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  1. Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)
    ×1.69 63 #83 | 428 points by david927 2 days ago | 1388 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Tell HN: AI coding is sexy, but accounting is the real low-hanging target
    ×0.65 1 | 49 points by bmadduma 5 days ago | 47 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: How are you vibe coding in an established code base?
    ×0.63 60 | 9 points by adam_gyroscope 8 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Who has enjoyed using PR code reviewers? What worked and what didn’t?
    ×0.60 75 | 3 points by yashwantphogat 5 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: Is building a calm, non-gamified learning app a mistake?
    ×0.91 72 | 83 points by hussein-khalil 1 day ago | 117 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Memory Safety in C# vs. Rust
    ×0.68 78 | 13 points by northlondoner 14 hours ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: Is starting a personal blog still worth it in the age of AI?
    ×1.27 88 | 58 points by nazarh 2 days ago | 73 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Computer animator and Amiga fanatic Dick van Dyke turns 100
    ×1.95 86 | 278 points by ggm 3 days ago | 92 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: How can I get better at using AI for programming?
    ×2.88 79 | 463 points by lemonlime227 3 days ago | 462 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: Best back end to run models on Google TPU?
    ×0.40 125 | 7 points by vood 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: Bloggers, how do you manage your content?
    ×0.69 100 | 8 points by freemanjiang 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: Did anyone else notice that the OpenAI Labs website was completely gone?
    ×0.51 128 | 26 points by underlipton 4 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Rkik v2.0.0 – NTP, NTS, PTP diagnostics, presets and config, Docker test lab
    ×0.31 98 | 3 points by aguacero7 16 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: How do you get comfortable with shipping code you haven't reviewed?
    ×0.52 109 | 7 points by fnimick 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: Why are modern AIs ignorant or reluctant to talk about "vibe coding"?
    ×0.15 | 2 points by amichail 1 day ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: Thought-Provoking Books
    ×1.04 131 | 16 points by Agraillo 3 days ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. DietPi released a new version v9.20
    ×0.54 117 | 4 points by StephanStS 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: How do I navigate horror of requirement gathering in product management?
    ×0.26 142 | 4 points by souravpradhan 2 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: Any online tech spaces you hang around that don't involve AI?
    ×0.62 134 | 12 points by jc_811 3 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Our "enterprise" experience with Stripe after $1B+ processed (be careful)
    ×1.39 127 | 28 points by Boulderchaim 4 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: Please suggest a smart watch that can be customized
    ×0.85 121 | 9 points by VladVladikoff 2 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. `nmrs` is officially stable v1.0.0 released
    ×0.50 120 | 3 points by cachebag 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Why are "remote" jobs in late 2025 still limited to hiring in US/CA/UK/DE?
    ×0.72 144 | 25 points by ftonato 1 week ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Meta "deletes" years of conversations with friends/family
    ×0.62 138 | 10 points by effectkai 3 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Show HN: My Tizen multiplayer drawing game flopped, but then hit 100M drawings (drawize.com)
    ×0.66 54 #71 | 18 points by lombarovic 9 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Be Careful with GIDs in Rails (julik.nl)
    ×0.53 63 #73 | 43 points by julik 16 hours ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Upcoming Changes to Let's Encrypt Certificates (letsencrypt.org)
    ×2.06 10 | 314 points by schmuckonwheels 1 day ago | 306 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Show HN: Skouriasmeno Papaki – S3 transfer tool, up to 12x faster than AWS-CLI (github.com/NetViper-Labs)
    ×1.56 53 | 4 points by NetViper 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Show HN: Ruby-TI – Static Type Checker for Mruby (Version 1.0) (github.com/engneer-hamachan)
    ×0.47 | 2 points by hamachang 15 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Show HN: A systems language with runtime reflection and no GC (xxml-language.com)
    ×1.31 135 | 4 points by thatsoulyguy 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. The Entry-Level Hiring Process Is Breaking Down (theatlantic.com)
    ×1.23 | 2 points by jdkee 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Thomas Piketty: 'The reality is the US is losing control of the world' (lemonde.fr)
    ×10.18 2 | 88 points by robtherobber 15 hours ago | 179 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Show HN: Building a full-stack Cloudflare starter kit (Hono and D1 and Stripe) (hy-dev.workers.dev)
    ×0.84 95 | 3 points by hy_wondercoms 15 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Show HN: Wirebrowser – A JavaScript debugger with breakpoint-driven heap search (github.com/fcavallarin)
    ×0.74 118 | 72 points by fcavallarin 6 days ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Purrtran – ᓚᘏᗢ – A Programming Language for Cat People (github.com/cmontella)
    ×1.79 6 #40 | 227 points by simonpure 13 hours ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Confuse some SSH bots and make botters block you (newsdump.org)
    ×1.11 3 #59 | 53 points by Bender 9 hours ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Show HN: AI Trolley Problem Arena (aitrolleyproblem.com)
    ×2.91 22 | 7 points by justintorre75 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Show HN: TheAuditor v2.0 – A ”Flight Computer“ for AI Coding Agents (github.com/TheAuditorTool)
    ×0.42 34 #27 | 12 points by ThailandJohn 3 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Tracking Renamed Files in Git (oleb.net)
    ×0.67 | 1 points by gsky 27 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. I'm Kenyan. I don't write like ChatGPT, ChatGPT writes like me (marcusolang.substack.com)
    ×5.68 9 | 766 points by florian_s 1 day ago | 484 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson's. They blame a deadly pesticide (mlive.com)
    ×3.58 7 | 443 points by bikenaga 1 day ago | 333 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Ideas aren't getting harder to find (asteriskmag.com)
    ×1.87 43 | 121 points by mitchbob 1 day ago | 64 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Show HN: Cargo-rail: graph-aware monorepo tooling for Rust; 11 deps (github.com/loadingalias)
    ×0.69 92 | 61 points by LoadingALIAS 6 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Show HN: Go Libraries for Working with OpenAPI (github.com/speakeasy-api)
    ×0.66 122 | 3 points by mfbx9da4 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. The Whole App is a Blob (drobinin.com)
    ×1.26 71 | 160 points by valzevul 1 day ago | 95 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Creating custom yellow handshake emojis with zero-width joiners (alexbeals.com)
    ×0.85 15 #38 | 63 points by dado3212 9 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Tesla engaged in deceptive marketing for Autopilot and Full Self-Driving, judge (techcrunch.com)
    ×0.89 | 1 points by pseudolus 4 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Marshall Islands launches universal basic income scheme offering cryptocurrency (theguardian.com)
    ×0.89 | 1 points by uxhacker 6 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Unscii (viznut.fi)
    ×1.99 51 | 317 points by Levitating 1 day ago | 57 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Show HN: Open-Source Notion MCP Server (TypeScript, SSE, Apify) (github.com/piskunproject)
    ×1.17 105 | 9 points by piskunlab 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Show HN: I made Claude Code learn from its mistakes (github.com/roampal-ai)
    ×1.09 110 | 4 points by roampal 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Show HN: Autofix Bot – Hybrid static analysis and AI code review agent
    ×0.53 123 | 36 points by sanketsaurav 5 days ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. How geometry is fundamental for chess (lichess.org)
    ×0.74 24 #44 | 54 points by fzliu 9 hours ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. UK Lawmakers Propose Mandatory On-Device Surveillance and VPN Age Verification (reclaimthenet.org)
    ×3.24 29 #79 | 37 points by _____k 6 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Meta Segment Anything Model Audio (meta.com)
    ×1.96 40 #80 | 19 points by megaman821 9 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Chafa: Terminal Graphics for the 21st Century (hpjansson.org)
    ×1.46 43 #88 | 211 points by birdculture 1 day ago | 31 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. AI romance blooms as Japanese woman weds virtual partner of her dreams (reuters.com)
    ×0.74 | 1 points by alephnerd 22 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. AI Tool to Find Expert Scientists (scientistfinder.ai)
    ×0.49 | 1 points by Tardigrade10 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Show HN: MP3 File Editor / Player for Windows (github.com/cutandjoin)
    ×0.79 97 | 3 points by cutandjoin 15 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. The appropriate amount of effort is zero (expandingawareness.org)
    ×1.80 46 #82 | 197 points by gmays 1 day ago | 114 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Quill OS: An open-source OS for Kobo's eReaders (quill-os.org)
    ×2.21 21 #85 | 444 points by Curiositry 1 day ago | 137 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Show HN: PaperDebugger – An Overleaf companion for revising LaTeX papers (github.com/PaperDebugger)
    ×1.18 91 | 3 points by andrelinhk 12 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Show HN: I Ching simulator with accurate Yarrow Stalk probabilities (castiching.com)
    ×0.66 83 | 61 points by jackzhuo 2 days ago | 58 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Tesla Robotaxis in Austin Crash 12.5x More Frequently Than Humans (electrek.co)
    ×8.27 34 #37 | 29 points by hjouneau 52 minutes ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Canada's Carney called out for 'utilizing' British spelling (bbc.com)
    ×1.00 58 #54 | 75 points by haunter 17 hours ago | 213 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Children with cancer scammed out of millions fundraised for their treatment (bbc.com)
    ×3.66 55 | 521 points by 1659447091 21 hours ago | 440 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot (heise.de)
    ×6.94 31 | 210 points by sagischwarz 18 hours ago | 152 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Erdős Problem #1026 (wordpress.com)
    ×1.20 23 #77 | 155 points by tzury 22 hours ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Ford kills the All-Electric F-150 (wired.com)
    ×4.11 11 | 429 points by sacred-rat 1 day ago | 846 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. MIT Missing Semester 2026 (mit.edu)
    ×2.47 77 | 90 points by vismit2000 1 day ago | 66 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. A2UI: A Protocol for Agent-Driven Interfaces (a2ui.org)
    ×1.05 35 #52 | 145 points by makeramen 18 hours ago | 65 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Show HN: A24z – AI Engineering Ops Platform (a24z.ai)
    ×1.89 58 | 6 points by brandonin 6 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Show HN: AI Generated SVG's (vectorart.ai)
    ×0.75 | 2 points by tm11zz 8 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Show HN: Kenobi – AI personalized website content for every visitor
    ×2.15 107 | 7 points by sarreph 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: Gotui – a modern Go terminal dashboard library (github.com/metaspartan)
    ×1.51 124 | 47 points by carsenk 5 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. AI is wiping out entry-level tech jobs, leaving graduates stranded (restofworld.org)
    ×3.34 37 #75 | 115 points by cratermoon 10 hours ago | 142 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Instacart's AI-Enabled Pricing Experiments May Be Inflating Your Grocery Bill (consumerreports.org)
    ×1.86 22 #89 | 16 points by bookofjoe 4 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Claude Royale: A harness for AI agents to play Clash Royale (github.com/houseworthe)
    ×0.50 | 1 points by houseworth 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Video Calling App (ngrok-free.dev)
    ×0.46 | 1 points by greentimer 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Show HN: KpopAPI – RESTful Kpop API:) (kpopapi.com)
    ×0.46 | 2 points by satinfive 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Show HN: Jottings; Anti-social microblog for your thoughts (jottings.me)
    ×1.19 132 | 28 points by vishalvshekkar 4 days ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. What happened to iRobot can happen to anyone (engadget.com)
    ×0.96 | 1 points by codetiger 1 minute ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. The race for an AI Jesus is on (economist.com)
    ×0.87 | 1 points by andsoitis 7 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Dlang Interfacing with C++ (dlang.org)
    ×0.56 | 1 points by tmseidman 46 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Show HN: I kept forgetting the same adulting tasks, so I built an app to help (apple.com)
    ×0.54 | 1 points by hos4m 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. The perfect plastic? Plant-based saltwater degradable, zero microplastics (eurekalert.org)
    ×1.21 | 2 points by thunderbong 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Show HN: Kafkatop 2.0 – top for Kafka – rewritten in Go with partition analytics (github.com/sivann)
    ×0.46 | 2 points by sivann 11 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Reverse-engineering the RK3588 NPU: Hacking limits to run vision transformers (amohan.dev)
    ×1.32 15 #41 | 31 points by rcarmo 6 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Bitbucket cleanup of free unused workspaces (atlassian.com)
    ×0.62 | 1 points by justdotJS 32 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Uber and DoorDash Try to Halt NYC Law That Encourages Tipping (nytimes.com)
    ×2.38 14 | 4 points by voxadam 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???