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  1. Ask HN: Why hasn't there been a real competitor to Ticketmaster yet?
    ×0.92 20 #11 | 29 points by mdni007 2 hours ago | 23 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: How to escalate a rejected Google extension?
    ×0.92 15 #24 | 14 points by modzu 1 hour ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. HN seems dead compared to say 10-15 years ago
    ×2.44 22 #58 | 8 points by morpheos137 2 hours ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: What's your favorite HN Recap like podcast?
    ×0.22 49 #60 | 3 points by randomor 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: Why won't you be replaced by AI?
    ×1.86 28 | 5 points by atleastoptimal 1 hour ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: Is there any data on whether users prefer voice/chatbot experiences?
    ×0.53 | 2 points by fnimick 1 hour ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI?
    ×1.93 66 #83 | 39 points by aryamaan 2 hours ago | 47 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Options for critical thinking and learning outside work?
    ×0.60 | 2 points by hnthrow10282910 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: How do PaaS hosting providers enforce user policy compliance?
    ×0.76 | 2 points by iishanto 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: Does consciousness itself require memory?
    ×1.20 3 | 3 points by modinfo 1 hour ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: Which companies gained a competitive edge purely via engineering?
    ×1.80 57 | 4 points by j1000 6 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI?
    ×2.86 43 | 724 points by andrehacker 3 days ago | 1098 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: Open-Source Software in Aerospace Imaging?
    ×0.26 54 | 5 points by lightedman 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: What is the AI setup for an experienced dev starting on a new project?
    ×0.44 64 | 4 points by postexitus 7 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: So what happened to Facebook "localhost" tracking?
    ×0.73 92 | 106 points by juliusceasar 4 days ago | 102 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: What is the AI setup for an experienced dev starting on a new project?
    ×0.41 70 | 5 points by postexitus 10 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: How are thinking efforts implemented?
    ×0.92 75 | 26 points by simianwords 1 day ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: How do I whitelist commands in Antigravity?
    ×2.13 80 | 5 points by madprops 13 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: Why is the HN crowd so anti-AI?
    ×3.21 50 | 454 points by Ekami 2 days ago | 753 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: What is your (AI) dev tech stack / workflow?
    ×1.88 77 | 162 points by dv35z 3 days ago | 132 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: What is happening with the Meta Ads dashboard?
    ×0.44 113 | 3 points by ramon156 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: How do you find deep technical content?
    ×0.97 119 | 39 points by f311a 4 days ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Tell HN: Stripe ToS update demands biometrics, freezes payments until given
    ×1.06 82 | 12 points by cuz-reasons 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: Gin rummy strategies
    ×0.50 127 | 24 points by bix6 4 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Job market for SDMs/Engineering Managers. Any reliable data?
    ×0.38 97 | 5 points by ed_balls 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: I made an image watermarking tool. What are the issues open-sourcing it?
    ×0.29 112 | 3 points by minimaxir 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: How do you stay focused while working from home?
    ×1.20 66 | 6 points by infoinlet 10 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Bad MCP design costs your agent 5x more tokens
    ×0.73 125 | 15 points by JohnnyZhang483 3 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Tell HN: Helium is the best browser I ever used
    ×0.85 98 | 6 points by prmph 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Ask HN: How to get my contact info off US political party's list
    ×0.84 111 | 9 points by kaycebasques 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Ask HN: Is the web for machines (/llm.txt) the one we wished we had as humans?
    ×0.84 107 | 36 points by sunshine-o 3 days ago | 57 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ask HN: How to use Reddit after getting permanent ban?
    ×0.93 | 2 points by Alcazar007 14 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Ask HN: Where do you get the latest updates about AI?
    ×0.57 126 | 5 points by d0able 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Ask HN: My competitors have flawed products but I can't get traction
    ×0.50 134 | 11 points by saveitincork 3 days ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. I'm tired of LLM skill slop, so I built mine with regression tests
    ×0.61 159 | 9 points by iliaov 3 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Does anyone know since when we are close to building in space?
    ×0.54 130 | 6 points by kingleopold 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Ask HN: Does robotics capabilities research accelerate AGI timelines?
    ×0.53 135 | 8 points by themasterchief 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. New Biochemistry-Based Metabolic Protocol Seeking Alpha Concierge Members
    ×0.32 148 | 3 points by joshwprinceton 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Ask HN: What are the best examples of good technical writing you know of?
    ×1.33 84 | 6 points by CSMastermind 18 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Supply chain attack alert: .github/setup.js
    ×3.77 116 | 26 points by antihero 3 days ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Google killed my $1M ARR startup overnight
    ×3.72 131 | 25 points by vadumo 4 days ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Ask HN: How did you discover Hacker News?
    ×0.81 129 | 10 points by chistev 3 days ago | 31 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Ask HN: Were CS profs right to look down on programming in light of modern AI?
    ×0.51 140 | 5 points by amichail 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Ask HN: Is Everyone an Engineer Now?
    ×1.20 165 | 7 points by piratesAndSons 3 days ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Ask HN: Is Azure capacity this constraind or am I doing it wrong?
    ×0.66 139 | 11 points by lanycrost 3 days ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Ask HN: What would you name your own LLM?
    ×0.43 162 | 4 points by akashwadhwani35 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Being privacy-conscious comes with some downsides
    ×1.05 161 | 9 points by wqtz 3 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. SQL (remy.wang)
    ×0.38 | 1 points by jasim 57 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Show HN: Mnemo – local-first AI memory layer for any LLM (Rust, SQLite,petgraph) (github.com/zaydmulani09)
    ×0.72 115 | 60 points by zaydmulani 4 days ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Show HN: About Lightweight, S3-compatible object storage (kodiqa-solutions.github.io)
    ×0.41 | 2 points by open_source_new 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Show HN: Concord – Discord in Terminal (github.com/chojs23)
    ×3.92 147 | 10 points by n3ozz 3 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Why are cells small? (burrito.bio)
    ×1.14 9 #5 | 38 points by mailyk 1 hour ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. A Matter Wi-Fi Light Bulb in Rust on the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W (github.com/melastmohican)
    ×1.35 36 #56 | 161 points by melastmohican 20 hours ago | 34 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. If You Use Claude or Gemini, This Microsoft Breach Means Your Data Is at Risk (scienspire.com)
    ×0.49 | 1 points by valsurier 24 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Paving the Way for Agents in Biology (anthropic.com)
    ×0.64 | 1 points by dataking 11 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Show HN: Uruky (EU-based Kagi alternative) now has Image Search and URL Rewrites (uruky.com)
    ×1.60 83 | 235 points by BrunoBernardino 4 days ago | 238 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Show HN: NullRead – A simple HN Android client (0x96f.dev)
    ×0.89 155 | 4 points by 0x96f 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. The Cypherpunk Library (cypherpunkbooks.com)
    ×1.74 8 #21 | 322 points by yu3zhou4 11 hours ago | 91 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. New drug 'functionally cures' many hepatitis B virus infections (science.org)
    ×1.89 16 #52 | 267 points by gmays 18 hours ago | 46 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. The Smallest Brain You Can Build: A Perceptron in Python (ranpara.net)
    ×1.71 4 #67 | 294 points by DevarshRanpara 19 hours ago | 67 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Show HN: Digger Solo – Local AI File Explorer (digger.lol)
    ×1.31 168 | 5 points by sean_pedersen 4 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Experience using AI software to prove Euler sum results [pdf] (davidhbailey.com)
    ×0.39 | 1 points by cpp_frog 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Efficient and Training-Free Single-Image Diffusion Models (arxiv.org)
    ×0.78 67 | 52 points by yorwba 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Show HN: Formally verified polygon intersection – Opus 4.8 oneshots, prev failed (github.com/schildep)
    ×1.11 85 | 91 points by permute 3 days ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. NASA's X-59 Aircraft Flies Supersonic for First Time (nasa.gov)
    ×2.19 16 #50 | 8 points by gnabgib 51 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Data Center (404media.co)
    ×4.79 47 #54 | 384 points by greedo 5 hours ago | 211 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Installing and Running FreeBSD on a Steam Deck (linhpham.org)
    ×0.91 | 2 points by speckx 48 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Show HN: Keybench – Scriptable, extensible performance tool for key value stores (github.com/guycipher)
    ×0.33 102 | 13 points by alexpadula 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Show HN: NoSuggest – Watch YouTube without the recommendation algorithm (nosuggest.com)
    ×1.17 44 #74 | 53 points by VJ-2-108 17 hours ago | 54 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Symbolica 2.0: Programmable Symbols for Python and Rust (symbolica.io)
    ×1.19 55 #89 | 161 points by mmastrac 1 day ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. What Is AI Doing to Math? (nytimes.com)
    ×0.41 | 1 points by retupmoc01 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. How's Linear so fast? A technical breakdown (performance.dev)
    ×2.65 5 #68 | 469 points by howToTestFE 1 day ago | 225 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Tech sell-off widens as South Korea index plunges (ft.com)
    ×2.41 28 | 57 points by JumpCrisscross 18 hours ago | 23 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Why isn't the U.S. better at soccer? (natesilver.net)
    ×1.99 37 | 89 points by 7777777phil 1 day ago | 262 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: I put my Claude Code rate-limit burndown in the status line (aimhuge.com)
    ×2.29 79 | 7 points by fotoflo 16 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Why are so many young people getting cancer? (nature.com)
    ×2.66 18 #34 | 140 points by Brajeshwar 4 hours ago | 147 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. David Kriesel: Lies, damned lies and scans [video] (youtube.com)
    ×0.39 | 1 points by pinkmuffinere 50 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. The DOW Releases List of Chinese Military Companies Including BYD and Alibaba (war.gov)
    ×0.41 | 1 points by asvultian 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Replies to comments on my "LLMs are eroding my career" post (bearblog.dev)
    ×2.71 21 #33 | 117 points by omblivion 10 hours ago | 174 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Why Morningstar believes the SpaceX IPO is overvalued (morningstar.com)
    ×3.53 56 | 5 points by ForHackernews 19 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Show HN: I embedded 685M public texts in 32 minutes (on 8x A100, Rust, TensorRT) (github.com/Artain-AI)
    ×1.00 166 | 7 points by ddayanov 4 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Show HN: OWASP VulnerableApp Modern Extensible and Scalable vulnerable app (github.com/SasanLabs)
    ×1.45 156 | 6 points by newaccount12344 3 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Show HN: Oproxy – inspect and modify network traffic from the browser (github.com/sauravrao637)
    ×0.93 69 | 68 points by sauravrao637 1 day ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Show HN: We built a tool to dub any video in the original voice in 40 languages (vaani.media)
    ×2.38 100 | 8 points by ABSALOMMAXY 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Show HN: Hitoku Draft – Context aware local assistant (hitoku.me)
    ×0.54 128 | 21 points by lostathome 4 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. The circus freaks of open source (drewdevault.com)
    ×4.60 58 | 120 points by keyle 1 day ago | 43 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Show HN: A minimal, ad-free World Cup web-app for fixtures and live scores (bisheshtiwaree.com)
    ×0.51 | 2 points by btiwaree 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Algorithmic Monocultures in Hiring (algorithmichiring.github.io)
    ×1.28 46 #45 | 142 points by drchiu 18 hours ago | 82 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: Get v2.0 (github.com/Water-Run)
    ×1.42 144 | 3 points by linzhangrun 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. The IRS Moved IT and HR Staff to Process Taxes. It's Not Going Well (notus.org)
    ×2.06 10 #36 | 28 points by everybodyknows 2 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???