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  1. Ask HN: Is anyone experimenting with different ways of using LLMs for coding?
    ×1.33 64 | 190 points by yehiaabdelm 2 days ago | 192 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: Good fast IDE for reading and navigating code in multiple languages
    ×0.40 56 | 3 points by akkad33 4 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. LongCat-2.0
    ×0.97 43 | 4 points by rika321 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: Is HN crowd a left-leaning?
    ×1.87 28 | 5 points by eimrine 2 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. My manager appreciated my design process
    ×1.03 76 | 4 points by Achuth123 7 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: How Do You Connect OpenAI Secure MCP Tunnel with Claude Desktop
    ×0.61 94 | 3 points by mcpzero 8 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2026)
    ×1.08 98 | 242 points by whoishiring 3 days ago | 318 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Happy Independence Day
    ×1.54 73 | 31 points by GauntletWizard 23 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Tell HN: Megalodon.jp is faster than archive.today and doesn't require reCAPTCHA
    ×0.58 112 | 4 points by Cider9986 15 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: America turns 250 today. What does it mean to you?
    ×1.46 96 | 12 points by abixb 22 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2026)
    ×0.81 113 | 148 points by whoishiring 3 days ago | 454 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: Since when does Craigslist's front page have emojis?
    ×0.34 124 | 39 points by argee 4 days ago | 33 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. I can build anything, but only the void sees it
    ×1.32 100 | 9 points by urbanogt5 20 hours ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: Why are so many "AI evangelists" posting such insufferable content?
    ×1.94 114 | 65 points by seattle_spring 2 days ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. I built a environment reloader for Windows Shells
    ×0.27 131 | 3 points by byjonas 17 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Retrieval is not the future of AI – if it was, Google would have won already
    ×0.64 132 | 3 points by lamprouge 17 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: Where are the good search engines for mathematical formulas?
    ×0.30 140 | 3 points by lo0dot0 19 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Where can I find or get in contact with farmers specifically in the US?
    ×0.84 152 | 6 points by strapchay 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. How many failed startups have you launched?
    ×0.56 126 | 18 points by steelebillings 1 day ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: When will the stock market crash?
    ×3.22 75 | 12 points by roschdal 15 hours ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Tell HN: Installing Cursor on iOS irreversibly changes your privacy settings
    ×1.90 111 | 248 points by zkldi 4 days ago | 34 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Fable 5. Safety Taken to an Extreme
    ×1.13 118 | 10 points by sergeysmirnov 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Tell HN: Old Reddit now requires login
    ×2.94 120 | 87 points by jay_kyburz 3 days ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Tell HN: Fewer PRs done with proper prompting, review, and refinement wins
    ×0.68 163 | 7 points by tomerbd 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Where is the programming profession going?
    ×1.07 170 | 166 points by syntaxbush 1 week ago | 183 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. SponsorBlock Critical Security Vulnerabilities
    ×0.40 171 | 3 points by IDIRIS 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. The Demoralization of the White-Collar Worker (nooneshappy.com)
    ×4.05 68 | 96 points by njrc 1 day ago | 96 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Show HN: Super fast pipeline for finding specific paths across mills of domains (github.com/Kirill89)
    ×0.97 | 2 points by k1r111 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Show HN: Grade your code's post-quantum crypto exposure A–F, free, in-browser (throndar.ai)
    ×0.65 127 | 3 points by algo26 17 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Show HN: A Mac switchboard for Claude Cowork skills (skillswitch.cc)
    ×0.49 | 1 points by pardzzz 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Leanstral 1.5: Proof abundance for all (mistral.ai)
    ×1.62 | 367 points by programLyrique 1 day ago | 102 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. The Life and Times of Maxis, Part 1: SimEverything (filfre.net)
    ×1.34 72 | 125 points by doppp 1 day ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Show HN: Mcpsnoop – Wireshark for MCP (transparent proxy and live TUI) (github.com/kerlenton)
    ×0.60 93 | 63 points by kerlenton 1 day ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Show HN: zkGolf – Competitive optimization of formally verified circuits (zk.golf)
    ×0.61 107 | 69 points by rot256 2 days ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Programmers need to start meditating (jacob.gold)
    ×3.26 33 #40 | 112 points by enz 6 hours ago | 121 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Applied Category Theory Course (2018) (ucr.edu)
    ×1.16 55 | 146 points by measurablefunc 1 day ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Durian Montong (cloudflare.com)
    ×0.46 | 1 points by basri 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Show HN: Salt – a systems language with Z3 theorem proving in the compiler (salt-lang.dev)
    ×0.90 156 | 44 points by bneb-dev 3 days ago | 51 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. University of Oxford Is Older Than the Aztec Empire and Other Facts of History (2013) (smithsonianmag.com)
    ×2.31 37 #86 | 60 points by thunderbong 11 hours ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Our New American Kei Truck (youtube.com)
    ×1.13 | 2 points by initramfs 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Latent Collaboration in Multi-Agent Systems (github.com/Gen-Verse)
    ×0.46 | 1 points by _pdp_ 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. DeltaChat 2.48: zero metadata, group description, native audio/video call & more (delta.chat)
    ×0.48 | 1 points by xeonmc 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Show HN: OM Core – multidimensional models without spreadsheet cell formulas (github.com/cloudcell)
    ×0.59 144 | 14 points by cloudcell 4 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Claude Design System Prompt (github.com/Trystan-SA)
    ×2.21 3 #12 | 74 points by handfuloflight 5 hours ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Efficacy and Safety of Psilocybin in Treatment-Resistant Major Depression (jamanetwork.com)
    ×1.20 20 #73 | 34 points by cpncrunch 12 hours ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Astryx Design System (atmeta.com)
    ×0.52 | 1 points by ildon 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. ComplianceAgent: Open-source EU AI Act compliance scanner (github.com/latreon)
    ×0.49 | 1 points by latreon 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Binstack: Making a maximal multi-dimensional decision (2022) (asmartbear.com)
    ×0.51 | 1 points by tosh 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Show HN: Gubbi – Minimalist LLM Chatbot (github.com/prahladyeri)
    ×1.12 | 2 points by pyeri 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Best Simple System for Now (2025) (dannorth.net)
    ×0.89 85 | 88 points by daan-k 1 day ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Japan's Hayabusa2 probe to conduct flyby of Torifune asteroid (nhk.or.jp)
    ×1.58 8 #69 | 6 points by dvh 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Show HN: CAVS – Open-source content-addressable updates for game assets (github.com/orelvis15)
    ×1.17 | 2 points by orelvis15 50 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Show HN: Routing24 – free route optimization agent for Claude Cowork/WebMCP (github.com/routing24)
    ×1.03 128 | 4 points by dennis16384 21 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Show HN: Mise – A keyboard-driven Python/Qt6 browser built for fanless laptops (github.com/Rakosn1cek)
    ×1.68 97 | 7 points by Rakosn1cek 16 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Show HN: Infra Commits – Conventional Commits but for infrastructure/operations (codeberg.org)
    ×0.93 133 | 3 points by ohelm 18 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Designing DB partitions you don't have to babysit (explainanalyze.com)
    ×0.79 66 #65 | 62 points by rtolkachev 23 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Terence Tao: What's Next for SAIR Competitions [video] (youtube.com)
    ×0.69 | 1 points by guerby 21 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. I spent 100 hours building a website you will use for 20 minutes a week (dailicle.com)
    ×1.57 | 2 points by lucky-solanki 34 minutes ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Show HN: Neil the Seal Game (neiltheseal.app)
    ×1.38 | 2 points by dalemhurley 48 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Show HN: Searchable directory of 22k+ products from worker-owned co-ops (workerowned.info)
    ×2.17 81 | 394 points by IESAI_ski 3 days ago | 82 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Trust your compiler: Modern C++ (categorica.io)
    ×1.50 11 #11 | 27 points by foxhill 4 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. GPT-5.5 Codex reasoning-token clustering may be leading to degraded performance (github.com/openai)
    ×2.15 9 #27 | 324 points by maille 16 hours ago | 124 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. sqlite-utils 4.0rc2, mostly written by Claude Fable (for about $149.25) (simonwillison.net)
    ×1.64 47 #76 | 57 points by ognyankulev 7 hours ago | 71 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. GetSuperpower, an installable skill tree for coding agents (github.com/0xroylee)
    ×0.66 83 #79 | 4 points by 1997roylee 7 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Intelligent-Data /S (github.com/nicholascordova01)
    ×0.54 | 1 points by alex_hirner 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Meta's Un-Stable Signature (hackerfactor.com)
    ×1.62 23 #20 | 112 points by ementally 14 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. The Particle Box – Kinetic Molecular Theory Simulator (prepok.com)
    ×0.57 57 #45 | 17 points by vaibhav1312 9 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. The Preemptive Draw and Preemptive Grip in the Cash-in-Transit Sector (wordpress.com)
    ×0.51 88 #37 | 14 points by stmw 10 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. VapourDeck (spritesmods.com)
    ×0.56 | 1 points by rcarmo 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. US residents angry datacenters 'shoved down our throats' are recalling officials (theguardian.com)
    ×5.42 77 | 109 points by beardyw 1 day ago | 143 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Show HN: Bramble – Local-first password manager (github.com/flythenimbus)
    ×1.91 89 | 137 points by MegagramEnjoyer 2 days ago | 39 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Show HN: Kontext – Move an AI chat's full context to another AI in one click (github.com/anuragmerndev)
    ×0.54 160 | 8 points by anuragmerndev 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Jellyfish can heal wounds in minutes. Scientists want their secrets (mbl.edu)
    ×1.44 22 #13 | 159 points by hhs 15 hours ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Artful Cats: Feline-Inspired Art and Artifacts (si.edu)
    ×0.95 29 #16 | 61 points by jruohonen 10 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Shadcn/UI now defaults to Base UI instead of Radix (shadcn.com)
    ×1.28 6 #4 | 195 points by dabinat 9 hours ago | 85 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Steam Controller Auto-Charge – pilot to magnetic charging puck using CV (github.com/FossPrime)
    ×1.06 28 | 198 points by zdw 1 day ago | 50 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. The Fediverse Is Not the Way Forward (trialandfailure.net)
    ×22.51 41 | 68 points by ExMachina73 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Arrest 0.2.1, an HTTP client with data validation (github.com/s-bose)
    ×1.10 51 #54 | 7 points by s-bose 5 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Researchers Create Self-Replicating Seedbox in Quest for Decentralized Democracy (torrentfreak.com)
    ×1.45 | 2 points by synctext 50 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. New serious vulnerabilities spiked around release of Claude Mythos Preview (epoch.ai)
    ×1.22 50 | 155 points by cubefox 1 day ago | 72 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Fable created novel 4D splat format (adamraudonis.github.io)
    ×2.91 15 | 148 points by adamraudonis 22 hours ago | 56 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. MSI Center – How to gain SYSTEM privileges in seconds (mrbruh.com)
    ×0.87 46 | 142 points by MrBruh 1 day ago | 62 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Show HN: Minesweeper.free – Play minesweeper online free (minesweeper.free)
    ×0.79 109 | 3 points by nadermx 11 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Show HN: Desunofier – Removing shimmer from Suno songs (instasong.co)
    ×0.71 122 | 3 points by stanyy 16 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Show HN: Seize the means of production from our agentic overlords (github.com/Xophmeister)
    ×1.17 125 | 3 points by Xophmeister 16 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Intuitive Quantum Electrodynamics (forwardscattering.org)
    ×0.88 53 #26 | 9 points by Ono-Sendai 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Better Models: Worse Tools (pocoo.org)
    ×1.88 9 #48 | 200 points by leemoore 17 hours ago | 69 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: WyrmRSS - Self-hosted RSS reader with inline YoutTube (github.com/kryoseu)
    ×0.56 | 2 points by kryoseu 21 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: Dockside – I turned unused space around the macOS Dock into a workspace (hachipoo.com)
    ×0.51 168 | 5 points by prajwalshetty 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Jamesob's guide to running SOTA LLMs locally (github.com/jamesob)
    ×1.72 13 | 404 points by livestyle 1 day ago | 181 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???