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  1. Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
    ×1.16 4 #21 | 148 points by david927 9 hours ago | 492 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Why is example.com using Cloudflare
    ×0.74 34 #86 | 6 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 5 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. True Scale of Solar System
    ×0.41 42 | 3 points by Sarakuzoi 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: Cheaper Datadog Anyone?
    ×0.41 | 2 points by kvaranasi_ 3 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: Moved to SF to build a startup. What next?
    ×0.58 70 | 3 points by kvaranasi_ 6 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: What was the best sci-fi book of 2025?
    ×1.34 5 | 11 points by Erikun 6 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: Senior engineering mngrs: how has AI changed your day-to-day work?
    ×1.06 88 | 30 points by kitetm 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Is Programming as a Profession Cooked?
    ×0.52 65 | 11 points by fnoef 13 hours ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: When has a "dumb" solution beaten a sophisticated one for you?
    ×0.26 98 | 6 points by amadeuswoo 23 hours ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Aaron Swartz died 13 years ago today
    ×6.40 32 | 65 points by vitaelabitur 11 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: Best way to find chill job where I can learn and grow as a swe
    ×0.47 95 | 33 points by digitdiglet 3 days ago | 42 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: Senior software engineers, how do you use Claude Code?
    ×0.74 73 | 12 points by allie1 17 hours ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: Any Microsoft employees/devs here? What's happening to Microsoft?
    ×0.82 110 | 110 points by thehamkercat 5 days ago | 84 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: Is it time for HN to implement a form of captcha?
    ×0.99 93 | 89 points by Rooster61 3 days ago | 132 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Tell HN: Get a dying iPhone 12 mini in 2026
    ×0.53 111 | 26 points by remywang 2 days ago | 23 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Are There Any Similar Sites Like Downdetector?
    ×0.22 128 | 3 points by nomadfounder 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: Would you pay for a privacy-first social platform?
    ×0.79 105 | 7 points by sammiej 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: Should I learn Docker to deploy my app in VPS?
    ×0.52 122 | 4 points by danver0 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. macOS Tahoe 26.2 ships with an outdated version of Python 3.9.6
    ×0.79 107 | 6 points by Gabrielfair 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: What happened to self-hosted models?
    ×0.28 140 | 3 points by curiousaboutml 1 day ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Implementing NaN Boxing in a Stack-Based VM
    ×0.14 156 | 5 points by tracyspacy 4 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: How would you decouple from the US?
    ×2.18 119 | 35 points by yawa_me_worht 3 days ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: How do you do store-and-forward telemetry at the edge?
    ×0.26 155 | 6 points by Aydarbek 4 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: Feeling irrelevant in back end. How to pivot to automotive software?
    ×0.29 157 | 3 points by culopatin 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: How to make working in software fun again?
    ×0.87 133 | 6 points by canxerian 2 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: Why isn't AI spawning profitable indie games?
    ×1.19 150 | 6 points by eveningsun 3 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Working on decentralized compute at io.net sharing what we're learning
    ×0.19 148 | 4 points by plutodev 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: What's your preferred digital payment method?
    ×0.40 153 | 3 points by vednig 2 days ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Funding Opportunities with Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC)
    ×0.49 154 | 5 points by ARDC_73 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. I've maintained an open source task manager for 8 years
    ×0.60 143 | 7 points by johannesjo 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. The Next Two Years of Software Engineering (addyosmani.com)
    ×1.20 5 #14 | 59 points by napolux 4 hours ago | 36 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Show HN: What if AI agents had Zodiac personalities? (github.com/baturyilmaz)
    ×0.57 13 #23 | 15 points by arbayi 2 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. BYD's cheapest electric cars to have Lidar self-driving tech (thedriven.io)
    ×2.43 16 #26 | 129 points by senti_sentient 5 hours ago | 144 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Code and Let Live (fly.io)
    ×2.88 60 #39 | 436 points by usrme 1 day ago | 171 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Show HN: Librario, a book metadata API that aggregates G Books, ISBNDB, and more
    ×0.93 21 #87 | 126 points by jamesponddotco 1 day ago | 46 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. New information extracted from Snowden PDFs through metadata version analysis (libroot.org)
    ×1.97 11 | 312 points by libroot 1 day ago | 124 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Bichon: A lightweight, high-performance Rust email archiver with WebUI (github.com/rustmailer)
    ×0.96 64 | 59 points by rendx 1 day ago | 32 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Show HN: Various shape regularization algorithms (github.com/nickponline)
    ×0.76 82 | 75 points by nickponline 3 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Iran shuts down Starlink internet for first time (forbes.com)
    ×4.27 40 #80 | 174 points by neom 13 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Karmic Tail Calculator – a free, explainable Matrix of Destiny tool (destiny-matrix.cc)
    ×0.34 | 1 points by yxchen1994 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Token-Count-Based Batching: Faster, Cheaper Embedding Inference for Queries (mongodb.com)
    ×0.39 | 1 points by fzliu 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. You are not required to close your <p>, <li>, <img>, or <br> tags in HTML (novalistic.com)
    ×1.79 20 #42 | 143 points by jen729w 18 hours ago | 202 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. BowMac Sign (wikipedia.org)
    ×0.34 | 1 points by kerim-ca 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. My mouse stopped working because Logitech's servers went down (reddit.com)
    ×3.80 74 | 64 points by akshayy2a 1 day ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Show HN: Rank up your local business on Google Maps (mapclimb.com)
    ×1.62 142 | 4 points by bagusfarisa 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Show HN: WebTiles – create a tiny 250x250 website with neighbors around you (kicya.net)
    ×0.44 146 | 4 points by dimden 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. A set of Idiomatic prod-grade katas for experienced devs transitioning to Go (github.com/MedUnes)
    ×0.99 17 #18 | 105 points by medunes 9 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023) (nightingaledvs.com)
    ×2.06 5 #88 | 449 points by skadamat 1 day ago | 182 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Human-in-the-loop NLP as a first-class control layer (github.com/rado-stack)
    ×0.34 | 1 points by rado-stack 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Show HN: Symfreq – Analyse symbol frequencies in code (Rust) (github.com/vaskort)
    ×0.67 | 2 points by vaskort 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Show HN: Airboard – $1 voice dictation for Mac local (gumroad.com)
    ×1.59 113 | 3 points by mehrad_1 22 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Don't fall into the anti-AI hype (antirez.com)
    ×6.67 6 #11 | 624 points by todsacerdoti 16 hours ago | 805 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Digital Euro 'only defence' against deepening US control of money (ft.com)
    ×1.92 16 | 6 points by rorylawless 3 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Show HN: MCP Server for Job Search (github.com/jobswithgpt)
    ×1.51 109 | 5 points by sp1982 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. BasiliskII Macintosh 68k Emulator Ported to ESP32-P4 / M5Stack Tab5 (github.com/amcchord)
    ×0.71 36 #40 | 71 points by rcarmo 14 hours ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Show HN: Epstein IM – Talk to Epstein clone in iMessage (epstein.im)
    ×1.37 47 | 50 points by RyanZhuuuu 1 day ago | 49 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Overdose deaths are falling in America because of a 'supply shock': study (economist.com)
    ×1.86 28 #64 | 206 points by marojejian 1 day ago | 216 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Think of Pavlov (boz.com)
    ×1.04 3 #70 | 96 points by kiyanwang 15 hours ago | 49 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. The US Empire is going supernova (simplicius76.substack.com)
    ×1.27 10 | 3 points by SanjayMehta 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Show HN: A geofence-based social network app 6 years in development (localvideoapp.com)
    ×0.81 97 | 78 points by Adrian-ChatLocl 3 days ago | 58 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Show HN: 15 Years of StarCraft II Balance Changes Visualized Interactively (migdal.pl)
    ×1.74 106 | 8 points by stared 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Show HN: Roleplay-first chat UI for an OpenAI-compatible chat completions API (abliteration.ai)
    ×0.57 123 | 8 points by abliterationai 3 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Instagram data breach reportedly exposed the personal info of 17.5M users (engadget.com)
    ×2.37 30 #56 | 189 points by IvanAchlaqullah 11 hours ago | 60 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Hubble Telescope's Final Countdown: Could It Disappear Sooner Than Expected? (dailygalaxy.com)
    ×0.88 | 2 points by TMWNN 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Landlords are using automated services to monitor tenant promotions (reddit.com)
    ×3.57 75 | 66 points by xyzal 1 day ago | 31 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Tux Paint (tuxpaint.org)
    ×1.69 62 | 53 points by 1317 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Show HN: I made a memory game to teach you to play piano by ear (specr.net)
    ×2.73 25 | 545 points by vunderba 2 days ago | 168 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Show HN: MCP server for SOAP web services (github.com/AustinWise)
    ×1.19 127 | 3 points by MarkSweep 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. A 2026 look at three bio-ML opinions I had in 2024 (owlposting.com)
    ×0.44 15 #38 | 19 points by abhishaike 5 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Ogre 14.5 Released (ogre3d.org)
    ×0.35 | 1 points by klaussilveira 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. CDC staff 'blindsided' as child vaccine schedule unilaterally overhauled (unmc.edu)
    ×5.75 69 | 104 points by stopbulying 1 day ago | 95 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Which programming languages are most token-efficient? (martinalderson.com)
    ×1.24 9 #4 | 12 points by tehnub 56 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. HTML-only conditional lazy loading (via preload and media) (orga.cat)
    ×1.14 27 #45 | 87 points by netol 15 hours ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Show HN: Interactive California Budget (by Claude Code) (california-budget.com)
    ×0.77 6 #55 | 26 points by sberens 7 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. David Long's 751-point Adventure has been found (quuxplusone.github.io)
    ×1.47 33 #60 | 14 points by homarp 7 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. UpCodes (YC S17) is hiring PMs, SWEs to automate construction compliance (up.codes)
    1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Show HN: Scroll Wikipedia like TikTok (sdan.io)
    ×2.34 46 | 325 points by sdan 2 days ago | 86 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Show HN: HAPI - Vibe Coding Anytime, Anywhere (github.com/tiann)
    ×1.22 121 | 3 points by weishu 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Poison Fountain (rnsaffn.com)
    ×1.72 2 #24 | 172 points by atomic128 9 hours ago | 108 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. "There Are Two Possible Futures for American Science." (issues.org)
    ×1.42 49 #46 | 10 points by mosesbp 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great (theverge.com)
    ×5.45 25 #79 | 730 points by rorylawless 1 day ago | 687 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Reverse-engineering another Ursa Major classic: the StarGate 323 (temeculadsp.com)
    ×0.40 | 1 points by johnwheeler 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Show HN: ElixirBrowser – Android Chromium fork with extensions, inspired by Kiwi (github.com/SF-FLAM)
    ×2.51 115 | 15 points by SF-FLAM 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Critical Analysis of Air Up's Scientific Marketing Claims (zenodo.org)
    ×1.01 | 2 points by OrthoBottle 36 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Show HN: 2k or Nothing – A Social Platform Dedicated to Long-Form Content (2k-or-nothing.com)
    ×0.36 | 1 points by Lbesecker195 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Show HN: Ma'at – Court-defensible jury analysis platform (open source) (github.com/Jennaleighwilder)
    ×0.35 | 1 points by jennaleighwest 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. I got paid minimum wage to solve an impossible problem (tiespetersen.substack.com)
    ×2.12 66 | 92 points by thunderbong 1 day ago | 40 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. OpenAI is reportedly asking contractors to upload real work from past jobs (techcrunch.com)
    ×3.55 47 | 51 points by pseudolus 23 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. How to code Claude Code in 200 lines of code (mihaileric.com)
    ×3.00 46 #83 | 795 points by nutellalover 3 days ago | 239 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Show HN: SMTP Tunnel – A SOCKS5 proxy disguised as email traffic to bypass DPI (github.com/x011)
    ×1.04 102 | 140 points by lobito25 5 days ago | 49 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???