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  1. ChatGPT finds an error in Terence Tao's math research
    ×1.63 38 #72 | 30 points by codexon 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Does anyone use CrewAI or LangChain anymore?
    ×0.88 5 | 4 points by rakan1 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: How do you know if AI agents will choose your tool?
    ×0.53 23 #88 | 20 points by dmpyatyi 9 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: What Linux Would Be a Good Transition from Windows 11
    ×1.23 37 | 5 points by Cyberis 4 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: Chromebook leads for K-8 school in need?
    ×0.41 77 | 42 points by techteach00 1 day ago | 43 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: What is up with all the glitchy and off-topic comments?
    ×1.34 26 | 7 points by marginalia_nu 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: Is it better to have no Agent.md than a bad one?
    ×0.27 92 | 5 points by parvardegr 12 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Where do you save links, notes and random useful stuff?
    ×0.76 67 | 7 points by a_protsyuk 7 hours ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. GLP-1 Second-Order Effects
    ×1.06 40 | 20 points by 7777777phil 11 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: Programmable Watches with WiFi?
    ×0.29 143 | 11 points by dakiol 2 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. So Claude's stealing our business secrets, right?
    ×1.25 109 | 25 points by arm32 1 day ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: Are developers who build libs and dev tools safer from AI replacement?
    ×0.44 | 2 points by danver0 7 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: What breaks when you run AI agents unsupervised?
    ×0.39 115 | 11 points by marvin_nora 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: Why doesn't HN have a rec algorithm?
    ×0.28 139 | 9 points by sujayk_33 1 day ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: How are early-stage AI startups thinking about IP protection?
    ×0.18 123 | 4 points by shaheeniquebal 22 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: Cognitive Offloading to AI
    ×0.85 110 | 12 points by daringrain32781 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: What Comes After Markdown?
    ×0.34 125 | 7 points by YuukiJyoudai 1 day ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. I'm 15 and built a platform for developers to showcase WIP projects
    ×0.83 142 | 12 points by amin2011 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Back end where you just define schema, access policy, and functions
    ×0.21 150 | 3 points by emilss 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: If the "AI bubble" pops, will it really be that dramatic?
    ×0.87 131 | 14 points by moomoo11 2 days ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: Is there a reliable way to tell if an image is AI generated?
    ×0.36 119 | 8 points by leandrobon 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Tell HN: Claude mangles XML files with <name> as an XML Tag to <n>
    ×0.46 118 | 9 points by exabrial 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. I made my favorite AI tool
    ×0.29 149 | 4 points by sebringj 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Should I add this acknowledgement/shoutout by xAI/Grok to my resume?
    ×0.18 | 2 points by aehsan4004 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Why don't software developers make medical devices?
    ×1.25 162 | 7 points by piratesAndSons 2 days ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Open-Source Bionic Reading Chrome Extension (MIT)
    ×0.19 | 2 points by sdgnbs 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Orvia – Spin up a real-time room, share files, leave – everything disappears
    ×0.24 | 2 points by yc_surajkr 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: How do new blogs break the backlink–indexing loop?
    ×1.13 160 | 4 points by lilcodingthings 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: Is it worth learning Vim in 2026?
    ×1.10 141 | 34 points by zekejohn 3 days ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Peer validation platform for engineering skills (inspired by X community notes)
    ×0.12 166 | 4 points by ms_sv 2 days ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Ask HN: Is there a workaround in OpenClaw for tab not found
    ×0.31 | 2 points by jinen83 23 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ask HN: Do US presidents have less fiduciary liability than CEOs?
    ×1.28 126 | 6 points by stopbulying 1 day ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Ask HN: What happens to all the hardware when data centers upgrade?
    ×0.68 158 | 12 points by givemeethekeys 3 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Ask HN: Do You Love My "Assess Idea" (AI) Robo-Reply Side Project Idea?
    ×0.21 167 | 3 points by burnerToBetOut 2 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Ask HN: What (other) jobs do you think of doing?
    ×0.52 145 | 14 points by penguin_booze 2 days ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Ask HN: Are hackathons still worth doing?
    ×0.43 164 | 13 points by kwar13 4 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. A lithium-ion breakthrough that could boost range and lower costs (techradar.com)
    ×1.20 1 #56 | 65 points by thelastgallon 9 hours ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. United States Withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (wikipedia.org)
    ×2.12 26 | 3 points by treetalker 41 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Lamplight.Cafe (lamplight.cafe)
    ×2.04 9 | 3 points by ryuura 55 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Aqua: A CLI message tool for AI agents (github.com/quailyquaily)
    ×0.71 62 | 73 points by lyricat 1 day ago | 32 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Show HN: I vibe-coded a custom WebGPU engine for my MMO (github.com/verekia)
    ×0.73 97 | 3 points by jverrecchia 10 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Show HN: Sayou: Open-source agent workspace with versioned files and MCP tools (github.com/pixell-global)
    ×1.10 136 | 3 points by syumpx 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Show HN: Babyshark – Wireshark made easy (terminal UI for PCAPs) (github.com/vignesh07)
    ×0.87 16 #22 | 74 points by eigen-vector 7 hours ago | 34 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Show HN: Self-hosted lightweight file sharing app. (folderhost) (github.com/MertJSX)
    ×3.29 84 | 8 points by mertjsx 13 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. You are not supposed to install OpenClaw on your personal computer (twitter.com/BenjaminBadejo)
    ×3.44 13 #25 | 141 points by bundie 6 hours ago | 109 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Show HN: MFLScout – Analytics Platform for Metaverse Football League
    ×0.56 | 1 points by iedayan03 58 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Web page design studio – Part one: User-friendly visuals, and responsive design (exoticsilicon.com)
    ×0.47 | 1 points by bookstore-romeo 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Show HN: Rendering 18,000 videos in real-time with Python (madebymohammed.com)
    ×1.95 91 | 41 points by mbmproductions 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. I put New Zealand behind a $1 paywall (rename.world)
    ×3.26 78 | 78 points by kafked 1 day ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Show HN: VectorNest responsive web-based SVG editor (ekrsulov.github.io)
    ×0.58 133 | 86 points by ekrsulov 5 days ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. AI is destroying open source, and it's not even good yet [video] (youtube.com)
    ×2.76 9 #86 | 70 points by delduca 11 hours ago | 66 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Show HN: 3D Mahjong, Built in CSS (voxjong.com)
    ×0.91 68 | 128 points by rofko 1 day ago | 58 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Show HN: BVisor – An Embedded Bash Sandbox, 2ms Boot, Written in Zig (github.com/butter-dot-dev)
    ×5.87 55 | 14 points by edunteman 10 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. FreeBSD 2025 Q4 Status Report (freebsd.org)
    ×0.65 | 1 points by vermaden 37 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. What is a database transaction? (planetscale.com)
    ×1.38 43 | 243 points by 0x54MUR41 1 day ago | 61 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. U.S. Cannot Legally Impose Tariffs Using Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 (worldtradelaw.net)
    ×4.67 89 | 77 points by JumpCrisscross 1 day ago | 33 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Show HN: Implementing ping from the Ethernet layer (ARP,IPv4,ICMP in user space) (github.com/v420v)
    ×1.56 96 | 8 points by ibuki256 18 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Show HN: Mato – a Multi-Agent Terminal Office workspace (tmux-like) (github.com/mr-kelly)
    ×0.92 105 | 3 points by chepy 12 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Show HN: OpenBrowserClaw – No Mac Mini. No VPS. No Cloud Deploy. Just Open a Tab (openbrowserclaw.com)
    ×2.18 121 | 5 points by sachaa 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Ladybird adopts Rust, with help from AI (ladybird.org)
    ×4.50 5 #15 | 1117 points by adius 17 hours ago | 609 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Dictionary Compression is finally here, and it's ridiculously good (httptoolkit.com)
    ×1.33 88 #64 | 29 points by pimterry 16 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Emulated Windows 3.11 in the Browser (pieter.com)
    ×1.20 68 #73 | 153 points by jalev 1 day ago | 82 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. IBM stock drops by 13% after Anthropic publishes a blog post (businessinsider.com)
    ×0.63 | 2 points by seagram 32 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Show HN: TLA+ Workbench skill for coding agents (compat. with Vercel skills CLI) (github.com/younes-io)
    ×0.82 93 | 41 points by youio 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Warm Oceans Turned a 3-Inch Forecast into a Record NYC Blizzard (umbrellatoday.app)
    ×1.08 77 #39 | 9 points by s-xyz 5 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Attention Media ≠ Social Networks (susam.net)
    ×2.71 15 #76 | 641 points by susam 1 day ago | 265 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Agents of Chaos (baulab.info)
    ×0.76 | 1 points by vinhnx 17 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Show HN: BudgetFast – Upload a bank statement screenshot, AI does the rest (budgetfast.co)
    ×0.55 | 1 points by ivanramos 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Large study finds link between cannabis use in teens and psychosis later (npr.org)
    ×2.37 27 | 83 points by BostonFern 11 hours ago | 97 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Show HN: Monolith e-commerce platform for serverless (hoikka.dev)
    ×1.17 116 | 3 points by zernobilly 16 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Show HN: LexReviewer – Because "Chat with PDF" is broken for legal workflows (github.com/LexStack-AI)
    ×0.63 | 1 points by sherebanuk 34 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. A.I. Is Not Going to Replace Software [video] (youtube.com)
    ×0.72 | 1 points by balls187 21 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Why is the toilet often called the debug chair? (ptidej.net)
    ×0.65 | 1 points by yann-gael 35 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Record-breaking Antarctic drill reveals 23M years of climate history (phys.org)
    ×2.19 17 | 3 points by wglb 49 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: spdx2dep – Convertig SPDX meta data to debian/copyright (dep5) (codeberg.org)
    ×1.25 144 | 5 points by buhtz 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Show HN: Cryphos – no-code crypto signal bot with Telegram alerts (cryphos.com)
    ×0.46 153 | 4 points by duckducker 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Show HN: Chaos Monkey but for Audio Video Testing (WebRTC and UDP) (github.com/MdSadiqMd)
    ×2.35 114 | 4 points by MdSadiqMd 19 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Pinterest is drowning in a sea of AI slop and auto-moderation (404media.co)
    ×1.66 45 #87 | 88 points by trinsic2 1 day ago | 73 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. The Rise of the Bratty Machines (nytimes.com)
    ×0.89 | 1 points by philip1209 4 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. The Aculturation of Claude (claude.ai)
    ×0.82 | 1 points by s1gs3gv 8 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Intel XeSS 3: expanded support for Core Ultra/Core Ultra 2 and Arc A, B series (intel.com)
    ×1.54 30 | 3 points by nateb2022 35 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Peter Attia resigns from CBS News following Epstein backlash (cnn.com)
    ×3.53 21 | 7 points by Bender 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Iran students stage first large anti-government protests since deadly crackdown (bbc.com)
    ×4.56 32 | 289 points by tartoran 1 day ago | 448 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. ‘Viking’ was a job, not a matter of heredity: ancient DNA study (2020) (science.org)
    ×1.15 9 #49 | 154 points by bookofjoe 13 hours ago | 150 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Ed's Stratego Site (edcollins.com)
    ×0.89 28 #85 | 37 points by Torwald 12 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Saturated ARC-AGI-2 (ycombinator.com)
    ×1.17 | 2 points by eightnoteight 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Some things we've learned about GPU textures at planetary scales (richg42.blogspot.com)
    ×0.51 | 1 points by vinhnx 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: Dress – A parameter-free O(E) graph equation that provably exceeds 1-WL (github.com/velicast)
    ×1.03 | 2 points by velicast 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. ReasonDB – A database that reasons through your documents (github.com/reasondb)
    ×1.84 35 | 3 points by ajainvivek 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. AWS won't discuss my bill, suspended my account, took $1,600, still no human
    ×6.52 51 | 114 points by gadjonesq 1 day ago | 45 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???