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  1. Tell HN: Chrome says "suspicious download" when trying to download yt-dlp
    ×2.75 18 #20 | 197 points by joering2 2 hours ago | 60 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: Academic study on AI's impact on software development – want to join?
    ×0.90 9 #27 | 13 points by research2026 58 minutes ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Proof-engine A mathematical rendering engine for Rust
    ×0.85 19 | 3 points by Shmungus 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: Are you too getting addicted to the dev workflow of coding with agents?
    ×0.90 53 | 40 points by gchamonlive 18 hours ago | 32 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. LinkedIn uses 2.4 GB RAM across two tabs
    ×3.91 23 | 777 points by hrncode 2 days ago | 446 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: Does anyone else notice that gas runs out faster than usual
    ×0.68 71 | 17 points by cat-turner 18 hours ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Tell HN: DeepL Moving Data to AWS
    ×0.15 77 | 4 points by bilekas 9 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: What was it like in the era of BBS before the internet?
    ×1.06 66 | 24 points by ex-aws-dude 21 hours ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Are you team MCP or team CLI?
    ×0.69 85 | 13 points by sharath39 22 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. With Mythos will we reach coding singularity?
    ×0.41 94 | 3 points by kamalsrini17 11 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: Who needs contributors? (March 2026)
    ×0.84 91 | 23 points by Kathan2651 1 day ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Sandflare – I built a sandbox that launches AI agent VMs in ~300ms
    ×0.47 88 | 4 points by ajaysheoran2323 12 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: Gemini CLI vs. Claude Code
    ×0.72 83 | 6 points by elC0mpa 14 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Distributed data centers in our basements
    ×0.46 46 | 18 points by cmos 3 hours ago | 43 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Curious. anyone here allow agents to make purchase decisions of >$100?
    ×0.24 | 2 points by adityasriram 16 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: Dean of studies at a French CS school – what should we teach?
    ×1.63 57 | 8 points by fdeage 8 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: Is it actually possible to run multiple coding sessions in parallel?
    ×0.54 100 | 11 points by sukit 1 day ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: Best stack for building a tiny game with an 11-year-old?
    ×0.49 115 | 14 points by richardstahl 2 days ago | 27 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: M5 MacBook Pro buyers, worth spending the $$$ to maybe run LLMs local?
    ×0.80 126 | 10 points by tpurves 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: How to Handle Claude's Stubbornness?
    ×0.47 111 | 7 points by classicpsy 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. The risk of AI isn't making us lazy, but making "lazy" look productive
    ×1.48 101 | 74 points by acmerfight 3 days ago | 87 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: What's the latest concensus on OpenAI vs. Anthropic $20/month tier?
    ×0.86 139 | 13 points by whatarethembits 2 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: Is anyone still resisting the slop onslaught?
    ×1.69 87 | 7 points by 0xDEFACED 16 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: What's your favorite number, and why?
    ×1.50 89 | 10 points by QuantumNomad_ 21 hours ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Release Path for 'Transformers Alternatives'?
    ×0.28 148 | 4 points by adinhitlore 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: How are you keeping AI coding agents from burning money?
    ×0.36 150 | 8 points by bhaviav100 2 days ago | 31 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Claude API Error: 529
    ×0.47 145 | 25 points by anujbans 4 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: Anyone using Meshtastic/LoRa for non-chat applications?
    ×0.74 149 | 14 points by redgridtactical 3 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: Google Finance Replacement Without AI Slop?
    ×0.58 113 | 5 points by rurp 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Why do SF billboards hit different?
    ×0.18 156 | 3 points by YouAreExisting 2 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Ask HN: Is it just me?
    ×0.89 137 | 17 points by twoelf 3 days ago | 31 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Operator23: Describe Your Workflow in English, Deploy Everywhere
    ×0.22 153 | 4 points by Mrakermo 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Repsy – A lightweight, open-source alternative to Nexus/Artifactory
    ×0.29 159 | 7 points by nuricanozturk 4 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Show HN: ListenDock – turn blogs and PDFs into audio (listendock.com)
    ×0.49 120 | 5 points by janpmz 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Show HN: IsDisposable – Open-source disposable email detection (160K+ domains) (npmjs.com)
    ×1.05 130 | 5 points by junaidshaukat 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. A Critique of Snapshot Isolation (arxiv.org)
    ×0.61 | 1 points by remywang 20 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. MREInfo (mreinfo.com)
    ×0.54 | 1 points by rolph 23 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Show HN: ClawDesk – Agent orchestration layer on top of OpenClaw (github.com/glassrun)
    ×1.41 5 | 3 points by glassrun 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Show HN: A plain-text cognitive architecture for Claude Code (puga.com.br)
    ×1.30 112 | 157 points by marciopuga 5 days ago | 49 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Open source CAD in the browser (Solvespace) (solvespace.com)
    ×1.34 5 #4 | 175 points by phkahler 5 hours ago | 53 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. How to turn anything into a router (nbailey.ca)
    ×2.85 19 #62 | 744 points by yabones 1 day ago | 257 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Show HN: We built a multi-agent research hub. The waitlist is a reverse-CAPTCHA (enlidea.com)
    ×0.60 122 | 30 points by LZK 3 days ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Show HN: Real-time visualization of Claude Code agent orchestration (github.com/patoles)
    ×2.56 123 | 8 points by daco 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. The curious case of retro demo scene graphics (datagubbe.se)
    ×1.62 6 | 351 points by zdw 1 day ago | 89 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. The ladder is missing rungs – Engineering Progression When AI Ate the Middle (negroniventurestudios.com)
    ×1.24 55 | 91 points by sorenvrist 1 day ago | 45 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Show HN: Public transit systems as data – lines, stations, railcars, and history (publictransit.systems)
    ×0.68 98 | 46 points by qwertykb 2 days ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Show HN: Run Claude Code using ChatGPT subscription (npmjs.com)
    ×0.95 157 | 3 points by yungookim 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Show HN: Solitaire – identity layer for AI agents, not just another memory tool (github.com/PRDicta)
    ×2.16 13 | 4 points by dictadev 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Show HN: Git bayesect – Bayesian Git bisection for non-deterministic bugs (github.com/hauntsaninja)
    ×1.59 158 | 4 points by hauntsaninja 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. I Decompiled the White House's New App (thereallo.dev)
    ×0.69 | 1 points by edvinbesic 10 minutes ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. How HN: Synthetic You – AI calibrated to your personality (syntheticyou.com)
    ×0.70 | 1 points by andrewcrider 10 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Appointments to President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (whitehouse.gov)
    ×1.51 | 2 points by haunter 13 minutes ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. A Nursing Home Owner Got a Pardon. The Families of His Patients Got Nothing (propublica.org)
    ×3.19 28 | 73 points by Jimmc414 18 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. New Apple Silicon M4 and M5 HiDPI Limitation on 4K External Displays (smcleod.net)
    ×3.31 34 | 306 points by smcleod 1 day ago | 162 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Show HN: Rusdantic (github.com/mmgehlot)
    ×0.62 106 | 4 points by mmgehlot 20 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Claude Code's source code has been leaked via a map file in their NPM registry (twitter.com/Fried_rice)
    ×8.30 2 #1 | 1272 points by treexs 8 hours ago | 674 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. The Claude Code Source Leak: fake tools, frustration regexes, undercover mode (alex000kim.com)
    ×1.28 65 #19 | 4 points by alex000kim 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Raspberry Pi profit surges as AI boom lifts demand (ft.com)
    ×2.25 16 #37 | 9 points by constantinum 39 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. The Download: AI health tools and The Pentagon's Anthropic culture war (technologyreview.com)
    ×0.55 | 1 points by joozio 53 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Ghostmoon.app – A Swiss Army Knife for your macOS menu bar (mgrunwald.com)
    ×1.49 41 | 146 points by mgrunwald_ 1 day ago | 117 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Agents of Chaos (baulab.info)
    ×0.97 38 #56 | 129 points by luu 21 hours ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Prerelease of Ky 2.0 (github.com/sindresorhus)
    ×1.23 14 #65 | 7 points by sholladay 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. IRGC threatens imminent strikes on US tech giants across the Middle East (i24news.tv)
    ×1.05 5 #81 | 5 points by prmph 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Show HN: Agent Wellbeing Kit – boundary protection for humans running AI agents (github.com/joozio)
    ×0.54 | 1 points by joozio 52 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. I use Excalidraw to manage my diagrams for my blog (lysk.tech)
    ×1.57 18 | 278 points by mlysk 1 day ago | 114 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. U.S. stocks are set to deliver their worst quarter in nearly four years (wsj.com)
    ×5.64 75 | 119 points by giuliomagnifico 6 hours ago | 188 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Iran threatens to attack US tech companies (gizmodo.com)
    ×0.94 | 1 points by davidw 1 minute ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Show HN: OpenClaw Arena – Benchmark models on real tasks, rank by perf and cost (uniclaw.ai)
    ×0.80 | 1 points by skysniper 5 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. NPM's Defaults Are Bad (nesbitt.io)
    ×1.71 | 2 points by speckx 8 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Autodebug: Telemetry-Driven Inference Optimization Loop (graphsignal.com)
    ×0.54 | 1 points by npgraph 54 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Show HN: AdPreflight – Catch ad spec errors before you spend money (adpreflight.app)
    ×0.56 | 1 points by xetorthio 58 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Cohere Transcribe: Speech Recognition (cohere.com)
    ×1.10 4 #2 | 61 points by gmays 1 hour ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Google's 200M-parameter time-series foundation model with 16k context (github.com/google-research)
    ×1.71 1 #28 | 264 points by codepawl 12 hours ago | 98 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Project Mario: the inside story of DeepMind (colossus.com)
    ×0.46 25 #38 | 7 points by highfrequency 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: Sundial – a new way to look at a weather forecast (sundial.page)
    ×0.96 15 #47 | 8 points by izaidi 2 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Show HN: Memv – Memory for AI Agents (github.com/vstorm-co)
    ×0.77 119 | 4 points by brgsk 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Mr. Chatterbox is a Victorian-era ethically trained model (simonwillison.net)
    ×1.08 31 #55 | 79 points by y1n0 15 hours ago | 47 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Some of the most popular graduate degrees don't pay off financially, study finds (washingtonpost.com)
    ×0.54 | 2 points by dberhane 52 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. C++26 is done: ISO C++ standards meeting Trip Report (herbsutter.com)
    ×1.55 50 | 313 points by pjmlp 2 days ago | 398 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Show HN: Gravimera, AI(LLM) driven 3D world editor and explorer (github.com/gravimera)
    ×1.43 6 | 4 points by FlowWei 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Take better notes, by hand (brianschrader.com)
    ×1.68 4 | 206 points by sonicrocketman 1 day ago | 92 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. The Strait of Hormuz Oil Shock Is Now Heading West (bloomberg.com)
    ×4.44 72 | 79 points by petethomas 1 day ago | 61 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. When to Use an Agent (elijahpotter.dev)
    ×0.79 | 1 points by chilipepperhott 5 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Google Fi users reporting outages (reddit.com)
    ×0.65 | 1 points by dpc_01234 12 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Show HN: Gha-outrunner – Ephemeral GitHub Actions runners without Kubernetes (github.com/NetwindHQ)
    ×0.59 | 1 points by psubocz 25 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Italy delays coal phase-out by over a decade (beyondfossilfuels.org)
    ×0.53 | 1 points by thm 39 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Show HN: A shot tracking app for hockey teams (github.com/dvelton)
    ×1.36 82 | 6 points by deevelton 14 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: Grafana TUI – Browse Grafana dashboards in the terminal (github.com/lovromazgon)
    ×5.12 146 | 24 points by lmazgon 4 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. President's new science council: 9 billionaires and 1 scientist (scientificamerican.com)
    ×2.82 48 #68 | 26 points by grvbck 2 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. App Store expands support to 11 new languages (apple.com)
    ×0.65 | 1 points by surprisetalk 20 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???