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  1. Ask HN: Chromebook leads for K-8 school in need?
    ×0.51 20 #38 | 40 points by techteach00 9 hours ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: How are early-stage AI startups thinking about IP protection?
    ×0.70 11 | 4 points by shaheeniquebal 4 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: What breaks when you run AI agents unsupervised?
    ×0.50 65 | 9 points by marvin_nora 17 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Back end where you just define schema, access policy, and functions
    ×0.63 81 | 3 points by emilss 10 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: What Comes After Markdown?
    ×0.27 101 | 3 points by YuukiJyoudai 16 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: Is there a workaround in OpenClaw for tab not found
    ×0.46 | 2 points by jinen83 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: Is there a reliable way to tell if an image is AI generated?
    ×0.38 60 | 7 points by leandrobon 13 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Why doesn't HN have a rec algorithm?
    ×0.28 94 | 8 points by sujayk_33 1 day ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. So Claude's stealing our business secrets, right?
    ×1.28 78 | 17 points by arm32 1 day ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: Cognitive Offloading to AI
    ×0.71 64 | 7 points by daringrain32781 14 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. We Built UltrafastSecp256k1 Up to 51% Faster ECC Across x86,ARM64,and RISC-V
    ×0.28 103 | 4 points by shrecshrec 20 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Tell HN: Claude mangles XML files with <name> as an XML Tag to <n>
    ×0.47 62 | 8 points by exabrial 15 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. I made my favorite AI tool
    ×0.24 100 | 3 points by sebringj 16 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Should I add this acknowledgement/shoutout by xAI/Grok to my resume?
    ×0.23 | 2 points by aehsan4004 17 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: Programmable Watches with WiFi?
    ×0.29 106 | 10 points by dakiol 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: If the "AI bubble" pops, will it really be that dramatic?
    ×0.98 88 | 14 points by moomoo11 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Open-Source Bionic Reading Chrome Extension (MIT)
    ×0.24 | 2 points by sdgnbs 20 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Orvia – Spin up a real-time room, share files, leave – everything disappears
    ×0.30 | 2 points by yc_surajkr 20 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. I'm 15 and built a platform for developers to showcase WIP projects
    ×0.65 117 | 8 points by amin2011 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: How do new blogs break the backlink–indexing loop?
    ×1.91 111 | 4 points by lilcodingthings 22 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: Do US presidents have less fiduciary liability than CEOs?
    ×1.47 79 | 5 points by stopbulying 14 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: Why don't software developers make medical devices?
    ×1.44 128 | 6 points by piratesAndSons 1 day ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: Is There Any .llmignore?
    ×1.01 72 | 4 points by rishikeshs 11 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: Is it worth learning Vim in 2026?
    ×1.07 115 | 32 points by zekejohn 3 days ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Peer validation platform for engineering skills (inspired by X community notes)
    ×0.13 142 | 4 points by ms_sv 2 days ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: Do You Love My "Assess Idea" (AI) Robo-Reply Side Project Idea?
    ×0.10 | 2 points by burnerToBetOut 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: What happens to all the hardware when data centers upgrade?
    ×0.66 127 | 11 points by givemeethekeys 2 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: What (other) jobs do you think of doing?
    ×0.50 112 | 13 points by penguin_booze 1 day ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: Are hackathons still worth doing?
    ×0.41 141 | 12 points by kwar13 3 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. How Real-Time Voice Agents Work: Media Infrastructure and Latency
    ×0.19 144 | 3 points by gokuljs 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Ask HN: Can a license make large corporations give back?
    ×0.29 143 | 8 points by arboles 3 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ask HN: Who Should I Talk To?
    ×1.50 140 | 7 points by 3pt14159 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Reddit Ads support is leaking PII and actively crossing user sessions
    ×0.83 122 | 18 points by arashvakil 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. You are not left behind: Reassessing a fear-mongering phrase (ufried.com)
    ×1.32 | 2 points by plastic-enjoyer 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Show HN: Delve and Dash – Quick retro dungeon crawler with procedural mazes (delvedash.com)
    ×1.46 97 | 4 points by GRRRillaDev 18 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Show HN: AgentLint v0.5 – 42 rules, stack-aware guardrails for AI agents
    ×1.32 69 | 3 points by maupr92 8 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Six Math Essentials (wordpress.com)
    ×1.88 1 #16 | 219 points by digital55 14 hours ago | 47 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. The Tears of Donald Knuth (2015) (acm.org)
    ×1.54 37 #35 | 64 points by todsacerdoti 14 hours ago | 47 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Show HN: Claudedash – real-time local dashboard for Claude Code agents
    ×0.45 | 1 points by yunusemregurlu 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Show HN: Mini-Diarium - An encrypted, local, cross-platform journaling app (github.com/fjrevoredo)
    ×0.74 84 | 131 points by holyknight 3 days ago | 63 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Show HN: Vexp – graph-RAG context engine, 65-70% fewer tokens for AI agents
    ×1.12 98 | 3 points by nicola_alessi 15 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Fix your tools (ochagavia.nl)
    ×1.42 5 #19 | 244 points by vinhnx 17 hours ago | 78 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. FreeBSD 15.0 (freebsd.org)
    ×1.88 11 | 3 points by tosh 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Greenland ice melt surges unprecedentedly amid warming (phys.org)
    ×2.91 68 | 42 points by bikenaga 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Show HN: Spacemoji – 3D emoji-filled space warp simulation in a single HTML file (github.com/j-ncel)
    ×1.79 8 | 4 points by koalux 4 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Aqua: A CLI message tool for AI agents (github.com/quailyquaily)
    ×0.74 10 #18 | 49 points by lyricat 7 hours ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Show HN: I curated 10 builder opportunities this week (signals and MVP specs) (aetherite.io)
    ×0.54 | 1 points by crosschainer 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Our First Proof Submissions (openai.com)
    ×1.76 9 | 3 points by gmays 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. DialUp95 – A 90s inspired nostalgia hit (dialup95.com)
    ×1.73 57 | 72 points by robputt 1 day ago | 45 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Attention Media ≠ Social Networks (susam.net)
    ×2.68 17 #31 | 611 points by susam 21 hours ago | 251 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. The Geometry of Tostitos Scoops (zocomputer.io)
    ×1.03 43 #42 | 43 points by kousun12 14 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Redefining the Software Engineering Profession for AI (acm.org)
    ×1.13 61 #44 | 14 points by dnw 9 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. OpenClaw Bans All Crypto Talk on Discord After $16M Fake Token Chaos (timescrypto.com)
    ×1.29 | 2 points by Alan_Writer 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Show HN: Drowse – Nix dynamic derivations made easy (github.com/figsoda)
    ×1.69 95 | 4 points by figsoda 18 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Show HN: OpenBrowserClaw – No Mac Mini. No VPS. No Cloud Deploy. Just Open a Tab (openbrowserclaw.com)
    ×1.91 47 | 4 points by sachaa 6 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Show HN: Deeper – Open-Source Beeper Analytics App for macOS (github.com/f)
    ×0.40 | 2 points by fka 9 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Show HN: Mines.fyi – all the mines in the US in a leaflet visualization (mines.fyi)
    ×0.66 71 | 103 points by irasigman 2 days ago | 52 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Man accidentally gains control of 7k robot vacuums (popsci.com)
    ×2.29 9 #14 | 294 points by Brajeshwar 19 hours ago | 161 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Procedural Tron (tripgeo.com)
    ×0.34 72 #48 | 17 points by tripgeo 13 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. The Myth of the Bayesian Brain (springer.com)
    ×0.52 | 1 points by paraschopra 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. U.S. Cannot Legally Impose Tariffs Using Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 (worldtradelaw.net)
    ×5.23 30 | 75 points by JumpCrisscross 1 day ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Show HN: Infinichess – Multiplayer Infinite Chessboard (infinichess.io)
    ×0.91 136 | 3 points by gregjw 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Pope tells priests to use their brains, not AI, to write homilies (ewtnnews.com)
    ×3.35 4 #5 | 179 points by josephcsible 2 hours ago | 145 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Cursor’s debug mode is arguably its best feature (davidgomes.com)
    ×1.50 27 #15 | 6 points by davidgomes 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Show HN: Cerebrun – A unified memory for AI assistants (MCP and pgvector) (cereb.run)
    ×1.18 | 2 points by niyoseris 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. CXMT has been offering DDR4 chips at about half the prevailing market rate (koreaherald.com)
    ×1.73 17 | 260 points by phront 1 day ago | 267 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Show HN: I built a fuse box for microservices (openfuse.io)
    ×0.73 132 | 28 points by rodrigorcs 4 days ago | 23 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Google restricting Google AI Pro/Ultra subscribers for using OpenClaw (google.dev)
    ×4.80 9 #12 | 615 points by srigi 10 hours ago | 498 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Magnanrama, a Cyberfeminist Exhibition (visionscarto.net)
    ×0.55 | 1 points by recifs 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Ask HN: How do you know if a tool is solving a real problem?
    ×0.55 | 1 points by gokulnair2001 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Privacy researcher debunks Microsoft Edge's free VPN marketing, it's "NOT a VPN" (windowslatest.com)
    ×2.03 21 | 3 points by XzetaU8 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Magical Mushroom – Europe's first industrial-scale mycelium packaging producer (magicalmushroom.com)
    ×1.13 18 | 4 points by microflash 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Attacker gets into France's database listing all bank accounts (theregister.com)
    ×2.00 4 #78 | 29 points by jjgreen 9 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Ask HN: Ubiquitous AI and translation for 3 years, why no menu translate?
    ×0.59 | 1 points by keepamovin 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: Screenwright – Turn Playwright E2E tests into polished demo videos (github.com/guidupuy)
    ×1.53 110 | 4 points by duwip 22 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. ReferenceFinder: Find coordinates on a piece of paper with only folds (mutsuntsai.github.io)
    ×0.93 53 #58 | 73 points by icwtyjj 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Show HN: Iron-Wolf – Wolfenstein 3D source port in Rust (github.com/Ragnaroek)
    ×0.80 55 | 83 points by ragnaroekX 1 day ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Show HN: AI-Native Architecture Series (Open-Source) (github.com/myinvestpilot)
    ×1.61 36 | 3 points by madawei2699 4 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Show HN: Approve Claude Code permission requests from your phone via ntfy
    ×2.38 87 | 5 points by yuu1ch13 19 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Show HN: A Lisp where each function call runs a Docker container (github.com/a11ce)
    ×1.12 108 | 82 points by a11ce 4 days ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Loops is a federated, open-source TikTok (joinloops.org)
    ×2.48 4 #8 | 420 points by Gooblebrai 15 hours ago | 263 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. NanoClaw moved from Apple Containers to Docker (twitter.com/Gavriel_Cohen)
    ×1.73 4 #36 | 148 points by simplesort 14 hours ago | 113 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. How I use Claude Code: Separation of planning and execution (boristane.com)
    ×4.31 60 #85 | 908 points by vinhnx 1 day ago | 558 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. The Zen of DevOps (zenofdevops.org)
    ×0.77 | 1 points by TBNL 13 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Fixing ORM slowness by 80% with strategic PostgreSQL indexing (stormatics.tech)
    ×2.57 39 | 4 points by camille_134 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. What's good career for long run now? back end-dev – AI dev – DevOps
    ×0.75 | 1 points by triggered_code 19 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Trump raises tariffs to 15% day after Supreme Court ruling (bbc.co.uk)
    ×7.10 75 | 42 points by rwmj 1 day ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Rhythms the Compendium: Life aboard an aircraft carrier (2021) (wordpress.com)
    ×0.47 27 #33 | 19 points by cwillu 6 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. What's the best way to learn a new language? (bbc.com)
    ×1.20 64 #43 | 94 points by 1659447091 1 day ago | 84 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Music Discovery (secondtrack.co)
    ×0.89 2 #66 | 56 points by eriatarka 12 hours ago | 53 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???