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  1. Ask HN: Do you want a router that has DD-WRT pre-installed?
    ×0.77 37 #26 | 57 points by Ixander 11 hours ago | 63 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Tell HN: GitHub refuses to remove cracked copies of my software after a month
    ×2.79 74 | 573 points by IvanK_net 5 days ago | 344 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Tell HN: I've been paying for a rural Tanzanian's education for 10 years
    ×3.43 42 | 772 points by lukehandcool 3 days ago | 244 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7?
    ×1.92 60 | 419 points by mariocesar 5 days ago | 659 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: How do swarms of AI agents work?
    ×0.32 69 | 7 points by dsrtslnd23 14 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: What to Build in the AI Era?
    ×0.42 66 | 5 points by le_curious 11 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: What's your favorite children's books?
    ×0.57 77 | 24 points by lgregg 1 day ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: What is the most obscure book you own?
    ×0.71 75 | 5 points by Kovah 13 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. A hub that controls all your coding agents in one place
    ×0.49 79 | 4 points by mubashir1osmani 13 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. I don't think image containers supporting both lossless and lossy is good
    ×0.81 76 | 5 points by functionmouse 14 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Vibecoded 3D Game Running on Veda OS
    ×0.15 100 | 3 points by vahmoh25 18 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: Fake abuse reports keep auto-blocking my site on Cloudflare
    ×1.15 113 | 8 points by Kamabz 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Chatcasting, an Alternative to Podcasting
    ×0.59 99 | 7 points by tsydenzhap 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: Would you support a law banning filming people in public?
    ×1.25 97 | 9 points by dfps 1 day ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: How would you go about domain change and getting a job in the domain?
    ×0.22 114 | 4 points by joddystreet 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: Locked out of Google despite knowing password and having email access
    ×0.68 115 | 7 points by coherenttemple 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: Are there AI models for generating sounds based on a text and reference?
    ×0.36 142 | 35 points by onemiketwelve 6 days ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: Pre-AI, did you think harder? Or are you thinking more (and better) now?
    ×0.96 78 | 4 points by rishikeshs 13 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. All startups need is distribution
    ×0.79 95 | 9 points by relaxfolio 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: Resources for best practices in software development with AI?
    ×0.72 102 | 7 points by sergio-gdr 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: Are you a subscribed LLM or a locally deployed open-source model?
    ×0.53 139 | 12 points by hanstyle 3 days ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: What if no AIpocalypse, no AI bubble, what if it just keeps advancing?
    ×0.74 128 | 15 points by consumer451 2 days ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. I am so tired of startups doing worse than me
    ×0.62 110 | 8 points by sankde 1 day ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: MS Outlook login without an extra email address
    ×0.22 146 | 3 points by narevent 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Will Microsoft sue vibe coded wordcraft for copying its Word GUI?
    ×0.64 105 | 3 points by amichail 19 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Open source software is slowly turning into open slop software
    ×0.61 81 | 6 points by theonly1me 20 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. How do Lightroom/DxO achieve such good AI denoising results?
    ×0.16 149 | 3 points by febed 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: Whats the first command you run on a new server?
    ×0.55 131 | 10 points by fragmede 2 days ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: Why hasn't AI replaced Tax filing software
    ×0.80 150 | 13 points by thelastgallon 3 days ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Ask HN: Is the Steam Machine worth $1049?
    ×0.48 147 | 12 points by bigwheels 3 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Does YC use AI agents to review your pitch?
    ×0.15 | 2 points by AravPhi 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ask HN: Do employees vastly outnumber founders on Hacker News?
    ×0.83 157 | 10 points by amichail 3 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Ask HN: Are there things more important than 'humanity', such as empathy?
    ×0.43 148 | 5 points by dfps 2 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Ask HN: What games do you religiously play on your phone browser?
    ×1.03 159 | 19 points by saimiam 5 days ago | 38 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Ask HN: What Is Your Personal Backup Methods
    ×0.66 161 | 13 points by Crontab 5 days ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. You're saving one minute and now I can't know if I'm talking a human
    ×0.97 143 | 14 points by scoofy 3 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Ask HN: Is the Future of IDEs Bleak?
    ×0.63 162 | 6 points by bigmattystyles 4 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Tell HN: HN has lost the joy for me
    ×2.99 137 | 41 points by trencedamp 5 days ago | 32 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Ask HN: Positive text origin verification
    ×0.24 163 | 4 points by Miguel_FierroM 3 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Show HN: Diffle, a keyboard-centric diff viewer with LSP support (github.com/moritzwilksch)
    ×0.86 52 | 70 points by mwil1000 3 days ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Show HN: I Cut my Agent Tokens By 50%
    ×1.83 72 | 6 points by iohotspot 14 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Show HN: SVG Spark – 10 client-side SVG design and dev tools (svg-spark.vercel.app)
    ×0.70 103 | 44 points by Zeus808 3 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Show HN: A simple to-do app for iPhone, Mac, and your agent (ilia.page)
    ×0.78 109 | 16 points by shmilia 2 days ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Show HN: Aura – a self-hosted, multi-user AI agent with per-person graph memory (github.com/chetto1983)
    ×1.12 160 | 7 points by chettto983 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Type-safe HTML templating in Zig (lalinsky.com)
    ×1.05 8 #1 | 125 points by lukaslalinsky 5 hours ago | 56 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Cartographers of North Korea (2019) (wonyoung.so)
    ×1.54 12 #9 | 266 points by edent 15 hours ago | 49 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Google Data Centers around the world (datacenters.google)
    ×1.30 32 #29 | 60 points by andsoitis 12 hours ago | 55 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Akhetonics Photonic Computing: 1,000x Faster CPUs (medium.com)
    ×0.80 48 #53 | 64 points by peter_d_sherman 18 hours ago | 38 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Leading Chinese mathematicians unite behind use of AI in research (scmp.com)
    ×1.35 | 2 points by ChickeNES 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Show HN: TerrainSR – fast, realistic heightmap upscaling model (huggingface.co)
    ×0.62 106 | 47 points by joegibbs 5 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Show HN: A functioning Celery Man computer (celeryman.fun)
    ×2.06 101 | 11 points by turtlesoup 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Programmable pigments: Photochromic nanoparticle inks for rewritable tattoos (cell.com)
    ×0.77 30 #25 | 56 points by Bluestein 10 hours ago | 36 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Show HN: DBJoy – An open-source AI-first PostgreSQL client for macOS (github.com/agustind)
    ×2.84 56 | 3 points by agustind 16 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Zen Browser (zen-browser.app)
    ×0.62 | 1 points by Bluestein 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Interpreter spill stack on the process stack (xnacly.me)
    ×0.59 | 1 points by xnacly 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. I wish you the best in the Offline (daverupert.com)
    ×2.51 26 | 81 points by birdculture 1 day ago | 59 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Open-source Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word replications (tomshardware.com)
    ×2.13 11 | 73 points by mathgenius 21 hours ago | 85 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Show HN: RcloneView 1.6 – A desktop GUI for rclone with 40 cloud storages (rcloneview.com)
    ×0.84 154 | 6 points by newclone 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. NYC's "Click to Cancel" rule is now in effect (nyc.gov)
    ×3.65 10 #27 | 484 points by gregsadetsky 16 hours ago | 233 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. apsw: Another Python SQLite Wrapper (github.com/rogerbinns)
    ×0.67 46 #38 | 82 points by tosh 17 hours ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Build your own decision model (nishtahir.com)
    ×2.20 15 #82 | 459 points by softwaredoug 1 day ago | 103 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Anthropic asks users to stop being mean to Claude (theregister.com)
    ×3.97 57 | 54 points by alex_young 1 day ago | 52 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Show HN: Pinrail – A desktop inbox where coding agents wait for your review (github.com/forgeplane)
    ×0.93 140 | 27 points by pnezis 4 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Formally Verifying a Compiler Using Automated Research (paradigm.xyz)
    ×0.56 | 1 points by ronfriedhaber 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Nvidia in talks to acquire US 'open' model startup Reflection AI (ft.com)
    ×1.70 29 | 176 points by arkj 1 day ago | 114 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. My personal AI agent posted my bank details on company Slack (businessinsider.com)
    ×2.67 67 | 63 points by bhrlady 1 day ago | 68 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Nicolas Cage says he won't work with Amazon again over AI dispute (latimes.com)
    ×3.40 12 | 90 points by Bluestein 23 hours ago | 33 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Show HN: HarmoNova: A modern, customizable Hacker News reader for Chrome (github.com/chaosmanage)
    ×0.75 84 | 4 points by chaosmanage 16 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. REA Reverse – Engineer Anything (rea.tools)
    ×3.21 5 #89 | 778 points by modinfo 2 days ago | 327 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Consequence models: AI that knows what happens next (scaledthought.com)
    ×3.35 63 | 4 points by Celestialmek 28 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Show HN: An open source AI leaderboard of the best models your machine can run (whatmodel.sh)
    ×0.58 | 1 points by jakemanger 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Show HN: Rhci – A Small GHCi in Ruby (github.com/beleon)
    ×1.16 85 | 3 points by rowbin 13 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Bag of Decisions Reranker (softwaredoug.com)
    ×0.43 77 #18 | 4 points by zdw 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Show HN: Awesome-CV as an Astro theme, YAML in, website and PDF out (sek4.com)
    ×0.70 | 1 points by tajinder 31 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Postgres isn't slow, your storage is (clickhouse.com)
    ×1.53 2 #3 | 101 points by saisrirampur 4 hours ago | 73 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Governments are mishandling the affordability crisis (economist.com)
    ×2.02 37 #76 | 94 points by andsoitis 11 hours ago | 103 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Show HN: GeoRadios – Spin a globe, hear what's on the radio there (georadios.com)
    ×3.06 62 | 3 points by zalves 6 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Show HN: Quake ported to safe Rust, playable in browser (quake-srp.pages.dev)
    ×1.94 64 | 239 points by ilreb 3 days ago | 180 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Show HN: I turned my iPhone and a $20 smart plug into an f-stop timer (peterszentkiralyi.eu)
    ×0.74 123 | 86 points by pentakkusu 5 days ago | 39 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Show HN: tgv: Genome viewer for you and your agents (github.com/zeqianli)
    ×1.22 156 | 4 points by lzqqqqqq 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. I paid people to try and follow my README (shkspr.mobi)
    ×2.09 12 #52 | 394 points by edent 22 hours ago | 195 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Show HN: Proton Drive for Linux (lsantos.dev)
    ×0.90 71 | 119 points by khaosdoctor 4 days ago | 44 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Show HN: Pivot – fast analytics on Iceberg, 2x+ faster than ClickHouse / DuckDB (pivotlake.io)
    ×2.66 144 | 15 points by dkgs 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Show HN: I built a fast spreadsheet engine for the web in Rust/WASM (github.com/podraven)
    ×0.66 158 | 8 points by deathg0d 3 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Whacky Japanese moving keyboard may be the future or not (t3.com)
    ×1.27 | 2 points by mushstory 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Show HN: The rarest tech books and docs you've probably never read (readrare.com)
    ×1.55 62 | 182 points by miletus 2 days ago | 66 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Show HN: Shpyrd – A new type of cloud for AI era (shpyrd.io)
    ×2.45 55 | 8 points by patricknegri 12 hours ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. 1M multi-lingual synthetic corporate emails to stress-test your RAG (huggingface.co)
    ×0.59 | 1 points by sinabis_1 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. I posted 100 tiktoks as introverted engineer
    ×0.54 | 1 points by weekendViper 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. ClickHouse C – Talk to ClickHouse using its native binary protocol (github.com/ClickHouse)
    ×0.73 47 #34 | 37 points by saisrirampur 11 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???