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  1. Ask HN: Has anyone noticed the fear-driven prompt suggestions that GPT5.3 makes?
    ×0.58 33 | 7 points by cedarscarlett 5 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2026)
    ×0.53 85 | 123 points by whoishiring 2 days ago | 365 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Stathat Is Shutting Down
    ×1.23 58 | 6 points by jervant 7 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2026)
    ×0.84 67 | 241 points by whoishiring 2 days ago | 357 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Tell HN: Digital Ocean has run out of GPU droplets
    ×0.41 68 | 12 points by nathannaveen 14 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: Maintainers, do LLM-only users often clutter your issues/PRs?
    ×0.23 88 | 6 points by lucrbvi 14 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: How are you all staying sane?
    ×4.50 89 | 146 points by throwaway53463 2 days ago | 149 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: If your project is free, what are you building and why keep it free?
    ×0.43 96 | 5 points by LeanVibe 14 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. I lost my ability to learn anything new because of AI and I need your opinions
    ×1.00 98 | 18 points by dokdev 1 day ago | 27 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: Why has ChatGPT disabled links to websites?
    ×0.38 94 | 6 points by krschacht 16 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: What's your experience self-hosting in 2026?
    ×1.52 92 | 25 points by rustcore 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: What sources like HN do you consume?
    ×0.86 113 | 54 points by DavidHaerer 2 days ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: What will OpenAI employees do now who have signed notdividedorg petition
    ×0.82 119 | 17 points by Imustaskforhelp 1 day ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: What Online LLM / Chat do you use?
    ×0.57 134 | 12 points by ddxv 2 days ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Tell HN: I got Claude Max for my open source project
    ×0.49 106 | 8 points by asim 23 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: How many of you hold an amateur radio license in your country?
    ×0.41 | 2 points by ToddWBurgess 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: What prompt do you use to get Claude to consistently render LaTeX?
    ×0.23 139 | 5 points by TobyTheCamel 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: How do you find contracting/freelance roles without recruiters nowadays?
    ×0.57 99 | 3 points by Gooblebrai 11 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Whats Up with Claude Lately?
    ×1.62 125 | 19 points by mech422 2 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: What is the "Control Plane" for local AI agents?
    ×0.46 122 | 7 points by denis4inet 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: Would engineers be interested in a technical prep consultant?
    ×0.68 151 | 8 points by TechPrepper 2 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: How is Claude agent experience in Xcode 26.3?
    ×0.74 130 | 8 points by malshe 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Aura-State: Formally Verified LLM State Machine Compiler
    ×0.14 161 | 4 points by rohanmunshi08 3 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: Who still works async and has a 'no meetings' work policy in 2026?
    ×0.63 143 | 7 points by RaulOnRails 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Facebook Appears to Be Down
    ×0.57 110 | 13 points by Molitor5901 1 day ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: How Do Emergency Alerts on Phone Work?
    ×0.51 154 | 5 points by rishikeshs 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Tell HN: GitHub Having Issues
    ×1.37 77 | 52 points by Sytten 1 day ago | 27 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Google violates its 14-day deprecation policy for Gemini 3 Pro Preview
    ×0.59 145 | 5 points by goolulusaurs 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. I have $10k+ in cloud credits and want to turn them into a real business
    ×0.28 158 | 3 points by Palominocoq 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Ask HN: Codex CLI error reveals "GPT-5.4-ab-arm2" string
    ×1.02 147 | 8 points by quantisan 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Ask HN: How are you structuring Markdown-based context for AI coding agents?
    ×0.12 | 2 points by lepuski 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Tell HN: My daily game won a Players Choice Award
    ×0.65 157 | 21 points by paulhebert 4 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Show HN: The hardware isn't changing, why not get AI to build custom drivers? (github.com/eli7vh)
    ×0.43 | 1 points by elijahlucian 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. GitHub Copilot Goldeneye model preview (github.com/en)
    ×0.39 | 1 points by amusingimpala75 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Show HN: Pianoterm – Run shell commands from your Piano. A Linux CLI tool (github.com/vustagc)
    ×0.66 100 | 61 points by vustagc 2 days ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Show HN: I built a browser game where you compete against OpenAI, Anthropic, etc (thefrontier.pages.dev)
    ×1.07 90 | 3 points by adityapatni 8 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Show HN: uBlock filter list to blur all Instagram Reels (github.com/shraiwi)
    ×0.99 80 | 124 points by shraiwi 2 days ago | 48 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Show HN: Badge that shows how well your codebase fits in an LLM's context window (github.com/qwibitai)
    ×0.72 135 | 88 points by jimminyx 5 days ago | 40 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. MyFirst Kids Watch Hacked. Access to Camera and Microphone (kth.se)
    ×1.13 33 #37 | 135 points by jidoka 18 hours ago | 34 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Show HN: A GFM+GF-MathJax/Latex HTML formatting adventure (github.com/scottvr)
    ×0.05 89 #58 | 3 points by ycombiredd 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Google ends its 30 percent app store fee and welcomes third-party app stores (engadget.com)
    ×4.76 71 | 209 points by _____k 11 hours ago | 75 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Qwen3.5 Fine-Tuning Guide (unsloth.ai)
    ×1.95 11 #26 | 317 points by bilsbie 19 hours ago | 74 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Gogcli – Google in Your Terminal (github.com/steipete)
    ×1.45 | 2 points by nstj 19 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Show HN: I built a LLM human rights evaluator for HN (content vs. site behavior) (unratified.org)
    ×0.93 148 | 3 points by 9wzYQbTYsAIc 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Show HN: Logira – eBPF runtime auditing for AI agent runs (github.com/melonattacker)
    ×0.69 142 | 25 points by melonattacker 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. AI-generated art can’t be copyrighted after Supreme Court declines review (theverge.com)
    ×3.29 51 | 188 points by duggan 1 day ago | 144 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Show HN: I built CLI for developer docs locally working with any Coding Agent (github.com/lifez)
    ×0.67 | 2 points by lifez 7 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Show HN: I built a browser-based 3D modeler because I'm scared of Blender (topomaker.com)
    ×1.31 102 | 5 points by whothatcodeguy 16 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Flip Distance of Convex Triangulations and Tree Rotation Is NP-Complete (arxiv.org)
    ×0.44 47 #48 | 23 points by nill0 9 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Show HN: Shinobi – 10-second security scanner for developers (github.com/AkrijSama)
    ×0.91 | 2 points by SolidDark 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Show HN: Hacking Sony A6000 for Fun (docodethatmatters.com)
    ×0.41 141 | 3 points by skittleson 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Show HN: Gobble – Yet Another OSS Alternative to Google Analytics/PostHog, etc. (github.com/inventhq)
    ×0.58 | 2 points by vishinvents 9 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. You need to rewrite your CLI for AI agents (poehnelt.com)
    ×2.35 2 #5 | 53 points by justinwp 2 hours ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. I refused to pay $30/month for Superhuman so I built my own Gmail organizer (github.com/Lakshay1509)
    ×2.40 49 | 3 points by mafia15 26 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. LexisNexis confirms data breach as hackers leak stolen files (bleepingcomputer.com)
    ×2.10 15 | 6 points by arkadiyt 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Show HN: GitPulse – stop buying dead software (and a timeline for your dev life) (gitpulse.dev)
    ×0.27 | 2 points by bombashell 16 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. NRC issues first commercial reactor construction approval in 10 years [pdf] (nrc.gov)
    ×1.32 16 #13 | 100 points by Anon84 9 hours ago | 53 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Relax NG is a schema language for XML (relaxng.org)
    ×1.15 56 #16 | 3 points by Frotag 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Show HN: Augur – A text RPG boss fight where the boss learns across encounters (theaugur.ai)
    ×0.84 146 | 3 points by thutch76 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Show HN: Git-hunk – Stage hunks by hash, no "-p" required (paulie.app)
    ×0.51 149 | 3 points by shhac 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. MacBook Neo (apple.com)
    ×6.62 2 #3 | 1716 points by dm 16 hours ago | 2011 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. modded-nanogpt: NanoGPT (124M) in 2 minutes (github.com/KellerJordan)
    ×1.52 | 2 points by tosh 29 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Google Play Store will shame developers of sloppy, battery-wasting apps (neowin.net)
    ×0.58 | 1 points by bundie 42 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Show HN: SplatHash – A lightweight alternative to BlurHash and ThumbHash (github.com/junevm)
    ×0.48 136 | 60 points by unsorted2270 4 days ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. A bit of fluid mechanics from scratch not from scratch (tsvibt.blogspot.com)
    ×0.59 21 #36 | 46 points by surprisetalk 8 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Brainworm – Hiding in Your Context Window (originhq.com)
    ×0.42 | 1 points by dsr12 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Bet on German Train Delays (bahn.bet)
    ×3.37 39 | 283 points by indiantinker 21 hours ago | 188 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Show HN: AI Code Review CLI (github.com/kodustech)
    ×1.19 101 | 5 points by eddelgado 16 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Does that use a lot of energy? (hannahritchie.github.io)
    ×2.26 35 #52 | 203 points by speckx 10 hours ago | 176 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. A Visual Guide to DNA Sequencing (asimov.press)
    ×0.80 54 #64 | 53 points by surprisetalk 17 hours ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Remote contractors are now the new normal for businesses
    ×1.54 | 2 points by emmanol 27 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Show HN: Try Archetype 360 – AI‑powered personality test, 3× deeper than MBTI (archetype360.app)
    ×0.46 152 | 9 points by ddesposito 2 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Dario Amodei calls OpenAI’s messaging around military deal ‘straight up lies’ (techcrunch.com)
    ×5.45 10 #12 | 470 points by SilverElfin 7 hours ago | 261 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. OpenAI Symphony (github.com/openai)
    ×1.85 10 | 3 points by tosh 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: I made a zero-copy coroutine tracer to find my scheduler's lost wakeups (github.com/lixiasky-back)
    ×0.44 57 | 42 points by lixiasky 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. You Just Reveived (dylan.gr)
    ×2.06 2 #2 | 72 points by djnaraps 2 hours ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Physics Girl: Super-Kamiokande – Imaging the sun by detecting neutrinos [video] (youtube.com)
    ×2.33 6 | 507 points by pcdavid 1 day ago | 91 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. India's top court angry after junior judge cites fake AI-generated orders (bbc.com)
    ×1.83 25 | 361 points by tchalla 1 day ago | 185 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Show HN: Agent Action Protocol (AAP) – MCP got us started, but is insufficient (github.com/agentactionprotocol)
    ×1.04 121 | 13 points by hank2000 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Building a new Flash (newgrounds.com)
    ×3.12 4 #4 | 496 points by TechPlasma 10 hours ago | 134 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Major TCPA Shift: Fifth Circuit Rules Oral Consent Is Valid (natlawreview.com)
    ×1.19 | 2 points by petethomas 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Website showing LLM solutions to Knuth's Problems?
    ×0.41 | 1 points by daly 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Show HN: Glyph, a local-first Markdown notes app for macOS built with Rust (glyphformac.com)
    ×1.78 108 | 6 points by skarat 20 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Morgan Stanley Lays Off 2,500 Employees Across All Divisions (wsj.com)
    ×2.97 12 | 6 points by LostMyLogin 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Nobody gets promoted for simplicity (terriblesoftware.org)
    ×3.78 78 | 841 points by aamederen 19 hours ago | 474 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Indefinite Book Club Hiatus (scalzi.com)
    ×1.38 49 | 79 points by cdrnsf 1 day ago | 36 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. To update blobs or not to update blobs (codon.org.uk)
    ×1.25 | 2 points by pabs3 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. First Open-Source PR (duanehilton.com)
    ×0.40 | 1 points by rem_one 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: I built a sub-500ms latency voice agent from scratch (ntik.me)
    ×2.35 34 | 562 points by nicktikhonov 2 days ago | 152 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Show HN: Web Audio Studio – A Visual Debugger for Web Audio API Graphs (webaudio.studio)
    ×0.69 107 | 64 points by alexgriss 2 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???