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  1. Tell HN: 2 years building a kids audio app as a solo dev – lessons learned
    ×1.44 18 #22 | 18 points by oliverjanssen 2 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: Does "Zapier for payment automation" exist?
    ×0.45 72 #49 | 4 points by PL_Venard 2 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: How are you automating your coding work?
    ×1.59 28 #57 | 44 points by manthangupta109 3 hours ago | 54 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: When does changing pricing models break user trust?
    ×1.21 16 #59 | 5 points by skicoachapp 1 hour ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Tell HN: Claude session limits getting small
    ×0.71 32 #62 | 5 points by pragmaticalien8 2 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Tell HN: ChatGPT needs a persistent workspace layer
    ×1.36 22 #75 | 4 points by LostBeacon 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Tell HN: The FAA is pushing to decimate small flight schools
    ×0.80 55 #78 | 3 points by salusinarduis 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: What's your biggest challenge with context engineering for AI agents?
    ×0.85 52 #81 | 3 points by karpathunter 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. How do you keep AI-generated applications consistent as they evolve over time?
    ×0.31 51 #82 | 3 points by RobertSerber 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: Is OBD-II telematics data more private than mobile app tracking?
    ×0.37 50 #83 | 3 points by insuranceguru 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Tell HN: Claude helped me maintain my old open source project
    ×2.12 16 #84 | 5 points by nergal 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: How locked down are your work machines?
    ×2.64 20 #85 | 8 points by donatj 1 hour ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: Do you have any evidence that agentic coding works?
    ×3.20 21 #88 | 397 points by terabytest 1 day ago | 406 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Tell HN: Amazon has deactivated my seller account
    ×2.02 66 #90 | 66 points by hacky_engineer 4 hours ago | 69 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: What are good resources to get familiar with AI code editors?
    ×1.39 42 | 3 points by northfield27 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: What single AI tool/technique 10x'd your productivity last year?
    ×0.88 44 | 3 points by laxmena 6 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: Are you going to meetups/conferences?
    ×0.90 44 | 3 points by carimura 7 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: Can someone make a CAS just checking last bit on x86/ARM please?
    ×0.45 50 | 3 points by goofy_lemur 12 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: Why does SOC 2 feel so hard for early-stage startups?
    ×0.87 54 | 3 points by asdxrfx 8 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: What should I write about next? (CS student learning by writing)
    ×0.51 57 | 3 points by Aditya_kachhawa 8 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Tell HN: Avoid Cerebras if you are a founder
    ×2.46 4 | 25 points by remusomega 6 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Tell HN: Bending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday
    ×4.40 85 | 341 points by Daemon404 6 hours ago | 308 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: Revive a mostly dead Discord server
    ×0.29 105 | 18 points by movedx 1 day ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Code review your plans and your implementation
    ×0.53 112 | 3 points by mayassin 10 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Which Matrix and Mastodon servers are you using and why?
    ×2.91 24 | 5 points by fsflover 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: COBOL devs, how are AI coding affecting your work?
    ×1.01 94 | 167 points by zkid18 2 days ago | 183 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: Which common map projections make Greenland look smaller?
    ×0.49 113 | 17 points by jimnotgym 1 day ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: How do you keep system context from rotting over time?
    ×0.54 111 | 15 points by kennethops 1 day ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: Is retreq / retspec a thing?
    ×0.34 114 | 3 points by foobarbecue 10 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Ask HN: How to introduce Claude Code to a team?
    ×0.65 119 | 10 points by 9dev 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Ask HN: Why don't tech companies provide housing?
    ×0.74 98 | 5 points by alcasa 11 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ask HN: What are the recommender systems papers from 2024-2025?
    ×1.50 110 | 14 points by haensi 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Ask HN: What's an API that you wish existed?
    ×1.00 123 | 9 points by tornikeo 1 day ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Ask HN: Is it even possible to stop Google Calendar spam?
    ×2.16 77 | 6 points by artur_makly 7 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Ask HN: Did past "bubbles" have so many people claiming we were in a bubble?
    ×2.13 103 | 17 points by bmau5 1 day ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Ask HN: Breaking into tech project management from different field?
    ×0.48 140 | 4 points by conner_h5 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Ask HN: Local models to support home network infrastructure?
    ×0.61 134 | 5 points by DrAwdeOccarim 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Ask HN: How worried should I be about running LLM code on my machine?
    ×0.94 120 | 9 points by scoofy 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Ask HN: Should you combine your personal website and blog or keep them separate?
    ×1.40 135 | 6 points by nanfinitum 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Ask HN: Clipboard overflows causing system crashes in macOS Tahoe 26.3 beta 2?
    ×1.12 124 | 8 points by nhubbard 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Ask HN: What non-fiction do you read?
    ×1.05 128 | 14 points by yanis_t 1 day ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Ask HN: How would you design for this scale today?
    ×0.82 139 | 4 points by phs318u 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Ask HN: Would you trust a new browser security extension in 2025?
    ×0.20 152 | 3 points by linklock 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. TruCite–an independent verification layer for AI outputs in regulated workflows
    ×0.30 170 | 3 points by docmani74 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Ask HN: What should I do with my old laptop in 2026?
    ×0.94 165 | 5 points by nanfinitum 2 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. AI Californication
    ×1.62 154 | 6 points by shoman3003 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Treating anxiety as a bug in legacy code (engineering approach)
    ×0.34 144 | 5 points by bitkin_dev 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Ask HN: Claude Opus performance affected by time of day?
    ×0.54 163 | 39 points by scaredreally 5 days ago | 39 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Ask HN: Do we need independence and autonomy in Edge-Cloud?
    ×0.59 | 2 points by Dutchhack 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Ask HN: how to detect teammate vs. enemy in Krunker.io?
    ×0.34 | 2 points by kracked0x 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Fabric lets me assess online AI from my Unix CLI
    ×0.28 | 2 points by oldguy101 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Tell HN: Linode EU-West (London) is having routing problems
    ×0.28 | 2 points by handelaar 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Ask HN: Doing well solo, struggling in team-centric engineering roles
    ×1.11 147 | 4 points by ig0r0 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Ask HN: How do you find a GTM cofounder for a developer-first infra startup?
    ×0.74 158 | 3 points by Aydarbek 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. I built a tiny daemon that reminds me what matters
    ×1.34 174 | 3 points by amitdawar 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Ask HN: Burned out from tech, what else is there?
    ×4.81 72 | 92 points by bleosh 1 day ago | 99 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Ask HN: How do solo founders handle security?
    ×1.35 156 | 4 points by massi24 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Ask HN: How have you or your firm made money with LLMs?
    ×0.77 175 | 12 points by bwestergard 5 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Ask HN: When has humanities/history knowledge helped you in tech?
    ×0.52 160 | 7 points by amadeuswoo 2 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. YC Events
    ×0.63 157 | 8 points by obedvega 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Ask HN: Is there a search engine that blocks SEO / AI content?
    ×1.25 162 | 4 points by cauliflower99 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Ask HN: Browser extension vs. native app for structured form filling?
    ×0.39 178 | 6 points by livrasand 5 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Ask HN: How to bullet proof yourself from AI?
    ×1.17 155 | 20 points by max_ 3 days ago | 23 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Ask HN: How many local logins do you have on your computer?
    ×0.35 168 | 8 points by bahmboo 2 days ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Ask HN: How to get a job after a career break?
    ×0.79 166 | 11 points by shivajikobardan 3 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Ask HN: Why not have cemeteries for lines of descent?
    ×0.91 172 | 3 points by amichail 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Ask HN: Is replacing an enterprise product with LLMs a realistic strategy?
    ×0.64 173 | 8 points by chandmk 3 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Ask HN: Who's using DuckDB in production?
    ×0.60 177 | 7 points by yakkomajuri 5 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Ask HN: Are cross-platform UI frameworks suitable for camera apps?
    ×0.24 176 | 4 points by Austin_Conlon 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Ask HN: Where to find VC fund or investor for project in Europe?
    ×0.55 164 | 8 points by nicksbg 2 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Ask HN: What non-LLM tools have meaningfully improved your dev productivity?
    ×0.35 171 | 4 points by primaprashant 2 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Tell HN: Poshmark instantly leaked my email to scammers
    ×0.53 169 | 8 points by hardenedmetapod 3 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Ask your Slack bot what the dev team shipped
    ×0.19 | 2 points by inferno22 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Why are websites trying to talk at me?
    ×0.43 179 | 3 points by LeratoAustini 3 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. TrustTunnel: AdGuard VPN protocol goes open-source (adguard-vpn.com)
    ×1.87 15 #15 | 35 points by kumrayu 3 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. The problem with pretending quantum mechanics makes sense – Sean Carroll [video] (youtube.com)
    ×0.84 | 1 points by amichail 6 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Running Claude Code dangerously (safely) (emilburzo.com)
    ×1.94 33 | 334 points by emilburzo 1 day ago | 252 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Show HN: ChunkHound, a local-first tool for understanding large codebases (github.com/chunkhound)
    ×1.01 130 | 114 points by NadavBenItzhak 4 days ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. The WebRacket language is a subset of Racket that compiles to WebAssembly (github.com/soegaard)
    ×1.10 19 #8 | 69 points by mfru 5 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. SmartOS (smartos.org)
    ×1.41 17 #39 | 161 points by ofrzeta 7 hours ago | 64 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Show HN: Beats, a web-based drum machine (lasagna.pizza)
    ×1.43 106 | 157 points by kinduff 3 days ago | 48 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Three types of LLM workloads and how to serve them (modal.com)
    ×0.82 32 #10 | 19 points by charles_irl 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. The percentage of Show HN posts is increasing, but their scores are decreasing (snubi.net)
    ×2.04 3 #73 | 191 points by plastic041 15 hours ago | 144 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Devin Review: AI to Stop Slop (cognition.ai)
    ×3.32 73 | 27 points by agtestdvn 1 hour ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Go 1.26 Interactive Tour (antonz.org)
    ×3.28 89 | 110 points by phren0logy 1 day ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Show HN: iOS app I made to track my anxiety (mudoapp.com)
    ×1.59 87 | 4 points by adictonator 7 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Show HN: Streaming gigabyte medical images from S3 without downloading them (github.com/PABannier)
    ×1.03 126 | 161 points by el_pa_b 4 days ago | 48 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: LLM-friendly debugger-CLI using the Debug Adapter Protocol (github.com/akiselev)
    ×0.70 | 2 points by akiselev 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: ChartGPU – WebGPU-powered charting library (1M points at 60fps) (github.com/ChartGPU)
    ×2.03 6 #1 | 446 points by huntergemmer 8 hours ago | 139 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. GenAI, the snake eating its own tail (ybrikman.com)
    ×2.96 2 #37 | 57 points by brikis98 4 hours ago | 62 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???