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  1. Ask HN: How are thinking efforts implemented?
    ×0.62 141 #67 | 79 points by simianwords 2 days ago | 29 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: Favorite text heavy blogs that are a joy to read?
    ×0.92 57 | 103 points by joshmarinacci 3 days ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. I'm Eric Ries, author of "The Lean Startup" and new book "Incorruptible" – AMA
    ×3.11 10 | 787 points by eries 2 days ago | 567 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: Want to build something open source on nights and weekends together?
    ×0.65 78 | 36 points by vira28 1 day ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: Phishing from 646-257-4500
    ×0.38 36 | 3 points by latchkey 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: Are you using Spec Driven Development?
    ×0.51 40 | 3 points by xpn 4 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. DigitalOcean Ending Student Credit Promotion
    ×0.55 30 | 4 points by thepotatodude 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Would it be useful to have a slop button in addition to flag?
    ×1.21 83 | 33 points by BugsJustFindMe 2 days ago | 23 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. AWS Bedrock to require sharing data with Anthropic for Mythos and future models
    ×2.45 46 | 419 points by TomAnthony 2 days ago | 252 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: Show your AI coded games [June 2026]
    ×1.09 8 | 8 points by franze 5 hours ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: I Need Help for a Product
    ×0.71 59 | 8 points by memoryleakgame 10 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: Influence of Legend of Zelda in Backrooms Movie?
    ×0.30 66 | 5 points by dieselgate 8 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Notes on DeepSeek
    ×1.99 64 | 203 points by vinhnx 2 days ago | 139 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: Why hasn't there been a real competitor to Ticketmaster yet?
    ×1.39 85 | 261 points by mdni007 4 days ago | 237 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: How do you get into a flow state when using AI to code?
    ×1.47 55 | 89 points by kilroy123 1 day ago | 111 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: Are most corporate SWE jobs performative?
    ×2.47 63 | 244 points by hnthrow10282910 2 days ago | 280 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. I procrastinate by building tools to stop me from procrastinating: A sad story
    ×1.11 90 | 19 points by thisislorenzov 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ad on the HN front page? Gauntlet AI?
    ×0.66 68 | 5 points by tizio13 8 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI?
    ×2.33 74 | 437 points by aryamaan 4 days ago | 760 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: Is anyone shorting the overspend in AI yet?
    ×1.88 100 | 16 points by ggm 1 day ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: Are you still using a Vision Pro?
    ×1.28 82 | 167 points by y1n0 3 days ago | 214 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: Is there a metric for AI code quality?
    ×0.53 119 | 6 points by fractalf 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: Agents get dumber before release of new model version?
    ×0.97 101 | 9 points by sporkland 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: What internal tool did you build that became a product?
    ×1.11 125 | 7 points by nehpets 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Tell HN: Facebook login is down for many
    ×1.39 67 | 8 points by nikanj 11 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: Why is the term forward deployed engineer (FDE) popular all of a sudden?
    ×1.00 77 | 3 points by palidanx 8 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Sophia NLU Home Assistant – On Device, Low Compute, No Internet, Voice Assistant
    ×0.58 112 | 3 points by aquila416 22 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: Just me feeling that Mythos/Fabel just 1% there?
    ×0.18 142 | 4 points by punnerud 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: What coding agents are you using?
    ×1.28 123 | 8 points by linzhangrun 1 day ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Ask HN: Is anyone else seeing a Slack auth bug?
    ×0.20 | 2 points by HoyaSaxa 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Ask HN: How to escalate a rejected Google extension?
    ×0.63 137 | 24 points by modzu 4 days ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ask HN: Did Anthropic Just Win?
    ×0.83 147 | 5 points by lnenad 2 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. I added a prompt to future ASI – TLBIC Policy Proposal v5 now available
    ×0.23 | 2 points by michikawa59 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Ask HN: Temporal Awareness in LLM?
    ×0.22 | 2 points by Pamar 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Discussion: Fable 5 is weak at flagging prompts correctly
    ×0.24 | 2 points by eckelhesten 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Ask HN: Any Local LLM can I run without GPU for Local Agentic workflow AI?
    ×1.49 122 | 7 points by limondas 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Show HN: Camel Mono – a monospace font that makes camelCase easier to read (github.com/TJHdev)
    ×3.64 132 | 10 points by tjhdev 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Introduction to UEFI HTTP(s) Boot with QEMU/OVMF (yadutaf.fr)
    ×0.76 43 #20 | 79 points by jtlebigot 11 hours ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Language Transfer (languagetransfer.org)
    ×0.34 | 1 points by jbm 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Show HN: CambiOS – a new Rust-based, sovereign identity, zero-trust OS (github.com/coherentforge)
    ×1.70 108 | 7 points by jasonricca 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Show HN: Workplane – collaborative files for agents (and humans) (workplane.co)
    ×1.48 107 | 8 points by matanrak 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Show HN: Quick games disguised as boring spreadsheets (boredspreadsheet.com)
    ×3.81 143 | 19 points by kevinclelland 4 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Who Runs the Ransomware Group 'The Gentlemen?' (krebsonsecurity.com)
    ×1.03 54 | 74 points by Bender 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Show HN: A Claude Code statusline that shows live World Cup scores (github.com/arturogarrido)
    ×1.38 96 | 6 points by arturogarrido 23 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Removing 'um' from a recording is harder than it sounds (doug.sh)
    ×1.36 44 #50 | 158 points by dougcalobrisi 1 day ago | 79 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Nix Koans (rgbcu.be)
    ×0.78 | 2 points by RGBCube 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. N8ao – An efficient and visually pleasing implementation of SSAO (github.com/N8python)
    ×0.38 | 1 points by modinfo 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Show HN: Crowfly.golf – Zero-backend GPS round tracking (localStorage) (crowfly.golf)
    ×0.41 | 2 points by whycombinetor 9 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Show HN: Amanuensis – a local-first AI persona that won't fabricate facts (github.com/msalsas)
    ×1.09 160 | 3 points by msalsas 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. The unreasonable effectiveness of simple HTML (2021) (shkspr.mobi)
    ×2.14 34 | 77 points by luispa 1 day ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Show HN: Ttar 2.4 KB freestanding TAR archiver written in C, no Libc (github.com/Ferki-git-creator)
    ×0.78 95 | 3 points by DenisDolya 15 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Show HN: Ustps (UDP Speedy Transmission Protocol Secure) and USSH (github.com/x1colegal)
    ×0.48 118 | 13 points by x1colegal 4 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Show HN: Heard – offline LoRa mesh that keeps hiking groups together (github.com/luciobaiocchi)
    ×2.82 97 | 9 points by luciobaiocchi 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Show HN: Maillune – Embeddable drag-and-drop email editor as a single component (maillune.com)
    ×0.54 156 | 7 points by gustavssondev 3 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. How we made hit video game Prince of Persia (theguardian.com)
    ×1.64 7 #59 | 266 points by msephton 23 hours ago | 105 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Learn and validate historical data modeling patterns (bitemporal-debugger.vercel.app)
    ×0.34 | 1 points by temp_debugger 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Global population movements from 1990 to 2023 (nature.com)
    ×1.26 60 | 105 points by tzury 1 day ago | 98 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Show HN: Tail Panic – a multiplayer game designed for AI agents (tailpanic.com)
    ×0.75 148 | 3 points by ZivenChang 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. A new era for software testing (antirez.com)
    ×1.28 54 #81 | 138 points by Chrisszz 1 day ago | 53 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Shoeshine Boy Buys the Index (marginpoints.com)
    ×0.51 | 1 points by historian1066 27 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Jane Yolen (1939–2026) (locusmag.com)
    ×0.96 | 2 points by sohkamyung 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Tesla Full Self Driving uses bicycle lane in official Denmark approval video (politiken.dk)
    ×6.55 64 | 112 points by Veserv 8 hours ago | 50 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Shall we play a game? My AI nuclear simulation (kennethpayne.uk)
    ×2.21 6 | 204 points by nick238 1 day ago | 198 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. War Crimes Seem to Be Official US Policy Now (phillipspobrien.substack.com)
    ×14.28 41 | 121 points by JumpCrisscross 1 day ago | 55 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Show HN: Turn your name into a tree in an infinite procedural shanshui landscape (bairui.dev)
    ×0.59 29 #26 | 20 points by subairui 4 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. WikiLambda the Ultimate (wikipedia.org)
    ×0.71 49 #74 | 59 points by Antibabelic 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows (nbcnews.com)
    ×1.74 10 #88 | 238 points by freejoe76 1 day ago | 322 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Russia builds up infrastructure near Europe's border to deploy over 100k troops (pravda.com.ua)
    ×0.78 | 2 points by Bender 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Show HN: Recreate Thinking Machines 276B voice demo with duct tape and 8B model (github.com/kouhxp)
    ×0.38 | 2 points by mrkn1 17 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Twenty One Zero-Days in FFmpeg (depthfirst.com)
    ×1.77 2 #4 | 105 points by redbell 4 hours ago | 46 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. White House discussions are weighing giving CISA Mythos access (nextgov.com)
    ×0.80 | 2 points by WaitWaitWha 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. The Mysterious Woman Behind the Nord Stream Explosion (wsj.com)
    ×1.15 16 | 3 points by nradov 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. I created a facet search over music composition (no AI) (monictheory.com)
    ×0.37 | 1 points by midi_finder 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. New privacy frontier: Europe eyes crackdown on smart glasses (politico.com)
    ×1.80 46 | 86 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 9 hours ago | 70 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: Atlasphere – Live Infrastructure Diagrams
    ×0.49 94 | 31 points by andreygrehov 3 days ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Cosmodial Sky Atlas (killedbyapixel.github.io)
    ×0.48 25 #53 | 27 points by memalign 7 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Preliminary analysis of AUR malware (400 packages compromised) (ioctl.fail)
    ×0.40 | 1 points by apublicfrog 41 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Mexico's president meeting with Ben Horowitz, from a16z (twitter.com/Claudiashein)
    ×0.74 | 2 points by aylmao 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Three Colors (adamazzam.com)
    ×1.66 28 | 3 points by mathgenius 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Thermodynamics rules future orbital data centers (ieee.org)
    ×1.42 65 | 81 points by rbanffy 1 day ago | 105 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Vinyl succumbs to Loudness War: more than just collateral damage (2025) (magicvinyldigital.net)
    ×0.91 50 #38 | 148 points by sneela 22 hours ago | 225 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Making a vintage LLM from scratch (crlf.link)
    ×0.83 48 #48 | 96 points by croqaz 20 hours ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. I Think They [Anthropic] Are Lying to You [video] (youtube.com)
    ×3.04 61 #70 | 61 points by salutis 3 hours ago | 44 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Nextcloud Hub 26 Spring: Built together, designed for the future (nextcloud.com)
    ×0.94 43 | 120 points by doener 1 day ago | 95 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Show HN: Extend UI – open-source UI kit for modern document apps (extend.ai)
    ×1.50 58 | 248 points by kbyatnal 2 days ago | 80 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Show HN: Artie – Real-time data replication to your warehouse, now self-serve (artie.com)
    ×0.43 99 | 25 points by tang8330 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Show HN: Llmbuffer – Python library for cache-optimized LLM conversation history (github.com/scottpurdy)
    ×1.33 139 | 6 points by scottmp10 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: yawac – a macOS client for WhatsApp, Swift, no Electron, no BS (github.com/vadika)
    ×1.25 140 | 4 points by vadikas 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. As a result of a US Government directive, we are suspending access to Fable 5 (twitter.com/ClaudeDevs)
    ×2.24 10 #13 | 36 points by plonkus 1 hour ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Slightly reducing the sloppiness of AI generated front end (envs.net)
    ×1.05 19 #15 | 166 points by FergusArgyll 11 hours ago | 111 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???