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  1. Qwen3.8 Fetches Weird URLs
    ×0.33 | 2 points by Luker88 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. InstantDB Is Shutting Down
    ×0.74 10 | 6 points by redindian75 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: GitHub employees what's going on? Why?
    ×1.63 107 | 317 points by sharts 3 days ago | 260 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: How do you review and validate LLM generated code?
    ×0.65 58 | 3 points by darkLord19 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Are you good at AI, or just using it?
    ×0.99 4 | 8 points by ppezaris 2 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: One SSH key or many SSH keys?
    ×0.28 | 2 points by htunnicliff 3 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Google Cloud us-west1 down
    ×1.07 26 | 11 points by anurag 4 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: No Path from Techie to Management?
    ×0.42 78 | 5 points by seeking_gruntle 5 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: Is AI the New Spreadsheet?
    ×0.41 108 | 3 points by Gshaheen 5 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: Do you automate your prospection or doing hand made?
    ×0.56 112 | 3 points by mathieu_aithos 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub
    ×3.01 95 | 639 points by dhruv3006 3 days ago | 430 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. What I learned building an AI applic
    ×0.95 | 2 points by simondukr 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Is this AWS RI/SP simulation engine interesting / valuable?
    ×0.16 | 2 points by Exstratus 7 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: I've quit six systems for tracking my illness. What works?
    ×0.51 144 | 51 points by Abh1Works 5 days ago | 72 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Idea to reduce AI token use at large orgs
    ×0.41 132 | 3 points by mgav 7 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Algorithm Interview: a conversation between two parrots
    ×0.47 135 | 3 points by dersoverflow 8 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Tell HN: Cloudflare silently injects its analytics when you switch nameservers
    ×3.72 116 | 653 points by stagas 4 days ago | 202 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: How to engage users in an open source project and when to stop?
    ×0.90 | 2 points by melenaboija 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. There are 67 items to manually delete in Google My-Activity
    ×0.41 | 2 points by whyagaindavid 12 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: What's the endgame of the AI comments buried in every post?
    ×0.85 148 | 14 points by elar_verole 1 day ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: Has anyone shipped a self-modifying application with LLMs?
    ×0.58 147 | 10 points by ex-aws-dude 1 day ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: What AI automations have you kept running in production?
    ×1.08 127 | 4 points by Harish_0089 8 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: If you write release notes, what stops you from being specific?
    ×0.25 154 | 3 points by gtirloni 23 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Everything at the CLI
    ×0.25 | 2 points by rmn_tnc 23 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: How do you access archive.today?
    ×0.33 155 | 5 points by crazybonkersai 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: Any Curated Forum Directories?
    ×0.64 153 | 5 points by catuscubitus 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Sticky wage norms and the real wage cost of unexpected inflation (uchicago.edu)
    ×2.77 64 | 389 points by jplusequalt 1 day ago | 276 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Show HN: Sci-Trust – Compare trust among researchers based on their citations (uptrusthq.com)
    ×3.99 60 | 8 points by folktheory 5 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Why Aren't Smart People Happier? (experimental-history.com)
    ×2.50 9 #17 | 23 points by rafaelc 1 hour ago | 32 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Clean up Claude 5's token vomit with a separate LLM (github.com/zachahn)
    ×2.13 45 #65 | 121 points by Bluestein 5 hours ago | 135 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. The Depth of Wiles's Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem (arxiv.org)
    ×0.39 95 #81 | 3 points by root-parent 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. A folder becomes a website on ATProto (wisp.place)
    ×1.05 | 2 points by jcbhmr 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Is AI Entering Its NFT Era? (aboard.com)
    ×2.51 5 | 4 points by cdrnsf 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Windows 11 ARM64 VS2026 image generally available (github.blog)
    ×1.17 | 2 points by smokeeaasd 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Show HN: Sutra – iOS e-books and comic reader with Calibre, OPDS and WebDAV sync (sutra-reader.com)
    ×0.48 | 2 points by darkusnitus 8 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Scientists unveil more than 600 new tissue models of human cancer (mit.edu)
    ×2.00 | 2 points by gmays 5 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Remote workers report the highest well-being in study of 7,700 employees (colorado.edu)
    ×4.51 9 | 616 points by downbad_ 1 day ago | 331 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Solo – a .so loader for static Linux binaries (github.com/pg83)
    ×1.23 93 | 200 points by zX41ZdbW 1 day ago | 235 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Show HN: okfctl (github.com/cwest)
    ×1.31 89 | 4 points by caseywest 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Zellij 0.45.0: nested sessions, Kitty graphics, a fresh UI (zellij.dev)
    ×1.87 28 #62 | 43 points by peterhajas 7 hours ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Feature Request: Support AGENTS.md (github.com/anthropics)
    ×3.09 23 #68 | 344 points by fg137 23 hours ago | 213 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. As founding CEO of GitLab, I went "founder mode" on my cancer (cancerletter.com)
    ×3.13 16 | 5 points by dsr12 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Companies promote incompetent employees to management to limit damage they do (lawsofsoftwareengineering.com)
    ×1.62 131 | 79 points by behnamoh 1 day ago | 77 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. AI-Driven Development Means Test-Driven Development (meiert.com)
    ×0.56 | 1 points by speckx 24 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Show HN: Fail CI when your stack runs end-of-life software (github.com/endoflife-ai)
    ×1.19 142 | 3 points by ScottUbiquitous 10 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Anti-AI fonts are useless and harmful (yaros.ae)
    ×1.55 13 #45 | 68 points by speckx 5 hours ago | 55 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Theory of Fluids Enters the 21st Century (quantamagazine.org)
    ×0.82 28 #50 | 56 points by librasteve 8 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. How We Evaluate Model Risk (snyk.io)
    ×1.10 | 2 points by lbeurerkellner 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Show HN: trailers.fm – live channel of movie trailers (trailers.fm)
    ×2.31 31 | 4 points by dogancan 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Show HN: FindHost – hosting provider database with no affiliate links (findhost.app)
    ×1.93 119 | 4 points by esher 7 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Show HN: Ideal Weight, BMI and Body Fat Calculator Tool (globaltoolsbox.online)
    ×0.49 | 2 points by solangiwaqas 10 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Joint Statement from FR, DE, IT, UK, NL, NO, CA on E1 West Bank Settlement Plan (governo.it)
    ×4.73 40 #61 | 32 points by dgellow 1 hour ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Show HN: ChinaDesk (chinadesk.news)
    ×0.48 | 1 points by sinak 35 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Browser De-Slop (sacredheartsc.com)
    ×1.44 14 | 55 points by cullumsmith 8 hours ago | 42 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Show HN: JavaScript library that makes any list a smooth picker of any shape
    ×1.43 80 | 3 points by tahazsh 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Show HN: Ullis – Local Ternary Moe-Kan Training and Inference Engine in Rust (github.com/Vladislav-Kalinkin)
    ×1.34 121 | 3 points by vlad_kalinkin 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Show HN: Huzzah – a novel approach to coding with AI (danielvaughn.dev)
    ×1.68 3 #4 | 48 points by danielvaughn 1 hour ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Risk Engineering (risk-engineering.org)
    ×1.05 46 #51 | 66 points by throwaw12 10 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. The Foothills of Bay Area House Party – By Scott Alexander (astralcodexten.com)
    ×2.35 29 #86 | 14 points by haritha1313 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Pacing model development in an era of cyber-critical capabilities (openai.com)
    ×1.16 87 #87 | 161 points by j4mie 1 day ago | 278 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. European gas prices hit highest point since March (euronews.com)
    ×1.02 | 2 points by leonidasrup 44 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. What Is Reasoning (pocoo.org)
    ×1.35 25 #36 | 10 points by sebg 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. AI usage patterns in software teams (linear.app)
    ×1.40 98 | 193 points by giuliomagnifico 1 day ago | 113 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. U.S. government debt passes $40T, more than doubling in a decade (cnbc.com)
    ×5.34 81 | 72 points by mfiguiere 23 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Show HN: Markdown Buddy – Native macOS Markdown Editor with Quick Look and Xcode (inawa.app)
    ×0.92 | 2 points by JanParis 7 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Show HN: Anonymous age verification with passkey-powered encryption (loginwithone.com)
    ×2.07 146 | 15 points by mikeysight 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Show HN: Simple Screenshot Copy – screenshots straight to the clipboard (google.com)
    ×3.11 104 | 6 points by ringlochid 8 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Show HN: Open-source Stripe Connect alternative (zoneless.com)
    ×0.85 16 #31 | 52 points by tinyprojects 5 hours ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. BC Tribunal: Companies Liable for Information Provided by AI Chatbot (2024) (americanbar.org)
    ×0.83 | 2 points by mooreds 5 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Study reveals that almost 40% of music released globally in July 2026 used AI (euronews.com)
    ×1.81 5 | 5 points by billybuckwheat 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Show HN: Parmar – BPE tokenization as a pre-filter for LZMA (+9.6%, and faster) (github.com/shallowbyte)
    ×2.08 115 | 4 points by ronak_parmar 7 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Show HN: Desktopcolors.com – A museum for solid background colors of classic OS (desktopcolors.com)
    ×1.11 141 | 166 points by vlowrian 3 days ago | 74 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Show HN: iOS Puzzle Game for Chinese Learners (apple.com)
    ×1.06 | 2 points by koomenk 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores on ARC-AGI (arcprize.org)
    ×1.83 29 | 3 points by matt1 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. U.S. Debt Hits $40T as America's Borrowing Binge Continues (nytimes.com)
    ×6.81 77 | 78 points by latchkey 1 day ago | 177 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Router by Ramp (router.com)
    ×1.46 8 #58 | 94 points by zackfield 10 hours ago | 58 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. A theory for decades of C vulnerabilities (strawberry9.github.io)
    ×1.14 9 #71 | 35 points by SilentLambda 5 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Pressed Penny Machine Map (pennypresses.net)
    ×0.84 84 | 70 points by willmeyers 1 day ago | 52 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Show HN: Saggar, a Mac terminal that keeps sessions and your attention organized (marginalutility.dev)
    ×0.67 145 | 67 points by mcclowes 3 days ago | 59 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Launch HN: OneCLI (YC S26) – OSS sandboxed agent harness for teams (github.com/onecli)
    ×0.56 87 #90 | 85 points by guyb3 1 day ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Google explains undocumented way to disavow TLDs (seroundtable.com)
    ×0.83 | 1 points by 1970-01-01 4 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. A proxy to translate OpenCode OpenAI calls to native Ollama, allows ctx >4096 (github.com/yasuoiwakura)
    ×1.10 | 2 points by MK2k 58 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Show HN: Building Table Canon, an AI Campaign Memory Engine for TTRPGs (tablecanon.app)
    ×1.03 92 | 3 points by schillingderek 3 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Show HN: Compute.cx is simple (modal.com like) interface for on-demand GPUs (compute.cx)
    ×2.58 66 | 6 points by hargup 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Show HN: Spec4j makes your REST APIs YAMLless (github.com/marketplace)
    ×1.23 120 | 3 points by enismustafaj 5 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. PWAs: Personal Web Apps (ttias.be)
    ×2.02 74 #79 | 15 points by barredo 8 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Treasury demand has become materially more valuation-sensitive (ft.com)
    ×1.81 | 2 points by root-parent 6 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. OpenLogi (openlogi.org)
    ×6.33 18 | 1592 points by amatheus 1 day ago | 420 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. GLM-5.3 Artificial Analysis Benchmarks (artificialanalysis.ai)
    ×1.82 106 | 150 points by apitman 1 day ago | 55 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. λλ: A Programming Language for Silicon Photonics (acm.org)
    ×0.82 114 | 91 points by matt_d 1 day ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???