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  1. Ask HN: Has anybody moved their local community off of Facebook groups?
    ×2.26 1 | 5 points by madsohm 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Google Cloud suspended my account for 2 years, only automated replies
    ×1.50 37 | 149 points by andylizf 1 day ago | 83 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: Do you still use physical calculators?
    ×0.75 89 | 32 points by speedylight 2 days ago | 87 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: What serious task have you accomplished with Moltbot / OpenClaw?
    ×0.32 86 | 3 points by lukol 12 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Task engine VM – for tasks with executable instructions (progress update)
    ×0.10 104 | 3 points by tracyspacy 20 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: Junior getting lost
    ×0.66 105 | 49 points by TheRegularOne 3 days ago | 36 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: Any Successful Co-Ops of Software Engineers
    ×0.96 97 | 12 points by rubyn00bie 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Any real OpenClaw (Clawd Bot/Molt Bot) users? What's your experience?
    ×2.13 51 | 104 points by cvhc 1 day ago | 164 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: Do you also "hoard" notes/links but struggle to turn them into actions?
    ×1.83 55 | 229 points by item007 2 days ago | 211 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: How do you handle auth when AI dev agents spin up short-lived apps?
    ×0.08 | 2 points by NBenkovich 23 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. A simple HTTPS, HTTP/3, SSL and security headers checker I built with AI
    ×0.23 116 | 3 points by dragonman 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. AI has failed to replace a single software application or feature
    ×0.78 112 | 19 points by cadabrabra 2 days ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: How do you reset an AppleID?
    ×0.63 133 | 13 points by OhMeadhbh 3 days ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Waypoint 1.1, a local-first world model for interactive simulation
    ×0.60 125 | 13 points by lcastricato 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: The Next Big OS Leap
    ×0.84 87 | 4 points by rafaelmdec 15 hours ago | 24 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. G Lang – A lightweight interpreter written in D (2.4MB)
    ×0.17 | 2 points by pouyathe 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: What's your biggest LLM cost multiplier?
    ×0.63 121 | 6 points by teilom 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: How do you market a side project?
    ×1.08 131 | 11 points by ruairidhwm 3 days ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. The preposterous notion of AI automating "repetitive" work
    ×0.79 134 | 11 points by cadabrabra 3 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: What's the Point Anymore?
    ×1.77 124 | 66 points by fnoef 5 days ago | 82 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Why do people still talk about AGI?
    ×0.91 9 | 25 points by cermicelli 9 hours ago | 43 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: What recent UX changes make no sense to you?
    ×0.71 135 | 34 points by superasn 5 days ago | 36 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: How do you force yourself to take breaks while coding?
    ×0.82 151 | 6 points by glidea 3 days ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: How far has "vibe coding" come?
    ×0.27 140 | 13 points by pigon1002 4 days ago | 27 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Should a software engineer have research exposure?
    ×0.24 150 | 4 points by c_daeda 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: Is archive.is currently broken for WSJ links?
    ×0.37 149 | 8 points by bigwheels 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. How much recurring income do you generate in 2026 and from what?
    ×0.48 154 | 12 points by djshah 5 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Designing programming languages beyond AI comprehension
    ×0.12 158 | 6 points by mr_bob_sacamano 4 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. AI creates over-efficiency. Organizations must absorb it
    ×0.58 139 | 7 points by eriam 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Ask HN: Ergo wireless keyboard with mouse for coding?
    ×0.48 146 | 5 points by MarcelOlsz 2 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Where can I find startups looking for fractional product leads?
    ×0.39 157 | 8 points by stulogy 5 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ask HN: How are you managing secrets with AI agents?
    ×0.07 | 2 points by m-hodges 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Ask HN: Is free identity theft protection after a data breach worth the bother?
    ×0.12 | 2 points by daoboy 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Show HN: Pi-Tmux (github.com/offline-ant)
    ×0.78 | 1 points by athrowaway3z 17 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Gambling with Research Quality (tomstafford.substack.com)
    ×0.62 | 1 points by Tomte 46 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Show HN: I built theme support in Tabularis – lightweight DB tool for developers (github.com/debba)
    ×0.52 | 2 points by debba 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Applications where agents are first-class citizens (every.to)
    ×1.03 1 #7 | 17 points by chrisjj 59 minutes ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Ian's Shoelace Site (fieggen.com)
    ×3.17 21 #16 | 214 points by righthand 18 hours ago | 38 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Anciente map of Fairyland. Places from nursery rhymes, fairy tales etc. (leventhalmap.org)
    ×0.62 53 #64 | 53 points by speckx 22 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Noctia: A sleek and minimal desktop shell thoughtfully crafted for Wayland (github.com/noctalia-dev)
    ×1.12 53 | 89 points by doener 1 day ago | 46 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Show HN: Echo – Local-first kindle-like reader with annotations and LLM chat (github.com/tibi-iorga)
    ×0.86 93 | 3 points by tb8424 15 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Show HN: We Ran a Live Red-Team Attack on OpenClaw Agents (gobrane.com)
    ×0.93 111 | 3 points by udit_50 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Show HN: Fuzzy Studio – Apply live effects to videos/camera (ulyssepence.com)
    ×0.67 123 | 57 points by ulyssepence 5 days ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Hypergrowth isn't always easy (tailscale.com)
    ×0.23 85 #18 | 3 points by usrme 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Two kinds of AI users are emerging (martinalderson.com)
    ×3.64 15 #28 | 244 points by martinald 13 hours ago | 223 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Show HN: Ziggy – high performance lock free MPMC channel in under 200 LOC (github.com/nubskr)
    ×0.67 | 1 points by jakesullivan11 34 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Stop Using Pseudo-Types (f2r.github.io)
    ×0.52 58 #31 | 18 points by speckx 9 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Finland looks to introduce Australia-style ban on social media (yle.fi)
    ×5.03 8 #67 | 723 points by Teever 1 day ago | 549 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. An open source universal back end framework (nitric.io)
    ×1.44 | 2 points by milsebg 41 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Moltbook Isn't the Real Risk – Autonomous AI Agents Are (normallydistributed.dev)
    ×1.48 | 2 points by jillcates 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Show HN: Claude Confessions – a sanctuary for AI agents (claudeconfessions.com)
    ×1.17 90 | 4 points by moona3k 17 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Show HN: We Built the 1. EU-Sovereignty Audit for Websites (lightwaves.io)
    ×1.12 109 | 106 points by cmkr 5 days ago | 91 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Contracts in Nix (sraka.xyz)
    ×1.03 20 #13 | 69 points by todsacerdoti 10 hours ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Adventure Game Studio: OSS software for creating adventure games (adventuregamestudio.co.uk)
    ×1.67 19 #15 | 344 points by doener 23 hours ago | 70 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Upcoming Tech Books to Read in 2026 (notnotp.com)
    ×0.80 | 1 points by enz 17 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Show HN: Judgment Boundary – Stop as a First-Class Outcome for AI Systems (github.com/Nick-heo-eg)
    ×0.60 | 1 points by echoos 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Outsourcing thinking (erikjohannes.no)
    ×1.81 43 #54 | 259 points by todsacerdoti 1 day ago | 210 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Doing Less, for Her (carlosbecker.com)
    ×0.83 | 1 points by Lunar5227 5 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Resurrecting Email Notifications on a Legacy NAS (QNAP TS-559 Pro+) (rhardih.io)
    ×1.46 | 2 points by rhardih 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. The Saddest Moment (2013) [pdf] (usenix.org)
    ×1.12 42 | 125 points by tosh 1 day ago | 24 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Show HN: One Human + One Agent = One Browser From Scratch in 20K LOC (emsh.cat)
    ×2.00 88 | 320 points by embedding-shape 5 days ago | 153 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Founding is a snowball (bawolf.com)
    ×1.12 23 #30 | 94 points by bryantwolf 15 hours ago | 31 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. A novelist who took on the Italian mafia and lived (thetimes.com)
    ×0.84 71 #87 | 98 points by Thevet 2 days ago | 95 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Does selling AI capabilities as licensed, downloaded software make sense (cmpsbl.com)
    ×0.75 | 1 points by promptfluid 24 minutes ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Bitcoin Looks Set for Longest Monthly Losing Streak Since 2018 (bloomberg.com)
    ×3.39 64 | 69 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 1 day ago | 79 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Show HN: Using World Models for Consistent AI Filmmaking (getartcraft.com)
    ×0.29 | 2 points by echelon 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors (notepad-plus-plus.org)
    ×7.05 47 #52 | 699 points by mysterydip 10 hours ago | 393 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. I Test Drove a Chinese EV. Now I Don't Want to Buy American Cars Anymore (wsj.com)
    ×4.24 64 #83 | 8 points by dkobia 1 hour ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Show HN: Securing the Ralph Wiggum Loop – DevSecOps for Autonomous Coding Agents (github.com/agairola)
    ×1.40 115 | 4 points by agairola 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. EU launches government satcom program in sovereignty push (spacenews.com)
    ×3.42 9 #17 | 58 points by benkan 3 hours ago | 27 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Jack Kerouac's 37 metre-long, first draft scroll of On the Road to be auctioned (theguardian.com)
    ×0.95 63 #44 | 76 points by mitchbob 23 hours ago | 33 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Nintendo DS code editor and scriptable game engine (crl.io)
    ×1.47 61 #62 | 181 points by Antibabelic 1 day ago | 42 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. What I learned building an opinionated and minimal coding agent (mariozechner.at)
    ×2.26 10 #53 | 386 points by SatvikBeri 1 day ago | 164 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Reliable 25 Gigabit Ethernet via Thunderbolt (kohlschuetter.github.io)
    ×2.16 11 #59 | 258 points by kohlschuetter 1 day ago | 124 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: OpenJuris – AI legal research with citations from primary sources (openjuris.org)
    ×0.90 83 | 18 points by Zachzhao 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Show HN: The HN Arcade (andrewgy8.github.io)
    ×1.62 80 | 350 points by yuppiepuppie 5 days ago | 122 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Show HN: Warden – agent based framework for reviewing code (sentry.dev)
    ×0.44 | 2 points by zeeg 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Show HN: SimpleSVGs – Free Online SVG Optimizer Multiple SVG Files at Once (simplesvgs.online)
    ×0.84 148 | 8 points by firtaet 3 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Show HN: Hosted OpenClaw with Secure Isolation (moltcloud.ai)
    ×0.36 | 2 points by stubbi 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Building Your Own Efficient uint128 in C++ (solidean.com)
    ×1.16 41 #23 | 90 points by PaulHoule 16 hours ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Efficient String Compression for Modern Database Systems (cedardb.com)
    ×1.12 32 #24 | 138 points by jandrewrogers 19 hours ago | 34 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Ads Are Killing Podcasting (podcasts.rip)
    ×3.84 77 | 49 points by mpugner 1 day ago | 42 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Show HN: Blink – Native macOS code snippet manager. Local, offline, <1s search (enclyralabs.com)
    ×0.59 | 2 points by enclyra 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. English professors double down on requiring printed copies of readings (yaledailynews.com)
    ×1.71 27 #47 | 128 points by cmsefton 21 hours ago | 187 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. The Book of PF, 4th edition (nostarch.com)
    ×1.36 12 #68 | 215 points by 0x54MUR41 1 day ago | 37 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Apple Platform Security (Jan 2026) [pdf] (apple.com)
    ×1.86 51 #69 | 216 points by pieterr 1 day ago | 185 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. A Taxonomy for AI Agents (osohq.com)
    ×1.70 | 2 points by meghan 29 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: Cryptography Interactive Visualization (vizcipher.com)
    ×0.61 | 1 points by bladecd 43 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Japan's Kioxia extends memory chip JV with SanDisk, receiving $1B (nikkei.com)
    ×0.61 | 1 points by walterbell 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. To Every Developer Close to Burnout, Read This · TheSeniorDev (theseniordev.com)
    ×1.38 | 2 points by birdculture 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???