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  1. Ask HN: AI productivity gains – do you fire devs or build better products?
    ×1.13 10 #78 | 87 points by Bleiglanz 17 hours ago | 153 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. What would you do if you have AI software that may be transformers alternative?
    ×0.25 | 2 points by adinhitlore 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: How much are you spending on AI coding at work?
    ×0.71 16 | 3 points by habosa 2 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Skills are quietly becoming the unit of agent knowledge
    ×2.02 73 | 6 points by latand6 18 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: How to get free/cheap Claude and AWS credits
    ×0.34 62 | 3 points by jacAtSea 5 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: How do you handle peer-to-peer discovery on iOS without a server?
    ×1.11 50 | 6 points by redgridtactical 7 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. SparkVSR: Video Super-Resolution You Can Control with Keyframes
    ×0.33 | 2 points by steveharing1 8 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Tell HN: MS365 upgrade silently to 25 licenses, tried to charge me $1,035
    ×1.02 78 | 19 points by davidstarkjava 21 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Anyone know how long it will take to re-start Qatar's helium plants?
    ×0.32 100 | 8 points by megamike 23 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Tell HN: H&R Block tax software installs a TLS backdoor
    ×1.66 80 | 140 points by yifanlu 2 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Spotify playing ads for paid subscribers
    ×1.50 102 | 147 points by IncandescentGas 4 days ago | 127 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: what’s your favorite line in your Claude/agents.md files?
    ×0.59 105 | 13 points by khasan222 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. I got laid off and realized how broken tech hiring is
    ×1.02 72 | 9 points by nirvanist 12 hours ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Anchor: Hardware-based authentication using SanDisk USB devices
    ×0.27 166 | 4 points by rewant 3 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: How are you securing LLM code agents?
    ×0.39 104 | 3 points by woz_ 15 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Structural Friction: A metric for human coordination cost
    ×0.11 152 | 5 points by davidvartanian 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: Why isn't the NSA categorized as an APT?
    ×0.23 132 | 5 points by TheOpenSourcer 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: What do you look for in your first 10 hires?
    ×0.55 131 | 28 points by neilk17 3 days ago | 34 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: How do you deal with people who trust LLMs?
    ×2.81 99 | 153 points by basilikum 4 days ago | 201 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: Is vibe coding a new mandatory job requirement?
    ×0.95 135 | 37 points by newswangerd 5 days ago | 75 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. European municipalities leak citizen data to US companies
    ×0.86 146 | 11 points by sam_lowry_ 3 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: Is operational memory a missing layer in AI agent architecture?
    ×0.35 144 | 5 points by varunrrai 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. I built a game where you argue consumer rights against AI bots
    ×0.43 156 | 8 points by dragonmann 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: Have you cancelled any software subscriptions because AI replaced them?
    ×0.75 151 | 10 points by maxim_bg 3 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. TTal – CLI that turns Claude Code into a multi-agent software factory
    ×0.40 163 | 6 points by neilbb 3 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: The new wave of AI agent sandboxes?
    ×0.48 142 | 12 points by ATechGuy 3 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: What features does a chip require to beat Nvidia in the AI race?
    ×0.48 145 | 6 points by caloricflow 2 days ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: How to Find a Job in the UK
    ×0.45 148 | 9 points by 0x3444ac53 3 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: What are the greatest discoveries in the last few years?
    ×0.91 117 | 14 points by chistev 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Ask HN: Are you using a Pivotal Tracker successor? Which one?
    ×0.05 | 2 points by antfarm 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Nexi Cancels FSFE: Asked for usernames and passwords (fsfe.org)
    ×0.41 | 1 points by worik 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Show HN: Playra (playra-app.vercel.app)
    ×0.59 | 2 points by Allenboyy 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Show HN: We built a terminal-only Bluesky / AT Proto client written in Fortran (github.com/FormerLab)
    ×0.99 75 | 142 points by FormerLabFred 2 days ago | 80 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Show HN: AgentVerse – Open social network for AI agents (Mar 2026) (nickakre.github.io)
    ×1.72 143 | 5 points by nickakre 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Show HN: Classic Video Poker v2 (classicvideopoker.com)
    ×1.86 112 | 6 points by appstorelottery 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Flash-MoE: Running a 397B Parameter Model on a Laptop (github.com/danveloper)
    ×1.59 17 #11 | 317 points by mft_ 16 hours ago | 108 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. My DIY FPGA board can run Quake II (mikhe.ch)
    ×1.27 | 2 points by tapoxi 57 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Show HN: Fossilware – a community archive of retro hardware, software, and games (fossilware.tech)
    ×1.63 147 | 5 points by tzual 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. First and Lego Education Partnership Update (firstinspires.org)
    ×0.80 14 #22 | 29 points by jchin 5 hours ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Show HN: We mapped 122K carbon removal researchers using OpenAlex/ORCID/OpenClaw (captaindrawdown.com)
    ×1.14 103 | 3 points by dpaessler 15 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Show HN: Search dashcam footage by describing what happened (github.com/ssrajadh)
    ×1.77 162 | 5 points by sohamrj 3 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Show HN: Cybertt – Cybersecurity Tabletop (cybertt.xyz)
    ×0.53 | 2 points by pluppen 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. OpenAI is throwing everything into building an automated researcher (technologyreview.com)
    ×0.91 | 1 points by bongoman42 5 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Paving Hawaiian roads with recycled plastics and abandoned fishing nets (acs.org)
    ×1.01 | 2 points by geox 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. OpenClaw high level architecture review (contextbento.substack.com)
    ×1.51 3 | 4 points by visopsys 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Show HN: RSS reader that scores articles 0–10 with LLM before you open them (github.com/Tutanka01)
    ×0.41 | 2 points by makhal01 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. More common mistakes to avoid when creating system architecture diagrams (ilograph.com)
    ×1.12 25 #27 | 146 points by billyp-rva 15 hours ago | 53 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution (state.gov)
    ×3.95 43 #44 | 129 points by supernova215 2 hours ago | 144 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. eBay Kitchen Beta (home made food ordering) (twitter.com/rats7)
    ×0.62 | 1 points by raybb 35 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Simple Git Branching/Weekly Summary Claude Skills
    ×1.05 | 2 points by daltonlcarr 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Floci – A free, open-source local AWS emulator (github.com/hectorvent)
    ×2.13 6 | 271 points by shaicoleman 1 day ago | 91 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. AI ends online anonymity: the ease of unmasking pseudonymous accounts (elpais.com)
    ×3.92 26 #47 | 9 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. The solar-powered compact car driving Tunisia's electric vehicle revolution (cnn.com)
    ×2.24 23 #74 | 15 points by mooreds 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Hardest Hard Drive Commercial [video] (youtube.com)
    ×1.27 | 2 points by ketchup32613 52 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Garry Kasparov: The Chess Master and the Computer (2010) (nybooks.com)
    ×0.41 | 1 points by mitchbob 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Tinybox – A powerful computer for deep learning (tinygrad.org)
    ×2.56 18 #72 | 575 points by albelfio 1 day ago | 334 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. How Ford burned $12B in Brazil (2021) (reuters.com)
    ×0.85 58 | 64 points by kaycebasques 1 day ago | 44 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Show HN: Agent Use Interface (AUI) – let users bring their own AI agent (github.com/FRE-Studios)
    ×2.11 140 | 6 points by FernandoDev 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. GoGoGrandparent (YC S16) is hiring Back end Engineers (ycombinator.com)
    1 minute ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Project Nomad – Knowledge That Never Goes Offline (projectnomad.us)
    ×2.28 10 #10 | 381 points by jensgk 15 hours ago | 117 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. My first patch to the Linux kernel (pooladkhay.com)
    ×1.55 27 #42 | 213 points by pooladkhay 22 hours ago | 48 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Tesla faces wider probe of self-driving feature (apnews.com)
    ×2.23 4 #57 | 4 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Laid Off in Midlife, China's Reform Generation Braces for Downward Mobility (nytimes.com)
    ×2.74 27 | 5 points by mitchbob 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Chest Fridge (2009) (mtbest.net)
    ×1.31 2 | 176 points by wolfi1 1 day ago | 100 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Show HN: Time Keep – Location timezones, timers, alarms, countdowns in one place
    ×0.48 64 | 24 points by jmbuilds 3 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Show HN: I replaced every function in a codebase with English – it still works (tril.cc)
    ×1.14 94 | 5 points by kulesh 14 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Show HN: 20 years of Hacker News discussions, clustered and visualized (lenzy.ai)
    ×1.71 88 | 7 points by BohdanPetryshyn 16 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Storing Solar Energy as Ice for Air Conditioning (hackaday.com)
    ×1.75 2 #46 | 3 points by lxm 26 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Where hard water causes kidney failure: a field visit to eastern Ethiopia (charitysense.com)
    ×1.62 17 | 3 points by mtweak 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. The U.S. Military's Abrams Tank Is Going Hybrid (insideevs.com)
    ×0.96 | 2 points by kelseyfrog 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. The first modern rocket launched 100 years ago (theconversation.com)
    ×0.97 | 2 points by geox 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Show HN: A KEXP native macOS app (github.com/isaacd9)
    ×0.99 137 | 3 points by idd2 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Show HN: Antfly: Distributed, Multimodal Search and Memory and Graphs in Go (github.com/antflydb)
    ×0.98 113 | 106 points by kingcauchy 5 days ago | 42 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Show HN: OpenFOIA – local-first FOIA toolkit with entity graphs (github.com/JordanCoin)
    ×0.95 95 | 3 points by jordancj 10 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: Vessel Browser – An open-source browser built for AI agents, not humans (quantaintellect.com)
    ×1.48 129 | 4 points by unmodeledtyler 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Brute-forcing my algorithmic ignorance (dominikrudnik.pl)
    ×1.03 31 #39 | 97 points by qikcik 15 hours ago | 56 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Iran war energy crisis is a renewable energy wake-up call (apnews.com)
    ×5.02 47 #52 | 132 points by mooreds 5 hours ago | 166 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Western carmakers' retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance (theguardian.com)
    ×3.13 28 | 202 points by n1b0m 1 day ago | 336 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Five Years of Running a Systems Reading Group at Microsoft (armaansood.com)
    ×1.28 13 #16 | 129 points by Foe 10 hours ago | 38 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Show HN: Codala, a social network built on scanning barcodes (google.com)
    ×0.65 21 #28 | 35 points by hsynkrkye 6 hours ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Show HN: ClawMUD – A persistent world where only AI agents play, humans spectate (clawmud.ai)
    ×0.46 165 | 3 points by allenhsutw 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Show HN: Baltic shadow fleet tracker – live AIS, cable proximity alerts (github.com/FormerLab)
    ×0.75 96 | 55 points by FormerLabFred 2 days ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. MAUI Is Coming to Linux (avaloniaui.net)
    ×1.66 12 #15 | 177 points by DeathArrow 11 hours ago | 82 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Hormuz Minesweeper – Are you tired of winning? (pythonic.ninja)
    ×4.87 59 #76 | 622 points by PythonicNinja 18 hours ago | 425 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. OpenAI to nearly double headcount this year (semafor.com)
    ×3.16 44 | 6 points by kieto 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Agentic AI requires compute that can't be measured in tokens alone (revenuemodel.ai)
    ×1.00 | 2 points by alanjacobson 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Microbenchmarking Chipsets for Giggles (chipsandcheese.com)
    ×0.70 63 #64 | 6 points by zdw 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: A C/C++ IDE written in C from scratch with zero dependencies (itch.io)
    ×3.15 27 | 8 points by giovannicar04 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: NC Web – Norton Commander for the web, built with vanilla JavaScript (github.com/victorantos)
    ×2.36 160 | 10 points by victorbuilds 4 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Show HN: EvalsHub: Your AI is failing in production and you don't know it (evalshub.ai)
    ×1.16 154 | 4 points by neilsharma425 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???