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  1. Ask HN: Is GitHub preparing to go behind a login wall?
    ×0.79 11 | 47 points by reconnecting 13 hours ago | 33 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: Best Podcasts of 2026 [So Far]
    ×0.64 13 | 12 points by AbstractH24 5 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: Where are the good search engines for mathematical formulas?
    ×0.65 12 | 52 points by lo0dot0 3 days ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Tell HN: Who wants to be hired" posts outpace "Who's hiring" 2 to 1
    ×1.34 21 | 53 points by santiagobasulto 19 hours ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. What if users start cloning SaaS using AI
    ×0.35 | 2 points by mzubairtahir 5 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: Please give us an option to hide our username in the upper right corner
    ×0.79 72 | 4 points by swingandamiss 8 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: How do you keep documentation up to date with AI generated code?
    ×0.96 74 | 4 points by ghosts_ 8 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Is anyone experimenting with different ways of using LLMs for coding?
    ×1.20 104 | 203 points by yehiaabdelm 5 days ago | 202 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. I coded a shoot 'em up alone at 18 after learning Lua in a single week
    ×0.91 76 | 4 points by DamixLord 10 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: Do you have more or less than 1Mb text of your own writing?
    ×0.66 88 | 3 points by cwmoore 11 hours ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Tell HN: I managed to unsubscribe from Adobe CC without being charged
    ×0.60 95 | 24 points by frereubu 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Tell HN: Fable is now credits only
    ×0.46 97 | 9 points by teruakohatu 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: How do I setup SSO and SLO on my two WP websites with separate databases
    ×0.24 | 2 points by anitroves 13 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: What is your AI harness that lets you switch LLM models easily?
    ×0.63 89 | 4 points by hbarka 13 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Tell HN: Fable 5 promotion extended through July 12, 2026 at 11:59:59 PM PT
    ×2.28 51 | 15 points by theanonymousone 14 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: Are LLMs slowly making companies dysfunctional?
    ×0.95 83 | 6 points by haute_cuisine 15 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: Make good open-source products, but how to get user?
    ×0.73 101 | 4 points by Loerei 15 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2026)
    ×1.08 126 | 245 points by whoishiring 6 days ago | 370 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: Are systems ready for the first negative leap second?
    ×0.51 129 | 10 points by Asmod4n 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: What are alternative to Upwork for side gig?
    ×0.43 96 | 6 points by user7878 19 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Claude has the worst pricing – but people want it
    ×0.60 128 | 10 points by amukbils 1 day ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2026)
    ×0.82 136 | 151 points by whoishiring 6 days ago | 508 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: What cool stuff have you all been using Fable 5 for?
    ×0.49 124 | 12 points by Tsarp 1 day ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: Fable 5 promo ends today – is anyone keeping it once it's usage-billed?
    ×1.35 80 | 10 points by franze 19 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Since when does Craigslist's front page have emojis?
    ×0.32 144 | 39 points by argee 1 week ago | 33 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: Is anyone using Jujutsu version control (JJ) exclusively?
    ×0.44 140 | 7 points by cabyambo 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: Are there good security benchmarks for LLMs?
    ×0.27 141 | 7 points by melvinroest 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. NSA and IETF: Fairness (yp.to)
    ×1.98 26 | 141 points by WatchDog 1 day ago | 179 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. AI Meets Cryptography 1: What AI Found in Cloudflare's Circl (zksecurity.xyz)
    ×0.94 15 #31 | 106 points by duha 13 hours ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Apple iPhone charger teardown: quality in a tiny expensive package (2012) (righto.com)
    ×0.69 | 1 points by downbad_ 20 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Show HN: FlareDB – Apache Beam native streaming database for realtime analytics
    ×1.01 6 | 3 points by ganeshsivakumar 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Show HN: Prizmi – a proactive AI assistant for everyday life (prizmi.ai)
    ×0.90 | 2 points by hramezani 15 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. A better way to tie gym shorts (or any drawstring) [video] (youtube.com)
    ×2.43 18 #42 | 500 points by surprisetalk 19 hours ago | 171 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Europe's company websites are mostly served by US vendors (ciphercue.com)
    ×1.77 25 #69 | 247 points by adulion 19 hours ago | 173 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Nemotron post training prompt atlas (huggingface.co)
    ×0.39 | 1 points by kristianpaul 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Show HN: Turbo – An open-source, fast HTTP server with a real-time config GUI (okzgn.com)
    ×0.48 70 #77 | 5 points by okzgn 7 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. C programmers commit fresh crimes against readability (theregister.com)
    ×1.73 57 | 130 points by Bender 1 day ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. How to Build a Minimal ZFS NAS Without Synology, QNAP, TrueNAS (2024) (neil.computer)
    ×1.61 2 #1 | 161 points by 4diii 4 hours ago | 85 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. GitLost: We Tricked GitHub's AI Agent into Leaking Private Repos (noma.security)
    ×2.76 #2 | 91 points by ColinEberhardt 2 hours ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. An interactive explorer for Benford's Law across real datasets (vatsalbakshi.com)
    ×0.66 23 #35 | 31 points by dingobabies 7 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Show HN: Codex-profiles – isolated Codex CLI/Desktop profiles (ducksss.github.io)
    ×1.44 12 | 3 points by chaipinzheng 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Better Auth is joining Vercel (better-auth.com)
    ×1.78 32 | 122 points by sync 16 hours ago | 81 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Show HN: Tracking GenAI cost and endpoint fragility so app teams don't have to (llmintel.ai)
    ×0.72 | 2 points by ATsimbalistov 15 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Show HN: Nectar, a Rust-like React that compiles to WebAssembly (buildnectar.com)
    ×3.65 133 | 10 points by blakeburnette 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Canada's only watchmaking school still ticking after 80 years (cbc.ca)
    ×1.47 11 #7 | 124 points by throw0101a 8 hours ago | 59 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. l: A new runtime for k and q (lv1.sh)
    ×1.10 17 #19 | 139 points by skruger 13 hours ago | 76 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. WannaCry cluster from 2017 still spreading in 2026 – 269 samples in 72h (github.com/dblanko)
    ×1.30 | 2 points by dblanko 28 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. A global workspace in language models (anthropic.com)
    ×2.43 16 | 450 points by in-silico 1 day ago | 192 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Kani: A Model Checker for Rust (arxiv.org)
    ×1.09 43 | 160 points by Jimmc414 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. The difference between "today's task" and "accretive work" (pluralistic.net)
    ×1.22 9 #12 | 33 points by hn_acker 3 hours ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Show HN: Rowboat – Open-source, local-first alternative to Claude Desktop (github.com/rowboatlabs)
    ×1.48 14 #18 | 153 points by segmenta 13 hours ago | 41 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Camera with transparent display launches for the equivalent of $29 (notebookcheck.net)
    ×1.24 12 #50 | 71 points by yread 12 hours ago | 45 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Show HN: I created a ninety second challenge for conversations that matter (askpitch.com)
    ×0.82 | 2 points by KashifNY 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Show HN: Telemetry Tracker – An open-source telemetry platform for web apps (telemetry-tracker.com)
    ×0.48 | 2 points by unjica 16 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Astro 7.0 (astro.build)
    ×2.47 36 #65 | 193 points by saikatsg 13 hours ago | 52 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Not all model upgrades are upgrades (microsoft.com)
    ×0.52 | 1 points by waldekm 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Show HN: Focal Harvest – CLI research pipeline to search, scrape and notify (github.com/techno-neighbour)
    ×1.14 131 | 9 points by xlr8_track 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Oregon approves PGE's 29.7% rate hike for data centers under landmark law (opb.org)
    ×1.47 2 | 3 points by Exoristos 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Show HN: I built an AI spritesheet generator for game developers (autosprite.io)
    ×0.41 | 2 points by autosprite 9 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Show HN: Turn commodity WiFi signals into real-time spatial intelligence (github.com/ruvnet)
    ×2.59 98 | 6 points by adithyaharish 19 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Show HN: An AI Agent that automates workflows on your Mobile (mobilerun.ai)
    ×0.73 | 1 points by Messyflame 17 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Nextdocs.io – AI Slide Generation (nextdocs.io)
    ×0.54 | 1 points by galacticdessert 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Vagrant-tart: Vagrant plugin for Tart; run macOS VMs on M-series using Vagrant (github.com/letiemble)
    ×0.48 | 1 points by gurjeet 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. NPM Agent Audit (npmjs.com)
    ×0.90 | 2 points by dchitimalla1 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Show HN: Fenzo AI – Interactive Micro-courses on any topic (fenzo.ai)
    ×1.05 106 | 3 points by fahimulhaq 13 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Automate Excel with Python: From manual grind to one-click workflow (nostarch.com)
    ×0.21 43 #17 | 5 points by teleforce 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Jim's TrueType QR Code Font (github.com/jimparis)
    ×1.28 11 #26 | 171 points by arantius 15 hours ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Software Bonkers (craigmod.com)
    ×0.73 37 #86 | 31 points by razin 16 hours ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Show HN: DoodleMeme – Animate Hand Drawings Without Generative AI (doodlemate.com)
    ×1.65 103 | 4 points by hjessmith 16 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. British 'First Fleet' brought smallpox to Australia and may have killed millions (science.org)
    ×1.53 23 | 3 points by sbulaev 3 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. 1k Words: A Writing Contest (writingclub.world)
    ×0.85 66 | 95 points by surprisetalk 1 day ago | 38 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Python 3.14 compiled to metal – no interpreter (github.com/can1357)
    ×2.22 33 | 148 points by hamza_q_ 1 day ago | 128 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. DOJ Closing Abbott Labs Case Spurs Wider Corporate Crime Retreat (bloomberglaw.com)
    ×2.62 50 | 133 points by petethomas 1 day ago | 96 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Show HN: Perks Reminder – open-source tracker for expiring card benefits (github.com/lifan-builds)
    ×0.86 | 2 points by lifan-builds 8 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: HTMLDrive – serve HTML files from your Google Drive (html-drive.com)
    ×1.21 93 | 4 points by debamitro 14 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. StreetComplete: Fixing OpenStreetMap, one tiny quest at a time (streetcomplete.app)
    ×2.90 17 #29 | 747 points by kls0e 19 hours ago | 174 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps (comaps.app)
    ×3.40 12 #63 | 768 points by basilikum 1 day ago | 201 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Boeing 737 cargo plane goes missing off Pakistan coast (theguardian.com)
    ×0.50 | 1 points by tosh 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Beyond Refusal: Aligned vs. Abliterated LLMs for Vulnerability Analysis (arxiv.org)
    ×0.50 | 1 points by sbulaev 59 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. OpenAI to unveil GPT-5.6 on Thursday after delaying launch (reuters.com)
    ×0.54 | 1 points by adithyaharish 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Show HN: Relis – Extract Bubble.io app architecture into migration-ready docs (relis.dev)
    ×1.00 | 2 points by bubblerme 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. The Toyota Prius Is the Best Apocalypse Vehicle (2020) (roadandtrack.com)
    ×1.41 2 | 3 points by TMWNN 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Road to Elm 1.0 (elm-lang.org)
    ×1.83 11 | 341 points by wolfadex 1 day ago | 177 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. How did Windows 95 decide that a setup program ran? (microsoft.com)
    ×1.99 50 #36 | 12 points by soheilpro 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Git Hash Chain Malleability (arxiv.org)
    ×0.65 51 #53 | 13 points by xqb64 8 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Rlm-Workflow (try.works)
    ×0.58 65 #64 | 7 points by handfuloflight 7 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Show HN: Homegames. An open-source game platform I've been making for 8 years (homegames.io)
    ×1.39 62 | 227 points by homegamesjoseph 2 days ago | 55 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Union Busters Coming After Me (nlrbedge.com)
    ×5.68 47 | 142 points by anothermathbozo 1 day ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: FactIQ – a realtime econ+finance database for AI agents (github.com/defog-ai)
    ×2.12 46 | 5 points by rishsriv 6 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. AI is becoming a bargain hunter's market, with a few luxury models on top (theregister.com)
    ×1.66 | 2 points by beardyw 19 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???