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  1. Designing programming languages beyond AI comprehension
    ×0.21 39 | 3 points by mr_bob_sacamano 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: Where to find cool companies to work for?
    ×0.22 62 | 3 points by truetaurus 4 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. A Trillion Lost Games
    ×0.25 | 2 points by sirianth 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: Books to learn 6502 ASM and the Apple II
    ×0.63 66 | 96 points by abkt 1 day ago | 67 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: Who do you follow via RSS feed?
    ×1.10 89 | 65 points by znpy 2 days ago | 49 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: What recent UX changes make no sense to you?
    ×0.77 80 | 29 points by superasn 1 day ago | 33 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: DDD was a great debugger – what would a modern equivalent look like?
    ×0.74 105 | 55 points by manux81 3 days ago | 60 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. How much recurring income do you generate in 2026 and from what?
    ×0.43 90 | 7 points by djshah 16 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: What's the Point Anymore?
    ×2.60 74 | 58 points by fnoef 1 day ago | 73 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: Vibe Researching" with AI – Anyone Using It for Real?
    ×0.52 95 | 6 points by spenceXu 18 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. How to DeGoogle Myself?
    ×0.72 68 | 12 points by neuralkoi 13 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: Notification Overload
    ×0.58 129 | 7 points by fractal618 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: Gmail spam filtering suddenly marking everything as spam?
    ×1.10 94 | 210 points by goopthink 4 days ago | 122 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Where can I find startups looking for fractional product leads?
    ×0.42 102 | 6 points by stulogy 20 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: Can a MMO be vibe coded?
    ×0.30 85 | 3 points by radicalethics 8 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: What's the current best local/open speech-to-speech setup?
    ×1.61 100 | 255 points by dsrtslnd23 5 days ago | 61 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: European alternative to Vercel/Cloudflare for hosting
    ×0.63 107 | 11 points by vldszn 1 day ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: If Everyone Can "Build" a SaaS, What Becomes Valuable?
    ×1.22 88 | 9 points by spenceXu 18 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. I built a C++ runtime with immutable objects and no GIL
    ×1.22 128 | 5 points by gamarino 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: How to prevent Claude/GPT/Gemini from reinforcing your biases?
    ×0.86 106 | 29 points by akshay326 2 days ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: How much emphasis to put on unit testing and when?
    ×0.43 122 | 9 points by theturtlemoves 1 day ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: Firefox 147.0.2 high CPU usage
    ×0.52 92 | 3 points by gethly 11 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Tell HN: I cut Claude API costs from $70/month to pennies
    ×1.27 108 | 40 points by ok_orco 2 days ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Tell HN: JumpCloud 2FA appears to be down
    ×0.13 | 2 points by sgammon 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Why did the developer go broke?
    ×0.94 111 | 7 points by oxqbldpxo 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Generative AI failed to replace SaaS
    ×0.45 138 | 3 points by AIFairy 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: What's something interesting you learned from training your own GPT?
    ×0.14 | 2 points by amadeuswoo 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: If OpenAI stops its free Web service (ChatGPT)
    ×0.39 140 | 3 points by JPLeRouzic 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: What usually happens after a VC asks for a demo?
    ×0.54 161 | 12 points by stijo 4 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Ask HN: Is there a good open-source alternative to Adobe Acrobat?
    ×0.29 144 | 9 points by sebastian_z 2 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Qwen3-Max-Thinking Drops: 36T Tokens
    ×0.14 164 | 3 points by SilasYee 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ask HN: What are the most significant man-made creations to date?
    ×0.74 143 | 17 points by George97 3 days ago | 24 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Ask HN: How do you prevent children from accessing your products?
    ×0.28 152 | 6 points by eastoeast 2 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Ask HN: What's your wiring pattern for large addressable LED installs?
    ×0.19 156 | 3 points by emmasuntech 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Ask HN: What Happened to Apple App Clips?
    ×0.49 139 | 5 points by tomtec 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. A Lightweight, Non-Intrusive Approach to Website Monitoring (Ops Perspective)
    ×0.48 158 | 3 points by marksugar 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Ask HN: Why all the sudden people are writing browsers with AI?
    ×1.34 64 | 28 points by paperplaneflyr 20 hours ago | 52 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. NextLiber VRM: Running Unity projects outside the Unity runtime
    ×0.36 | 2 points by Akito5928 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Tell HN: Ask your AI, "What can you tell me that you know about me?" to see ...
    ×0.78 151 | 4 points by marcuswestin 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. I'm an apprentice electrician. I built this iOS app using only Claude
    ×0.63 155 | 4 points by discovrapp 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Ask HN: Have we confused efficiency with "100% utilization"?
    ×1.36 141 | 28 points by nickevante 4 days ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Ask HN: How do you do multi-agent workflows with web apps?
    ×0.49 162 | 3 points by ativzzz 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Ask HN: My boss wants us to vibe code and I feel in danger
    ×1.02 148 | 5 points by throwaway37262 2 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Ask HN: What software / applications can you now build thanks to AI
    ×0.65 149 | 9 points by zarathustra333 2 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Ask HN: Is there a good reason real estate sites avoid comments?
    ×1.10 150 | 5 points by mkotik 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Ask HN: May an agent accept a license to produce a build?
    ×0.67 145 | 26 points by athrowaway3z 4 days ago | 48 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Ask HN: Is Gaussian Splattering useful for analyzing Pretti's death?
    ×0.33 159 | 4 points by mdnahas 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Ask HN: Does DDG no longer honor "site:" prefix?
    ×0.60 163 | 19 points by everybodyknows 5 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Show HN: Marches & Gnats – Coding puzzle game where you program Turing machine (mng.quest)
    ×1.03 | 2 points by maltsev 7 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Show HN: Whosthere: A LAN discovery tool with a modern TUI, written in Go (github.com/ramonvermeulen)
    ×1.52 101 | 277 points by rvermeulen98 5 days ago | 89 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Rust at Scale: An Added Layer of Security for WhatsApp (fb.com)
    ×1.70 20 #43 | 235 points by ubj 17 hours ago | 120 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. The Means-Testing Industrial Complex (lpeproject.org)
    ×1.78 16 | 3 points by gok 42 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Halide cofounder Sebastiaan de With joins Apple's design team (9to5mac.com)
    ×1.52 24 | 3 points by ebbi 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Management as AI superpower: Thriving in a world of agentic AI (oneusefulthing.org)
    ×0.88 52 | 100 points by swolpers 1 day ago | 88 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Transmission 4.1.0 (github.com/transmission)
    ×3.09 49 | 63 points by nntwozz 23 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. US administration to require app, social media, possibly DNA for travelers (infosec.exchange)
    ×3.80 86 | 62 points by stochastician 1 day ago | 24 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Show HN: Honcho – Open-source memory infrastructure, powered by custom models (github.com/plastic-labs)
    ×1.67 113 | 8 points by vvoruganti 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Show HN: Sightline – Shodan-style search for real-world infra using OSM Data (github.com/ni5arga)
    ×0.67 136 | 24 points by ni5arga 3 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Tesla ending Models S and X production (cnbc.com)
    ×4.62 8 #16 | 49 points by keyboardJones 1 hour ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Kyber (YC W23) Is Hiring a Staff Engineer (ycombinator.com)
    12 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. You're Probably Drinking Too Much Water (samswellnessbrief.substack.com)
    ×0.69 | 1 points by aftermath101 10 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. TikTok settles just before social media addiction trial to begin (bbc.com)
    ×1.91 29 | 193 points by ourmandave 1 day ago | 213 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. iPhone 5s Gets New Software Update 13 Years After Launch (macrumors.com)
    ×2.95 67 | 154 points by angott 1 day ago | 81 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. We Do Not Support Opt-Out Forms (2025) (consciousdigital.org)
    ×0.83 70 | 86 points by mefengl 1 day ago | 40 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Doing the thing is doing the thing (softwaredesign.ing)
    ×3.02 18 | 550 points by prakhar897 1 day ago | 183 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Please Don't Say Mean Things about the AI I Just Invested a Billion Dollars In (mcsweeneys.net)
    ×7.77 #3 | 54 points by randycupertino 34 minutes ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. A verification layer for browser agents: Amazon case study (sentienceapi.com)
    ×0.54 32 #55 | 49 points by tonyww 9 hours ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Show HN: Sandbox Agent SDK – unified API for automating coding agents (github.com/rivet-dev)
    ×1.50 10 #67 | 18 points by NathanFlurry 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Extremophile molds are invading art museums (scientificamerican.com)
    ×1.22 40 #89 | 143 points by sohkamyung 1 day ago | 67 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Show HN: Badgewind – Generate SVG Badges Styled with Tailwind via URL (github.com/agmmnn)
    ×0.51 | 1 points by agmmnn 37 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. How a Superhero Costume Made Strangers Kinder (scienceinhand.com)
    ×0.45 | 1 points by amichail 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Show HN: An interactive map of US lighthouses and navigational aids (lighthouses.app)
    ×0.72 96 | 100 points by idd2 3 days ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Show HN: I built a CSV parser to try Go 1.26's new SIMD package (github.com/nnnkkk7)
    ×1.61 123 | 6 points by tokkyokky 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Academic Slop Just Reached a New Low (jadarma.github.io)
    ×2.53 8 #90 | 10 points by tymscar 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: Eightile, A Nested Anagram Solver Game (eightile.com)
    ×0.43 | 1 points by alexandermorgan 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Amazing Computer Magazine (March 1988) (archive.org)
    ×0.45 | 1 points by doener 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Google DeepMind Staffers Ask Leaders to Keep Them 'Physically Safe' from ICE (wired.com)
    ×4.14 50 | 101 points by jaredwiener 1 day ago | 61 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. When Every Network is 192.168.1.x (netrinos.com)
    ×1.40 29 #52 | 56 points by pcarroll 10 hours ago | 68 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Getting a Custom PyTorch LLM onto the Hugging Face Hub (gilesthomas.com)
    ×0.43 | 1 points by gpjt 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Show HN: Markpad – The Notepad Equivalent for Markdown (sftwr.dev)
    ×1.59 15 | 3 points by alecdotdev 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Show HN: A small programming language where everything is pass-by-value (github.com/Jcparkyn)
    ×0.91 97 | 91 points by jcparkyn 3 days ago | 59 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. SVG Path Editor (yqnn.github.io)
    ×1.61 6 #61 | 227 points by gurjeet 18 hours ago | 37 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Networks Hold the Key to a Decades-Old Problem About Waves (quantamagazine.org)
    ×0.49 | 1 points by jnord 34 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. DHS: Critical ICE surveillance footage from abuse case was never recorded (404media.co)
    ×7.86 45 | 138 points by cf100clunk 1 day ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Windows 11 January Update Breaks Notepad (winbuzzer.com)
    ×2.98 72 | 59 points by Aldipower 1 day ago | 24 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Forward-Deployed Job Titles (a16z.com)
    ×0.50 | 1 points by donutshop 46 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. A C like dialect that transpiles to rust (github.com/major0)
    ×0.96 | 2 points by fuzzyWombat 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: Record and share your coding sessions with CodeMic (codemic.io)
    ×0.49 36 | 10 points by seansh 10 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: A simple, transaction-safe SQL migration tool (github.com/samueldurantes)
    ×0.58 | 2 points by samueldurante 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Show HN: Polymcp – Turn Any Python Function into an MCP Tool for AI Agents
    ×0.75 146 | 23 points by justvugg 4 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???