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  1. Tell HN: Bob Cringely has died
    ×3.68 5 #14 | 854 points by paveworld 1 day ago | 184 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Safety is a product liability Issue
    ×0.58 | 2 points by natrajs 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2026)
    ×0.70 67 | 129 points by whoishiring 3 days ago | 514 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2026)
    ×1.12 51 | 265 points by whoishiring 3 days ago | 287 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. DOS Game Stunts Port to Linux,Windows,Browser,etc.
    ×0.20 | 2 points by LowLevelMahn 13 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Pico CSS is no longer maintained (final release v2.1.1)
    ×0.43 85 | 3 points by anydigital 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: What are you reading to your kids?
    ×0.46 114 | 18 points by jopizio 4 days ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Chamath says open AI models are "commoditize your complement." Agree?
    ×0.27 94 | 6 points by Dinuda 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Why Linux is picking up at a rapid pace for AI usage?
    ×0.74 66 | 5 points by keshwanianup 16 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Muse.ai gets me kicked off fb marketplace
    ×0.72 101 | 31 points by zcalvin 4 days ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: Email leaked while traveling abroad?
    ×0.60 100 | 17 points by thatonehack 3 days ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. What did Google do to its Linux terminal on Pixel phones
    ×0.31 110 | 4 points by Steaglsz 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Tell HN: OVH price increase for dedicated servers
    ×0.32 116 | 6 points by esher 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. GitHub mutuals on AI in life sciences or bioinformatics
    ×0.29 109 | 5 points by arli_ap 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Rpi – a Rust rewrite of the Pi agent, 10× faster startup
    ×0.26 121 | 8 points by bigfishhk 3 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. 40 years of writing code. I didn't see the end coming
    ×1.62 93 | 22 points by temilson 3 days ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. OpenAI halved the allowance of the $200 plan to 10x
    ×1.80 97 | 22 points by k9294 3 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: What landmarks/lighthouses in the era of LLM/AI?
    ×0.18 136 | 3 points by throw_away_ai 3 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: What's a good title for a software engineer now?
    ×0.48 130 | 6 points by type4 4 days ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and get its disk space back (github.com/omlahore)
    ×4.39 6 #10 | 503 points by privacyisntdead 10 hours ago | 316 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. 'Neanderthals Among Us' review (historytoday.com)
    ×0.90 17 #21 | 68 points by pepys 12 hours ago | 55 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. The evolution of effective altruism (economist.com)
    ×1.55 16 #53 | 65 points by bazzmt 12 hours ago | 169 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. We Investigated Starlink. The Corruption We Found Will Shock You (youtube.com)
    ×3.85 63 | 41 points by tukunjil 1 day ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Former SR-71 engineer talks NASA's Blackbird revival program (twz.com)
    ×1.32 37 #45 | 110 points by rkagerer 1 day ago | 76 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Woking Electrical Control Room (2016) (darbiansphotography.com)
    ×0.96 37 #74 | 149 points by NaOH 1 day ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. The Chips of Theseus (mordenstar.com)
    ×0.71 | 1 points by andsoitis 11 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. The Temporary Democratization of Software Reverse Engineering (vidbuchanan.co.uk)
    ×0.51 | 1 points by 1317 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Irrelevant visual details interfere with decisions under uncertainty (medicalxpress.com)
    ×0.97 | 2 points by WaitWaitWha 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Show HN: What's Agent Doing – a Claude Code UI mod that explains each step (github.com/tzafrir)
    ×0.65 | 2 points by tzafrir 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Musk says he will rename SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI (reuters.com)
    ×6.73 76 | 10 points by theanonymousone 1 hour ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. All Games Are Open Source Now (twitter.com/rehan_shei)
    ×1.45 8 | 3 points by apitman 2 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Refinement E-Graphs (philipzucker.com)
    ×1.09 | 2 points by philzook 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Show HN: AstroHelm – Use your phone camera to aim a telescope or telephoto lens (astrohelm.app)
    ×0.56 | 2 points by HeavenFox 16 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Show HN: Enki – Write GPU compute kernels in pure stable Rust (github.com/enkiruntime)
    ×1.20 92 | 10 points by enki_runtime 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Topscan.me – a new security platform with a new approach to scanning
    ×0.41 | 1 points by darius88 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. City building games have a Soul Problem pt.2 (radical-elements.com)
    ×1.73 34 #67 | 165 points by lexx 1 day ago | 155 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Bioinformaticians have been writing the same abstract for decades (luispedro.substack.com)
    ×0.48 | 1 points by davikr 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Can Data Center Design Choices Change Public Acceptance? (datacenterknowledge.com)
    ×0.43 | 1 points by WaitWaitWha 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Show HN: Janus – Go binary that runs GGUF models via Vulkan on AMD/Intel/Nvidia (github.com/Vibra-Ingenn)
    ×0.75 69 | 104 points by Maverick617 3 days ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Rust clean-room replacements for Photoshop (github.com/storytold)
    ×0.46 | 1 points by BonoboIO 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Show HN: Timeline of the Far Future (dmitrybrant.com)
    ×1.59 77 | 18 points by dmitrybrant 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Show HN: Spotlight Off – Automatically Disable macOS Spotlight Indexing (github.com/titleunknown)
    ×0.77 | 2 points by titleunknown 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Self-hosted HTTP tunnels with SSH and Nginx (bernat.ch)
    ×2.04 4 #15 | 118 points by renehsz 8 hours ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. "Get ready for a new age" (music CD promoting Microsoft Office 2000) (archive.org)
    ×0.52 | 1 points by jfil 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Why's Foxes: A Guest Book (whysfoxes.github.io)
    ×0.41 | 1 points by thunderbong 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Rewind VM: a flaky build you only catch once (fzakaria.com)
    ×1.54 11 | 3 points by setheron 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Show HN: Ramen – self-hosted multi-zone MCP server for Kubernetes(Rust & Python) (github.com/bkraad47)
    ×1.02 | 3 points by bulkguy47 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Show HN: Outis – Fight AI spam by sending fake "user unknown" bounce emails (github.com/dtonon)
    ×1.24 127 | 3 points by dtonon 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Show HN: I made a computer vision tool for evaluating deadlift form (github.com/jeremyipark)
    ×2.49 119 | 8 points by dr_blueberry 3 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. A browser-native classic Visual Basic VB6 IDE (wieslawsoltes.github.io)
    ×2.48 9 #7 | 164 points by wiso 11 hours ago | 59 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. What Meta got right with Muse (metedata.substack.com)
    ×1.60 42 #55 | 134 points by young_mete 1 day ago | 185 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Rune Icons (runeicons.com)
    ×1.86 56 | 3 points by handfuloflight 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Federal judge calls Flock 'indiscriminate mass surveillance' (techcrunch.com)
    ×5.17 59 | 483 points by sbulaev 1 day ago | 267 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. GitHub's new dashboard experience now the default (github.blog)
    ×1.08 48 | 74 points by vanyauhalin 1 day ago | 94 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Show HN: Build with Python – a beginner course where your code draws (scimigo.com)
    ×0.62 18 #46 | 33 points by davidwshao 11 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. The dot and the Swarm: Benefitting from the bitter lesson (oneusefulthing.org)
    ×0.46 46 #79 | 10 points by bluepeter 12 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Docker has always used microVMs (well since 2016) (recoil.org)
    ×0.70 45 | 48 points by avsm 1 day ago | 40 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Show HN: KubeZap – Declarative workflow automation for Kubernetes (github.com/kubezap)
    ×1.04 104 | 3 points by borfswitch 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Show HN: S3-Accelerator (github.com/danthegoodman1)
    ×0.72 | 2 points by dangoodmanUT 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Show HN: Mini React – React like UI library (vladocar.github.io)
    ×1.33 135 | 3 points by bepero 3 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Run Qwen 3.8 Flash Next (125B) on consumer hardware (RTX 4090) at 100T/s (github.com/Niko1221)
    ×3.14 5 #2 | 724 points by snehesht 17 hours ago | 325 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. How to scale intent, quality, and artistry with AI [video] (youtube.com)
    ×1.04 5 #29 | 74 points by simonjgreen 12 hours ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Show HN: Off - Hide swearing, likes, Reels, Shorts and ads on social media (google.com)
    ×1.62 64 | 3 points by FeelingWise 11 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Show HN: Second Strike, a 200-player world war on a 3D globe in the browser (secondstrike.io)
    ×1.31 81 | 5 points by kyleclouthier 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Granola Alternative for iphone and watch, free and on-device (donado.co)
    ×0.43 | 1 points by donadolabs 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Show HN: Graphene – Data analysis toolkit for your coding agent (github.com/graphene-data)
    ×0.63 59 | 32 points by kcmarr 3 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Show HN: Revline – an AI web app that researches TikTok and Instagram for you (tryrevline.com)
    ×0.82 | 2 points by ZuraMakaradzeHe 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Results from the ASIC puzzle (janestreet.com)
    ×1.11 #33 | 83 points by eru 13 hours ago | 42 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Kagi Ends Orion Browser Development for Linux, Will Open-Source It (linuxiac.com)
    ×2.17 27 #41 | 13 points by MilnerRoute 2 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. We're working on a new RuneScape MMO (runescape.com)
    ×1.67 18 #56 | 153 points by droidjj 1 day ago | 91 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Grok Bot (is really good) (jamespember.substack.com)
    ×1.46 2 | 3 points by jep888 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. OpenAI safety leader quits, warning AI company's culture is 'broken' (theguardian.com)
    ×4.86 29 | 267 points by jethronethro 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Nearly 200 people under observation after Irkutsk lab worker dies from plague (themoscowtimes.com)
    ×4.49 17 #18 | 180 points by ericmay 4 hours ago | 143 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Next-Generation Collective Communication Object for AMD GPUs (amd.com)
    ×0.49 | 1 points by sks_15 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: Valet – Self-Hosted Cloud Agents with Computers (github.com/dropalltables)
    ×1.58 91 | 4 points by imbobbytables 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Show HN: Offrun – manage every coding agent from one workspace (offrun.dev)
    ×1.06 49 | 76 points by arunbhatia 1 day ago | 64 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Surely you have ultra-wideband radios on your bins too? (sjg.io)
    ×1.20 44 #40 | 143 points by simonjgreen 1 day ago | 79 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Hole Punch: Sling your spaceship around gravitational fields (notoriousbfg.com)
    ×1.68 17 #76 | 358 points by trwhite 1 day ago | 87 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. I quit OpenAI because its culture is broken (theatlantic.com)
    ×5.46 24 #81 | 469 points by Brajeshwar 1 day ago | 783 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Show HN: A tool which estimates X statistics (estimatemyx.com)
    ×0.50 | 1 points by virajshoor 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Apple's "Clean Design" Is Stupidity When It Comes to Hiding Fire Extinguishers (gadgetreview.com)
    ×3.95 18 | 79 points by josephcsible 1 day ago | 32 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Show HN: Claude Code Routine Session Cleanup Skill (github.com/naw103)
    ×1.25 106 | 3 points by naw103 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Dirty Optimization Secrets (C for Playdate) (play.date)
    ×1.15 34 #58 | 76 points by ibobev 1 day ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Ask HN: What did you think about Digger (2026)?
    ×0.44 | 1 points by shannadige 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Calling AI 'other intelligence' better describes the advent of a new lifeform (abc.net.au)
    ×1.00 | 2 points by jyhrow 3 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Could a Large Language Model Be Conscious? – David J. Chalmers (2024) (arxiv.org)
    ×1.59 5 | 3 points by the-mitr 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Show HN: Thoreau BASIC – What if BASIC hadn't gone out of fashion? (thoreaubasic.com)
    ×0.96 42 #75 | 92 points by Gorsefound 1 day ago | 53 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Understand What Whales Are Saying (projectceti.org)
    ×1.17 | 2 points by guiambros 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Ban Flock Act Proposed in the US Sente (senate.gov)
    ×3.57 42 | 60 points by TeaVMFan 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Show HN: Rank every HN "Who is hiring?" post against your resume, locally (github.com/MaxwellVolz)
    ×1.67 84 | 13 points by intervolz 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???