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  1. Ask HN: Does anyone what a "RiotCache.dat" file was doing in my EFI partition?
    ×0.28 | 2 points by kromerless 1 hour ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: Do you have a colophon for your personal website?
    ×0.41 3 | 4 points by susam 3 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: Is $300/HR too low these days for custom full stack?
    ×0.52 31 | 13 points by noduerme 11 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: How to increase depth instead of breadth as 10 yoe as swe?
    ×0.46 62 | 7 points by Cheesebh 13 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: What to learn and do, that makes me least affected by AI in STEM?
    ×0.33 69 | 6 points by s3arch 17 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: OpenAI, SpaceX/xAI, Anthropic all to IPO, is this a sign of the peak?
    ×0.33 76 | 7 points by virgildotcodes 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: Shouldn't Google need to give a public statement about Railway incident?
    ×1.41 66 | 175 points by srameshc 3 days ago | 105 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Failing interviews for mid-level SWE in UK, advice please
    ×0.44 86 | 17 points by mjb8086 2 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: How do small teams securely share env files?
    ×0.86 55 | 5 points by tmr_praveen 9 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Alternatives to HN for "tech outside of AI" discussion?
    ×0.87 88 | 56 points by summonerOS 3 days ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: What's New in Crypto?
    ×0.10 102 | 4 points by kaycebasques 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: Are there any serious efforts to organize tech labor now?
    ×0.95 99 | 35 points by 0rganize 3 days ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Tell HN: The Threat to US Citizen's ID / Voting Is Private Services
    ×0.05 | 2 points by m3047 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Tell HN: I went to Alaska's northernmost town and this was the GeoIP location
    ×0.36 135 | 3 points by ironmagma 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: How much AI is in your writing?
    ×0.24 92 | 6 points by js98 1 day ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. "Subligence" – proposed coinage for LLM "intelligence"
    ×0.27 111 | 4 points by akiarie 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Valgrind-3.27.1 Is Available
    ×0.25 116 | 10 points by paulf38 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Tell HN: Google banned Railway's account. Everything down
    ×0.57 114 | 31 points by sergiotapia 3 days ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. What I learned from tinkering with programming languages in the last 34 days
    ×0.12 133 | 3 points by alonsovm44 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Why does it look like LLMs consistently overestimate implementation time?
    ×0.17 129 | 4 points by bridgettegraham 1 day ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Tell HN: Gemini 3.5 Flash breaks in stupid ways
    ×0.56 108 | 8 points by XCSme 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: Is HN Blocking Mullvad VPN?
    ×0.13 144 | 3 points by burger_moon 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: Anyone else struggling with AI and work?
    ×0.43 122 | 7 points by carlgreene 2 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Tell HN: I'm tired of AI-generated answers
    ×5.47 45 | 117 points by theorchid 1 day ago | 56 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Are there any social media sites that are AI positive?
    ×1.03 127 | 7 points by amichail 2 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: How to make a mono-repo AI-Ready?
    ×0.16 151 | 3 points by kasnaka 3 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Staged publishing and new install-time controls for npm (github.blog)
    ×1.15 60 #58 | 55 points by brianmcnulty 21 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. The death of the brick and mortar toy store (brainbaking.com)
    ×1.18 53 #73 | 157 points by speckx 1 day ago | 230 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: How can you have fun doing corporate dev work in the age of AI tools?
    ×0.61 | 1 points by uejfiweun 42 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Why are Flathub downloads so slow sometimes? (barthalion.blog)
    ×0.56 | 1 points by speckx 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Show HN: Generate free golf yardage books from OpenStreetMap data (npilk.github.io)
    ×0.98 96 | 4 points by npilk 23 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. On The <dl> (benmyers.dev)
    ×2.10 1 #2 | 231 points by ravenical 4 hours ago | 66 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. z386: An Open-Source 80386 Built Around Original Microcode (nand2mario.github.io)
    ×1.26 6 #4 | 58 points by wicket 3 hours ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Sleep research led to a new sleep apnea drug (utoronto.ca)
    ×1.56 13 #39 | 212 points by colinprince 19 hours ago | 133 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Chess invariants (muratbuffalo.blogspot.com)
    ×0.76 47 #74 | 97 points by ingve 1 day ago | 60 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Google is pitching an AI agent ecosystem to consumers who may not buy it (techcrunch.com)
    ×0.53 | 1 points by cdrnsf 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Show HN: Open-Source Agentic QA Harness with Memory (vostride.com)
    ×0.77 124 | 17 points by pranshuchittora 3 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Deepfakes Tore a High School Apart (404media.co)
    ×4.44 51 | 66 points by Brajeshwar 1 day ago | 136 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. FSFE intervenes against Apple before EUCJ for the second time (fsfe.org)
    ×1.51 44 | 65 points by M95D 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Waymo expands pause to four cities as robotaxis keep driving into floods (techcrunch.com)
    ×1.51 25 | 59 points by Vaslo 22 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Show HN: Lilo – An open source personal AI assistant that lives in Telegram
    ×0.55 | 2 points by abi 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Show HN: Clark-Browser – Stealth Chromium (github.com/clark-labs-inc)
    ×1.04 140 | 16 points by stan_kirdey 4 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Surface laptop ships with 8GB RAM for $1299 despite pushing 16GB for Copilot PCs (windowslatest.com)
    ×2.15 23 #48 | 9 points by MoltenMonster 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Show HN: I built a site to watch, predct and prompt inject agents playing games (clankerfights.ai)
    ×0.41 | 1 points by DanMcInerney 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. BBEdit 16 (barebones.com)
    ×1.90 19 | 316 points by qaz_plm 1 day ago | 109 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. A case against Boolean logic (abuseofnotation.github.io)
    ×0.96 41 | 68 points by boris_m 1 day ago | 84 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. GitHub faces a fight for its survival at Microsoft (theverge.com)
    ×2.85 67 | 62 points by sbulaev 2 days ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Childhood and Education #19: Letting Kids Be Kids #2 (thezvi.substack.com)
    ×0.59 | 1 points by paulpauper 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Show HN: AI that interviews participants instead of holding another meeting (noada.app)
    ×2.53 123 | 8 points by elliot952 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Keep Your Slop to Yourself (davidgasquez.com)
    ×1.42 | 2 points by kalendos 31 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Reality has a surprising amount of detail (2017) (johnsalvatier.org)
    ×1.41 | 2 points by downbad_ 56 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Picovoice Discointinues Free Tier (picovoice.ai)
    ×0.50 | 1 points by vghaisas 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Cargo Install Friend (crates.io)
    ×0.43 | 1 points by DavidCanHelp 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Don't just paste the AI at me (dontquotetheai.com)
    ×5.40 37 | 175 points by khaosdoctor 18 hours ago | 111 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Hengefinder: Finding When the Sun Aligns with Your Street (victoriaritvo.com)
    ×0.70 38 #9 | 6 points by evakhoury 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Blood Pumping Mechanism of the Hoof (2020) (extension.org)
    ×0.88 39 #34 | 108 points by thunderbong 18 hours ago | 43 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. US Government releases UFO sighting reports – 'Orbs swarming in all directions' (bbc.com)
    ×0.76 81 #57 | 3 points by nsoonhui 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Electrobun 2.0 will be decoupled from Bun due to the rust rewrite (twitter.com/i)
    ×3.34 60 #79 | 68 points by bundie 5 hours ago | 66 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Simulating Why One AI Always Wins: Formal Theory of the Singleton Attractor (github.com/ninjahawk)
    ×0.59 | 1 points by ninjahawk1 41 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Announcement: We've Updated the Rules, and April Is Finally Over (reddit.com)
    ×0.59 | 1 points by birdculture 54 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Show HN: InsForge – Open-source Heroku for coding agents (github.com/InsForge)
    ×0.54 113 | 61 points by mrcoldbrew 5 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Show HN: Roughform, a free Browser-Based 3D Creation Tool (roughform.app)
    ×1.01 137 | 3 points by benhmoore 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Spotify will start reserving concert tickets for fans (hollywoodreporter.com)
    ×1.19 40 #90 | 177 points by elffjs 2 days ago | 357 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Evaluating Spec CPU2026 (chipsandcheese.com)
    ×1.08 | 2 points by zdw 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Show HN: Rmux – A programmable terminal multiplexer with a Playwright-style SDK (github.com/helvesec)
    ×1.03 52 | 186 points by shideneyu 2 days ago | 91 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Show HN: My custom Statusline for Claude Code (Python wrapper around claudeline) (github.com/Reebz)
    ×0.66 149 | 3 points by Reebz 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. SpaceX launches Starship v3 rocket (nbcnews.com)
    ×3.88 53 | 240 points by busymom0 18 hours ago | 170 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. AI keeps inventing fake cases. Lawyers keep citing them (scientificamerican.com)
    ×3.07 12 | 67 points by voxadam 21 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Neutron scattering explains why gluten-free pasta falls apart (2025) (phys.org)
    ×0.89 29 #41 | 89 points by layer8 16 hours ago | 42 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. 1940 Air Terminal Museum Begins Liquidation (1940airterminal.org)
    ×0.85 39 #50 | 124 points by weaponeer 1 day ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Beyond Nostalgia: 8-Bit Computing as Tech Critique (yadin.com)
    ×0.84 | 1 points by dryadin 6 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. It took 40 years for technology to catch up to this zipper design (mit.edu)
    ×0.85 | 1 points by geox 8 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. The biggest conspiracy on the internet right now... [video][18mins] (youtube.com)
    ×1.50 | 2 points by Bender 29 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Seattle Shield, an intelligence-sharing network operated by the Seattle police (prismreports.org)
    ×2.62 1 | 485 points by root-parent 1 day ago | 204 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: CPU-only transcription for YouTube, TikTok, X, Instagram videos (github.com/kouhxp)
    ×0.96 68 | 94 points by mrkn1 2 days ago | 45 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Show HN: Open-source private home security camera system (end-to-end encryption) (github.com/secluso)
    ×0.74 79 | 4 points by arrdalan 19 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Highest Random Weight in Elixir (jola.dev)
    ×1.03 13 #10 | 39 points by shintoist 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Experience: We found a baby on the subway – now he's our 26-year-old son (theguardian.com)
    ×4.51 31 #49 | 213 points by Michelangelo11 10 hours ago | 58 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. HTML-XML-Utils (w3.org)
    ×0.49 | 1 points by Tomte 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Show HN: We're building an open-source battery [video] (youtube.com)
    ×3.65 94 | 7 points by kirksmith 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Show HN: Dari-docs – Optimize your docs using parallel coding agents (github.com/mupt-ai)
    ×0.44 107 | 23 points by byhong03 3 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Project Hail Mary – Stellar Navigation Chart (valhovey.github.io)
    ×4.29 8 #68 | 1166 points by speleo 2 days ago | 236 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. KinetiX: An intra-inference hardware interlock for LLMs (github.com/johndoerch-eng)
    ×0.62 | 1 points by kinetix_system 33 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. New rule requires most green-card applicants to apply from outside U.S. (washingtonpost.com)
    ×4.58 22 | 79 points by michaelsbradley 14 hours ago | 78 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Judge dismisses human smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia (apnews.com)
    ×6.67 16 | 60 points by petethomas 20 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Deno 2.8 (deno.com)
    ×2.13 29 #33 | 402 points by roflcopter69 1 day ago | 168 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Texas Woman files lawsuit after arrest for Facebook post about polluted water (fox4news.com)
    ×6.46 51 #63 | 35 points by SilverElfin 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Uber to make offer for German food delivery co DeliveryHero (reuters.com)
    ×0.77 | 1 points by gigatexal 10 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: ReTab – a Cmd+Tab-style switcher for Safari tabs (apple.com)
    ×0.65 103 | 3 points by hyouuu 20 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Show HN: IResearch – C++ search that beat Lucene and Tantivy on their benchmark (github.com/serenedb)
    ×3.80 130 | 14 points by gnusi 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???