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  1. Ask HN: Are you still using a Vision Pro?
    ×1.32 22 #54 | 149 points by y1n0 13 hours ago | 189 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: Why hasn't there been a real competitor to Ticketmaster yet?
    ×1.43 46 #59 | 247 points by mdni007 1 day ago | 226 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI?
    ×2.30 12 | 418 points by aryamaan 1 day ago | 713 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: Favorite text heavy blogs the are a joy to read
    ×0.93 7 | 29 points by joshmarinacci 12 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: Is software engineering still a good career choice for new students?
    ×1.63 29 | 10 points by iliashad 9 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI?
    ×2.86 56 | 731 points by andrehacker 5 days ago | 1106 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: Prediction for SpaceX IPO?
    ×0.57 66 | 5 points by bix6 12 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: How to escalate a rejected Google extension?
    ×0.70 78 | 23 points by modzu 1 day ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: So what happened to Facebook "localhost" tracking?
    ×0.71 109 | 106 points by juliusceasar 5 days ago | 102 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: How are you preserving your skills while using AI?
    ×0.79 64 | 8 points by rdrmc 15 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: How do you cope when your startup contracts?
    ×0.58 88 | 14 points by jasonephraim 1 day ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: What is your (AI) dev tech stack / workflow?
    ×1.85 90 | 165 points by dv35z 4 days ago | 134 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. LeetCode is the best way to learn a new language
    ×0.06 | 2 points by JasonHEIN 21 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: Which companies gained a competitive edge purely via engineering?
    ×0.48 126 | 5 points by j1000 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: What's your favorite HN Recap like podcast?
    ×0.17 120 | 5 points by randomor 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: Why is the HN crowd so anti-AI?
    ×3.19 60 | 457 points by Ekami 4 days ago | 756 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: How do you find deep technical content?
    ×0.94 138 | 40 points by f311a 5 days ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: Why won't you be replaced by AI?
    ×1.06 100 | 10 points by atleastoptimal 1 day ago | 38 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: Options for critical thinking and learning outside work?
    ×0.73 114 | 6 points by hnthrow10282910 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: Where do you like to consume content anymore?
    ×0.78 103 | 6 points by selectedambient 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: How are thinking efforts implemented?
    ×0.84 107 | 26 points by simianwords 2 days ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Authorization via Gmail and Apple ID Banned in Russia
    ×1.89 59 | 8 points by levleontiev 12 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: Gin rummy strategies
    ×0.48 144 | 24 points by bix6 5 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: What is happening with the Meta Ads dashboard?
    ×0.43 151 | 4 points by ramon156 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Is there any data on whether users prefer voice/chatbot experiences?
    ×0.22 | 2 points by fnimick 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: How do PaaS hosting providers enforce user policy compliance?
    ×0.30 | 2 points by iishanto 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: Were CS profs right to look down on programming in light of modern AI?
    ×0.52 155 | 6 points by amichail 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Bad MCP design costs your agent 5x more tokens
    ×0.66 147 | 15 points by JohnnyZhang483 5 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: Open-Source Software in Aerospace Imaging?
    ×0.28 122 | 6 points by lightedman 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Ask HN: What is the AI setup for an experienced dev starting on a new project?
    ×0.43 129 | 5 points by postexitus 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Ask HN: Is the web for machines (/llm.txt) the one we wished we had as humans?
    ×0.80 132 | 36 points by sunshine-o 4 days ago | 57 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Tell HN: Stripe ToS update demands biometrics, freezes payments until given
    ×0.97 119 | 13 points by cuz-reasons 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. I'm tired of LLM skill slop, so I built mine with regression tests
    ×0.56 157 | 9 points by iliaov 5 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Ask HN: My competitors have flawed products but I can't get traction
    ×0.48 152 | 11 points by saveitincork 5 days ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Ask HN: How do I whitelist commands in Antigravity?
    ×1.05 139 | 5 points by madprops 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Ask HN: How to get my contact info off US political party's list
    ×0.83 142 | 10 points by kaycebasques 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Ask HN: What works for cutting AI token costs?
    ×1.01 101 | 5 points by leoncos 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Ask HN: Thoughts on Siri AI?
    ×0.37 | 2 points by akashwadhwani35 23 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Ask HN: Where do you get the latest updates about AI?
    ×0.51 154 | 5 points by d0able 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Ask HN: Does consciousness itself require memory?
    ×0.79 127 | 4 points by modinfo 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Ask HN: Job market for SDMs/Engineering Managers. Any reliable data?
    ×0.34 145 | 5 points by ed_balls 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Ask HN: Does robotics capabilities research accelerate AGI timelines?
    ×0.51 153 | 8 points by themasterchief 4 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Ask HN: I made an image watermarking tool. What are the issues open-sourcing it?
    ×0.24 156 | 3 points by minimaxir 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Show HN: NoSuggest – Watch YouTube without the recommendation algorithm (nosuggest.com)
    ×1.17 72 | 58 points by VJ-2-108 6 days ago | 61 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Show HN: Inbox-beam – notifications in your inbox without sending email (github.com/toyoshi)
    ×1.84 125 | 13 points by toyoshi 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Experience using AI software to prove Euler sum results [pdf] (davidhbailey.com)
    ×0.24 65 #44 | 8 points by cpp_frog 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. I'm building a parallel internet, and it's called The Thinnernet (inavoyage.blogspot.com)
    ×0.93 51 #81 | 105 points by initramfs 1 day ago | 130 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Claude Fable 5's new features, tested by having it write its own launch coverage (medium.com)
    ×0.40 | 1 points by jungard 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Show HN: OpenPayphone – open-source guts for a 1996 coin payphone (Pi and SIP) (github.com/eric-cgn)
    ×2.14 106 | 23 points by mcintyem 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Show HN: macOS Apps on Linux: SwiftUI for Linux (and AppKit, NSFoundation, etc.) (github.com/Lore-Hex)
    ×1.45 111 | 6 points by ljlolel 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Show HN: Mnemo – local-first AI memory layer for any LLM (Rust, SQLite,petgraph) (github.com/zaydmulani09)
    ×0.72 133 | 60 points by zaydmulani 6 days ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. OCaml Onboarding: Introduction to the Dune build system (ocamlpro.com)
    ×1.02 33 #89 | 166 points by andrewstetsenko 1 day ago | 33 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Moon Mnf: magic wands,idiots, first principal (lmcpress.com)
    ×0.52 | 1 points by AITripleAce 57 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Age verification tech could put children at greater risk, says think tank (computerweekly.com)
    ×2.95 35 | 214 points by robtherobber 2 days ago | 194 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Blaise v0.10.0: Native Back End, Threads and Incremental Compilation (github.com/graemeg)
    ×0.35 63 #51 | 22 points by mariuz 13 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Where is the AI jobs crisis? (apollo.com)
    ×2.06 23 #58 | 153 points by bwestergard 14 hours ago | 238 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Recovoly – AI-powered ink bleed removal for scanned documents (recovoly.com)
    ×0.56 | 1 points by thisarajay 43 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. System Card: Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 [pdf] (anthropic.com)
    ×2.50 64 | 211 points by scrlk 15 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. 'Sloppenheimer:' Amazon employees mock the company's AI on Slack (404media.co)
    ×2.86 57 | 188 points by doener 16 hours ago | 93 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. PowerToys 0.100 Is Here (microsoft.com)
    ×0.70 | 1 points by Klaster_1 19 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Vibe Coding is the new Internet Dating (joecmarshall.com)
    ×0.55 | 1 points by CoreSet 42 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Twelve Factor App Method (2011) (12factor.net)
    ×0.54 | 1 points by zuzuen_1 42 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Show HN: Frhog, Your Friendly Head of Growth (frhog.com)
    ×1.50 91 | 4 points by krm01 17 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Show HN: RainBreak App – The AI doesn't need a break. But you do (franzai.com)
    ×1.16 105 | 3 points by franze 19 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Show HN: AI Pair Programmer for Emacs (github.com/jaketothepast)
    ×9.51 69 | 35 points by jakewindle47 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Grit: Rewriting Git in Rust with agents (gitbutler.com)
    ×1.47 3 #21 | 131 points by cbrewster 11 hours ago | 177 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. The Evolution of 'More Like This' (manticoresearch.com)
    ×0.36 53 #36 | 8 points by snikolaev 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Coding is solved: one guy reverse-engineered Claude Desktop for Linux via Claude (github.com/aaddrick)
    ×2.06 | 2 points by landsman 3 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Show HN: Gravity – Interactive solar-system simulator, from Newton to Einstein (qunabu.github.io)
    ×1.13 25 #30 | 175 points by qunabu 20 hours ago | 41 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Facebook is paying people overseas promoting Alberta separatism (cbc.ca)
    ×5.75 38 | 301 points by vrganj 1 day ago | 166 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. I replaced Spotify with a homemade FM radio station (reddit.com)
    ×2.11 36 | 146 points by dredmorbius 1 day ago | 55 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Splash Is a Colour Format (todepond.com)
    ×0.58 102 #88 | 77 points by tobr 3 days ago | 112 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Finitemax (instagram.com)
    ×0.51 | 1 points by Faizaan_vx 54 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Show HN: DaysLeft – a bio-age clock that shows a range, not a death date (daysleft.io)
    ×0.60 | 2 points by neo-genesis 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: Leash, a low-dopamine mobile browser replacement (leash.ax)
    ×1.73 25 | 3 points by hemmert 1 hour ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Self-Prompt (selfprompt.dev)
    ×0.43 | 1 points by pro_methe5 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. USB Devices – OrbStack Docs (orbstack.dev)
    ×1.05 | 2 points by watermelon0 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Confidential submission of draft S-1 to the SEC (openai.com)
    ×2.30 14 | 357 points by hackerBanana 1 day ago | 311 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. An introduction to functional analysis for science and engineering (arxiv.org)
    ×1.03 31 #57 | 118 points by Anon84 22 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Principles for Agent-Native CLIs (trevinsays.com)
    ×0.46 | 1 points by saikatsg 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Don't Be Stupid: Grasp Solid (npopov.com)
    ×0.46 | 1 points by prakashqwerty 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Show HN: KnowledgeMCP – Turn any docs into an MCP endpoint (0 LLM at query time) (github.com/hashwnath)
    ×0.54 | 2 points by Hashwanths 7 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Cleaning up after AI rockstar developers (codingwithjesse.com)
    ×3.72 22 #52 | 465 points by BrunoBernardino 23 hours ago | 342 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Rejected Emoji Proposals (charlottebuff.com)
    ×0.47 | 1 points by cheeaun 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Show HN: OpenCode powered coding workspace for microcontroller development (github.com/Razz19)
    ×0.36 | 1 points by razorson 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Thunderbird Littering My Home (thefoggiest.dev)
    ×0.84 53 | 86 points by speckx 1 day ago | 60 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Full Reverse Engineering of the TI-84 Plus Operating System (siraben.github.io)
    ×1.23 30 | 147 points by siraben 1 day ago | 23 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: Run Gemini & ChatGPT UI with Python (github.com/pseudo-usama)
    ×0.84 102 | 3 points by pseudo-usama 18 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: ABC Classic 100 Rankings visualised (gotski.workers.dev)
    ×0.56 121 | 37 points by gotski 4 days ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. EU-banned pesticides found in rice, tea and spices (foodwatch.org)
    ×2.62 #74 | 507 points by john-titor 1 day ago | 289 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???