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  1. Ask HN: Distributed data centers in our basements
    ×0.54 27 #60 | 64 points by cmos 18 hours ago | 62 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. EPropelled Electric Propulsion Motors and Controllers for Uncrewed Vehicles
    ×0.34 | 2 points by ePropelled 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Tell HN: Chrome says "suspicious download" when trying to download yt-dlp
    ×2.43 62 | 283 points by joering2 19 hours ago | 90 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: Academic study on AI's impact on software development – want to join?
    ×0.60 32 | 28 points by research2026 17 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Non-US founders residential address problem with Brex, Mercury?
    ×0.83 29 | 5 points by Barazutti629 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Tell HN: Zed is sunsetting text threads
    ×0.81 47 | 4 points by koito17 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. LinkedIn uses 2.4 GB RAM across two tabs
    ×3.93 17 | 787 points by hrncode 3 days ago | 448 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. LinkedIn uses 65GB of RAM with 7 tabs opened
    ×1.22 59 | 8 points by daniele_dll 12 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Nexus – Agent-native ops platform for ecommerce MCP, self-registration, no demos
    ×0.42 92 | 3 points by karimsherif 14 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: Does anyone else notice that gas runs out faster than usual
    ×0.67 82 | 19 points by cat-turner 1 day ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: Is there any founder building non AI startup in 2026?
    ×1.92 65 | 10 points by daudmalik06 15 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: What was it like in the era of BBS before the internet?
    ×0.98 80 | 25 points by ex-aws-dude 1 day ago | 32 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Are you team MCP or team CLI?
    ×0.71 96 | 15 points by sharath39 1 day ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: Who needs contributors? (March 2026)
    ×0.82 100 | 24 points by Kathan2651 2 days ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Proof-engine A mathematical rendering engine for Rust
    ×0.58 89 | 5 points by Shmungus 18 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Tell HN: DeepL Moving Data to AWS
    ×0.20 111 | 5 points by bilekas 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. With Mythos will we reach coding singularity?
    ×0.44 122 | 4 points by kamalsrini17 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Sandflare – I built a sandbox that launches AI agent VMs in ~300ms
    ×0.49 118 | 5 points by ajaysheoran2323 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: Gemini CLI vs. Claude Code
    ×0.61 116 | 6 points by elC0mpa 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Curious. anyone here allow agents to make purchase decisions of >$100?
    ×0.20 | 2 points by adityasriram 1 day ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: Best stack for building a tiny game with an 11-year-old?
    ×0.54 127 | 16 points by richardstahl 2 days ago | 27 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: Is it actually possible to run multiple coding sessions in parallel?
    ×0.51 120 | 11 points by sukit 1 day ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: Are you too getting addicted to the dev workflow of coding with agents?
    ×0.86 70 | 41 points by gchamonlive 1 day ago | 44 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. The risk of AI isn't making us lazy, but making "lazy" look productive
    ×1.45 104 | 74 points by acmerfight 3 days ago | 87 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: M5 MacBook Pro buyers, worth spending the $$$ to maybe run LLMs local?
    ×0.74 138 | 10 points by tpurves 2 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: What's the latest concensus on OpenAI vs. Anthropic $20/month tier?
    ×0.81 147 | 13 points by whatarethembits 3 days ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: How to Handle Claude's Stubbornness?
    ×0.59 126 | 9 points by classicpsy 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: What's your favorite number, and why?
    ×1.46 107 | 11 points by QuantumNomad_ 1 day ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: Dean of studies at a French CS school – what should we teach?
    ×1.26 90 | 8 points by fdeage 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Claude API Error: 529
    ×0.46 152 | 25 points by anujbans 4 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Ask HN: Release Path for 'Transformers Alternatives'?
    ×0.27 160 | 4 points by adinhitlore 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ask HN: How are you keeping AI coding agents from burning money?
    ×0.35 158 | 8 points by bhaviav100 3 days ago | 33 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Ask HN: Anyone using Meshtastic/LoRa for non-chat applications?
    ×0.71 155 | 14 points by redgridtactical 4 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Ask HN: Is it just me?
    ×0.86 145 | 17 points by twoelf 3 days ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Ask HN: Is anyone still resisting the slop onslaught?
    ×1.62 110 | 8 points by 0xDEFACED 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Solar panels at Lidl? Plug-in versions set to appear in shops (thisismoney.co.uk)
    ×2.17 17 | 3 points by ZeljkoS 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Show HN: Heartbeat – A simple public page for your real-world and online status (heartbeat.page)
    ×1.86 119 | 12 points by ipster_io 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Show HN: DreamGraph MCP v5 – An open source autonomous cognitive layer (github.com/mmethodz)
    ×1.81 | 2 points by mmethodz 12 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Axios vs. Fetch (2025 update): Which should you use for HTTP requests? (logrocket.com)
    ×1.37 | 2 points by mariuz 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Spain shuts airspace for US planes involved in Iran war (aawsat.com)
    ×6.44 56 | 92 points by vrganj 1 day ago | 53 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. We hid a free trip to Switzerland in our privacy policy (cape.co)
    ×2.96 60 | 67 points by bwoah 1 day ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Show HN: A 3D Body Scan for Nine Cents – Without SMPL (clad.you)
    ×0.81 99 | 17 points by arkadiuss 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. RamAIn (YC W26) Is Hiring (ycombinator.com)
    1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Show HN: Sundial – a new way to look at a weather forecast (sundial.page)
    ×1.30 33 #80 | 42 points by izaidi 19 hours ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Nginx Proxy Manager Linux Native Installer (github.com/njordium)
    ×0.62 | 1 points by khnjord 55 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Stanford scientists create shape-shifting material that changes color (sciencedaily.com)
    ×0.58 | 1 points by 01-_- 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Bird brains (2023) (dhanishsemar.com)
    ×1.44 11 | 337 points by DiffTheEnder 1 day ago | 213 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Take better notes, by hand (brianschrader.com)
    ×1.70 21 | 211 points by sonicrocketman 1 day ago | 93 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Clocked Out (thepointmag.com)
    ×0.65 | 1 points by jger15 44 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Ghostmoon.app – A Swiss Army Knife for your macOS menu bar (mgrunwald.com)
    ×1.48 48 | 147 points by mgrunwald_ 1 day ago | 117 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Show HN: HN Sieve – AI scores every HN project so you don't miss the good ones (github.com/primoia)
    ×0.30 | 2 points by cezarvil 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. NoHumanTeam-one command installer. Team powered by OpenClaw (nohuman.team)
    ×0.83 | 1 points by DmitriiKa 9 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Rational Quantum Mechanics: Testing Quantum Theory with Quantum Computers (arxiv.org)
    ×0.60 | 1 points by Tyyps 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. C89cc.sh – standalone C89/ELF64 compiler in pure portable shell (github.com/alganet)
    ×1.45 | 2 points by gaigalas 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. New Steve Jobs video from 99: Speech at the Apple campus (youtube.com)
    ×0.57 | 1 points by sgt 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Nobody is coming to save your career (alifeengineered.substack.com)
    ×4.05 10 | 103 points by herbertl 21 hours ago | 107 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Show HN: axil – A terminal user-interface for treesitter (github.com/terror)
    ×0.46 140 | 5 points by crap 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Scientists Discover Plants Can "Count" (scitechdaily.com)
    ×1.00 | 1 points by thunderbong 1 minute ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Why did everything take so long? (lesswrong.com)
    ×0.82 | 1 points by jstanley 10 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Google Did It Android 16 Desktop Mode Is Here [video] (youtube.com)
    ×1.71 | 2 points by znpy 21 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Incident March 30th, 2026 – Accidental CDN Caching (railway.com)
    ×0.74 49 | 69 points by cebert 1 day ago | 32 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Bitwarden integrates with OneCLI agent vault (onecli.sh)
    ×1.18 69 | 63 points by sudo_chmod 1 day ago | 43 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Show HN: Public transit systems as data – lines, stations, railcars, and history (publictransit.systems)
    ×0.70 105 | 47 points by qwertykb 3 days ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. A dot a day keeps the clutter away (scottlawsonbc.com)
    ×2.48 5 #7 | 326 points by scottlawson 13 hours ago | 90 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Combinators (rubenverg.com)
    ×0.86 29 #41 | 143 points by tosh 22 hours ago | 39 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Super Micro Computer Investors Look for Exits (catenaa.com)
    ×0.74 39 #50 | 38 points by malindasp 14 hours ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. DDR5 RAM prices fall by as much as 30%, but memory shortage likely far from over (notebookcheck.net)
    ×2.43 19 #81 | 27 points by jeffufl 8 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. MoonRank AI: share your URL and it audits, fixes and publishes SEO content daily (moonrank.ai)
    ×0.64 | 1 points by acarre 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Impossible Choices (2019) (aeon.co)
    ×0.63 | 1 points by robtherobber 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Claude Code's source code has been leaked via a map file in their NPM registry (twitter.com/Fried_rice)
    ×8.69 51 #55 | 1991 points by treexs 1 day ago | 978 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Karakuri Mechanical Art (karakurist.jp)
    ×1.73 64 #68 | 12 points by marukodo 12 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Show HN: Amneziawg-installer – DPI-resistant WireGuard VPN in one command (github.com/bivlked)
    ×0.66 | 1 points by bivlked 45 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Recursive Self-Improving Software Engineering Agents (github.com/legel)
    ×0.64 | 1 points by legel 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Show HN: Prawduct, a product development framework for Claude Code (github.com/brookstalley)
    ×2.38 88 | 5 points by brookst 18 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Forth VM and compiler written in C++ and Scryer Prolog (github.com/no382001)
    ×0.75 59 #65 | 29 points by triska 18 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Car Seats as Contraception (uchicago.edu)
    ×1.59 54 #79 | 111 points by CGMthrowaway 1 day ago | 160 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. GoDaddy Goes All-In on AWS (godaddy.net)
    ×0.61 | 1 points by amalfra 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Show HN: A shot tracking app for hockey teams (github.com/dvelton)
    ×1.34 115 | 6 points by deevelton 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. No tuition, no grades, no power grid: why flock to a desert 'college'? (theguardian.com)
    ×0.73 | 1 points by e2e4 24 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Show HN: WordBattle – Daily word game where AI agents compete against humans
    ×2.23 13 | 6 points by bradleybeddoes 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Show HN: An extension that opens any Goodreads book in anna's or Zlib in a click (google.com)
    ×0.92 | 2 points by NubPlayz 16 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Claude Code users hitting usage limits 'way faster than expected' (theregister.com)
    ×3.18 19 #56 | 307 points by samizdis 22 hours ago | 189 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. RubyGems Fracture Incident Report (rubycentral.org)
    ×1.14 7 #75 | 91 points by schneems 20 hours ago | 38 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Show HN: Aim – AI-assisted verifiable SQL migration generator (github.com/alecthomas)
    ×0.62 | 1 points by alecthomas 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Pieces: The easiest way to never forget anything (pieces.app)
    ×0.62 | 1 points by janandonly 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. 'Beyond what we could imagine': Europe's coming energy crunch (politico.eu)
    ×0.63 | 1 points by leonidasrup 1 hour ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. I Regret the Blood Pact I Have Made with iCloud Photos (pxlnv.com)
    ×4.55 72 | 54 points by speckx 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: Tabical – Tinder-style city micro-itineraries, personalized by swipe (tabical.com)
    ×2.59 146 | 8 points by akhilpotturi 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. No More Code Reviews: Lights-Out Codebases Ahead (molochinations.substack.com)
    ×1.45 | 2 points by justanotherdot 43 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Agent-first, self-describing APIs with protobuf reflection (tpaschalis.me)
    ×0.64 | 1 points by tpaschalis 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???