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  1. Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2026 – Show and tell
    ×1.23 41 | 3 points by selmas58 38 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: Any Microsoft employees/devs here? What's happening to Microsoft?
    ×0.80 38 | 31 points by thehamkercat 14 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2026)
    ×0.84 116 | 163 points by whoishiring 4 days ago | 376 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: How do you use 5–10 minute gaps productively?
    ×0.64 118 | 35 points by pea 2 days ago | 48 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Git analytics that works across GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket
    ×0.23 | 2 points by akhnid 15 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2026)
    ×1.38 96 | 347 points by whoishiring 4 days ago | 304 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. RevisionDojo, a YC startup, is running astroturfing campaigns targeting kids?
    ×2.80 10 | 447 points by red-polygon 1 day ago | 83 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. ProjectCLI: The Swiss Army Knife CLI for bootstrapping any project
    ×0.96 111 | 3 points by dawitworku 13 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: What's a standard way for apps to request text completion as a service?
    ×0.26 151 | 4 points by nvader 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Amazon Prime AI overviews can't even get the basics right
    ×1.65 76 | 42 points by PyWoody 1 day ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: Has anyone else been struggling with search lately?
    ×2.11 90 | 27 points by areoform 1 day ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: How do small teams make sure recurring tasks don't slip?
    ×0.37 119 | 5 points by batels 21 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Tell HN: Internet Bug Bounty (IBB) on HackerOne Appears Dead, CVEs Unpaid
    ×0.23 112 | 4 points by irke882 16 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: What kind of setup do you run for your children?
    ×0.70 101 | 6 points by mattwdelong 16 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Anyone building software for wearable tech?
    ×0.36 120 | 15 points by ssc23 1 day ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Private Operating System
    ×0.59 126 | 6 points by ariatelco 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. I made a lofi page for late night work
    ×0.91 109 | 17 points by onmyway133 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: Launching niche service soon, how should I prepare?
    ×0.79 | 2 points by thedangler 10 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: Reading list for being a better engineer?
    ×1.15 135 | 40 points by drekipus 3 days ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. What do people usually do with spare Android phones? Any practical use cases?
    ×0.60 150 | 17 points by AndroidShare 2 days ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: What's the future of software testing and QA?
    ×0.85 146 | 23 points by sjgeek 3 days ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: What did you learn in 2025?
    ×1.38 154 | 19 points by kiernanmcgowan 3 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: Is anyone having success with Reddit ads?
    ×2.64 95 | 6 points by mattglossop 15 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: Are you missing daily email alerts from HN?
    ×0.43 143 | 9 points by unknownhad 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Tell HN: I'm having the worst career winter of my life
    ×2.51 133 | 96 points by mariogintili 4 days ago | 121 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: What's the best talk you've watched?
    ×3.03 103 | 18 points by barddoo 1 day ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: How is your work making the world a better place?
    ×1.15 138 | 15 points by AbstractH24 2 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Tell HN: EU soliciting feedback on law that could affect Open Access
    ×0.89 140 | 10 points by Quanttek 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. How to use AI to augment learning without losing critical thinking skills?
    ×0.70 160 | 24 points by mintsuku 5 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Ask HN: Expository/Succinct Books on Modern Physics
    ×0.76 152 | 27 points by rramadass 4 days ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Ask HN: When do we expose "Humans as Tools" so LLM agents can call us on demand?
    ×1.22 156 | 48 points by vedmakk 5 days ago | 32 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ask HN: Who is using Nebula (mesh VPN)?
    ×0.84 161 | 8 points by cdsl 3 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Ask HN: Replacement for MacUpdater which reached EOL on 2026-01-01
    ×0.88 163 | 6 points by croemer 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Svger CLI – Zero-dependency SVG to component tool, 52% faster than SVGR
    ×0.32 162 | 3 points by navid_rezadoost 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Ask HN: Why not ban first-person pronouns from conversational AI?
    ×0.80 157 | 9 points by libertyit 2 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Show HN: 48-digit prime numbers every git commit (textonly.github.io)
    ×0.81 1 #69 | 56 points by keepamovin 11 hours ago | 43 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Show HN: I built an Instagram Clone (lovable.app)
    ×0.47 | 1 points by nsemikey 1 hour ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Show HN: Enclose Horse – Daily Puzzle Game (enclosehorse.com)
    ×0.51 | 1 points by cottomzhang 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Featherbase (featherbase.info)
    ×1.12 8 | 3 points by aratno 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. A glimpse into V8 development for RISC-V (riseproject.dev)
    ×1.03 38 | 7 points by floitsch 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Comparing AI agents to cybersecurity professionals in real-world pen testing (arxiv.org)
    ×0.84 16 #21 | 89 points by littlexsparkee 9 hours ago | 57 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Show HN: llmgame.ai – The Wikipedia Game but with LLMs (llmgame.ai)
    ×0.63 74 #68 | 21 points by jmcallister 12 hours ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. On the slow death of scaling (ssrn.com)
    ×0.89 1 #8 | 47 points by sethbannon 3 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Owning a Domain Increases Digital Self-Reliance (chuck.is)
    ×1.66 33 #90 | 11 points by birdculture 7 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Show HN: Kurisu – Statistical dashboard in a single HTML file (gumroad.com)
    ×0.86 88 | 4 points by iriai_san 9 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Show HN: Live VNC for web agents – debugging native captcha on Cloud Run (rtrvr.ai)
    ×0.80 124 | 10 points by quarkcarbon279 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Show HN: HNBrew – Daily/weekly Hacker News digest emails (hndigest replacement) (hnbrew.com)
    ×0.80 | 2 points by krystofbe 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Show HN: VaultSandbox – Test your real MailGun/SES/etc. integration (vaultsandbox.com)
    ×0.72 17 #14 | 22 points by vaultsandbox 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Show HN: Claude Reflect – Auto-turn Claude corrections into project config (github.com/BayramAnnakov)
    ×0.97 113 | 75 points by Bayram 3 days ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. We Still Don't Know If Robotaxis Are Safer Than Human Drivers (bloomberg.com)
    ×2.51 22 | 4 points by jakelazaroff 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Dealing with abandonware (2024) (hris.to)
    ×1.35 53 | 139 points by mondobe 1 day ago | 51 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Swapping two blocks of memory inside a larger block, in constant memory (microsoft.com)
    ×0.62 50 #77 | 44 points by paulmooreparks 17 hours ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Show HN: Sidestream – an AI chat app with a side of insight (github.com/ericbrandon)
    ×1.08 86 | 5 points by EricBrandon 10 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Show HN: A Git structure for AI to orchestrate across code, docs, and ops (goldsborough.io)
    ×1.09 104 | 4 points by barefootsanders 13 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Show HN: H-1B Salary Data Explorer
    ×1.92 128 | 28 points by zuhayeer 2 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. JavaScript Analyzer – Burp Suite Extension (github.com/jenish-sojitra)
    ×0.76 59 #45 | 12 points by handfuloflight 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. The creator of Claude Code just revealed his workflow (venturebeat.com)
    ×1.31 64 #75 | 31 points by weinzierl 15 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. C Is Best (2025) (sqlite.org)
    ×3.99 66 | 376 points by alexpadula 18 hours ago | 496 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Show HN: OSS sustain guard – Sustainability signals for OSS dependencies (onukura.github.io)
    ×0.55 97 | 21 points by onukura 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Show HN: I'm 35 and couldn't finish reading articles anymore, so I built this (obasic.app)
    ×1.99 127 | 6 points by ggomma 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Show HN: Quantum Tunnel (chuanqisun.github.io)
    ×0.73 123 | 30 points by osmoscraft 2 days ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Calling All Hackers: How money works (2024) (phrack.org)
    ×1.32 1 #13 | 216 points by krrishd 10 hours ago | 137 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Ruby Array Pack Bleed (nastystereo.com)
    ×1.46 13 #32 | 42 points by pentestercrab 7 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Show HN: Git-workty – I got tired of Git stash and built a worktree wrapper (github.com/binbandit)
    ×1.47 139 | 4 points by binbandit 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Creating a bespoke data diode for air‑gapped networks (nelop.com)
    ×0.73 35 #73 | 35 points by nelop 13 hours ago | 76 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Keeping Syria connected during war: Surviving ISIS and Intelligence (syriauntold.com)
    ×1.17 73 | 67 points by oavioklein 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Show HN: VPS marketplace for 5 Clouds in Yer Terminal (github.com/BrowserBox)
    ×2.62 131 | 6 points by keepamovin 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Show HN: ISO 8583 simulator in Python with LLM-powered message explanation (github.com/bassrehab)
    ×2.49 141 | 6 points by subhadipmitra 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Securing SSH Authentication with FIDO2 Security Keys (yubico.com)
    ×0.58 | 1 points by Lwrless 33 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Venezuela 'turning over' oil to US in move that could cut supply to China (theguardian.com)
    ×2.40 35 | 4 points by wslh 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. The Post-American Internet (pluralistic.net)
    ×4.36 48 | 535 points by EvanAnderson 1 day ago | 409 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Raspberry Pi and mini PC home lab prices hit parity as DRAM costs skyrocket (tomshardware.com)
    ×1.85 29 | 87 points by speckx 14 hours ago | 44 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Sandboxing Untrusted Python (github.com/mavdol)
    ×0.74 84 | 66 points by mavdol04 1 day ago | 51 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Show HN: Open-Source 8-Ch BCI Board (ESP32 and ADS1299 and OpenBCI GUI) (github.com/Cerelog-ESP-EEG)
    ×0.55 87 | 53 points by simontheHWguy 1 day ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Scientists Think They've Discovered How Humans Could Recover Lost Vision (popularmechanics.com)
    ×1.27 | 2 points by littlexsparkee 57 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. AIVO Standard Methodology Note: Correction and Assurance Ledger (zenodo.org)
    ×1.06 | 2 points by businessmate 2 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die (arstechnica.com)
    ×3.89 14 | 493 points by randycupertino 1 day ago | 289 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Show HN: Wario Synth – Turn any song into Game Boy version (wario.style)
    ×1.05 149 | 72 points by birdmania 5 days ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. We recreated Steve Jobs's 1975 Atari horoscope program (adafruit.com)
    ×1.26 16 #10 | 49 points by ptorrone 6 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Six-decade math puzzle solved by Korean mathematician (koreaherald.com)
    ×1.47 22 #74 | 253 points by mikhael 1 day ago | 82 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. The Manifold Mind of Saul Bellow (metropolitanreview.org)
    ×0.65 22 #35 | 12 points by samclemens 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. All AI Videos Are Harmful (2025) (idiallo.com)
    ×3.05 25 | 313 points by Brajeshwar 1 day ago | 320 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Why AI agents stall inside fast-moving teams (twitter.com/siddhxrth10)
    ×0.57 | 1 points by siddhxrth 52 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Gatekeepers of Law: Inside the Westlaw and LexisNexis Duopoly (thebignewsletter.com)
    ×1.36 57 | 152 points by toomuchtodo 1 day ago | 66 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. New Lego smart-play system (lego.com)
    ×2.93 8 | 68 points by acoye 16 hours ago | 48 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Show HN: A photo restoration tool that recovers facial details (photorefix.com)
    ×0.80 | 2 points by standew 17 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Show HN: Twitter Viewer – View Profiles,Search Tweets,Download Videos (No Login) (twitterwebviewer.com)
    ×0.81 | 2 points by PeterAnderson 15 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Microsoft probably killed my Snapdragon Dev Kit (jasoneckert.github.io)
    ×1.25 1 #4 | 132 points by jasoneckert 4 hours ago | 75 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: Jax-JS, array library in JavaScript targeting WebGPU (ekzhang.com)
    ×1.08 11 #70 | 76 points by ekzhang 12 hours ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Intel Core Ultra Series 3 Debut as First Built on Intel 18A (intel.com)
    ×1.33 57 #79 | 106 points by osnium123 1 day ago | 166 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???