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  1. Ask HN: COBOL devs, how are AI coding affecting your work?
    ×1.09 8 #60 | 151 points by zkid18 13 hours ago | 164 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: Share your personal website
    ×3.13 76 | 940 points by susam 5 days ago | 2375 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. I Improved Claude's MCP-CLI Experimental MCP Fix – 18x speedup on 50 calls
    ×0.31 | 2 points by AIntelligentTec 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: When has humanities/history knowledge helped you in tech?
    ×0.20 | 2 points by amadeuswoo 5 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. YC Events
    ×0.52 58 | 4 points by obedvega 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: Is it still worth pursuing a software startup?
    ×1.44 83 | 187 points by newbebee 2 days ago | 225 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: How can we solve the loneliness epidemic?
    ×3.20 69 | 792 points by publicdebates 4 days ago | 1230 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?
    ×1.47 91 | 218 points by blahaj 5 days ago | 429 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Tell HN: Deskflow is getting spammed with AI-slop PRs
    ×1.64 57 | 3 points by acheong08 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: Why is opening a new window in OS26 Safari so slow this week?
    ×1.10 50 | 4 points by zahirbmirza 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: Where to find VC fund or investor for project in Europe?
    ×0.49 79 | 6 points by nicksbg 12 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: What non-LLM tools have meaningfully improved your dev productivity?
    ×0.44 88 | 4 points by primaprashant 12 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask your Slack bot what the dev team shipped
    ×0.25 | 2 points by inferno22 12 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: Claude Opus performance affected by time of day?
    ×0.56 111 | 38 points by scaredreally 3 days ago | 37 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: How many local logins do you have on your computer?
    ×0.34 99 | 7 points by bahmboo 1 day ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: How to bullet proof yourself from AI?
    ×1.02 92 | 15 points by max_ 1 day ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Tell HN: YouTube gave my username switzerland to a half government organization
    ×2.65 116 | 38 points by faebi 3 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: One IP, multiple unrealistic locations worldwide hitting my website
    ×0.48 125 | 42 points by nacho-daddy 4 days ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: How to get a job after a career break?
    ×0.80 106 | 10 points by shivajikobardan 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: How do you safely give LLMs SSH/DB access?
    ×0.84 119 | 83 points by nico 5 days ago | 106 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Tell HN: The way I do simple data management for new prototypes
    ×0.40 143 | 13 points by AndreyK1984 3 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: How have you or your firm made money with LLMs?
    ×0.80 155 | 11 points by bwestergard 3 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: 1 year from today what will have been the worst behavior from AI corps?
    ×0.28 117 | 3 points by keepamovin 22 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: Browser extension vs. native app for structured form filling?
    ×0.44 165 | 6 points by livrasand 3 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Are cross-platform UI frameworks suitable for camera apps?
    ×0.19 139 | 3 points by Austin_Conlon 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Tell HN: Poshmark instantly leaked my email to scammers
    ×0.50 112 | 7 points by hardenedmetapod 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: Is replacing an enterprise product with LLMs a realistic strategy?
    ×0.77 124 | 8 points by chandmk 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: How to make spamming us uncomfortable for LinkedIn and friends?
    ×0.81 162 | 13 points by zx8080 4 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?
    ×4.67 107 | 87 points by krishadi 4 days ago | 239 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Ask HN: Distributed SQL engine for ultra-wide tables
    ×0.58 156 | 23 points by synsqlbythesea 5 days ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Why are websites trying to talk at me?
    ×0.52 160 | 3 points by LeratoAustini 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ask HN: Who's using DuckDB in production?
    ×0.66 159 | 7 points by yakkomajuri 3 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Ask HN: Fundraising compensation
    ×0.71 182 | 4 points by ebitda_ai 3 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Ask HN: Do you think college is/was worth it?
    ×1.11 144 | 9 points by hallole 2 days ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Ask HN: Anyone else finding it impossible to land a job?
    ×4.91 137 | 30 points by Arch485 4 days ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Tell HN: Execution is cheap, ideas matter again
    ×1.01 146 | 17 points by keepamovin 4 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Ask HN: What is the best way to provide continuous context to models?
    ×0.91 118 | 73 points by nemath 5 days ago | 45 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Ask HN: Why is Google tolerating impersonation of Gmail from it's own domain?
    ×0.80 131 | 6 points by dvh 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Ask HN: AI music covers in 2026?
    ×0.81 145 | 17 points by sexy_seedbox 4 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Tell HN: Google Trust and Safety is a joke
    ×0.38 151 | 4 points by tokyobreakfast 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Ask HN: Those who quit tech, moved back home, what do you do?
    ×1.70 140 | 14 points by akudha 3 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Ask HN: What to teach my kid if AI does math and CS?
    ×1.78 163 | 12 points by devShark 4 days ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Tell HN: YouTube disabled advanced subtitling, and is stripping it from old vids
    ×1.41 135 | 7 points by mister_mort 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Ask HN: Have you ever tried low-code tools for your work?
    ×0.53 180 | 4 points by andre_fernandes 3 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. I built visual search for tattoo artists
    ×0.77 168 | 3 points by rbaten 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Ask HN: Can companies claim copyright over their LLM-generated codebases?
    ×1.19 171 | 5 points by mks_shuffle 2 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Ask HN: Has Claude Code changed its usage limits for you?
    ×0.77 181 | 3 points by laurex 3 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Ask HN: What's something you wished you started doing earlier?
    ×0.81 176 | 4 points by karakoram 3 days ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Ask HN: Why do AI code editors suck at closing tags?
    ×1.06 174 | 9 points by cryptography 4 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Ask HN: Strangest or most unexpected behavior you've seen from GitHub Copilot?
    ×1.89 175 | 7 points by stikit 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Ask HN: Is Codex login down for all workspace (non-personal) users?
    ×1.10 178 | 6 points by amluto 4 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Tell HN: Properly using dishwasher reduced friction with my wife
    ×2.29 167 | 16 points by xylo 5 days ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Do people still need websites, or just a public page?
    ×0.82 170 | 4 points by paravaib 2 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Ask HN: Any real prompt injections in the wild?
    ×0.92 179 | 7 points by singularity2001 4 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Ask HN: What is the best voice input mechanism on Linux (2026)?
    ×1.28 123 | 4 points by orsenthil 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Ask HN: Estimating % of dev using coding assistants
    ×1.16 177 | 7 points by japoneris 4 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. The Overcomplexity of the Shadcn Radio Button (paulmakeswebsites.com)
    ×1.16 56 #84 | 7 points by todsacerdoti 7 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Show HN: Sparrow-1 – Audio-native model for human-level turn-taking without ASR (tavus.io)
    ×0.94 105 | 123 points by code_brian 5 days ago | 49 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Show HN: Map of illegal dumping reports in Oakland (illegal-dumping-map.vercel.app)
    ×1.56 121 | 4 points by arkits 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Show HN: I built a "sudo" mechanism for AI agents (github.com/cordum-io)
    ×0.55 | 2 points by yaront111 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. The coming industrialisation of exploit generation with LLMs (heelan.io)
    ×1.48 11 #7 | 74 points by long 5 hours ago | 55 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Provide agents with automated feedback (banay.me)
    ×0.96 16 #87 | 164 points by ghuntley 1 day ago | 81 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Around 1,500 soldiers on standby for deployment to Minneapolis (bbc.co.uk)
    ×15.11 43 | 124 points by treadump 1 day ago | 107 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Tired of AI, people are committing to the analog lifestyle in 2026 (cnn.com)
    ×3.62 53 | 84 points by andy99 1 day ago | 54 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Show HN: Available.dev – Craigslist for Developer Availability (available.dev)
    ×1.55 132 | 4 points by skridlevsky 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Uber Pushes to Cap Personal Injury “Billboard” Lawyer Payouts A.G. 25-0022 [pdf] (ca.gov)
    ×1.60 7 #63 | 5 points by sizzle 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. IKOS a static analyzer for C/C++ based on the theory of Abstract Interpretation (github.com/NASA-SW-VnV)
    ×0.57 76 #88 | 13 points by u1hcw9nx 15 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. HDMI 2.1 VRR support in AMDGPU via non-encumbered party (phoronix.com)
    ×4.79 23 | 8 points by snvzz 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Share Your Reminders to Yourself (herbertlui.net)
    ×0.48 | 1 points by herbertl 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. West Midlands police chief quits over AI hallucination (theregister.com)
    ×2.17 32 | 105 points by YeGoblynQueenne 11 hours ago | 112 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. MTOTP: Wouldn't it be nice if you were the 2FA device? (github.com/VBranimir)
    ×1.03 62 #45 | 81 points by brna-2 17 hours ago | 90 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Show HN: Movieagent.io – An agent for movie recommendations (with couple mode) (movieagent.io)
    ×1.41 76 #48 | 10 points by roknovosel 7 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Prisma-sql – Direct SQL generation from Prisma queries (npmjs.com)
    ×0.45 | 1 points by multipliedtwice 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Conditions in the Intel 8087 floating-point chip's microcode (righto.com)
    ×0.84 32 #17 | 87 points by diogotozzi 9 hours ago | 24 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Nonbinary teens are now banned from Hack Club's "Gender Empowering" Events (chiefdelphi.com)
    ×0.80 | 1 points by Agreed3750 9 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Show HN: An alternative to 'flat' image generators for layout-heavy design (layoutcraft.tech)
    ×0.66 | 2 points by rovmut 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Keystone (YC S25) Is Hiring
    1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. How Much Is Eight Dollars? (defector.com)
    ×1.73 1 | 3 points by MaysonL 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Anthropic disabled my account after payment cancer patient/medical data trapped
    ×9.56 18 | 94 points by marichala 19 hours ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Netflix Ruined Korean Dramas Forever [video] (youtube.com)
    ×2.32 11 | 4 points by danhite 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Ask HN: Do Hackathons Still Matter in 2026?
    ×2.17 3 | 4 points by rafaepta 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Show HN: Xenia – A monospaced font built with a custom Python engine (github.com/Loretta1982)
    ×0.83 64 | 72 points by xeniafont 1 day ago | 38 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Show HN: WebTerm – Browser-based terminal emulator (webterm.app)
    ×1.90 122 | 7 points by DaiAoki 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Use Social Media Mindfully (danielleheberling.xyz)
    ×1.05 26 #10 | 31 points by mooreds 4 hours ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. A decentralized peer-to-peer messaging application that operates over Bluetooth (bitchat.free)
    ×2.80 23 #49 | 574 points by no_creativity_ 18 hours ago | 313 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. DeepSeek kicked off 2026 with a new AI training method for scaling (businessinsider.com)
    ×0.78 | 1 points by quietproof 7 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Show HN: CodeAnswr – Stack Overflow alternative with E2E encryption (codeanswr.com)
    ×1.08 114 | 3 points by mobinpo 20 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: A fast CLI and MCP server for managing Lambda cloud GPU instances (github.com/Strand-AI)
    ×0.38 157 | 24 points by odedfalik 5 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. The creator of Node.js says the era of writing code is over (medium.com)
    ×2.23 15 | 4 points by CharlesW 1 hour ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. EnergyNet Explained: Internetification of Energy Distribution (arxiv.org)
    ×1.02 | 2 points by zekrioca 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???