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  1. Google Cloud suspended my account for 2 years, only automated replies
    ×1.93 23 #55 | 110 points by andylizf 13 hours ago | 69 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: Do you still use physical calculators?
    ×0.87 48 | 25 points by speedylight 23 hours ago | 68 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: Any real OpenClaw (Clawd Bot/Molt Bot) users? What's your experience?
    ×1.96 37 | 79 points by cvhc 14 hours ago | 123 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: Any Successful Co-Ops of Software Engineers
    ×0.38 | 2 points by rubyn00bie 8 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: Junior getting lost
    ×0.67 77 | 46 points by TheRegularOne 2 days ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: Do you also "hoard" notes/links but struggle to turn them into actions?
    ×1.81 1 | 220 points by item007 1 day ago | 195 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: What's your biggest LLM cost multiplier?
    ×0.60 74 | 4 points by teilom 15 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Is understanding code becoming "optional"?
    ×0.89 75 | 14 points by mikaelaast 1 day ago | 34 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. AI has failed to replace a single software application or feature
    ×0.76 79 | 16 points by cadabrabra 1 day ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: How do you reset an AppleID?
    ×0.61 101 | 11 points by OhMeadhbh 2 days ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Waypoint 1.1, a local-first world model for interactive simulation
    ×0.57 87 | 11 points by lcastricato 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. G Lang – A lightweight interpreter written in D (2.4MB)
    ×0.36 | 2 points by pouyathe 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: How do you market a side project?
    ×1.25 94 | 10 points by ruairidhwm 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: Should a software engineer have research exposure?
    ×0.26 106 | 4 points by c_daeda 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. The preposterous notion of AI automating "repetitive" work
    ×0.74 102 | 9 points by cadabrabra 2 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: How do you force yourself to take breaks while coding?
    ×0.65 130 | 4 points by glidea 2 days ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. AI creates over-efficiency. Organizations must absorb it
    ×0.56 99 | 6 points by eriam 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: Ergo wireless keyboard with mouse for coding?
    ×0.44 111 | 4 points by MarcelOlsz 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: What's the Point Anymore?
    ×1.84 96 | 65 points by fnoef 4 days ago | 81 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: How are you managing secrets with AI agents?
    ×0.08 | 2 points by m-hodges 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: Is free identity theft protection after a data breach worth the bother?
    ×0.13 | 2 points by daoboy 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. DietPi released a new version v10.0
    ×0.54 82 | 4 points by StephanStS 20 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: How far has "vibe coding" come?
    ×0.25 112 | 12 points by pigon1002 3 days ago | 27 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: What recent UX changes make no sense to you?
    ×0.68 109 | 32 points by superasn 4 days ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Is archive.is currently broken for WSJ links?
    ×0.34 123 | 7 points by bigwheels 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Designing programming languages beyond AI comprehension
    ×0.12 142 | 6 points by mr_bob_sacamano 3 days ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. How much recurring income do you generate in 2026 and from what?
    ×0.50 132 | 12 points by djshah 4 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Where can I find startups looking for fractional product leads?
    ×0.41 149 | 8 points by stulogy 4 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: How are devtool founders getting their paying users in 2026?
    ×0.55 113 | 7 points by yasu_c 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Ask HN: Vibe Researching" with AI – Anyone Using It for Real?
    ×0.44 146 | 8 points by spenceXu 4 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Ask HN: European alternative to Vercel/Cloudflare for hosting
    ×0.54 137 | 12 points by vldszn 4 days ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ask HN: Why the OpenClaw hype? What's so special?
    ×1.09 103 | 5 points by anon_anon12 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. I built a C++ runtime with immutable objects and no GIL
    ×0.80 152 | 7 points by gamarino 4 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Ask HN: Where to find cool companies to work for?
    ×0.31 136 | 7 points by truetaurus 3 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Tell HN: Beeper deletes inactive accounts without notice
    ×0.47 139 | 4 points by kldx 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Ask HN: If Everyone Can "Build" a SaaS, What Becomes Valuable?
    ×1.22 129 | 13 points by spenceXu 4 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Atomic Commits for AI Agents (raine.dev)
    ×1.66 | 2 points by rane 35 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. 'Tesla is (still) trying to deceive investors into thinking it has SF robotaxis' (electrek.co)
    ×3.53 70 | 5 points by MilnerRoute 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Show HN: Democracy Direct – Find and contact your elected representatives (democracy-direct.com)
    ×1.19 | 2 points by ashmortar 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. What If Trump Discovers That Unpaid UK (and French) Debt from WWI? (apple.com)
    ×3.10 22 | 7 points by KnuthIsGod 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Show HN: Hosted OpenClaw with Secure Isolation (moltcloud.ai)
    ×0.36 | 2 points by stubbi 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Best of Moltbook (astralcodexten.com)
    ×2.21 4 #35 | 43 points by feross 8 hours ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. NASA's WB-57 crash lands at Houston (arstechnica.com)
    ×1.20 18 #37 | 159 points by verzali 20 hours ago | 84 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Optiwing – Keyword Grouping and PAYG SEO Tools (optiwing.com)
    ×0.49 | 1 points by TasselHat 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Guest Post from an Iranian (scottaaronson.blog)
    ×3.66 21 | 52 points by Tomte 14 hours ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. US judge rules Luigi Mangione won't face death penalty in CEO killing case (aljazeera.com)
    ×4.74 38 | 77 points by Qem 1 day ago | 51 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Show HN: Sharing Agentic Stream of Consciousness (github.com/247arjun)
    ×0.51 | 1 points by spamfilter247 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Show HN: SBOMHub – Open-source SBoM dashboard with CVE tracking (github.com/youichi-uda)
    ×0.46 | 1 points by y1uda 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Surely the crash of the US economy has to be soon (wilsoniumite.com)
    ×3.89 4 #75 | 503 points by Wilsoniumite 1 day ago | 636 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Microsoft 365 now tracks you in real time? (ztechtalk.com)
    ×3.61 17 | 376 points by imalerba 1 day ago | 287 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Code is cheap. Show me the talk (nadh.in)
    ×1.84 11 | 278 points by ghostfoxgod 1 day ago | 216 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Richard Feynman Side Hustles (twitter.com/carl_feynman)
    ×1.87 23 | 183 points by tzury 1 day ago | 60 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Show HN: Julie Zero – my screen-aware desktop AI that works out of the box (github.com/Luthiraa)
    ×1.87 105 | 5 points by luthiraabeykoon 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Show HN: Spar – Built a tool to help improve store conversion rates (cuped.ai)
    ×1.71 151 | 4 points by 6farer 3 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Outsourcing thinking (erikjohannes.no)
    ×1.65 6 #11 | 135 points by todsacerdoti 11 hours ago | 118 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Swift is a more convenient Rust (2023) (nmn.sh)
    ×2.52 22 #26 | 276 points by behnamoh 10 hours ago | 257 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Show HN: Minimal – Open-Source Community driven Hardened Container Images (github.com/rtvkiz)
    ×0.91 17 #20 | 86 points by ritvikarya98 12 hours ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Ouroboros: An AI vibe-coding game (github.com/michaelwhitford)
    ×0.46 | 1 points by dulakian 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Show HN: Project Xent – A native C++ UI framework in KBs
    ×0.48 | 2 points by AzusaBCSK 20 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Genode OS is a tool kit for building highly secure special-purpose OS (genode.org)
    ×0.89 5 #41 | 113 points by doener 14 hours ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. The Sovereign AI Security Crisis: 42,000 Exposed OpenClaw Instances (medium.com)
    ×2.54 13 | 4 points by salkahfi 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. 150 MB Minimal FreeBSD Installation (wordpress.com)
    ×1.03 65 #66 | 6 points by vermaden 9 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. The $100B megadeal between OpenAI and Nvidia is on ice (wsj.com)
    ×3.21 24 #82 | 347 points by pixelesque 1 day ago | 276 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Secure erase for Samsung PM951 NVMe drive (2024) (peterbabic.dev)
    ×0.87 64 #86 | 4 points by transpute 9 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Show HN: Kindler: A declarative, Lua-based, build system (setsunasoftware.com)
    ×0.99 | 2 points by ThatGuyRaion 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Tautologism Language (zenodo.org)
    ×1.01 | 2 points by KaoruAK 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Court Filings: ICE App Identifies Protesters; Global Entry, PreCheck Get Revoked (viewfromthewing.com)
    ×8.41 16 | 211 points by datsci_est_2015 1 day ago | 86 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Nvidia's 10-year effort to make the Shield TV the most updated Android device (arstechnica.com)
    ×2.58 22 #18 | 141 points by qmr 17 hours ago | 126 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Automatic Programming (antirez.com)
    ×2.79 11 #34 | 217 points by dvrp 22 hours ago | 209 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Show HN: Moltbook Overtaken by Shellraiser (moltbook.com)
    ×1.15 83 | 3 points by mooball 17 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Elon Musk had more extensive ties to Epstein than previously known, emails show (theguardian.com)
    ×10.79 39 | 69 points by 1986 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Show HN: Bunnie – Use Bun as the templating engine in Rust applications (github.com/aspizu)
    ×1.21 84 | 3 points by aspizu 17 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Show HN: Craft – Claude Code running on a VM with all your workplace docs
    ×2.04 134 | 5 points by Weves 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Show HN: LinuxWhisper – A native AI voice assistant for Linux (Groq/GTK) (github.com/Dianjeol)
    ×1.07 148 | 4 points by LinuxWhisper 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Track Your Routine – Open-source app for task management (github.com/MSF01)
    ×0.72 55 | 80 points by perrii 1 day ago | 43 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. LinkedIn, Everyone's an AI Detective Now (bloomberg.com)
    ×0.98 | 2 points by petethomas 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Show HN: I built a receipt processor for Paperless-ngx
    ×2.16 42 | 5 points by smashah 8 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Show HN: Agent Tinman – Autonomous failure discovery for LLM systems (github.com/oliveskin)
    ×1.09 76 | 3 points by oliveskin 13 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Show HN: Sandbox Agent SDK – unified API for automating coding agents (github.com/rivet-dev)
    ×1.27 107 | 20 points by NathanFlurry 3 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Show HN: PNANA - A TUI Text Editor (github.com/Cyxuan0311)
    ×1.28 131 | 11 points by Frameser 3 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native (theregister.com)
    ×6.26 58 #64 | 736 points by jamesblonde 22 hours ago | 633 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Amazon wraps controversial week ahead of film premier, fourth-quarter earnings (cnbc.com)
    ×1.21 | 2 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. US reportedly investigate claims that Meta can read encrypted WhatsApp messages (theguardian.com)
    ×4.01 50 | 171 points by echelon_musk 19 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Apple Platform Security (Jan 2026) [pdf] (apple.com)
    ×2.07 6 #23 | 164 points by pieterr 16 hours ago | 117 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. The Machine as Manager (bravenewteams.substack.com)
    ×0.90 | 1 points by zauberberg 6 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Direct Current Data Centers (wordpress.com)
    ×1.07 43 #67 | 62 points by jk_tech 23 hours ago | 60 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Show HN: Booktest – review-driven regression testing for LLM / ML behavior (github.com/lumoa-oss)
    ×1.12 | 2 points by arauhala 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Regarding low level Design for YarnPackageManager (programmingappliedai.substack.com)
    ×0.52 | 1 points by HintedHandoff 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: SimpleSVGs – Free Online SVG Optimizer Multiple SVG Files at Once (simplesvgs.online)
    ×0.73 122 | 7 points by firtaet 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Opentrees.org (2024) (opentrees.org)
    ×1.22 10 #8 | 68 points by surprisetalk 8 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???