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  1. Ask HN: What BOYK AI client are you using?
    ×0.27 | 2 points by yeeyang 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Tell HN: PayPal blocks GrapheneOS
    ×3.16 5 | 505 points by leumon 1 day ago | 323 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Is "An agent with tools" the only valid LLM application?
    ×0.31 75 | 4 points by gmarkwa 11 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: Is observability over the dependencies in codebases still a problem?
    ×0.10 | 2 points by enismustafaj 10 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: What's a Good Physical Printer?
    ×0.34 98 | 6 points by xrd 20 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: Why are onionv3 services not more popular?
    ×0.15 96 | 5 points by smalltorch 18 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: Any true alternatives to electron JavaScript?
    ×0.61 76 | 9 points by dhruv3006 18 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Alternatives to Fail2ban?
    ×0.33 112 | 4 points by jech 19 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: Any blogs/personal notes from game devs who self-published a game?
    ×0.50 104 | 5 points by ssenssei 19 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: AI writes better code than me. How to keep my identity?
    ×0.68 56 | 12 points by jdw64 14 hours ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Zed: Edit predictions are leaving the free Personal plan on October 7
    ×0.70 63 | 8 points by lumpa 12 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: How do you use multiple sessions for software engineering?
    ×0.30 103 | 4 points by top_rooster 16 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: Hugging Face is out. Who is hosting open models?
    ×0.73 102 | 21 points by FireUpTheTorren 1 day ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. TwitterWebViewer has been permanently discontinued
    ×1.90 58 | 11 points by avidruntime 14 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Amazon now hides all customer reviews on products
    ×1.67 62 | 83 points by tonymet 1 day ago | 49 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: If I am 16 what should I learn? Which books should read?
    ×0.87 130 | 8 points by AmirMakirr 1 day ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: Is the FTC National Do Not Call Registry a False Contingency or Placebo?
    ×0.69 115 | 3 points by eth0up 16 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2026 – Show and tell
    ×1.83 125 | 78 points by kaladan 4 days ago | 97 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: Should I leave web development to study medicine in my mid-30s?
    ×0.81 132 | 7 points by lovepuzzles 1 day ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: How to Vibe Design as Engineer?
    ×0.70 133 | 7 points by metrofun 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: Why is AI civil tech and not military first?
    ×0.55 135 | 7 points by esher 1 day ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: How do you feel about the new 5H usage limit in Codex?
    ×0.63 147 | 4 points by embedding-shape 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: Dear LinkedIn, do you want to do business, yes or no?
    ×0.89 131 | 8 points by stefanos82 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: Why do tools like customer.io abandon self-serve after their Series A?
    ×0.35 137 | 14 points by alessandroetc 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Why are Claude models so verbose?
    ×0.72 148 | 11 points by JacobWolf 3 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: Good large format (>20 inches) touchscreen E-Paper display options?
    ×0.44 142 | 31 points by foota 4 days ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: Open-source Grok bot anyone?
    ×0.74 107 | 3 points by shafkathullah 14 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Beyond the Editing Canvas: Evidence Divergence in Ooxml-to-LLM Ingestion (arxiv.org)
    ×1.72 14 | 3 points by sbulaev 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Launching Route 53 Files (daemonology.net)
    ×0.88 43 | 117 points by louis-paul 1 day ago | 39 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Show HN: HTML5 port of Civilization 2: MGE (wan0.net)
    ×2.09 117 | 4 points by wan0net 20 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Attimet (YC F24) Is Hiring Members of Technical Staff – Engineering and Research (ycombinator.com)
    15 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Don't use musl if you care about performance (brokk.ai)
    ×1.53 8 #56 | 94 points by jbellis 16 hours ago | 59 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. The ArtQrCode a twist on the classic black and white Quick Response Code (art-qrcode.com)
    ×0.38 76 #70 | 7 points by Bluestein 10 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Suica, Japan's First IC Transit Card (tokyodev.com)
    ×1.80 9 #88 | 276 points by zdw 1 day ago | 264 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Talk Is Cheap. Code Is Cheap. Show Me the Source (idlip.in)
    ×1.41 | 2 points by birdculture 53 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. The best workflow engine is a programming language (vercel.com)
    ×0.69 | 1 points by theanonymousone 34 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Show HN: We built the smallest dual-band aircraft tracker (pantsforbirds.com)
    ×0.71 109 | 37 points by CoolNamesAllTkn 2 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Answers to questions about upstreaming patches (thomas-huehn.com)
    ×1.05 | 2 points by Tomte 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Taiwan prosecutors search Unimicron in suspected China fraud case (reuters.com)
    ×1.06 | 2 points by tartoran 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Chicken products recalled in five states due to “false marks of inspection” (thehealthy.com)
    ×2.81 71 | 194 points by randycupertino 12 hours ago | 161 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. TurboKV: Insanely fast Rust key-value store (github.com/kingroryg)
    ×1.44 3 #4 | 81 points by rgbimbochamp 5 hours ago | 29 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. 9th Circuit sides with states in Kalshi gambling fight (azmirror.com)
    ×1.58 2 #14 | 122 points by hungryhobbit 8 hours ago | 97 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Show HN: SubSmith – Turn your own videos into language-learning material (subsmith.app)
    ×0.60 47 #52 | 66 points by IbrahimF96 21 hours ago | 51 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Show HN: Itsuki – open-source memory engine for AI agents (API and MCP) (itsuki.app)
    ×0.80 | 1 points by 12ziyad 14 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Agent Security Is a Systems Problem: What 247 Papers Say About Secure AI Agents (truefoundry.com)
    ×0.79 | 1 points by LogTrim 28 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Nvidia Starts Pac as AI Chip Maker Builds DC Influence Force (bgov.com)
    ×1.70 49 | 91 points by rarisma 1 day ago | 40 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Show HN: URML – safety-eval harness for AI agents on lab and factory hardware (github.com/URML-MARS)
    ×1.01 110 | 3 points by Yahalomi 15 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Police officer arrested after tracking ex-girlfriend on Flock over 2k times (cnn.com)
    ×4.54 30 #81 | 79 points by cocacola1 13 hours ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Skirminiac – An AI-first deterministic wargame (skirminiac.com)
    ×0.59 | 1 points by LouisSaifer 51 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. DoD confirms 'refrigeration disruption' at military commissaries (militarytimes.com)
    ×2.20 9 | 4 points by everybodyknows 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Meta's Push to Put Robots to Work in Data Centers (wired.com)
    ×2.85 20 | 6 points by newsomix9xl 3 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Trade (and Tariffs) (xkcd.com)
    ×4.61 23 | 544 points by throw0101d 1 day ago | 263 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Climate change is strengthening El Niño, coral records suggest (science.org)
    ×2.65 1 | 120 points by shymaple 1 day ago | 122 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Show HN: A private radio station for issue updates across your org (github.com/statemediafm)
    ×1.85 141 | 5 points by private4e584d 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Encoding Mod Files Optically on Paper, as Amiga's Legacy Will Outlast M-Disks (hackaday.com)
    ×0.37 | 1 points by oxonia 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Aphantasia Beginner's Guide (aphantasia.com)
    ×1.52 30 | 178 points by ksec 1 day ago | 448 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Show HN: Metis – An agent harness pushing DeepSeek to Opus-tier coding (82%) (github.com/Wholiver)
    ×1.12 52 | 3 points by oliverhuchenrui 5 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Show HN: Sesame - a local-first, open-source password manager (usesesame.app)
    ×0.77 27 #39 | 50 points by d0mkaaa 12 hours ago | 67 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Interactive Warhammer 40k Galaxy Map (cartographia40k.com)
    ×1.32 30 #45 | 134 points by gbxyz 23 hours ago | 43 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Hilariously fast volume computation with the divergence theorem (2018) (alyssarosenzweig.ca)
    ×1.39 16 #61 | 256 points by luu 23 hours ago | 66 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Intel's Wildcat Lake (chipsandcheese.com)
    ×1.10 32 #83 | 16 points by rbanffy 12 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. ICANN de-accredits "bulletproof" domain registrar Trustname (domainnamewire.com)
    ×0.95 | 1 points by KomoD 2 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Show HN: FeatureFlags.app – Feature Management for .NET (featureflags.app)
    ×0.51 94 | 4 points by avlcodemonkey 15 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Show HN: I built a tool showing how AI providers (should) throttle their models (staffinganalytics.io)
    ×2.39 92 | 6 points by eliotho 19 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Show HN: My fast TUI Finnish-English dictionary is now in the browser via WASM (taskusanakirja.com)
    ×0.34 | 2 points by hiAndrewQuinn 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Peter Cullen has died (hollywoodreporter.com)
    ×2.62 48 | 111 points by cocacola1 1 day ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Australia Bans Generative A.I. From Official Music Charts (nytimes.com)
    ×2.82 60 | 107 points by bookofjoe 1 day ago | 99 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. The Teaser Period: Why the AI Boom Is Hitting a Reset Wall (groundbrkr.com)
    ×1.58 59 | 91 points by gtzi 1 day ago | 80 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Migrating to HTTPX2 (github.com/openai)
    ×1.04 17 #30 | 193 points by tosh 20 hours ago | 82 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Small Models Have Arrived (calv.info)
    ×3.10 12 #62 | 772 points by tosh 1 day ago | 338 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. The IBM PC, Part 2: Tsunami (technicshistory.com)
    ×1.27 63 #74 | 4 points by cfmcdonald 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Impact of Google AI Overviews on Wikipedia Traffic (ssrn.com)
    ×0.60 | 1 points by alexcos 52 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Show HN: We built open OpenRouter that turns usage into a better model (github.com/experientiallabs)
    ×1.57 5 | 208 points by SilenN 1 day ago | 46 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Show HN: I read 648 banks' exchange boards daily to show what they charge (myratefx.com)
    ×1.43 84 | 5 points by pedroalbaladejo 15 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: IndexFlow – Open-source indexing infrastructure built with Rust (github.com/IndexFlowing)
    ×0.49 74 | 22 points by mandarinclips 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Show HN: Devx – Autonomous AI coding agent built for Android Termux and desktop (github.com/apvcode)
    ×0.73 139 | 13 points by apvcode 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. GLM-5.3 is now open-weight (huggingface.co)
    ×4.58 18 #24 | 678 points by jeudesprits 16 hours ago | 226 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Luanti removed from Google Play due to baseless AI copyright notice (luanti.org)
    ×3.50 26 #54 | 484 points by miniBill 1 day ago | 145 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. We found a division by zero bug in FFmpeg with a vibecoded fuzzer (ffmpeg.org)
    ×1.71 1 | 290 points by dclavijo 1 day ago | 250 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Show HN: Bury.lol – a $2 pixel-art graveyard for things that died (bury.lol)
    ×1.89 144 | 11 points by alertcubes 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Europe's last regular standard-gauge steam passenger service (parowozowniawolsztyn.pl)
    ×1.46 16 #8 | 9 points by GungulSurm 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Autonomous Mathematical Discovery in an Open-World Multi-Agent Environment (arxiv.org)
    ×0.94 25 #27 | 100 points by stephenchung 14 hours ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Interactive pattern discovery in binaries (FF-16-TUI) (github.com/HexLasso)
    ×0.26 48 #77 | 29 points by HexLasso 18 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. America's data center revolt is getting a boost from China-linked bots (axios.com)
    ×1.61 | 3 points by jnord 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. AI Engineer Notebooks – free, framework-free RAG/agents/evals on Colab (github.com/calmrocks)
    ×1.34 31 | 111 points by calmrocks 1 day ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Verschlimmbesserung: The Word Your Software Updates Need (geekyschmidt.com)
    ×1.08 29 #26 | 127 points by speckx 17 hours ago | 85 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Zero-Day EoP in Kaspersky Endpoint Security Lets Attackers Own the Protector (cktn.de)
    ×0.57 | 1 points by CHEF-KOCH 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. An Unlikely Experiment (bearblog.dev)
    ×0.48 | 1 points by signa11 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Welcoming Jess Izen, [AWS], as Engineer in Residence at the Rust Foundation (rustfoundation.org)
    ×1.07 | 2 points by shudder 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Show HN: RealDiff – runtime behavior diffing for pull requests (six languages) (github.com/issacnitin)
    ×0.49 78 | 40 points by issacnitin 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???