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  1. Ask HN: How do you use multiple sessions for software engineering?
    ×0.29 | 2 points by top_rooster 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: Why are onionv3 services not more popular?
    ×0.12 77 | 3 points by smalltorch 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: Any true alternatives to electron JavaScript?
    ×0.66 41 | 6 points by dhruv3006 3 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: Alternatives to Fail2ban?
    ×0.59 78 | 4 points by jech 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: Any blogs/personal notes from game devs who self-published a game?
    ×0.83 70 | 5 points by ssenssei 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Tell HN: PayPal blocks GrapheneOS
    ×3.29 2 | 497 points by leumon 1 day ago | 321 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: What's a Good Physical Printer?
    ×0.39 87 | 5 points by xrd 5 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Is the FTC National Do Not Call Registry a False Contingency or Placebo?
    ×1.32 35 | 3 points by eth0up 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: Hugging Face is out. Who is hosting open models?
    ×0.74 112 | 20 points by FireUpTheTorren 1 day ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Amazon now hides all customer reviews on products
    ×1.62 85 | 78 points by tonymet 1 day ago | 44 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: If I am 16 what should I learn? Which books should read?
    ×0.92 139 | 7 points by AmirMakirr 1 day ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: Should I leave web development to study medicine in my mid-30s?
    ×0.82 142 | 6 points by lovepuzzles 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: How to Vibe Design as Engineer?
    ×0.83 134 | 7 points by metrofun 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: Why is AI civil tech and not military first?
    ×0.61 136 | 7 points by esher 1 day ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: How do you feel about the new 5H usage limit in Codex?
    ×0.76 162 | 4 points by embedding-shape 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: Dear LinkedIn, do you want to do business, yes or no?
    ×0.87 144 | 7 points by stefanos82 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: How many of you juggle multiple agent sessions at the same time?
    ×0.57 130 | 6 points by top_rooster 21 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: AI agent acts. Your logs say so. But you wrote the logs
    ×0.61 145 | 5 points by Yahyaaa 23 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: Why do tools like customer.io abandon self-serve after their Series A?
    ×0.35 156 | 14 points by alessandroetc 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: Does anyone have a VRAM tester? Something like MemTest86+ but for GPUs?
    ×1.22 121 | 9 points by vkaku 20 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Solving all open source tech debt with Codex
    ×0.39 167 | 3 points by surajkrajan 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: How do you guys stop coding agents from acting out of line?
    ×0.91 155 | 5 points by vivekyyy 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2026 – Show and tell
    ×1.84 158 | 77 points by kaladan 4 days ago | 97 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: Ideas for dealing with overly-do-gooder agents
    ×0.38 | 2 points by zof3 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Tell HN: Gmail can mark legit mail from google.com as spam
    ×0.62 159 | 5 points by salviati 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Another Webpage Screenshot and OG Image Generation API
    ×0.36 | 2 points by foodpad 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: Good large format (>20 inches) touchscreen E-Paper display options?
    ×0.43 166 | 30 points by foota 3 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: Why are Claude models so verbose?
    ×0.68 171 | 10 points by JacobWolf 2 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: Where else do you spend time on the internet other than HN?
    ×0.32 164 | 11 points by Gecko4072 2 days ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Capacity of lifts not kept up with UK obesity levels, study shows (theguardian.com)
    ×1.91 23 | 3 points by thunderbong 24 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Release v0.32.15 · Ollama/Ollama (github.com/ollama)
    ×0.93 | 2 points by kyisaiah47 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. U.S. State Department pauses immigrant visa applications (wsj.com)
    ×4.50 25 | 818 points by sss111 1 day ago | 1374 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Harness Engineering (habitat-thinking.github.io)
    ×1.37 63 | 125 points by tomrod 1 day ago | 42 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Show HN: Text editor and light-weight publishing platform (kraa.io)
    ×0.56 | 2 points by levmiseri 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Show HN: Buslens – where can I get to by bus? (UK) (rupertlinacre.com)
    ×0.82 118 | 81 points by RobinL 2 days ago | 55 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Army Awards $2.2B for 'Microreactors' On U.S. Bases (nytimes.com)
    ×1.08 3 #53 | 7 points by lxm 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Show HN: Texttile, a multiplayer blog engine for people who write together (texttile.blog)
    ×0.63 65 #59 | 10 points by klausbreyer 4 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. US Government designates host of noblogs.org a "global terrorist" (crimethinc.com)
    ×7.34 31 | 237 points by robtherobber 1 day ago | 130 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Show HN: Loofah, meeting transcription into a local Markdown vault (github.com/bart6114)
    ×1.85 88 | 4 points by bart6114 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Show HN: Yet another minimal and lightweight terminal multiplexer written in Go. (github.com/patriceckhart)
    ×1.12 106 | 34 points by patriceckhart 23 hours ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Show HN: Devx – Autonomous AI coding agent built for Android Termux and desktop (github.com/apvcode)
    ×0.68 160 | 12 points by apvcode 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Show HN: Collaborate with your team on Claude and ChatGPT artifacts (valet.dev)
    ×2.21 140 | 5 points by miradu 22 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Mobile Games Designed to Be Addictive Get More Kid-Friendly (bloomberg.com)
    ×0.78 2 #51 | 5 points by BloodOrb2 43 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Proxy Web GUI inspector coming to rama CLI in 0.5 (plabayo.tech)
    ×1.11 | 2 points by gdcbe 32 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. JoGoods – A modern e-commerce platform built from scratch (jogoods.com)
    ×0.90 | 2 points by hussamsawalha 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Show HN: Every push-up becomes an attack in a camera-counted RPG game (pushup.quest)
    ×0.99 132 | 21 points by not_wowinter13 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. The Hugging Face incident and the road ahead (openai.com)
    ×2.06 72 | 332 points by amrrs 1 day ago | 458 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Show HN: Scheduled Claude Code agents that cost nothing on a quiet day (github.com/shadok-ai)
    ×1.40 114 | 3 points by gnarco2 8 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. KHMS – a file-based long-term memory an LLM agent installs into itself (github.com/kostey)
    ×0.71 82 #41 | 6 points by ksxcz 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Saving 100 terabytes of memory by optimizing 1.1.1.1's DNS cache (cloudflare.com)
    ×3.26 12 #45 | 864 points by TangerineDream 23 hours ago | 255 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Nepal–Tibet floods in maps, photos and videos (abc.net.au)
    ×1.44 | 2 points by johnbarron 14 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Testing Agent Experience in Agent-Native Dev Tools (github.com/shenli)
    ×1.25 | 2 points by shenli3514 25 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Blue-Collar Jobs Are the New Flashpoint in Data-Center Fight (wsj.com)
    ×2.30 37 | 5 points by JumpCrisscross 52 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Timber Was Gold in the South–Until a Market Collapse Crushed the Forest Economy (wsj.com)
    ×0.93 22 | 3 points by JumpCrisscross 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Show HN: Beckon, distinct sounds for what your AI coding agent needs (github.com/Isa1asN)
    ×0.87 | 2 points by esayas_beshah 9 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Sovereign Tech Agency invests €500k in Flatpak (modal.cx)
    ×2.36 13 #39 | 241 points by eigenspace 11 hours ago | 132 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. OpenSoundControl (OSC) Specification(s) (stanford.edu)
    ×0.85 | 1 points by Bluestein 5 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. The 80/20 rule for your whole life (yewjin.substack.com)
    ×1.06 | 2 points by herbertl 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Show HN: Atlas – observability for startup operations via self-building agents (atlasjoins.ai)
    ×0.88 | 2 points by csbhagav 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Xylitol may increase the risk of cardiovascular events (escardio.org)
    ×1.44 17 | 3 points by geox 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Serve Markdown to AI Agents with Accept Headers (acceptmarkdown.com)
    ×1.30 99 | 175 points by tilt 1 day ago | 108 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Suica, Japan's First IC Transit Card (tokyodev.com)
    ×1.78 35 #67 | 266 points by zdw 1 day ago | 252 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. I Signed Up for Claude Pro, Why I'm Canceling (and What I'm Using Instead) (medium.com)
    ×1.73 32 #70 | 7 points by DillyDally125 1 hour ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Show HN: KinoPipe – FFmpeg as a service for AI agents (typed ops, no shell) (kinopipe.com)
    ×1.34 169 | 3 points by nicniclapanique 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective (inventati.org)
    ×2.62 3 #4 | 181 points by exiguus 3 hours ago | 156 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Run Qwen3.8 27B locally: real numbers from my Mac Studio (terminalbytes.com)
    ×1.60 6 #8 | 30 points by speckx 1 hour ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Reckless Ben Exposing the largest human trafficking ring in the world (youtube.com)
    ×2.32 27 #55 | 15 points by Varelion 1 hour ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Show HN: RealDiff – runtime behavior diffing for pull requests (six languages) (github.com/issacnitin)
    ×0.49 109 | 40 points by issacnitin 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Show HN: Meridian(PH#1) A better way to recognize developer contributions (github.com/Meridiona)
    ×1.95 153 | 5 points by meridiona 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. “It works better in the app” (shkspr.mobi)
    ×3.37 13 #15 | 520 points by blenderob 4 hours ago | 324 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Humanity has the debate about AI consciousness backwards (economist.com)
    ×1.05 96 #77 | 109 points by semiquaver 1 day ago | 345 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. I used AWS cognito for a startup. I wouldn't do it again (joshkaramuth.com)
    ×2.15 15 #25 | 121 points by speckx 3 hours ago | 97 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Stripe acquires Clerky (clerky.com)
    ×1.72 84 | 247 points by zakshay 1 day ago | 59 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Flock CEO gets his house blurred out on Google Maps and Zillow (twitter.com/LocumRex)
    ×8.49 43 | 155 points by lorecore 23 hours ago | 43 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Autistici/Inventati's main .org domain goes dark after US terrorism designation (bida.im)
    ×2.47 87 | 126 points by subvol 2 hours ago | 59 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Show HN: Build your own theme park (magicpatterns.com)
    ×0.65 116 | 51 points by thealexanderlee 2 days ago | 24 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Show HN: OpenWand – A mission to remove chat interface from working with AI (github.com/SunnyLich)
    ×1.78 152 | 4 points by OpenWand 21 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Lake formed after ice-rock avalanche remains at a high level and is overflowing (kathmandupost.com)
    ×0.68 27 #21 | 8 points by r721 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Unsafe at any speed: AI optimists are turning cautious as safety concerns mount (theregister.com)
    ×1.70 | 2 points by CrankyBear 8 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. An ongoing 3D-printer AGPL violation (lwn.net)
    ×2.25 54 | 485 points by Velocifyer 1 day ago | 224 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Show HN: Watches user sessions, finds bugs that matter, and fixes them (github.com/opslane)
    ×0.99 105 #82 | 34 points by aray07 19 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. A Badass Way to Connect Programs Togther What Is OSC? (joearms.github.io)
    ×0.63 103 #46 | 5 points by Bluestein 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Daycare Pseudoscience (worksinprogress.co)
    ×1.42 20 #75 | 12 points by surprisetalk 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Aphantasia Beginner's Guide (aphantasia.com)
    ×1.49 61 #80 | 171 points by ksec 1 day ago | 427 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Trump's Working to Give Part of Yosemite to a Private Developer (notus.org)
    ×4.33 61 | 9 points by divbzero 59 minutes ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Decompiling a Nintendo 64 game in 84 days (chrislewis.au)
    ×1.63 14 | 265 points by knackers 1 day ago | 171 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Nvidia projects $673B in sales as AI demand widens (forgeeks.net)
    ×2.01 66 | 111 points by kuuuzya 1 day ago | 104 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: OnlyBots.chat – a chatroom where AI pays to post for humans (onlybots.chat)
    ×1.20 67 | 4 points by jonnyasmar 3 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Microduck (pollen-robotics.com)
    ×3.04 5 #60 | 733 points by robotswantdata 1 day ago | 236 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Show HN: URML – safety-eval harness for AI agents on lab and factory hardware (github.com/URML-MARS)
    ×1.14 | 2 points by Yahalomi 22 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???