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  1. Ask HN: How can I get better at using AI for programming?
    ×2.86 5 #47 | 409 points by lemonlime227 1 day ago | 403 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)
    ×2.33 68 | 11 points by david927 2 hours ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Computer animator and Amiga fanatic Dick van Dyke turns 100
    ×2.07 8 #72 | 257 points by ggm 1 day ago | 87 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. I miss the old Internet of 10-20 years ago
    ×1.84 51 | 18 points by morpheos137 19 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: How do I navigate horror of requirement gathering in product management?
    ×0.34 | 2 points by souravpradhan 8 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: Any online tech spaces you hang around that don't involve AI?
    ×0.78 82 | 10 points by jc_811 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: Should "I asked $AI, and it said" replies be forbidden in HN guidelines?
    ×6.28 50 | 971 points by embedding-shape 5 days ago | 461 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Thought-Provoking Books
    ×1.23 83 | 10 points by Agraillo 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Meta "deletes" years of conversations with friends/family
    ×0.63 88 | 7 points by effectkai 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. AI coding is sexy, but accounting is the real low-hanging automation target
    ×0.83 96 | 35 points by bmadduma 2 days ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. How does a "you interview for US company, we do the work" scam work?
    ×0.79 85 | 31 points by marttilaine 2 days ago | 39 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: Did anyone else notice that the OpenAI Labs website was completely gone?
    ×0.49 86 | 23 points by underlipton 2 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Our "enterprise" experience with Stripe after $1B+ processed (be careful)
    ×1.51 91 | 24 points by Boulderchaim 2 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. What is the most effective way to learn programming?
    ×1.39 78 | 6 points by luis_journey 19 hours ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: Is writing without AI worse than sharing your medical records online?
    ×0.15 139 | 3 points by amichail 2 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: How do you handle release notes for multiple audiences?
    ×0.76 41 | 36 points by glidr_dev 23 hours ago | 47 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Searching: Cybersecurity Classes
    ×0.39 122 | 3 points by prospopa 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Why are "remote" jobs in late 2025 still limited to hiring in US/CA/UK/DE?
    ×0.70 119 | 22 points by ftonato 4 days ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: How can I delete a Substack account in Australia?
    ×0.45 125 | 5 points by freefrog334433 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: End of Year Book Recommendations
    ×2.73 109 | 22 points by marai2 3 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: Go all-in on AI Boom vs. enjoy parenthood?
    ×0.48 99 | 10 points by pratchett 1 day ago | 23 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Referral to coach for fundraising for pre-revenue seed capital?
    ×0.22 130 | 3 points by FWKevents 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: Can someone explain why OpenAI credits expire?
    ×0.69 147 | 5 points by jemiluv8 3 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: What hard problems are still underexplored?
    ×0.71 112 | 17 points by brihati 3 days ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Relatively SoTA LLM Agents from Scratch?
    ×0.20 150 | 4 points by solsane 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: Has anyone been able to renew their IEEE this month?
    ×0.24 124 | 8 points by chrisaycock 3 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: ArXiv Endorsement as Independent Researcher
    ×0.96 116 | 6 points by 7777777phil 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Practical Tips for Gemini 3
    ×0.25 132 | 7 points by xiaoru 3 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Revolutionizing Lighting: How Smart LEDs Are Transforming Homes and Businesses
    ×0.21 148 | 3 points by emmasuntech 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Show HN: PharmVault – Secure Notes with Spring Boot and JWT (github.com/nifski)
    ×1.18 118 | 4 points by nifemi1234 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. From Azure Functions to FreeBSD (jmmv.dev)
    ×1.36 49 #48 | 120 points by todsacerdoti 1 day ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. 20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, Thanks to Apple (lobste.rs)
    ×2.19 47 | 3 points by etyhhgfff 50 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. A Timeline of Every "Saturday Night Live!" Cast Member (ohkayblanket.com)
    ×0.57 | 1 points by gaws 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Starting company vibecoding a saasplatform. Doomed from the start/take a chance?
    ×1.27 | 2 points by Kaijla 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Purdue University approves new AI requirement for all undergrads (forbes.com)
    ×1.95 13 | 62 points by rmason 22 hours ago | 56 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Pope criticizes US bid to 'break apart' US-Europe alliance (apnews.com)
    ×5.30 65 | 62 points by sipofwater 1 day ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Show HN: 360css CSS library inspired by the xbox360 dashboard (tarmo1.github.io)
    ×0.80 143 | 3 points by Tarmo362 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Show HN: A TSP game I wanted for 10 years - built in 4 hours (graphhopper.com)
    ×0.66 151 | 11 points by oblonski 5 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. An off-grid, flat-packable washing machine (positive.news)
    ×2.43 19 #32 | 192 points by ohjeez 20 hours ago | 103 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Sick of smart TVs? Here are your best options (arstechnica.com)
    ×3.83 12 #64 | 593 points by fleahunter 2 days ago | 490 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. E Pluribus, Pauciores (Out of Many, Fewer): Diversity and Birth Rates (ssrn.com)
    ×1.27 | 2 points by like_any_other 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry (bloodinthemachine.com)
    ×1.23 | 2 points by thunderbong 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Show HN: Open-source, offline voice typing and live captions for Android (github.com/notune)
    ×1.41 127 | 4 points by leumon 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. A stalking app, $1.2M Macomb Co. mansion lead feds to pcTattletale creator (usatoday.com)
    ×0.77 | 1 points by cebert 16 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Security data updates in Sequoia and Tahoe (eclecticlight.co)
    ×0.59 | 1 points by michelangelo 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Show HN: Local Privacy Firewall-blocks PII and secrets before ChatGPT sees them (github.com/privacyshield-ai)
    ×0.69 76 | 111 points by arnabkarsarkar 5 days ago | 54 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Show HN: Epstein's emails reconstructed in a message-style UI (OCR and LLMs) (github.com/Toon-nooT)
    ×2.44 77 | 44 points by toon-noot 2 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Hashcards: A Plain-Text Spaced Repetition System (borretti.me)
    ×1.73 1 #1 | 84 points by thomascountz 2 hours ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Paris Pneumatic Clock Network (douglas-self.com)
    ×0.93 | 1 points by reconnecting 3 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. GNU recutils: Plain text database (gnu.org)
    ×2.03 | 2 points by polyrand 6 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Ask HN: What agent frameworks are you using, and how well do they work?
    ×0.59 | 1 points by istvan_intrnd 43 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Free Community missing person map (clustermap.io)
    ×0.58 | 1 points by pruufsocial 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Claude Code's DX is too good. And that's a problem (bharath.sh)
    ×3.21 79 | 45 points by lnbharath 3 hours ago | 78 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Show HN: I launched a podcast to interview makers (happymaking.art)
    ×1.83 126 | 12 points by sillysideprojs 4 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Healthcare AI solo founders: What are some of the hardest problems you solved? (ottnoai.com)
    ×0.55 | 1 points by drmsortiz 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Show HN (github.com/Noamismach)
    ×0.58 | 1 points by Noamis 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Doxers posing as cops are tricking big tech firms into sharing people's data (wired.com)
    ×2.59 24 | 134 points by iamnothere 1 day ago | 31 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Bye, Mom (aella.substack.com)
    ×4.61 34 #55 | 122 points by reducesuffering 10 hours ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Building a Multilingual Medical Dictionary as a Graph Database (medium.com)
    ×0.58 | 1 points by Anon84 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Sacrificing accessibility for not getting web scraped (tilschuenemann.de)
    ×1.69 85 | 28 points by tilschuenemann 1 hour ago | 36 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Therapeutic use of cannabis and cannabinoids: A review (jamanetwork.com)
    ×1.71 6 | 58 points by bookofjoe 17 hours ago | 63 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Show HN: We added iOS real device support to Maestro
    ×1.05 164 | 3 points by omnarayan 3 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. EasyPost (YC S13) Is Hiring (easypost.com)
    1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Ownership types for flexible alias protection (acm.org)
    ×0.56 | 1 points by Brysonbw 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Show HN: Tascli, a command line based (human) task and record manager (github.com/Aperocky)
    ×0.61 135 | 43 points by Aperocky 1 week ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Show HN: Cornifi split keyboard, a more staggered corne (github.com/v3lmx)
    ×0.99 165 | 3 points by v3lmx 3 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. The Coming Need for Formal Specification (benjamincongdon.me)
    ×0.89 63 | 58 points by todsacerdoti 1 day ago | 46 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Developing a food-safe finish for my wooden spoons (alinpanaitiu.com)
    ×1.95 8 #7 | 29 points by alin23 3 hours ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Lean theorem prover mathlib (github.com/leanprover-community)
    ×0.83 37 #31 | 73 points by downboots 17 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Using Python for Scripting (hypirion.com)
    ×1.43 63 #46 | 154 points by birdculture 1 day ago | 102 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Awesome-Jj: Jujutsu Things (github.com/Necior)
    ×1.60 9 #78 | 59 points by n3t 18 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Adversarial Cooperation in Code Synthesis Paper [pdf] (block.xyz)
    ×0.77 | 1 points by janpio 25 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Buried in Snow, Yellowstone's Bison Have No Problems Weathering Winter (cowboystatedaily.com)
    ×1.37 | 2 points by Bender 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. The true story of the Windows 3.1 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme (pcgamer.com)
    ×3.02 45 | 145 points by naves 2 days ago | 56 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: I built a one-click coin flip with no ads or tracking (wheelpage.com)
    ×0.88 79 | 3 points by nalife520 12 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Show HN: Detail, a Bug Finder (detail.dev)
    ×0.82 102 | 66 points by drob 5 days ago | 27 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Show HN: A zero-to-hero, spaced-repetition guide to WebGL2 and GLSL (github.com/GregStanton)
    ×0.98 138 | 3 points by HigherMathHelp 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Show HN: FuseCells – a handcrafted logic puzzle game with 2,500 levels (apple.com)
    ×0.48 137 | 37 points by keini 1 week ago | 24 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Show HN: Bloodhound – Grey-box attack-path discovery in Rust/Go/C++ binaries (bloodhoundsecurity.ca)
    ×0.17 160 | 5 points by michaelafam1 4 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Why My Payment Agent Is Named George, Not Stripe-Agent (kestrelsnest.social)
    ×0.76 | 1 points by fortyseven 19 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Programming Languages to Learn First (omnesgroup.com)
    ×0.77 | 1 points by mooreds 25 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. 1300 Still Images from the Animated Films of Hayao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli (2023) (ghibli.jp)
    ×2.40 12 | 216 points by vinhnx 1 day ago | 89 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Amazon pulls AI-powered Fallout recap after getting key story details wrong (ign.com)
    ×2.66 75 | 40 points by jsheard 2 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Show HN: High-Performance Order Matching Engine in C++20 (2.2M ops/SEC) (github.com/PIYUSH-KUMAR1809)
    ×0.47 | 2 points by kpiyush8826 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Show HN: Open-source UI components for apps that run inside ChatGPT (manifest.build)
    ×1.39 153 | 4 points by stosssik 3 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Show HN: Instantly embed SVG shapes of any location (borderly.dev)
    ×1.43 | 2 points by zuhayeer 49 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Dick Van Dyke turns 100 (theguardian.com)
    ×3.26 8 | 117 points by thunderbong 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. GraphQL: The Enterprise Honeymoon Is Over (johnjames.blog)
    ×2.91 #3 | 41 points by johnjames4214 2 hours ago | 34 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Shai-Hulud compromised a dev machine and raided GitHub org access: a post-mortem (trigger.dev)
    ×1.97 8 #8 | 113 points by nkko 9 hours ago | 64 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. GPT-5.2 (openai.com)
    ×4.54 1 #85 | 1181 points by atgctg 3 days ago | 1065 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???