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  1. Computer Animator and Amiga fanatic Dick Van Dyke turns 100
    ×2.14 17 #20 | 35 points by ggm 3 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: Did anyone else notice that the OpenAI Labs website was completely gone?
    ×0.47 52 | 19 points by underlipton 17 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. AI coding is sexy, but accounting is the real low-hanging automation target
    ×0.92 77 | 33 points by bmadduma 1 day ago | 23 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. How does a "you interview for US company, we do the work" scam work?
    ×0.83 57 | 29 points by marttilaine 1 day ago | 33 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: Should "I asked $AI, and it said" replies be forbidden in HN guidelines?
    ×6.37 40 | 965 points by embedding-shape 3 days ago | 460 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: Go all-in on AI Boom vs. enjoy parenthood?
    ×0.44 61 | 8 points by pratchett 13 hours ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: Is writing without AI worse than sharing your medical records online?
    ×0.17 98 | 3 points by amichail 19 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Referral to coach for fundraising for pre-revenue seed capital?
    ×0.27 90 | 3 points by FWKevents 14 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Our "enterprise" experience with Stripe after $1B+ processed (be careful)
    ×1.55 58 | 20 points by Boulderchaim 20 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: ArXiv Endorsement as Independent Researcher
    ×1.30 92 | 5 points by 7777777phil 23 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Revolutionizing Lighting: How Smart LEDs Are Transforming Homes and Businesses
    ×0.24 112 | 3 points by emmasuntech 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: How can I delete a Substack account in Australia?
    ×0.44 105 | 4 points by freefrog334433 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: Can someone explain why OpenAI credits expire?
    ×0.92 123 | 5 points by jemiluv8 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: Relatively SoTA LLM Agents from Scratch?
    ×0.16 130 | 3 points by solsane 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Why are "remote" jobs in late 2025 still limited to hiring in US/CA/UK/DE?
    ×0.75 113 | 22 points by ftonato 3 days ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Practical Tips for Gemini 3
    ×0.22 115 | 6 points by xiaoru 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: End of Year Book Recommendations
    ×3.06 101 | 19 points by marai2 2 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: What hard problems are still underexplored?
    ×0.61 104 | 14 points by brihati 2 days ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: What are young technically minded people reading?
    ×0.80 120 | 18 points by drdec 3 days ago | 27 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Console.text() – SMS alerts when code executes
    ×0.31 121 | 6 points by Noel04 2 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: What are you buying your kids for Christmas?
    ×1.19 68 | 37 points by JamesSwift 1 day ago | 40 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: Has anyone been able to renew their IEEE this month?
    ×0.25 108 | 8 points by chrisaycock 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: Is it still worth learning a new programming language?
    ×0.94 118 | 13 points by xparadigm 3 days ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Is any of you using LLMs to create full features in big enterprise apps?
    ×0.38 144 | 7 points by not_that_d 3 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Are there any viable Android phones for a power user to buy nowadays?
    ×0.39 149 | 12 points by gooob 4 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Show HN: 8B Parallel Coordinated Reasoning Model (github.com/stepfun-ai)
    ×0.65 | 2 points by hzwer 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. C64 Maze Chomp.BAS (bearblog.dev)
    ×0.78 52 #47 | 30 points by ibobev 13 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. What happens when the coding becomes the least interesting part of the work (medium.com)
    ×0.91 | 2 points by obiefernandez 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Show HN: Local Privacy Firewall-blocks PII and secrets before ChatGPT sees them (github.com/privacyshield-ai)
    ×0.66 59 | 106 points by arnabkarsarkar 3 days ago | 54 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Show HN: Automated license plate reader coverage in the USA (alpranalysis.com)
    ×1.46 56 | 237 points by sodality2 2 days ago | 146 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Show HN: Tascli, a command line based (human) task and record manager (github.com/Aperocky)
    ×0.61 129 | 43 points by Aperocky 6 days ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Show HN: MimicKit – RL framework for humanoid motion imitation (github.com/xbpeng)
    ×0.65 156 | 3 points by xbpeng4 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Show HN: Wirebrowser – A JavaScript debugger with breakpoint-driven heap search (github.com/fcavallarin)
    ×0.71 80 | 68 points by fcavallarin 2 days ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Show HN: I added a print edition to my indie blog (contraption.co)
    ×0.94 145 | 5 points by philip1209 2 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Go is portable, until it isn't (simpleobservability.com)
    ×1.60 16 #15 | 87 points by khazit 12 hours ago | 71 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. BpfJailer: eBPF Mandatory Access Control [pdf] (lpc.events)
    ×0.60 59 #60 | 56 points by voxadam 21 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. The tiniest yet real telescope I've built (lucassifoni.info)
    ×1.40 3 #74 | 256 points by chantepierre 1 day ago | 68 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. COVID Origins. Debunking the Grift, Pseudoscience, & Politics of Lab Leak Theory (youtube.com)
    ×0.37 | 1 points by vo2maxer 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. New Solitaire Gaming Website (trysolitaire.com)
    ×0.49 | 1 points by ssmallya 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Show HN: Serif – a zero-dependency, DataFrame for Python (github.com/CIG-GitHub)
    ×0.71 139 | 3 points by TheAerius 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Show HN: Mizu – Zero-dependency web framework (github.com/go-mizu)
    ×0.78 154 | 3 points by tamnd 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free (riviantrackr.com)
    ×1.95 7 #81 | 391 points by doctoboggan 1 day ago | 614 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Can We Really Claim That Civilization is on the Steady Path of Progress? (lithub.com)
    ×1.67 1 | 3 points by robtherobber 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Show HN: Search the lyrics of 500 HÖR Berlin techno sets (greg.technology)
    ×0.59 | 2 points by gregsadetsky 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Doxers Posing as Cops Are Tricking Big Tech Firms into Sharing People's Data (wired.com)
    ×2.49 23 #30 | 76 points by iamnothere 6 hours ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Show HN: Jottings; Anti-social microblog for your thoughts (jottings.me)
    ×1.07 66 | 24 points by vishalvshekkar 1 day ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Show HN: I launched a podcast to interview makers (happymaking.art)
    ×1.85 114 | 12 points by sillysideprojs 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Waterfox 6.6.6 release notes: Privacy hardening (waterfox.com)
    ×2.51 58 | 3 points by thomassmith65 40 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. The state of the kernel Rust experiment (lwn.net)
    ×1.47 45 | 3 points by howtofly 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. America's betting craze has spread to its news networks (newyorker.com)
    ×4.02 6 | 68 points by FinnLobsien 18 hours ago | 84 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Show HN: I built a GitHub application that generates documentation automatically (codesummary.io)
    ×1.01 79 | 5 points by jerrodcodes 13 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Show HN: Spotify Wrapped but for LeetCode (github.com/collinboler)
    ×0.53 135 | 28 points by collinboler2 5 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Show HN: Vibe code and generate full WordPress plugins (steem.dev)
    ×0.75 | 2 points by fasthightimess 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Google Removes Sci-Hub Domains from U.S. Search Results Due to Dated Court Order (torrentfreak.com)
    ×3.67 23 #28 | 136 points by t-3 8 hours ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. String theory inspires a brilliant, baffling new math proof (quantamagazine.org)
    ×1.29 20 #29 | 146 points by ArmageddonIt 19 hours ago | 146 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Clean, Limitless Energy Exists. China Is Going Big in the Race to Harness It (nytimes.com)
    ×3.60 66 | 5 points by fleahunter 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. UK House of Lords attempting to ban use of VPNs by anyone under 16 (alecmuffett.com)
    ×5.41 9 | 386 points by nvarsj 1 day ago | 424 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI Partner on Sora (openai.com)
    ×2.37 33 | 263 points by inesranzo 1 day ago | 496 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Show HN: I wrote a book – Debugging TypeScript Applications (in beta) (pragprog.com)
    ×0.68 150 | 12 points by ozornin 4 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. From Hand-Signed Forms to LLM's: The Evolution of Order Submission (everstrike.io)
    ×0.37 | 1 points by mo3rew4r 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Show HN: A zero-to-hero, spaced-repetition guide to WebGL2 and GLSL (github.com/GregStanton)
    ×1.03 97 | 3 points by HigherMathHelp 18 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Show HN: TreatyHopper – Pay Less Taxes (treatyhopper.com)
    ×1.31 131 | 4 points by realberkeaslan 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Show HN: Autofix Bot – Hybrid static analysis and AI code review agent
    ×0.51 50 | 34 points by sanketsaurav 1 day ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Show HN: Beelines - a travelling salesman game, but with bees (easel.games)
    ×1.09 157 | 4 points by BSTRhino 3 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Google releases its new Google Sans Flex font as open source (omgubuntu.co.uk)
    ×2.61 30 #53 | 213 points by CharlesW 17 hours ago | 101 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. CRISPR fungus: Protein-packed, sustainable, and tastes like meat (isaaa.org)
    ×2.48 6 #75 | 301 points by rguiscard 1 day ago | 225 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. An SVG is all you need (recoil.org)
    ×2.03 5 | 330 points by sadiq 1 day ago | 143 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. GPT-5.2 (openai.com)
    ×5.29 38 | 189 points by meetpateltech 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. How well do LLMs generate R code? (posit.cloud)
    ×0.95 | 2 points by doener 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. 5 Jobs 4 years and the mindspace leading to it (ritavdas.substack.com)
    ×0.38 | 1 points by fandango1 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Wine 11.0 RC2 – Run Windows Applications on Linux, BSD, Solaris and macOS (winehq.org)
    ×2.92 17 | 55 points by neustradamus 13 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Sick of smart TVs? Here are your best options (arstechnica.com)
    ×3.95 6 #7 | 326 points by fleahunter 17 hours ago | 294 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Home Depot GitHub token exposed for a year, granted access to internal systems (techcrunch.com)
    ×2.85 14 #35 | 239 points by kernelrocks 17 hours ago | 138 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Poor Johnny still won't encrypt (bfswa.substack.com)
    ×0.98 46 #66 | 46 points by zdw 7 hours ago | 49 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. The highest quality codebase (gricha.dev)
    ×2.92 1 #79 | 621 points by Gricha 1 day ago | 385 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Where Disney Is Heading in Its Next Century [video] (youtube.com)
    ×0.42 | 1 points by mgh2 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Show HN: DuckDB for Kafka Stream Processing (sql-flow.com)
    ×0.84 102 | 77 points by dm03514 4 days ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Show HN: Bloodhound – Grey-box attack-path discovery in Rust/Go/C++ binaries (bloodhoundsecurity.ca)
    ×0.17 147 | 5 points by michaelafam1 3 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Building small Docker images faster (hootr.club)
    ×1.13 31 #39 | 56 points by steinuil 13 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Show HN: Tripwire: A new anti evil maid defense (github.com/fr33-sh)
    ×0.72 49 #63 | 78 points by DoctorFreeman 23 hours ago | 46 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Epic celebrates "the end of the Apple Tax" after court win in iOS payments case (arstechnica.com)
    ×4.18 56 #68 | 403 points by nobody9999 19 hours ago | 298 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. I think I might be done for a while (varunraghu.com)
    ×2.75 47 | 4 points by Lagogarda 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Show HN: Can you guess the name of a person who doesn't exist? (namethisface.com)
    ×1.09 143 | 3 points by oztamir 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Senator endorses discredited book that claims chemical treats autism, cancer (propublica.org)
    ×2.97 8 | 83 points by duxup 18 hours ago | 60 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Show HN: A 2-row, 16-key keyboard designed for smartphones (k-keyboard.com)
    ×0.70 82 | 81 points by QWERTYmini 2 days ago | 68 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Show HN: I made a turn-based strategy game inspired by Advance Wars (frontwarsio.org)
    ×1.11 152 | 4 points by cby821555203 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Freeing a Xiaomi humidifier from the cloud (0l.de)
    ×1.39 19 #17 | 95 points by stv0g 13 hours ago | 42 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. He set out to walk around the world. After 27 years, his quest is nearly over (washingtonpost.com)
    ×1.87 34 #46 | 240 points by wallflower 1 day ago | 246 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. The real lock-in in GitHub is not the code, but the stars (ashishb.net)
    ×4.03 76 | 5 points by ashishb 53 minutes ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Kpython – A MicroPython Sidecar for the Linux Kernel (Experimental) (github.com/pymergetic)
    ×1.07 | 2 points by kpython 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???