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  1. Ask HN: Is it still worth pursuing a software startup?
    ×1.78 36 #42 | 148 points by newbebee 20 hours ago | 169 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: Share your personal website
    ×3.17 58 #69 | 918 points by susam 3 days ago | 2339 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: How are you doing RAG locally?
    ×1.99 54 | 399 points by tmaly 3 days ago | 153 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: How can we solve the loneliness epidemic?
    ×3.14 6 | 767 points by publicdebates 2 days ago | 1204 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: Claude Opus performance affected by time of day?
    ×0.60 72 | 36 points by scaredreally 1 day ago | 36 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?
    ×1.52 76 | 214 points by blahaj 3 days ago | 402 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Tell HN: The way I do simple data management for new prototypes
    ×0.40 104 | 11 points by AndreyK1984 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: How have you or your firm made money with LLMs?
    ×1.05 113 | 10 points by bwestergard 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Tell HN: YouTube gave my username switzerland to a half government organization
    ×3.84 93 | 27 points by faebi 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: Browser extension vs. native app for structured form filling?
    ×0.39 138 | 4 points by livrasand 23 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: One IP, multiple unrealistic locations worldwide hitting my website
    ×0.50 102 | 41 points by nacho-daddy 2 days ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Looking for technical cofounder – guided, safety-critical maintenance software
    ×0.67 75 | 4 points by SteveWShopBrain 8 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: Who's using DuckDB in production?
    ×0.95 100 | 7 points by yakkomajuri 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Do people still need websites, or just a public page?
    ×1.12 88 | 4 points by paravaib 10 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: Iran's 120h internet shutdown, phones back. How to stay resilient?
    ×1.61 121 | 113 points by us321 4 days ago | 99 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
    ×1.14 123 | 256 points by david927 6 days ago | 876 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: How do you safely give LLMs SSH/DB access?
    ×0.84 107 | 81 points by nico 3 days ago | 106 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Sendnow – Free DocSend/Seismic alternative for file tracking and microsites
    ×0.31 | 2 points by sendnow 14 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?
    ×5.21 86 | 81 points by krishadi 2 days ago | 226 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: Do you think college is/was worth it?
    ×0.47 115 | 3 points by hallole 14 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: What's something you wished you started doing earlier?
    ×1.08 131 | 4 points by karakoram 21 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: How to make spamming us uncomfortable for LinkedIn and friends?
    ×0.98 167 | 12 points by zx8080 2 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. The $LANG Programming Language
    ×1.51 90 | 263 points by dang 3 days ago | 69 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: Distributed SQL engine for ultra-wide tables
    ×0.63 149 | 23 points by synsqlbythesea 3 days ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Those who quit tech, moved back home, what do you do?
    ×1.63 98 | 12 points by akudha 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Tell HN: Execution is cheap, ideas matter again
    ×0.95 130 | 15 points by keepamovin 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Tell HN: DigitalOcean's managed services broke each other after update
    ×1.13 148 | 76 points by neilfrndes 4 days ago | 49 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: AI music covers in 2026?
    ×0.89 118 | 17 points by sexy_seedbox 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: Have you ever tried low-code tools for your work?
    ×0.32 184 | 3 points by andre_fernandes 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Ask HN: Can companies claim copyright over their LLM-generated codebases?
    ×1.16 125 | 4 points by mks_shuffle 19 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Ask HN: ADHD – How do you manage the constant stream of thoughts and ideas?
    ×2.55 111 | 118 points by chriswright1664 3 days ago | 148 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ask HN: Quantum Computation, Computers and Programming
    ×0.52 169 | 32 points by rramadass 4 days ago | 31 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Ask HN: What is the best way to provide continuous context to models?
    ×0.92 103 | 73 points by nemath 2 days ago | 43 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Ask HN: Has Claude Code changed its usage limits for you?
    ×0.59 | 2 points by laurex 21 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Ask HN: Vxlan over WireGuard or WireGuard over Vxlan?
    ×0.86 157 | 46 points by mlhpdx 4 days ago | 82 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Ask HN: Anyone else finding it impossible to land a job?
    ×5.37 126 | 27 points by Arch485 2 days ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Ask HN: Why does Google still provide an open redirect for phishers?
    ×1.62 147 | 23 points by throwaway89201 3 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Ask HN: Which system would you trust to run a business you can't afford to lose?
    ×0.34 | 2 points by cutterlayers 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Ask HN: What to teach my kid if AI does math and CS?
    ×1.84 164 | 11 points by devShark 2 days ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Ask HN: Local media server, receive and send audio?
    ×0.24 | 2 points by thedangler 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Ask HN: When "Two-Factor Authentication" (2FA) Aren't Two
    ×0.38 | 2 points by s3131212 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Ask HN: LLM Poisoning Resources
    ×1.00 152 | 4 points by totallygeeky 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Ask HN: Why do AI code editors suck at closing tags?
    ×1.19 170 | 9 points by cryptography 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Ask HN: Tips for better image generation? I need help
    ×0.31 | 2 points by gweets 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Why is nobody using this? Full-duplex voice streaming with Gemini Live in React
    ×0.78 172 | 3 points by loffloff 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Ask HN: Discrepancy between Lichess and Stockfish
    ×0.52 187 | 21 points by HNLurker2 4 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Tell HN: HP Ultra G1a Bios Freezing Issue
    ×0.33 | 2 points by BizarroLand 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Ask HN: Looking for Windows contributors for meeting-detection engine
    ×0.39 202 | 7 points by Ayobamiu 4 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Ask HN: Is Codex login down for all workspace (non-personal) users?
    ×1.22 182 | 6 points by amluto 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Ask HN: Is sending a lot of requests but respecting rate limits DOSing?
    ×0.35 | 2 points by SpyCoder77 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Ask HN: Analogy of AI IDEs for code vs. "AI IDEs" for personal health data
    ×0.35 | 2 points by nemath 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Ask HN: Is token-based pricing making AI harder to use in production?
    ×1.01 181 | 3 points by Barathkanna 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Ask HN: Strangest or most unexpected behavior you've seen from GitHub Copilot?
    ×1.85 174 | 6 points by stikit 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Ask HN: What happens when you remove lock-in from enterprise software economics?
    ×1.54 165 | 4 points by hydrioxstate 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Ask HN: Trying to find a website featured on HN that listed restaurants in NYC
    ×1.49 175 | 14 points by laffOr 3 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Ask HN: Any real prompt injections in the wild?
    ×0.69 192 | 6 points by singularity2001 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Ask HN: How can we handle solo founder loneliness?
    ×0.49 186 | 3 points by dabojula 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Tell HN: Properly using dishwasher reduced friction with my wife
    ×2.47 178 | 16 points by xylo 3 days ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Ask HN: Estimating % of dev using coding assistants
    ×1.27 180 | 7 points by japoneris 2 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Ask HN: Should Developers Shift from Coding to Architecture in the LLM Era?
    ×1.34 124 | 3 points by danver0 15 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Ask HN: Any local secret manager?
    ×1.07 189 | 3 points by spacemnstr42069 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Users access official platform apps in regions with frequent mirror links
    ×0.56 | 2 points by taka-dev 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Ask HN: Audio analysis models, how to train to learn sound patters?
    ×0.81 197 | 4 points by thedangler 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Ask HN: Fundraising compensation
    ×0.54 | 2 points by ebitda_ai 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Ask HN: When has a "dumb" solution beaten a sophisticated one for you?
    ×0.42 203 | 14 points by amadeuswoo 6 days ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Ask HN: What are good tools for creating a video or interactive demo for a SaaS?
    ×1.38 137 | 3 points by rishabhpoddar 18 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Text-to-3D → Step/STL
    ×2.32 195 | 5 points by alexyakovlev919 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Tell HN: Intel could blow up the Console Wars if it had the guts
    ×1.09 200 | 8 points by noumenon1111 4 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Ask HN: Books to Learn Ruby/Rails?
    ×1.41 190 | 4 points by georgel 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Ask HN: Thoughts on maintaining anonymity against state-level actors?
    ×1.96 185 | 10 points by adamanteye 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Tell HN: A Proposal to Modernize Xorg as a Protocol-Only Graphics Layer
    ×1.03 193 | 7 points by powerwordtree 3 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Ask HN: Resources for learning visual design as a developer?
    ×1.63 144 | 5 points by chaosharmonic 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Ask HN: A pattern we noticed in how website leads are handled
    ×0.76 199 | 3 points by lucascorrei4 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Ask HN: For those of you building AI agents, how have you made them faster?
    ×0.35 | 2 points by arkmm 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Where does data help in real estate – and where does it fail?
    ×0.37 | 2 points by D___R___ 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Ask HN: How to overcome the limit of roles in LLM's
    ×0.41 | 2 points by weli 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. At the phase 'build a startup cause I can't get hired, and maybe I'll get hired'
    ×2.12 108 | 7 points by danver0 23 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Architecture+cost drivers for a deterministic rule/metric engine 1,200metrics
    ×0.44 | 2 points by Trackdiver 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Tell HN: 1B Jobs on GitHub Actions
    ×0.42 | 2 points by dorianmariecom 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Ask HN: Are diffs still useful for AI-assisted code changes?
    ×0.78 196 | 7 points by nuky 3 days ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Turning weeks of medical device documentation into minutes
    ×0.58 | 2 points by feargalosull 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Ask HN: Best setup for Golang HTTP API development in 2026?
    ×1.82 194 | 7 points by labarilem 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Continuous agents and what happens after Ralph Wiggum?
    ×1.10 198 | 4 points by waynenilsen 2 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. SEO Question: How to Improve Click-Through-Rate(CTR)?
    ×0.48 | 2 points by dabojula 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Ask HN: What is your favourite GitHub Repo?
    ×1.09 201 | 3 points by amanverasia 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Ask HN: Who remembers AWS Spot's auction era before the 2017 pricing change?
    ×0.26 204 | 3 points by aleroawani 4 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. 6-Day and IP Address Certificates Are Generally Available (letsencrypt.org)
    ×1.92 36 #31 | 478 points by jaas 1 day ago | 266 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Our approach to advertising (openai.com)
    ×3.58 6 | 262 points by rvz 1 day ago | 229 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: Commander AI – Mac UI for Claude Code (commanderai.app)
    ×0.97 154 | 3 points by krzyzanowskim 22 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Show HN: Librario, a book metadata API that aggregates G Books, ISBNDB, and more
    ×1.00 159 | 138 points by jamesponddotco 6 days ago | 48 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???