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  1. Ask HN: How do you find the "why" behind old code decisions?
    ×0.46 40 #48 | 16 points by siddhibansal9 8 hours ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. How do I make $10k (What are you guys doing?)
    ×1.26 62 | 4 points by b_mutea 55 minutes ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: What AI feature looked in demos and failed in real usage? Why?
    ×0.66 | 2 points by kajolshah_bt 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Why is software still built like billions don't exist in 2026?
    ×3.90 56 | 6 points by yerushalayim 1 hour ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: Does DDG no longer honor "site:" prefix?
    ×0.65 15 | 16 points by everybodyknows 10 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: Do you have any evidence that agentic coding works?
    ×3.17 41 | 441 points by terabytest 3 days ago | 442 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Tell HN: Cursor agent force-pushed despite explicit "ask for permission" rules
    ×0.50 33 | 6 points by xinbenlv 7 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Best practice securing secrets on local machines working with agents?
    ×0.31 78 | 8 points by xinbenlv 22 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Tell HN: 2 years building a kids audio app as a solo dev – lessons learned
    ×1.10 39 | 133 points by oliverjanssen 1 day ago | 75 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: Is Claude Down for You?
    ×0.88 19 | 25 points by philip1209 14 hours ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: Why are so many rolling out their own AI/LLM agent sandboxing solution?
    ×1.27 82 | 30 points by ATechGuy 2 days ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: How do you authorize AI agent actions in production?
    ×0.95 109 | 5 points by naolbeyene 22 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. From Sketch to Masterpiece: Understanding Stable Diffusion Img2Img
    ×0.37 | 2 points by bozhou 7 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: What is your opinion on non-mainstream mobile OS options (e.g. /e/OS)?
    ×0.58 97 | 5 points by sendes 19 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: Have you managed to switch to Bluesky for tech people?
    ×3.36 59 | 9 points by fuegoio 13 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: What's the best virtual Linux desktop experience on macOS for devs?
    ×0.85 72 | 7 points by darkteflon 14 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: COBOL devs, how are AI coding affecting your work?
    ×1.01 92 | 168 points by zkid18 3 days ago | 183 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: Modern test automation software (Python/Go/TS)?
    ×0.46 80 | 7 points by rajkumar14 16 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: How do you verify cron jobs did what they were supposed to?
    ×0.72 86 | 6 points by BlackPearl02 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Tell HN: Drowning in information but still missing everything
    ×2.07 74 | 9 points by akhil08agrawal 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: Revive a mostly dead Discord server
    ×0.31 138 | 20 points by movedx 2 days ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Tell HN: We have not yet discovered the rules of vibe coding
    ×0.71 87 | 3 points by 0xbadcafebee 11 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: Does "Zapier for payment automation" exist?
    ×0.27 136 | 8 points by PL_Venard 1 day ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: Industrial smart glasses with online / offline capabilities?
    ×0.16 115 | 3 points by aureliusm 23 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Anyone doing production image editing with image models? How?
    ×0.37 99 | 4 points by geooff_ 20 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: Is there any good open source model with reliable agentic capabilities?
    ×0.42 100 | 4 points by baalimago 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: Unusual Network Filter
    ×0.67 102 | 4 points by gman21 23 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Tell HN: Claude session limits getting small
    ×1.49 93 | 23 points by pragmaticalien8 1 day ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: Which common map projections make Greenland look smaller?
    ×0.50 146 | 18 points by jimnotgym 2 days ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Ask HN: Claude Down?
    ×0.78 104 | 3 points by emschwartz 14 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Tell HN: Avoid Cerebras if you are a founder
    ×2.63 89 | 34 points by remusomega 1 day ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ask HN: Any good resources facility location planning using GIS?
    ×0.92 106 | 3 points by skalilopa 15 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Ask HN: Which wireless router in 2026?
    ×0.44 | 2 points by helij 15 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Ask HN: Why does Google Maps still use mercator projection?
    ×2.35 127 | 6 points by hbarka 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. We got an AI agent to read a config file and email it to an external address
    ×0.44 | 2 points by exordex 15 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Agentic Memory Is Still an Unsolved Problem
    ×1.20 60 | 3 points by manthangupta109 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Ask HN: How locked down are your work machines?
    ×2.93 96 | 20 points by donatj 1 day ago | 23 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Ask HN: Thoughts on monitoring multi-chain staking and alerts with KoinyxBot
    ×0.45 | 2 points by eeezl0dey 18 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. How do you keep AI-generated applications consistent as they evolve over time?
    ×1.08 122 | 10 points by RobertSerber 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Tell HN: Bending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday
    ×3.85 10 | 456 points by Daemon404 1 day ago | 494 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Ask HN: What are good resources to get familiar with AI code editors?
    ×1.82 132 | 9 points by northfield27 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Tell HN: Amazon has deactivated my seller account
    ×2.10 67 | 76 points by hacky_engineer 1 day ago | 75 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Ask HN: How do you keep system context from rotting over time?
    ×0.51 149 | 15 points by kennethops 2 days ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Ask HN: How do you run parallel agent sessions?
    ×0.64 125 | 7 points by Olshansky 3 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Ask HN: I'm sure more than just Microsoft is down rn
    ×5.00 54 | 14 points by koconder 16 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Ask HN: GitHub "files changed" tab change?
    ×0.36 | 2 points by nonethewiser 19 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Ask HN: What have you built/shipped with Claude Code?
    ×1.42 118 | 9 points by blhack 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Tell HN: Claude helped me maintain my old open source project
    ×2.58 116 | 13 points by nergal 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Ask HN: Vibe-coded prototypes: what happens when they go into production?
    ×0.98 150 | 5 points by stosssik 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Ask HN: Do you protect your client-side JavaScript? Why or why not?
    ×1.35 176 | 5 points by nikitaeverywher 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Ask HN: How to introduce Claude Code to a team?
    ×0.69 161 | 11 points by 9dev 3 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Ask HN: Is GitHub Down?
    ×1.26 85 | 11 points by AznHisoka 22 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Ask HN: How did Gemini go from being awful to incredible back to awful?
    ×1.21 142 | 5 points by wewewedxfgdf 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Ask HN: Are you going to meetups/conferences?
    ×2.19 133 | 9 points by carimura 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Ask HN: Why does SOC 2 feel so hard for early-stage startups?
    ×3.51 124 | 10 points by asdxrfx 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Ask HN: How are you automating your coding work?
    ×2.04 66 | 78 points by manthangupta109 1 day ago | 81 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Ask HN: What's an API that you wish existed?
    ×1.19 158 | 11 points by tornikeo 3 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Ask HN: Does Apple not have *any* QA for their older macOS releases?
    ×0.85 140 | 4 points by richrichardsson 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Users don't care about your app's complexity
    ×1.21 128 | 5 points by Fh_ 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Ask HN: What's your biggest challenge with context engineering for AI agents?
    ×0.74 169 | 4 points by karpathunter 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Ask HN: Is OBD-II telematics data more private than mobile app tracking?
    ×0.49 169 | 4 points by insuranceguru 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Ask HN: What single AI tool/technique 10x'd your productivity last year?
    ×1.22 155 | 5 points by laxmena 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Ask HN: Can someone make a CAS just checking last bit on x86/ARM please?
    ×0.67 170 | 4 points by goofy_lemur 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Ask HN: What should I write about next? (CS student learning by writing)
    ×0.74 171 | 4 points by Aditya_kachhawa 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Ask HN: What are the recommender systems papers from 2024-2025?
    ×1.51 147 | 15 points by haensi 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Experimenting with a Compiled Language
    ×0.77 163 | 3 points by JhonPork 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Do people at Google use Gmail?
    ×0.87 164 | 3 points by mr-pink 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Tell HN: GitHub has experienced issues 60% of days this year
    ×1.65 108 | 5 points by petetnt 21 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Ask HN: Do you have side income as a software engineer?
    ×3.77 79 | 10 points by andrewstetsenko 19 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Ask HN: How do you audit autonomous AI agent decisions?
    ×0.26 172 | 3 points by credentum 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Ask HN: Did past "bubbles" have so many people claiming we were in a bubble?
    ×2.24 139 | 19 points by bmau5 2 days ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Ask HN: How worried should I be about running LLM code on my machine?
    ×1.03 165 | 10 points by scoofy 3 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Ask HN: What non-fiction do you read?
    ×1.10 157 | 15 points by yanis_t 3 days ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Ask HN: Is retreq / retspec a thing?
    ×0.32 180 | 3 points by foobarbecue 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Ask HN: Anyone seeing copy/paste reliability issues in ChatGPT Web on macOS?
    ×0.33 | 2 points by sallyrideauto 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Ask HN: Have your views about AI / LLMs changed? What triggered it?
    ×1.99 160 | 4 points by ATechGuy 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Ark and GENESIS A protocol for sovereign know nodes and consent-based federation
    ×0.43 | 2 points by PiSounds 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. AI Californication
    ×1.80 179 | 7 points by shoman3003 3 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Ask HN: Breaking into tech project management from different field?
    ×0.46 183 | 4 points by conner_h5 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Ask HN: Local models to support home network infrastructure?
    ×0.58 178 | 5 points by DrAwdeOccarim 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. I built a tiny daemon that reminds me what matters
    ×1.78 188 | 4 points by amitdawar 3 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. TruCite–an independent verification layer for AI outputs in regulated workflows
    ×0.62 187 | 4 points by docmani74 3 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Ask HN: Should you combine your personal website and blog or keep them separate?
    ×1.29 177 | 6 points by nanfinitum 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Ask HN: How does YC / HN think about founder voting splits vs. equity splits?
    ×0.37 184 | 3 points by cofounder1999 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Ask HN: What should I do with my old laptop in 2026?
    ×1.19 185 | 6 points by nanfinitum 3 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Ask HN: Clipboard overflows causing system crashes in macOS Tahoe 26.3 beta 2?
    ×1.07 173 | 8 points by nhubbard 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Ask HN: What is your Claude Code setup? For common or spec projects
    ×1.11 130 | 3 points by seky 20 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Ask HN: How would you design for this scale today?
    ×0.78 181 | 4 points by phs318u 3 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Ask HN: how to detect teammate vs. enemy in Krunker.io?
    ×0.73 186 | 3 points by kracked0x 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Ask HN: Would you trust a new browser security extension in 2025?
    ×0.45 182 | 4 points by linklock 2 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???