | 3 points by dtonon 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. To grieve, or not to grieve? (wordpress.com)
    ×1.27 77 #54 | 161 points by stabbles 2 days ago | 153 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Show HN: Claude Code Routine Session Cleanup Skill (github.com/naw103)
    ×1.34 75 | 3 points by naw103 14 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Show HN: Agentlytics – cookieless analytics your AI agent can read and act on (measuremy.site)
    ×0.99 84 | 3 points by developeron29 16 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Muse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and Family (wired.com)
    ×0.88 | 1 points by 01-_- 8 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Emitting metadata early makes building/checking Rust up to twice as fast (github.com/PowderworksCode)
    ×1.98 19 | 3 points by knuckleheads 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Thewired.link – a lain-inspired, text-focused social network (thewired.link)
    ×0.51 | 1 points by alvesandreiolvr 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. GrapheneOS has fixed the Android 17 QPR1 kernel performance regression (grapheneos.org)
    ×2.57 27 | 138 points by Cider9986 1 day ago | 95 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Ask HN: Favorite TV Show?
    ×1.74 55 | 6 points by chistev 12 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Gboard Conveyor Belt Version (github.com/google)
    ×0.82 31 #43 | 31 points by xnx 11 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Show HN: Made an open-source Lego AI generator (github.com/anteloc)
    ×1.28 40 #75 | 146 points by antelocnova 1 day ago | 49 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Show HN: DynamicTune – Closed-form trajectory weight surgery from 4B into 0.8B (github.com/dsadawq3)
    ×0.83 | 2 points by fermlon30000 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. What happens when an AI model is put in a "pain" state? ResearchChamber.fun (researchchamber.fun)
    ×0.66 | 1 points by KellyCriterion 48 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Show HN: 80s Choplifter game ported to Vision Pro as an agent eval (WIP) (bounds.dev)
    ×1.27 106 | 4 points by boundsj 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Show HN: Parrot – Open-Source Smart Meeting Recorder with Co-Pilot on Mac (openparrot.app)
    ×1.53 99 | 38 points by turantekin 3 days ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Venice’s failed war against Constantinople led to the first bond market (bigthink.com)
    ×1.42 22 | 166 points by RickJWagner 1 day ago | 57 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Show HN: Using 2D DFT, dithering, etc. to maximize eInk manga image quality (github.com/ciromattia)
    ×1.00 86 | 83 points by seam_carver 5 days ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. We're going to need default hard budget caps on pretty much everything (simonwillison.net)
    ×3.35 4 #6 | 401 points by elffjs 8 hours ago | 201 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Our Solar System Is Terminally Unstable (404media.co)
    ×1.21 5 #47 | 7 points by saikatsg 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Zadar Cow from Hell (wikipedia.org)
    ×1.29 | 2 points by Bluestein 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Show HN: Mixdog – open-source coding agent for Windows desktop (github.com/tribgames)
    ×1.15 123 | 4 points by tempest1033 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Show HN: Pi pod – Run your pi coding agent in sandboxes on your own server (pipod.dev)
    ×0.93 19 #26 | 94 points by edverma2 15 hours ago | 39 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. From the creator of Redis; run LLM locally with ds4 (dwarfstar.sh)
    ×2.24 16 | 349 points by fibo 1 day ago | 99 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Big Tech ruined the cloud, so we're renaming ours (home-assistant.io)
    ×3.52 18 | 211 points by 2sf5 1 day ago | 107 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Kolibri – Tech Report [pdf] (aleph-alpha.com)
    ×1.60 56 | 109 points by yu3zhou4 15 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Show HN: Television – an open source GUI for your agent harness (television.run)
    ×2.72 92 | 7 points by stlhood 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Muse Gadgets (muse.ai)
    ×1.65 38 #55 | 242 points by anant 1 day ago | 108 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. "Torturing" LLMs in a Robot Prison Has Triggered the Dumbest Debate in AI Yet (404media.co)
    ×1.85 | 2 points by airhangerf15 23 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. PhotoSuite Is an Open Source Photoshop-Like Editor with Native PSD Support (linuxiac.com)
    ×2.05 42 | 3 points by ssummoner001 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Show HN: Open-source model routing for coding agents at Astra-level performance
    ×1.04 62 | 119 points by adchurch 3 days ago | 40 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Show HN: UtilsDock – 200 free tools that run in the browser (utilsdock.com)
    ×1.29 124 | 3 points by JaumeGar 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Treachery in the Rodin Museum 3D scan verdict (cosmowenman.substack.com)
    ×1.59 4 #5 | 174 points by CosmoWenman 11 hours ago | 82 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. MPEG-2 Transport Streams and MOQ: Yes, MPEG-TS Is Still Relevant Today (red5.net)
    ×0.72 56 #50 | 37 points by mondainx 16 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. On social reality in China (lesswrong.com)
    ×3.28 3 | 250 points by thicTurtlLverXX 1 day ago | 250 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Show HN: Audionaut – an open-source cross-platform multitrack audio editor (github.com/kvoltmer)
    ×1.08 41 | 146 points by vltmrkls 2 days ago | 47 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: Yantra – an LALR(1) parser generator for C++ (github.com/TantrixAuto)
    ×0.51 95 | 33 points by renjipanicker 3 days ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Show HN: Open-source Git server that runs on Cloudflare Workers (github.com/choyiny)
    ×0.64 | 2 points by choyiny 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Show HN: AilaFlow – A Self-Hosted AI Workspace for Teams (ailaflow.com)
    ×0.97 126 | 3 points by b4rtazz 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. RSS Feed Best Practices (2022) (kevincox.ca)
    ×0.95 22 #39 | 58 points by KomoD 13 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. A 12-year sequence of telescope images of a star and four planets orbiting (bsky.app)
    ×2.04 3 #72 | 394 points by mariuz 1 day ago | 80 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Blogging with Gleam, Org-Mode and Pandoc (byzantine-systems.github.io)
    ×0.91 51 #78 | 91 points by schonfinkel 1 day ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. GPT-6 Astra plays World of Warcraft for the first time with agent-wow (agent-wow.sh)
    ×2.88 54 | 75 points by almostlit 1 day ago | 59 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Alarm Grows over 'Clearly Illegal' US Election Meddling in Brazil (commondreams.org)
    ×8.72 57 | 70 points by robtherobber 1 day ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Agents don't need memory, they need documentation (liao.gg)
    ×2.09 11 #7 | 148 points by kmeh 12 hours ago | 90 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. The characters of plastics (2024) (yarchive.net)
    ×0.51 6 #34 | 20 points by thelastgallon 6 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Svelte UI library – looking for feedback and users (sivir.dev)
    ×0.79 | 1 points by aidan-neel 21 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Ban Flock Act Proposed in the US Sente (senate.gov)
    ×3.75 13 #73 | 53 points by TeaVMFan 12 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. The Escalation of War in Ethiopia (africanistperspective.com)
    ×1.93 36 | 148 points by mooreds 20 hours ago | 158 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: Entombed in a Raycaster (stelabouras.com)
    ×1.53 94 | 3 points by stelabouras 20 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Amazon introduces a redesigned Kindle family (aboutamazon.com)
    ×1.53 26 #28 | 30 points by seam_carver 8 hours ago | 49 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Automating my 35mm film scanning pipeline (shannadige.com)
    ×0.56 53 #46 | 18 points by shannadige 10 hours ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???