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  1. Ask HN: Where are you getting your AI news from?
    ×0.52 6 | 4 points by baetylus 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
    ×0.88 68 | 206 points by proberts 3 days ago | 247 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: When did you move from AI agentic loops to simpler deterministic system?
    ×0.58 3 | 6 points by laxmena 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Tell HN: The saddest irony of my/our craft
    ×1.36 2 | 10 points by dakiol 5 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2026)
    ×0.81 74 | 145 points by whoishiring 3 days ago | 415 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: Is a hands-off, family-friendly, de-Googled "home lab" feasible?
    ×0.33 51 | 8 points by strix_varius 10 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2026)
    ×1.31 62 | 300 points by whoishiring 3 days ago | 409 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Can anyone point me to a ShowHN first post policy documentation?
    ×0.38 39 | 9 points by upwindchange 9 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: Is the Job Market Actually Bad?
    ×1.96 64 | 122 points by idontwantthis 2 days ago | 196 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: Those building Swift apps without touching Xcode, what is your workflow?
    ×0.50 80 | 17 points by p5v 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Tell HN: An update from the new Tindie team
    ×0.74 113 | 85 points by altairprime 5 days ago | 49 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhone every day
    ×2.48 92 | 593 points by _-x-_ 1 week ago | 188 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: What's the best way to handle large file P2P transfer in the browser?
    ×0.59 70 | 4 points by feixiangfly 11 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Building a Web Framework from Scratch
    ×0.52 94 | 7 points by NewSmoke38 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Making Postman load 60% Faster
    ×0.30 131 | 4 points by vedkribhu 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Claude Code dies with ANTHROPIC_API_KEY in cloud environment
    ×0.28 142 | 15 points by sroussey 4 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. SlothDB a 5X Faster Alternative to DuckDB, ClickHouse DB
    ×0.41 141 | 13 points by souravroy78 3 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Tell HN: Happy May Day
    ×0.81 134 | 12 points by chrishill89 3 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Show HN: Pytest plugin that classifies why your CI failed (github.com/ahmad212o)
    ×0.47 75 | 3 points by ahmad212o 10 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. April 2026 Links (nomagicpill.substack.com)
    ×0.46 | 1 points by nomagicpill 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. World's biggest RC A380 [video] (youtube.com)
    ×0.95 17 #61 | 100 points by NaOH 16 hours ago | 52 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. From CVS to Git, thirty years of source control (evilgeniuslabs.ca)
    ×1.46 33 #72 | 63 points by andsoitis 18 hours ago | 64 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. I recreated the Apple Lisa computer inside an FPGA [video] (youtube.com)
    ×0.99 50 #74 | 129 points by cyrc 1 day ago | 54 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Open-source diagnostic for Al misalignment. Model agnostic, industry agnostic (github.com/ifixai-ai)
    ×0.51 | 1 points by dimneo24 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Powerful AI finds 100 hidden planets in NASA data including extreme worlds (sciencedaily.com)
    ×1.42 16 | 3 points by bilsbie 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Show HN: I built a RISC-V emulator that runs DOOM (github.com/lalitshankarch)
    ×0.91 66 | 46 points by Flex247A 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Show HN: DAC – open-source dashboard as code tool for agents and humans (github.com/bruin-data)
    ×0.86 72 | 113 points by karakanb 5 days ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. DHS demanded Google surrender data on a Canadian man over anti-ICE posts (wired.com)
    ×3.70 23 #46 | 86 points by HotGarbage 6 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Show HN: Utilyze – an open source GPU monitoring tool more accurate than nvtop (systalyze.com)
    ×1.09 121 | 127 points by ManyaGhobadi 1 week ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Show HN: TRiP – a complete transformer engine in C built from scratch just by me (github.com/carlovalenti)
    ×0.66 122 | 38 points by carlovalenti 4 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Show HN: My OSINT dashboard with 60+ feeds now has a pseudonymous P2P comms (github.com/BigBodyCobain)
    ×2.12 116 | 5 points by vancecookcobxin 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Show HN: Yames – A distraction-free desktop metronome built with Rust and Tauri (turutupa.github.io)
    ×1.40 | 2 points by turutupa 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. An unbiased benchmark for how well agents can read your docs (docsalot.dev)
    ×1.08 | 2 points by fazkan 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. What is Z-Angle Memory and why is Intel developing it? (hpcwire.com)
    ×0.91 53 #78 | 126 points by rbanffy 1 day ago | 39 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Game Boy Advance Dev: Link Cable Networking (mattgreer.dev)
    ×2.81 2 #60 | 19 points by birdculture 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Anthropic and FIS Are Building an AI Agent to Help Banks Police Financial Crimes (wsj.com)
    ×0.53 | 1 points by Cider9986 40 minutes ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Show HN: Throwaway – open-source disposable email checker and API (github.com/sslboard)
    ×0.81 143 | 14 points by weddpros 4 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Trademark violation: Fake Notepad++ for Mac (notepad-plus-plus.org)
    ×3.92 23 #40 | 581 points by maxloh 15 hours ago | 259 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. VSCode Dark Islands – Safe Version (github.com/raaid3)
    ×0.48 | 1 points by raaid3 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Agentic Coding Is a Trap (larsfaye.com)
    ×5.02 35 | 424 points by ayoisaiah 1 day ago | 330 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Someone allegedly used a hairdryer to rig Polymarket weather bets (engadget.com)
    ×2.10 41 | 106 points by cdrnsf 11 hours ago | 61 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Show HN: Replacing spec-driven development with just facts (github.com/av)
    ×1.39 58 | 7 points by everlier 11 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Show HN: Adblock-rust Manager – Firefox extension to enable the Brave ad blocker (github.com/electricant)
    ×0.78 111 | 95 points by electricant 5 days ago | 44 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Why TUIs are back (alcidesfonseca.com)
    ×2.65 10 #83 | 403 points by rickcarlino 1 day ago | 409 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. The Road to a Billion-Token Context (acm.org)
    ×0.91 57 #51 | 59 points by pseudolus 18 hours ago | 48 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. I built my own hair electrolysis machine (scd31.com)
    ×2.08 15 #85 | 257 points by y1n0 1 day ago | 73 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Don't let your Mac's storage fill up (sixcolors.com)
    ×1.74 | 2 points by xngbuilds 15 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Show HN: AI CAD Harness (adam.new)
    ×0.90 81 | 98 points by zachdive 3 days ago | 95 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. 1966 Ford Mustang Converted into a Tesla with Working 'Full Self-Driving' (electrek.co)
    ×1.39 25 #12 | 119 points by Brajeshwar 9 hours ago | 92 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. ASML's Best Selling Product Isn't What You Think It Is (siliconimist.com)
    ×1.89 22 | 96 points by johncole 14 hours ago | 39 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Systemd-manager-TUI: A TUI application for managing systemd services (github.com/Matheus-git)
    ×1.78 56 | 82 points by thunderbong 1 day ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Show HN: Rust library for Undo/Redo using deltas, snapshots or commands (github.com/mikwielgus)
    ×0.87 100 | 23 points by mikolajw 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Show HN: Tyche: An experimental distributed trading pipeline in Go Java (github.com/ItsArnavSh)
    ×0.59 109 | 5 points by itsarnavsh 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Show HN: A terminal spreadsheet editor with Vim keybindings (github.com/garritfra)
    ×1.08 123 | 126 points by garritfra 1 week ago | 50 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Show HN: Glucera Local-first iPhone glucose app, seeking fingerstick beta tester (glucera.app)
    ×0.99 133 | 3 points by kv0 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Text-to-CAD (github.com/earthtojake)
    ×1.31 53 #62 | 176 points by softservo 1 day ago | 43 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. AI, Intimacy, and the Data You Never Meant to Share (fshot.org)
    ×1.30 65 | 81 points by victorkulla 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Show HN: Loopsy, a way for terminals and AI agents on different machines to talk (github.com/leox255)
    ×0.73 101 | 57 points by todience 3 days ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Show HN: Gova – The declarative GUI framework for Go (github.com/NV404)
    ×1.11 138 | 143 points by aliezsid 1 week ago | 29 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Version-controlled databases using Prolly trees (lwn.net)
    ×0.39 | 1 points by zorgmonkey 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Heat pump sales rise across Europe (pv-magazine.com)
    ×2.73 9 #22 | 204 points by doener 7 hours ago | 122 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Pocket (anthonyliddle.dev)
    ×2.51 42 | 3 points by sciurus 23 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Why Almost Everyone Loses–Except a Few Sharks–On Prediction Markets (wsj.com)
    ×2.33 26 | 94 points by JumpCrisscross 13 hours ago | 98 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Show HN: Software Engineer to Novelist: Writing a Book Like Coding (frequal.com)
    ×1.10 73 | 21 points by TeaVMFan 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Show HN: Flop Map – a 3D globe of every known AI compute cluster (flopmap.com)
    ×1.92 120 | 5 points by kitwebster 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. I am worried about Bun (wwj.dev)
    ×2.30 5 #2 | 397 points by remote-dev 8 hours ago | 267 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Show HN: An attempt to grow a mind – building software with an inner life (momentbymoment.app)
    ×0.46 148 | 14 points by shahabebrahimi 5 days ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Boris Cherny Why Coding Is Solved, and What Comes Next (youtube.com)
    ×2.76 44 | 3 points by gastonmorixe 18 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Show HN: My retired dad and I made a daily, somewhat difficult, quiz (kviss.eu)
    ×1.04 130 | 39 points by steinvakt2 5 days ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Mercedes-Benz commits to bringing back physical buttons (drive.com.au)
    ×4.23 12 #64 | 838 points by teleforce 1 day ago | 491 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. I built a crowdsourced verdict system for real online arguments (notacourtoflaw.com)
    ×0.84 | 1 points by noideawebsite 7 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. An Introduction to LangChain's Deep Agents (medium.com)
    ×1.23 | 2 points by eugenis 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Show HN: Node-Vmm – Linux MicroVMs in Pure Node.js for Mac/Windows/Linux in ~1s (github.com/misaelzapata)
    ×1.01 18 | 3 points by misaelzapata 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Modern jet engine turbines: each blade a single crystal (2015) (americanscientist.org)
    ×0.95 52 | 72 points by whycome 1 day ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: Playground for the Spectre Programming Language (spectrelang.org)
    ×1.62 107 | 5 points by pizza_man 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Trillions in Retirement Dollars Flow into Opaque Trusts (bloomberg.com)
    ×1.70 11 #39 | 105 points by koolhead17 7 hours ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. The case against OpenAI is getting markedly stronger (twitter.com/garymarcus)
    ×2.60 16 #79 | 6 points by abriosi 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Truth (stanford.edu)
    ×0.82 | 1 points by nvr219 7 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Removable batteries in smartphones will be mandatory in the EU starting in 2027 (ecopv-eu.com)
    ×3.61 85 | 549 points by rdeboo 9 hours ago | 493 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Nuclear receptor 4A1 linked to health effects of coffee: study (sciencex.com)
    ×1.41 44 | 141 points by pseudolus 1 day ago | 109 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Investors pile into clean energy as Iran war drives push for energy security (ft.com)
    ×3.89 47 | 126 points by JumpCrisscross 1 day ago | 179 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Show HN: SimDrive – a browser racing game with your phone as the controller:D (simdrive.xyz)
    ×0.72 110 | 21 points by 1000xcat 5 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. DAG Workflow Engine (github.com/vivekg13186)
    ×0.78 21 #59 | 58 points by blobmty 12 hours ago | 44 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. 'Staggering' number of people believe unproven health claims (nature.com)
    ×2.47 8 #50 | 35 points by anigbrowl 5 hours ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Homebridge 2.0 is here, and it speaks Matter (theverge.com)
    ×1.19 14 #76 | 45 points by Brajeshwar 8 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Why Waste Money? (rentry.co)
    ×1.04 | 2 points by gavmor 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Code Was Never for Machines – Until Now (skiplabs.io)
    ×0.39 | 1 points by vinipolicena 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables (github.com/darrylmorley)
    ×2.87 53 | 555 points by sleepingNomad 3 days ago | 166 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: Piruetas – A self-hosted diary app I built for my girlfriend (piruet.app)
    ×1.36 77 | 70 points by patillacode 2 days ago | 49 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Show HN: Interpretable AutoResearch – Legible Agent Workflows (github.com/BarishNamazov)
    ×1.30 112 | 4 points by barishnamazov 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???