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  1. Ask HN: How to solve the cold start problem for a two-sided marketplace?
    ×0.98 13 #63 | 135 points by alegd 14 hours ago | 151 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: How did you land your first projects as a solo engineer/consultant?
    ×1.87 22 | 285 points by modelcroissant 1 day ago | 134 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Getting back into photography, ditching the phone camera in 2026?
    ×0.55 59 | 3 points by eigenhombre 5 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: Is GitHub's #1 repo fake? build-your-own-x 491K stars
    ×0.06 | 2 points by throwawaysoso 12 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Warning: If you search "Claude Desktop" on Google, the 2nd ad result is a scam
    ×0.17 89 | 3 points by diogenescynic 14 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: Who is using OpenClaw?
    ×1.87 78 | 337 points by misterchocolat 5 days ago | 390 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: Building a solo business is impossible?
    ×0.76 92 | 65 points by fnoef 3 days ago | 89 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Opus 4.7 vs. 4.6 after 3 days of real coding side by side from my actual session
    ×0.26 95 | 8 points by agentseal 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Recommended GPU Repairshop in Europe (Germany)
    ×0.21 | 2 points by DogRunner 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: What makes a good Product Manager
    ×0.45 96 | 8 points by chairhairair 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: May be a basic question, but how can I use AI well?
    ×0.46 103 | 8 points by jdw64 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Tell HN: 48 absurd web projects – one every month
    ×0.77 97 | 78 points by absurdwebsite 4 days ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Why don't we just ask AI to write assembler?
    ×0.53 113 | 12 points by canterburry 2 days ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: Anyone know of that "levels of AI programming" blog post?
    ×0.20 123 | 6 points by tuvix 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. I built a real-time AR plane spotter, here's the math that makes it work
    ×0.28 107 | 6 points by ananddhruv29 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: How did you get your first users with zero audience?
    ×0.96 124 | 16 points by arikusi 4 days ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: Getting depressed day by day, how to cope?
    ×1.00 108 | 24 points by throwaw12 3 days ago | 24 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: How do you maintain flow when vibe coding?
    ×0.56 111 | 31 points by fny 4 days ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: Does magic link authentication use HTML canvassing?
    ×0.32 125 | 5 points by trinsic2 2 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: ChatAi web-based session notation?
    ×0.09 | 2 points by xtiansimon 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Aliens.gov Resolves – To a WordPress "Site Not Found" Error
    ×0.88 127 | 14 points by ascarola 4 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Durable Object alarm loop: $34k in 8 days, zero users, no platform warning
    ×2.04 121 | 31 points by thewillmoss 5 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: How are you using LLMs in production?
    ×0.66 131 | 14 points by Anon84 4 days ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Advice for tracking down a listening device?
    ×0.53 137 | 11 points by comrade1234 4 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Who is your favourite Entrepreneur/Visionary?
    ×0.60 134 | 14 points by wasimsk 4 days ago | 34 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Do I Stop Learning Coding? DSA?
    ×0.41 135 | 6 points by s_u_d_o 3 days ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Show HN: Gave Claude a casino bankroll – it gambles till it's too broke to think (letaigamble.com)
    ×2.00 114 | 40 points by mackbrowne 5 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Is AI a Bubble
    ×0.67 | 1 points by Robelkidin 33 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Show HN: Local, agent-friendly double-entry bookkeeping and tax prep (github.com/andrewchilds)
    ×0.58 | 1 points by andrewchilds 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Trolling with AI is too much fun(2024) (reddit.com)
    ×0.85 | 2 points by rolph 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Show HN: Pwneye – discovering and accessing IP cameras (ONVIF/RTSP) (github.com/Hackerest)
    ×0.62 77 | 3 points by mcisternino 11 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Show HN: A privacy-first, local-LLM note app for iOS (Google Keep alternative) (github.com/moeen-mahmud)
    ×0.69 118 | 3 points by moeen-mahmud 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Apple iPhone texting changes: they fixed everything and changed nothing (webmatrices.com)
    ×0.93 | 2 points by bishwasbh 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Did Fortnite Ever Exist? (orbispatches.com)
    ×0.97 | 2 points by rolph 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. The RAM shortage could last years (theverge.com)
    ×3.19 17 | 348 points by omer_k 1 day ago | 472 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency (bbc.com)
    ×9.35 25 | 296 points by blondie9x 1 day ago | 150 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Claude Desktop Works with OpenCode Go (github.com/avarayr)
    ×0.57 | 1 points by mikamika83 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Show HN: Palmier – bridge your AI agents and your phone (github.com/caihongxu)
    ×0.79 | 2 points by caihongxu 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. FreeBSD CVE-2026-4747 Log Suggests Mythos Is a Marketing Trick (flyingpenguin.com)
    ×2.86 54 | 13 points by jgalt212 2 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Airline worker arrested after sharing photos of bomb damage in WhatsApp group (lbc.co.uk)
    ×3.58 10 | 280 points by aa_is_op 1 day ago | 185 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Show HN: Tmux-bar – One-tap switching between windows in current tmux session (github.com/daxliar)
    ×0.60 | 2 points by zonovar 12 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Show HN: Goempy – Ship a CPython interpreter inside your Go binary (github.com/tamnd)
    ×0.73 90 | 3 points by tamnd 15 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Atlassian enables default data collection to train AI (letsdatascience.com)
    ×3.00 9 #24 | 530 points by kevcampb 16 hours ago | 122 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Show HN: Einlang, a math-intuitive language with lots of good stuff (github.com/einlang)
    ×0.86 83 | 3 points by amazing42 12 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Show HN: I can't write Python. It works anyway (github.com/Wewoc)
    ×1.78 120 | 9 points by Wewoc 2 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Show HN: Using Ramanujan's Pi Series for Bitcoin Security on Nvidia B200 (zenodo.org)
    ×1.56 116 | 4 points by Prakash_1 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Real-Time Visualization of Human Finger Joint Cavitation (2015) (plos.org)
    ×0.55 28 #23 | 10 points by bookofjoe 3 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Smart Home for Beginners: Where to Start (aigadgetexpert.com)
    ×1.36 | 2 points by amghal 55 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Trump's Landman Iran Strategy [video] (youtube.com)
    ×0.58 | 1 points by keepamovin 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. What Does a VPN Protect You From (anonymous-proxies.net)
    ×0.96 | 2 points by sabrinacarpen 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Show HN: Open load forecasts that beat US grid operators on 6 of 7 RTOs (surgeforecast.com)
    ×0.52 | 2 points by tylergibbs1 13 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Show HN: Release of Writing App: Alistair v1.0 (alistaircrowe.com)
    ×1.43 81 | 3 points by RyanProietto 12 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Show HN: Online Sound Decibel Meter (soundmeterx.com)
    ×1.02 149 | 4 points by artiomyak 4 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. WebUSB Extension for Firefox (github.com/ArcaneNibble)
    ×1.42 22 #18 | 218 points by tuananh 16 hours ago | 191 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Kimi K2.6: Advancing open-source coding (kimi.com)
    ×4.51 22 #30 | 614 points by meetpateltech 13 hours ago | 325 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Show HN: Holos – QEMU/KVM with a compose-style YAML, GPUs and health checks (github.com/zeroecco)
    ×0.67 18 #34 | 35 points by zeroecco 7 hours ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. A Pascal's Wager for AI doomers (pluralistic.net)
    ×1.69 34 #57 | 63 points by vrganj 16 hours ago | 92 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Stripe's Payment APIs: the first 10 years (2020) (stripe.dev)
    ×0.91 22 #80 | 94 points by tibbar 22 hours ago | 49 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Swiss AI Initiative (2023) (swiss-ai.org)
    ×0.85 43 #82 | 87 points by doener 1 day ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. My Linux Setup for Work and Life – NixOS, Niri, Helix [video] (youtube.com)
    ×0.60 | 1 points by AnthOlei 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Notes from the SF peptide scene (12gramsofcarbon.com)
    ×1.78 41 | 136 points by theahura 1 day ago | 143 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. A. J. Ayer – ‘What I Saw When I Was Dead’ (1988) (philosopher.eu)
    ×1.28 47 | 91 points by isomorphy 1 day ago | 142 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Got an Old Kindle? It Might Not Work Anymore (nytimes.com)
    ×2.76 48 | 75 points by eigenhombre 1 day ago | 56 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Show HN: DOMPrompter – click a DOM element, get a structured AI coding prompt
    ×1.06 132 | 4 points by witnote 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Show HN: Kachilu Browser – a local browser automation CLI for AI agents (github.com/kachilu-inc)
    ×0.65 | 1 points by tmatsuzaki 17 minutes ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Advancing BDD Software Testing: Dynamic Scenario Re-Usability and Step Auto-Comp (arxiv.org)
    ×1.36 | 2 points by alihassaanmug 29 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Show HN: I built an AI that assigns YOU tasks (pause.build)
    ×0.38 | 1 points by chaidhat 1 hour ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Ask HN: Has AWS Support fallen off?
    ×0.39 | 1 points by frenchtoast8 3 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. The US and Europe are still stronger together (ft.com)
    ×0.41 | 1 points by petethomas 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Show HN: Open security key on nrf52480 with NFC (github.com/solokeys)
    ×0.95 73 | 4 points by ecesena 12 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. M 7.4 earthquake – 100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan (usgs.gov)
    ×1.41 20 #19 | 269 points by Someone 18 hours ago | 124 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. The Theory of Interstellar Trade [pdf] (1978) (princeton.edu)
    ×1.11 14 #62 | 89 points by AFF87 11 hours ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Anthropic says OpenClaw-style Claude CLI usage is allowed again (openclaw.ai)
    ×1.28 | 2 points by jmsflknr 51 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. KMDS, now with natural language ingestion and search (github.com/rajivsam)
    ×0.39 | 1 points by rsva 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. A Brief History of Fish Sauce (legalnomads.com)
    ×1.33 3 | 230 points by vinhnx 1 day ago | 99 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Linux PTP mainline development war story and new features (bootlin.com)
    ×1.26 52 #46 | 7 points by ahlCVA 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. 4-bit floating point FP4 (johndcook.com)
    ×0.94 78 #83 | 93 points by chmaynard 2 days ago | 75 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Show HN: pg_roast – A Postgres extension that harshly judges your database (github.com/samirketema)
    ×0.94 | 2 points by samirketema 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Technological Phylogenetics: Modeling Tech Evolution Like Git (Paper) (zenodo.org)
    ×0.40 | 1 points by xsytrance 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. How Motorola’s 2N2222 and 2N3904 transistors became the default NPNs (allaboutcircuits.com)
    ×0.87 55 #60 | 83 points by ChuckMcM 1 day ago | 39 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Show HN: Real-time visualization of Claude Code agent orchestration (github.com/patoles)
    ×0.42 | 1 points by daco 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Show HN: Tracking Top US Science Olympiad Alumni over Last 25 Years (perplexity.ai)
    ×0.90 144 | 5 points by bkls 4 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Homeland Security is making "smart glasses" to collect intelligence on Americans (kenklippenstein.com)
    ×2.98 32 #64 | 10 points by c420 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Jersey Mike's confidentially files for IPO (cnbc.com)
    ×0.58 | 1 points by lxm 57 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Show HN: Omi – watches your screen, hears conversations, tells you what to do (github.com/BasedHardware)
    ×1.69 130 | 19 points by kodjima33 5 days ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Modern Rendering Culling Techniques (krupitskas.com)
    ×1.10 21 #14 | 110 points by krupitskas 10 hours ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. The Work Runs on Different Maps (yusufaytas.com)
    ×0.88 12 #58 | 34 points by yusufaytas 9 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. A Roblox cheat and one AI tool brought down Vercel's platform (webmatrices.com)
    ×2.33 48 | 3 points by bishwasbh 22 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Climate Caused the US Civil War (tomaspueyo.com)
    ×1.93 14 | 4 points by gmays 3 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Show HN: Run TRELLIS.2 Image-to-3D generation natively on Apple Silicon (github.com/shivampkumar)
    ×1.36 1 | 194 points by shivampkumar 1 day ago | 34 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???