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  1. Ask HN: Chromebook leads for K-8 school in need?
    ×0.47 16 #21 | 17 points by techteach00 3 hours ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: What breaks when you run AI agents unsupervised?
    ×0.54 74 | 7 points by marvin_nora 10 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: Is there a reliable way to tell if an image is AI generated?
    ×0.22 65 | 4 points by leandrobon 6 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: Cognitive Offloading to AI
    ×0.62 63 | 5 points by daringrain32781 7 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Tell HN: Claude mangles XML files with <name> as an XML Tag to <n>
    ×0.45 57 | 7 points by exabrial 8 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. I made my favorite AI tool
    ×0.12 | 2 points by sebringj 9 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: What Comes After Markdown?
    ×0.20 | 2 points by YuukiJyoudai 9 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. We Built UltrafastSecp256k1 Up to 51% Faster ECC Across x86,ARM64,and RISC-V
    ×0.23 110 | 3 points by shrecshrec 13 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Should I add this acknowledgement/shoutout by xAI/Grok to my resume?
    ×0.25 | 2 points by aehsan4004 10 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: Why doesn't HN have a rec algorithm?
    ×0.30 101 | 8 points by sujayk_33 21 hours ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. So Claude's stealing our business secrets, right?
    ×1.29 85 | 15 points by arm32 21 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: Do US presidents have less fiduciary liability than CEOs?
    ×1.75 64 | 5 points by stopbulying 7 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Open-Source Bionic Reading Chrome Extension (MIT)
    ×0.26 | 2 points by sdgnbs 14 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Orvia – Spin up a real-time room, share files, leave – everything disappears
    ×0.33 | 2 points by yc_surajkr 14 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: Programmable Watches with WiFi?
    ×0.29 111 | 10 points by dakiol 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: How do new blogs break the backlink–indexing loop?
    ×2.48 108 | 4 points by lilcodingthings 16 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: If the "AI bubble" pops, will it really be that dramatic?
    ×1.02 99 | 14 points by moomoo11 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. I'm 15 and built a platform for developers to showcase WIP projects
    ×0.68 116 | 8 points by amin2011 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: Why don't software developers make medical devices?
    ×1.59 132 | 6 points by piratesAndSons 1 day ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Peer validation platform for engineering skills (inspired by X community notes)
    ×0.13 148 | 4 points by ms_sv 1 day ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: Is it worth learning Vim in 2026?
    ×1.08 119 | 32 points by zekejohn 2 days ago | 34 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: Do You Love My "Assess Idea" (AI) Robo-Reply Side Project Idea?
    ×0.11 | 2 points by burnerToBetOut 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: What happens to all the hardware when data centers upgrade?
    ×0.67 131 | 11 points by givemeethekeys 2 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: What (other) jobs do you think of doing?
    ×0.51 114 | 13 points by penguin_booze 1 day ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Are hackathons still worth doing?
    ×0.41 152 | 12 points by kwar13 3 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. How Real-Time Voice Agents Work: Media Infrastructure and Latency
    ×0.19 155 | 3 points by gokuljs 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: Who Should I Talk To?
    ×1.64 147 | 7 points by 3pt14159 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Reddit Ads support is leaking PII and actively crossing user sessions
    ×0.84 125 | 18 points by arashvakil 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: Can a license make large corporations give back?
    ×0.30 154 | 8 points by arboles 3 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Google Cloud APIs (gcloud CLI) seems to be down or broken
    ×0.13 156 | 3 points by thej 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Show HN: Saga – SQLite project tracker for AI coding agents (github.com/spranab)
    ×1.45 86 | 3 points by spranab 8 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Show HN: Ghostty and Watercolors (jrmeyer.github.io)
    ×1.69 121 | 5 points by _josh_meyer_ 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Show HN: Rendering 18,000 videos in real-time with Python (madebymohammed.com)
    ×2.01 71 #69 | 16 points by mbmproductions 11 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil more than electric cars (theconversation.com)
    ×6.19 44 #72 | 23 points by doener 3 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Inputlag.science – Repository of knowledge about input lag in gaming (inputlag.science)
    ×0.93 70 #73 | 107 points by akyuu 1 day ago | 38 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. How I use Claude Code: Separation of planning and execution (boristane.com)
    ×4.20 48 #78 | 879 points by vinhnx 1 day ago | 551 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Functioning Vector Brain (github.com/LampFish185)
    ×1.00 | 2 points by Time-Walker 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Show HN: VectorNest responsive web-based SVG editor (ekrsulov.github.io)
    ×0.58 120 | 86 points by ekrsulov 4 days ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Xweather Live – Interactive global vector weather map (xweather.com)
    ×1.26 13 #28 | 139 points by unstyledcontent 12 hours ago | 34 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Procedural Tron (tripgeo.com)
    ×0.36 61 #37 | 13 points by tripgeo 6 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Show HN: InferShield – A Lightweight Orchestration-Layer Attack Detector (POC) (github.com/InferShield)
    ×1.07 | 2 points by Alex-Hosein 53 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. AI's [Other] Existential Threat (twitter.com/nick_alexander)
    ×2.94 39 | 4 points by nick007 58 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Show HN: A small, simple music theory library in C99 (github.com/thelowsunoverthemoon)
    ×0.68 113 | 57 points by lowsun 3 days ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Agentic Software Engineering Book (agenticse-book.github.io)
    ×1.98 49 | 4 points by bananaflag 35 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Show HN: I built an async Telegram bot to snipe 80%+ retail price errors
    ×1.02 | 2 points by MauricioML 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Show HN: Cc-md – Zero-cost Obsidian sync across iPhone, Mac, and GitHub (github.com/yuukiLike)
    ×2.83 117 | 7 points by YuukiJyoudai 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Show HN: Screenwright – Turn Playwright E2E tests into polished demo videos (github.com/guidupuy)
    ×1.54 107 | 4 points by duwip 16 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. What Not Reading Does to Your Writing (countercraft.substack.com)
    ×1.74 4 #63 | 23 points by crescit_eundo 5 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Show HN: Delve and Dash – Quick retro dungeon crawler with procedural mazes (delvedash.com)
    ×1.08 105 | 3 points by GRRRillaDev 12 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Show HN: Slack as an AI Coding Remote Control (github.com/DiscreteTom)
    ×1.12 126 | 4 points by DiscreteTom 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Tesla Begins Production of Cybercab (barrons.com)
    ×1.63 9 | 3 points by lateforwork 1 hour ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Database Federation: Decentralized and ACL-Compliant Hive Databases (uber.com)
    ×1.59 3 | 3 points by umairnadeem123 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Authorization before execution: deciding if an AI should be allowed to act (github.com/celestinestudiosllc)
    ×0.94 | 2 points by celestinestudio 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Excessive token usage in Claude Code (github.com/anthropics)
    ×2.28 93 | 61 points by behnamoh 2 days ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Amazon, Meta, Alphabet report plunging tax bills thanks to AI and tax changes (yahoo.com)
    ×2.16 13 #70 | 40 points by epistasis 10 hours ago | 33 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Yet Another Fix Coming for Older AMD GPUs on Linux – Thanks to Valve Developer (phoronix.com)
    ×2.42 7 #82 | 46 points by Bender 12 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Password managers less secure than promised (ethz.ch)
    ×3.85 55 | 80 points by mono-bob 1 day ago | 76 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Show HN: ZkzkAgent now has safe, local package management (github.com/zkzkGamal)
    ×0.90 | 2 points by Zakaria_Gamal 11 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Show HN: Raya – TypeScript-like language with Go-like concurrency model (github.com/rizqme)
    ×1.49 35 | 3 points by rizqme 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Show HN: Upti – Track cloud provider incidents and get alerts (apple.com)
    ×0.77 | 2 points by ismailperim 7 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Large US company came after me for releasing a free open-source alternative (reddit.com)
    ×3.72 22 #36 | 45 points by zem 3 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Padlet (YC W13) Is Hiring in San Francisco and Singapore (padlet.jobs)
    1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Leveraging Attributes with Respect\Validation and Laravel (alganet.github.io)
    ×1.22 | 2 points by gaigalas 43 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. The Single File Agent Manifesto – RappterHub (kody-w.github.io)
    ×0.99 | 2 points by bothangles 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Show HN: Vexp – graph-RAG context engine, 65-70% fewer tokens for AI agents
    ×0.50 | 2 points by nicola_alessi 9 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Show HN: Voted.dev – Vote on New Startups (voted.dev)
    ×0.47 | 2 points by dommm 9 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Show HN: Ghostty-based terminal with vertical tabs and notifications (github.com/manaflow-ai)
    ×1.27 87 | 189 points by lawrencechen 3 days ago | 76 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. $30B for laptops yielded a generation less cognitively capable than parents (yahoo.com)
    ×4.37 11 #13 | 80 points by walterbell 1 hour ago | 58 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Tesla loses bid to overturn $243M Autopilot verdict (techcrunch.com)
    ×2.39 12 #60 | 8 points by doener 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Show HN: WARN Firehose – Every US layoff notice in one searchable database (warnfirehose.com)
    ×1.61 3 #2 | 77 points by sendkamal 3 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. HN Algolia API is currently stalled (algolia.com)
    ×0.98 | 2 points by cylo 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Container GUI – Native macOS GUI for Apple's Container CLI (github.com/FeSens)
    ×1.60 3 | 3 points by fesens 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. I found a vulnerability. they found a lawyer (dixken.de)
    ×3.76 12 #85 | 885 points by toomuchtodo 2 days ago | 423 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. In Search of the Leisure Class (libertiesjournal.com)
    ×1.22 | 2 points by fferen 23 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. The power of daily rituals (2021) (bbc.com)
    ×1.44 20 #24 | 36 points by andsoitis 1 hour ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Mexican Forces Kill Nation's Most-Wanted Cartel Boss (nytimes.com)
    ×3.57 14 #38 | 49 points by downboots 5 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Iran students stage first large anti-government protests since deadly crackdown (bbc.com)
    ×4.63 68 | 274 points by tartoran 13 hours ago | 414 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. An Unbothered Jimmy Wales Calls Grokipedia a 'Cartoon Imitation' of Wikipedia (gizmodo.com)
    ×2.65 62 | 85 points by rbanffy 7 hours ago | 84 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Show HN: A physically-based GPU ray tracer written in Julia (makie.org)
    ×1.11 97 | 196 points by simondanisch 3 days ago | 93 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Show HN: Rigour – Open-source quality gates for AI coding agents (rigour.run)
    ×0.71 | 2 points by erashu212 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard (hawksley.org)
    ×3.68 2 #1 | 694 points by saeedesmaili 8 hours ago | 189 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Keybee: A Keyboard Designed for Smartphones (keybeekeyboard.com)
    ×1.22 1 #22 | 57 points by surprisetalk 5 hours ago | 50 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Giving feedback is about to get much harder. Get better at it (thebestworstcase.substack.com)
    ×0.98 | 2 points by shmublu 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. PocketAgents, a single-binary runtime for Vercel AI SDK apps (github.com/treyorr)
    ×1.02 | 2 points by trey-orr 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. What is a database transaction? (planetscale.com)
    ×1.33 15 #23 | 215 points by 0x54MUR41 14 hours ago | 56 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Jordi Bonada (MTG): 20 years of singing voice synthesis at the MTG [video] (youtube.com)
    ×1.50 8 | 3 points by q7m 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Show HN: DevBind – I made a Rust tool for zero-config local HTTPS and DNS (github.com/Its-Satyajit)
    ×1.34 146 | 3 points by its-satyajit 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. The Geometry of Tostitos Scoops (zocomputer.io)
    ×1.32 20 #34 | 39 points by kousun12 7 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: A portfolio that re-architects its React DOM based on LLM intent (pramit-mandal-ai.netlify.app)
    ×1.53 112 #55 | 3 points by Pramit_2002 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Show HN: Infinichess – Multiplayer Infinite Chessboard (infinichess.io)
    ×0.92 139 | 3 points by gregjw 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???