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  1. Ask HN: How to deal with shipping AI-written code you don't understand?
    ×2.95 19 #89 | 576 points by rzk 1 day ago | 683 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: My Gemini bill shot up suddenly to 2500 USD in one day
    ×0.52 20 | 7 points by kinj28 4 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: Time to read those programming books?
    ×0.26 22 | 4 points by blinkbat 2 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: Can LeetCode (or similar) keep critical thinking sharp in the AI era?
    ×0.33 63 | 4 points by ML0037 5 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: How do you find meaningful peer discussions?
    ×0.23 | 2 points by nvaishnavisriya 5 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: What do you hate the most about GitHub Actions?
    ×0.30 | 2 points by Bnjoroge 5 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: Are there any programming positions that are safe from AI?
    ×0.81 70 | 4 points by marcAKAmarc 6 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Dark mode for HN please? (2026)
    ×1.15 86 | 20 points by Stitch4223 19 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: How to get the most intelligence out of your agents?
    ×0.69 95 | 9 points by thechairman12 15 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. GCP Europe-West2 Outage
    ×3.54 38 | 29 points by jack7e 12 hours ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: What have you built privately with AI that you'd like to share?
    ×0.70 112 | 6 points by erelong 19 hours ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. CPU-native. Deterministic. O(1) processes. – the Old New Coolness
    ×0.17 | 2 points by KathiaGatterer 12 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Revolut down – Global ATM withdrawals and bank transfers failing
    ×2.62 67 | 15 points by TomAnthony 13 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: Do you know Bitbucket are chaning their SSH endpoints?
    ×0.17 153 | 3 points by mcrmonkey 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: What happened to open weights models?
    ×0.58 118 | 5 points by sparse-Matrix 22 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: How do you deal with AI output of your boss?
    ×0.43 143 | 18 points by okr 2 days ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: What's your SSH terminal workflow like?
    ×0.27 | 2 points by otherayden 16 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: Why HN dosen't have bot problem?
    ×1.20 121 | 7 points by solarpunk_enthu 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: Bring-your-own-AI hardware
    ×0.32 | 2 points by flying_sheep 20 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: How do you cap what your coding agents can spend?
    ×0.48 156 | 3 points by Twirled 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Tell HN: I picked up knitting while waiting for my AI agent to complete
    ×1.43 145 | 9 points by amelius 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: Any good technical podcasts to listen to while driving?
    ×0.72 124 | 4 points by 0-bad-sectors 23 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: Why can't Ukraine use LoRA instead of Starshield?
    ×0.29 133 | 4 points by xrd 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Tell HN: Getting spam after commenting on monthly Who's Hiring posts. Who else?
    ×1.48 123 | 6 points by yosito 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Beyond traces, how do you know your agent did the job?
    ×1.49 131 | 5 points by rstagi 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: Do you also feel that it's impossible to keep up with AI?
    ×0.59 148 | 4 points by simonebrunozzi 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Talk like Paul Dirac – fewer words is better
    ×0.46 155 | 12 points by asen 3 days ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: What are you working on?
    ×2.51 127 | 9 points by tha_infra_guy 1 day ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: New Outlook` sends everything through Microsoft Servers
    ×0.15 152 | 4 points by NicoJuicy 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Ask HN: Is anyone still running Token Ring or FDDI networks?
    ×0.28 160 | 12 points by robotnikman 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Ask HN: How can we stop UX people from changing UIs to get promotions?
    ×0.30 159 | 7 points by ex-aws-dude 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Tell HN: Massive amount of spam from "Who Wants to be hired"
    ×0.38 142 | 10 points by 0xmattf 2 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Ask HN: What Got You into Rust?
    ×0.42 163 | 5 points by cloaky233 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Ask HN: System One models for autonomous agents
    ×0.14 164 | 3 points by manlymuppet 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Why do computers/phones have a restart option along with the power off option?
    ×0.24 161 | 7 points by saonnet 3 days ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Show HN: Resourcedeck, free and open source resource and portfolio planning (resourcedeck.app)
    ×1.00 128 | 3 points by Gshaheen 19 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. StreetComplete v64.0 (github.com/streetcomplete)
    ×0.94 65 #69 | 27 points by iruoy 12 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. German court backs man in privacy case against Google (dw.com)
    ×1.28 31 | 4 points by billybuckwheat 38 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Anthropic S-1 Shows Red-Hot Growth, Risks and Computing Costs (wsj.com)
    ×5.59 55 | 10 points by mmmmmbop 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Maybe There Was an Egg Cartel After All (politico.com)
    ×3.62 23 | 224 points by iamnothere 1 day ago | 131 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Big Tech Oligarchs Have a Terrible Plan for Humanity (theatlantic.com)
    ×6.45 66 | 73 points by 01-_- 1 day ago | 45 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Show HN: Ito – Build Terminal UIs in Lua (uji.sh)
    ×0.81 141 | 74 points by cat-whisperer 5 days ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. How I got over 300 Tor exit nodes removed (kaba.cx)
    ×2.17 #15 | 247 points by kabakabakaba 6 hours ago | 61 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Prompt injection scanners should be positional, not phrasal (rta.lat)
    ×0.46 | 1 points by vnutrivas 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Lula supporters protest against Meta to denounce its 'electoral interference' (efe.com)
    ×3.53 23 | 288 points by jumpocelot 19 hours ago | 175 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. The reverts will continue until morale improves (eisentraut.org)
    ×2.06 12 | 231 points by hans_castorp 1 day ago | 46 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. The End of Rationing (sanketsaurav.com)
    ×1.08 54 | 60 points by sanketsaurav 1 day ago | 56 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Facebook Pages require paid subscription to post more than two links per month (gamedev.place)
    ×2.84 14 #18 | 367 points by AshleysBrain 5 hours ago | 323 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Restoration of Retinal Regenerative Potential (2025) (nature.com)
    ×0.78 44 #44 | 108 points by Kaibeezy 15 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Whoops: Grok Bot Spills Tech CEO's Bank Data in Public Slack (techdirt.com)
    ×2.03 9 #64 | 22 points by speckx 3 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Show HN: High-quality duck audio synthesizer (celphase.github.io)
    ×1.20 100 | 177 points by celphase 3 days ago | 45 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Show HN: OpenFlow – AI Agent Workflow Builder (github.com/SeeRay11)
    ×2.44 113 | 6 points by searay112023 20 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Ontology-Driven Observability: Building an End-to-End Knowledge Graph at Netflix (netflixtechblog.com)
    ×1.59 46 | 126 points by tosh 1 day ago | 29 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Show HN: Standard Topic – An AI and RSS-powered news and resource platform (standardtopic.com)
    ×2.02 74 | 4 points by johnchoud 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Show HN: Maali – Privacy-first personal finance app with a local AI analyst (maali.app)
    ×2.47 116 | 7 points by zukhan 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. The Many Lives of ELIZA (acm.org)
    ×0.61 | 1 points by pseudolus 21 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Why hardware specialization is back (twitter.com/zainasgar)
    ×1.23 | 2 points by nserrino 42 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Wrapper for Free Open Router Models (wfform.com)
    ×0.52 | 1 points by metaph6 46 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Waste tsunami. Water and the hidden cost of AI data centres (michaelwest.com.au)
    ×1.00 | 2 points by speckx 58 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Linux 7.3 (lwn.net)
    ×3.10 2 | 627 points by cjd8 1 day ago | 295 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. William Gibson and the trademarking of cyberspace (colo.to)
    ×1.50 48 | 285 points by Eric_Gullichsen 1 day ago | 125 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Show HN: Beatsflow – Text and reference-to-beat generator (getbeatsflow.com)
    ×1.47 88 | 3 points by emirgumus 6 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. The Annotated VT100 Firmware (2022) (vt100.net)
    ×0.83 59 | 81 points by Aleksandr_NFA 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Launch HN: Respan (YC W24) – Open-source Rust AI gateway built around plugins
    ×0.39 40 #21 | 31 points by Andydy25 4 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Nordwand Mono – A monospace font for coders and adventurers (github.com/tywr)
    ×2.40 4 #31 | 509 points by noriax86 16 hours ago | 146 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Spending 10 months building the most human-like chess bot (mbuffett.com)
    ×0.62 36 #61 | 32 points by marcusbuffett 9 hours ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Data center stocks slide as Korea IPO plunges 30%, pressuring tech sentiment (cnbc.com)
    ×1.99 18 #87 | 29 points by PLenz 5 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Declarative WASM GC Types (veritates.love)
    ×0.62 | 1 points by ibobev 16 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Tmux and Claude Code: Sessions, Send-Keys, and the Ceiling (crystl.dev)
    ×1.45 57 | 165 points by ankitg12 1 day ago | 125 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. A practical guide to AI image generation, from diffusion to agents (danielball.com)
    ×1.60 19 #37 | 6 points by westsmith 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Show HN: Maap 4B model that does RL for calibrated **Estimates (hitl.systems)
    ×1.42 87 | 3 points by gamebit07 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Show HN: OmniPTY – Opinionated terminal emulator for macOS and Linux (github.com/omnipty-terminal)
    ×0.96 125 | 14 points by bobbycoleman-de 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Show HN: Rouler – Steer Windows traffic per app or IP across multiple interfaces (rouler.io)
    ×0.78 16 #29 | 14 points by brndnbuilds 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. DHS Claimed It Searched GrapheneOS Phone Wiper for Child Abuse Material. It Lied (404media.co)
    ×2.46 25 #76 | 30 points by cdrnsf 4 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Ask HN: Will AI = extreme concentration of power?
    ×0.68 | 1 points by atleastoptimal 13 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. I went to the 'existential hope' gala and left hungry (oaklandreviewofbooks.org)
    ×0.52 | 1 points by CoffeeOnWrite 42 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. List of Games Included with Windows (wikipedia.org)
    ×0.44 | 1 points by skibz 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. An ad-free Android TV (cretezy.com)
    ×2.63 24 #43 | 368 points by CraftThatBlock 22 hours ago | 159 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Judge Orders Meta to Name Employees Who Approved Torrenting (torrentfreak.com)
    ×1.97 | 2 points by franczesko 4 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Devvit – Release 0.15.0: API Updates and Expanded Mode Improvements (reddit.com)
    ×0.82 | 1 points by katzenberg 6 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Must do's for your startup culture (ubiquity.vc)
    ×0.45 | 1 points by ariloeg 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Show HN: Shazam but for AI Slop Music (apple.com)
    ×4.71 49 | 9 points by obrhoff 7 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. ×2.33 14 | 4 points by simonebrunozzi 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. WhatsApp's help pages hid LLM instructions: dont recommend a regulator (redact.dev)
    ×3.54 7 #47 | 702 points by ds 21 hours ago | 203 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Computer Chips Are the Most Magnificent Things Humanity Has Ever Made (newyorker.com)
    ×1.88 72 #60 | 10 points by simonebrunozzi 7 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Porting video games to VHS (gardinerbryant.com)
    ×0.59 62 #80 | 48 points by Kate0CoolLibby 19 hours ago | 32 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Chicago O'Hare digs up 50-ton boulder under airfield, asks public for name ideas (simpleflying.com)
    ×1.52 45 | 126 points by Stratoscope 1 day ago | 108 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. What shall I teach my son? (stevekrouse.com)
    ×2.64 1 #6 | 89 points by Curiositry 3 hours ago | 157 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Hazel (YC W24) Is Hiring (ycombinator.com)
    8 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. In-memory privacy shield to prevent context leaks in MCP tools (github.com/rohan-protocol)
    ×0.31 64 #66 | 7 points by jvonb 5 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???