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  1. Ask HN: Are We Destroying Earth?
    ×0.94 | 2 points by vednig 23 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Tell HN: Claude 4.7 is ignoring stop hooks
    ×1.70 69 | 76 points by LatencyKills 7 hours ago | 75 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: Any recommendataions for exporting data from Amazon?
    ×0.33 | 2 points by coreyp_1 4 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: Scaling a targeted web crawler beyond 500M pages/day
    ×0.37 56 | 12 points by honungsburk 15 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: How do solo devs protect their work in the age of vibe coding?
    ×0.59 69 | 19 points by langs 1 day ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: How are you using AI code assistants on large messy legacy code bases?
    ×0.25 71 | 5 points by thinkingtoilet 12 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Tell HN: Codex macOS app switches to Fast speed after update without asking
    ×0.15 91 | 4 points by mfi 19 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Any Developer from Wales?
    ×0.88 52 | 3 points by danver0 5 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. GPT-5.5 – No ARC-AGI-3 scores
    ×0.38 83 | 10 points by AG25 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Tell HN: YouTube RSS feeds no longer work
    ×0.49 79 | 32 points by 019 1 day ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: Chrome, Brave, Firefox or Something Else?
    ×0.58 74 | 7 points by wasimsk 18 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: How to solve the cold start problem for a two-sided marketplace?
    ×0.85 85 | 148 points by alegd 4 days ago | 164 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: Why are companies so distrustful of remote employees?
    ×1.20 78 | 11 points by lyfeninja 1 day ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Is possible a language easy as py, fast as C, more secure than Rust?
    ×0.61 86 | 6 points by jerryzhang66 23 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Hey, it's Earth Day today
    ×0.50 96 | 20 points by burnt-resistor 2 days ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Can non-developer build commercial products with AI
    ×0.85 102 | 5 points by rkorlimarla 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: Dear astronomers, what are the most interesting things in space lately?
    ×0.80 76 | 14 points by simonebrunozzi 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Anthropic bans orgs without warning
    ×2.08 99 | 36 points by alpinisme 3 days ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: How are you handling data retention across your stack?
    ×0.17 132 | 4 points by preston-kwei 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: Would you take a job programming VMS?
    ×0.56 97 | 11 points by smackeyacky 1 day ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: Am I getting old, or is working with AI juniors becoming a nightmare?
    ×1.82 27 | 35 points by MichaelRazum 16 hours ago | 45 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: What skills are future proof in an AI driven job market?
    ×0.75 110 | 35 points by sunny678 3 days ago | 77 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Tell HN: My open-source project hit 5k registered users
    ×0.79 116 | 19 points by darkhorse13 3 days ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Need advice: Back end engineer → infrastructure: how do you make the transition?
    ×0.33 123 | 7 points by gokuljs 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Opus 4.7 vs. 4.6 after 3 days of real coding side by side from my actual session
    ×0.39 139 | 16 points by agentseal 5 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: How many tabs do you have open in the browser(s) and why?
    ×0.76 100 | 4 points by juujian 1 day ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: Are cloud coding agents useful in real workflows yet?
    ×0.15 134 | 5 points by Rperry2174 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. My file access workaround for cron in Tahoe
    ×0.20 144 | 5 points by noduerme 3 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Design.md: A format spec for describing a visual identity to coding agents (github.com/google-labs-code)
    ×1.20 50 #85 | 32 points by rbanffy 18 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Ancient amber reveals a true bug equipped with claws, a highly unusual feature (phys.org)
    ×1.66 30 | 3 points by bookofjoe 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Show HN: Daemons – we pivoted from building agents to cleaning up after them (charlielabs.ai)
    ×0.90 88 | 70 points by rileyt 3 days ago | 33 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Mounting tar archives as a filesystem in WebAssembly (jeroen.github.io)
    ×0.88 23 #43 | 113 points by datajeroen 16 hours ago | 37 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. The operating cost of adult and gambling startups (orchidfiles.com)
    ×1.45 7 #46 | 113 points by theorchid 14 hours ago | 189 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Context Pricing and Accounting [video] (youtube.com)
    ×0.46 | 1 points by journal 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. "Plain text has been around for decades and it's here to stay." – Unsung (aresluna.org)
    ×1.52 27 #32 | 5 points by rbanffy 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Bdelloid Rotifer (wikipedia.org)
    ×2.57 6 | 4 points by embedding-shape 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Why does the Rainbow have 7 colors? (glorify.com)
    ×1.06 | 2 points by airstrike 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Show HN: I'm 15 and built a cryptographic accountability layer for AI agents (github.com/arian-gogani)
    ×1.78 60 | 4 points by arian_ 8 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Show HN: A lightweight way to make agents talk without paying for API usage (juanpabloaj.com)
    ×0.93 114 | 57 points by juanpabloaj 5 days ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Incident with multple GitHub services (githubstatus.com)
    ×1.46 10 | 265 points by bwannasek 1 day ago | 129 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Show HN: I Reverse Engineered Codex Background Computer Use (github.com/actuallyepic)
    ×1.93 34 | 5 points by anupamb 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Databases Were Not Designed for This (arpitbhayani.me)
    ×2.28 14 | 4 points by mooreds 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Sabotaging projects by overthinking, scope creep, and structural diffing (kevinlynagh.com)
    ×1.74 7 #5 | 368 points by alcazar 12 hours ago | 93 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. You don't want long-lived keys (argemma.com)
    ×1.14 11 #22 | 26 points by kkl 5 hours ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Redesigning the Recurse Center application to inspire curious programmers (recurse.com)
    ×1.17 13 #38 | 62 points by nicholasjbs 9 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Using the internet like it's 1999 (joshblais.com)
    ×1.44 35 #59 | 234 points by joshuablais 1 day ago | 175 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Show HN: Honker – Postgres NOTIFY/LISTEN Semantics for SQLite (github.com/russellromney)
    ×1.32 37 #69 | 295 points by russellthehippo 1 day ago | 75 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Peter Sarnak – The Riemann Hypothesis [video] (youtube.com)
    ×1.17 | 2 points by delhanty 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Serendipity Machines (shishyko.com)
    ×1.05 | 2 points by philip1209 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Show HN: A free tool for non-technical folks to easily publish a website (weejur.com)
    ×0.80 137 | 4 points by npilk 2 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. CSS as a Query Language (evdc.me)
    ×0.92 7 #34 | 64 points by evnc 9 hours ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. PiClaw v2.0.0 – A New Hope (github.com/rcarmo)
    ×0.70 75 #65 | 4 points by rcarmo 6 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Writing a C Compiler, in Zig (2025) (ar-ms.me)
    ×0.95 53 #76 | 171 points by tosh 1 day ago | 59 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Familiarity is the enemy: On why Enterprise systems have failed for 60 years (felixbarbalet.com)
    ×1.00 26 #77 | 96 points by adityaathalye 22 hours ago | 58 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Devin for Terminal (devin.ai)
    ×0.53 | 1 points by nickzana 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Show HN: Algorithmic String Art, accessible to all (string-loom.pages.dev)
    ×0.73 104 | 12 points by s_e__a___n 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Show HN: Everest Drive – a multiplayer spaceship crew simulator in the browser (everestdrive.io)
    ×2.56 112 | 12 points by jakej256 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Email could have been X.400 times better (buttondown.com)
    ×1.41 36 #16 | 134 points by maguay 15 hours ago | 134 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Physicists revive 1990s laser concept to propose a next-generation atomic clock (phys.org)
    ×0.62 32 #36 | 53 points by wglb 11 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Astronomers find the edge of the Milky Way (skyandtelescope.org)
    ×1.10 34 #82 | 149 points by bookofjoe 1 day ago | 42 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. David Choi's Mars FX Collapse Sparks Global Hunt for Almost $600M (bloomberg.com)
    ×0.44 | 1 points by simonpure 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Iliad fragment found in Roman-era mummy (thehistoryblog.com)
    ×1.42 9 #4 | 120 points by wise_blood 6 hours ago | 31 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Avnac: Open-source local-first Canva alternative (avnac.design)
    ×1.97 6 | 3 points by bundie 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Show HN: Chestnut – The antidote to AI-induced skill atrophy (chestnut.so)
    ×1.61 95 | 7 points by NickMiladinov 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. The Overtom Chess Computer Museum (xs4all.nl)
    ×0.90 24 #15 | 19 points by semyonsh 4 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Norway set to become latest country to ban social media for under 16s (bloomberg.com)
    ×3.92 57 #67 | 379 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 12 hours ago | 425 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. A quick look at Mythos run on Firefox: too much hype? (xark.es)
    ×1.70 18 | 99 points by leonidasv 23 hours ago | 36 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Show HN: FalsoAI – Detect influence/manipulation patterns in content (falsoai.com)
    ×1.30 51 | 4 points by liam-chen 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Show HN: Markdown as a Database (github.com/molefrog)
    ×1.76 47 | 4 points by molefrog 6 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. How to be anti-social – a guide to incoherent and isolating social experiences (leaflet.pub)
    ×2.13 14 #11 | 315 points by calcifer 16 hours ago | 294 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. SFO Quiet Airport (2025) (viewfromthewing.com)
    ×1.51 12 #30 | 134 points by CaliforniaKarl 8 hours ago | 76 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Eurosky.social Account (eurosky.tech)
    ×1.69 37 #55 | 12 points by mooreds 6 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Hotels are slashing World Cup rates as FIFA cancels rooms (moneywise.com)
    ×3.10 62 | 5 points by vrganj 54 minutes ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Michael review: 'A bland and barely competent daytime TV movie' (bbc.com)
    ×1.06 | 2 points by dnnddidiej 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. nowhere: an entire website encoded in a URL (hostednowhere.com)
    ×2.28 20 | 96 points by bpierre 16 hours ago | 61 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. I spent years trying to make CSS states predictable (tenphi.me)
    ×0.62 50 | 73 points by tenphi 1 day ago | 51 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Show HN: Real-Real-Time Chat (kraa.io)
    ×0.53 109 | 9 points by levmiseri 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Why Not Venus? (mceglowski.substack.com)
    ×2.44 26 #58 | 134 points by zdw 21 hours ago | 82 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. How Hard Is It to Open a File? (sebastianwick.net)
    ×0.55 | 1 points by vinhnx 42 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. SF Giants sell piece of team to venture capital firm run by Joshua Kushner (sfgate.com)
    ×0.51 | 1 points by iancmceachern 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Decoupled DiLoCo for Resilient Distributed Pre-Training (arxiv.org)
    ×0.45 | 1 points by matt_d 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Show HN: Built a daily game where you sort historical events chronologically (hisorty.app)
    ×2.40 65 | 63 points by damiannn 1 day ago | 59 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Show HN: Obscura – V8-powered headless browser for scraping and AI agents (github.com/h4ckf0r0day)
    ×1.17 58 | 3 points by jryio 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Show HN: SQL Protocol – learn SQL by running real queries, with 1v1 PvP (sqlprotocol.com)
    ×0.28 | 2 points by ItaiZeilig 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. FusionCore: ROS 2 sensor fusion (IMU and GPS and encoders) (github.com/manankharwar)
    ×0.38 42 #21 | 12 points by kharwarm 4 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. AI Socratic – The Latest in AI of April 2026 (aisocratic.org)
    ×0.97 | 1 points by feulf 1 minute ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Mac-use: open-source Codex computer-use clone for your OpenClaw on Mac OS (github.com/TheGuyWithoutH)
    ×0.44 | 1 points by guywithnoh 3 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: Python 0.9.1 from 1991, Guido van Rossum's first public release (github.com/tamnd)
    ×1.68 108 | 5 points by tamnd 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. $8800 house design helps prevent fatal diseases in African children (science.org)
    ×2.80 27 #31 | 13 points by gmays 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat messages from iPhones (techcrunch.com)
    ×3.49 8 #80 | 873 points by cdrnsf 2 days ago | 187 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???