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  1. Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
    ×1.14 38 #69 | 251 points by david927 1 day ago | 818 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Unpopular Opinion: Bootstrap is a better front-end framework than Tailwind
    ×1.12 10 #85 | 14 points by pyeri 9 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: Where is all the protest music?
    ×0.80 9 | 4 points by swiper_lux 4 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. X Is Down
    ×5.21 78 | 10 points by takoid 48 minutes ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: Job seekers, what's working / not working?
    ×0.84 60 | 16 points by Jabbs 1 day ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Tell HN: DigitalOcean's managed services broke each other after update
    ×1.40 29 | 61 points by neilfrndes 14 hours ago | 44 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: Erratic HN front page algorithm
    ×0.46 79 | 6 points by 7777777phil 22 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: When has a "dumb" solution beaten a sophisticated one for you?
    ×0.39 123 | 12 points by amadeuswoo 2 days ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: How do you automate your release notes?
    ×0.43 69 | 9 points by dustfinger 22 hours ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: Speculate About a Hypothetical Cyber Exploit That Would Leverage AI
    ×0.34 87 | 3 points by burnerToBetOut 16 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: Should I shutdown my 20 year old SaaS sideline?
    ×0.46 96 | 3 points by pohwp 18 hours ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Tell HN: Mattermost "upgrade" to v11 enforces 10k UI message limit
    ×1.04 73 | 5 points by nemosaltat 17 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: Senior engineering mngrs: how has AI changed your day-to-day work?
    ×1.01 100 | 35 points by kitetm 3 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: Has anyone built payment flows inside AI voice calls?
    ×0.43 113 | 6 points by wasiyc 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: Best way to find chill job where I can learn and grow as a swe
    ×0.47 117 | 35 points by digitdiglet 4 days ago | 43 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: Is Programming as a Profession Cooked?
    ×0.75 92 | 19 points by fnoef 2 days ago | 32 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: What business processes still waste time every week?
    ×0.41 111 | 5 points by lzr_mihnea 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: Is it time for HN to implement a form of captcha?
    ×0.96 102 | 89 points by Rooster61 4 days ago | 136 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Tell HN: Auto-download in Apple Podcasts is so unreliable it's basically useless
    ×0.30 122 | 4 points by garyfirestorm 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: What are you proud of about doing for you health and wellness regularly?
    ×1.28 65 | 11 points by nemath 1 day ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: Senior software engineers, how do you use Claude Code?
    ×0.77 109 | 15 points by allie1 2 days ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: Would you pay for a privacy-first social platform?
    ×0.95 127 | 11 points by sammiej 2 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: Iran has now been offline for 100 hours. What can we "technically" do?
    ×1.41 63 | 7 points by us321 17 hours ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Tell HN: Get a dying iPhone 12 mini in 2026
    ×0.54 126 | 28 points by remywang 4 days ago | 24 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Why are so many images now in unusual file formats?
    ×1.09 76 | 5 points by paulpauper 18 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Implementing NaN Boxing in a Stack-Based VM
    ×0.14 150 | 5 points by tracyspacy 5 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Aaron Swartz died 13 years ago today
    ×5.42 51 | 91 points by vitaelabitur 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: Moved to SF to build a startup. What next?
    ×0.67 120 | 7 points by kvaranasi_ 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: What was the best sci-fi book of 2025?
    ×1.17 93 | 14 points by Erikun 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Ask HN: How would you decouple from the US?
    ×2.10 130 | 38 points by yawa_me_worht 5 days ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Ask HN: Cheaper Datadog anyone?
    ×0.74 121 | 6 points by kvaranasi_ 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Are There Any Similar Sites Like Downdetector?
    ×0.19 147 | 3 points by nomadfounder 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Ask HN: Should I learn Docker to deploy my app in VPS?
    ×0.51 144 | 5 points by danver0 2 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Funding Opportunities with Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC)
    ×0.62 148 | 7 points by ARDC_73 4 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Ask HN: Feeling irrelevant in back end. How to pivot to automotive software?
    ×0.24 151 | 3 points by culopatin 5 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Ask HN: What happened to self-hosted models?
    ×0.23 149 | 3 points by curiousaboutml 3 days ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Update on age requirements for apps distributed in Texas (apple.com)
    ×0.79 48 #64 | 36 points by Austin_Conlon 18 hours ago | 60 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Show HN: SpecificProxy – Proxy Using a Specific IP (github.com/danthegoodman1)
    ×0.55 105 | 10 points by dangoodmanUT 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Fabrice Bellard's TS Zip (2024) (bellard.org)
    ×1.34 19 #22 | 194 points by everlier 18 hours ago | 80 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Why We Built Our Own Background Agent (ramp.com)
    ×1.78 36 #80 | 49 points by jrsj 23 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Phind.com Is Shutting Down (phind.com)
    ×5.86 9 #89 | 42 points by squimmy26 17 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Reflecting on two years as an open-source startup (hatchet.run)
    ×0.75 | 1 points by abelanger 8 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Stop Digging and Start Building: Why We Need Lego Parts, Not Deeper Type Systems (programmingsimplicity.substack.com)
    ×1.65 | 2 points by mpweiher 16 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Anthropic: Developing a Claude Code competitor using Claude Code is banned (twitter.com/SIGKITTEN)
    ×3.25 2 | 317 points by behnamoh 1 day ago | 171 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. The rise (and future fall) of Discord (2024) (slugcat.systems)
    ×0.53 | 1 points by birdculture 43 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. What Is a Production Process? (construction-physics.com)
    ×0.58 | 1 points by cybersoyuz 53 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Rethinking Geolocation on the Internet (internetsociety.org)
    ×0.60 | 1 points by todsacerdoti 56 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. PawSense: Catproof Your Computer (bitboost.com)
    ×1.70 6 #55 | 43 points by zdw 11 hours ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Ask HN: Story about a CEO going off on a user who left feedback?
    ×0.76 | 1 points by VladVladikoff 8 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Fill in a lean canvas nicely in the browser and download it (cluelessuk.github.io)
    ×0.66 | 1 points by h0h0h0h0111 25 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Pentagon is embracing Musk's Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry (cnbc.com)
    ×1.32 | 2 points by teekert 42 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Show HN: A geofence-based social network app 6 years in development (localvideoapp.com)
    ×0.81 107 | 78 points by Adrian-ChatLocl 4 days ago | 59 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Statement from Jerome Powell (federalreserve.gov)
    ×16.53 51 | 886 points by 0xedb 1 day ago | 792 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Show HN: Librario, a book metadata API that aggregates G Books, ISBNDB, and more
    ×0.99 55 | 137 points by jamesponddotco 2 days ago | 46 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Provenance Is the New Version Control (leaflet.pub)
    ×1.73 16 #42 | 45 points by gpi 11 hours ago | 57 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Kafka Inc (libertiesjournal.com)
    ×0.59 22 #57 | 22 points by Caiero 10 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. US inflation remains at 2.7% according to Dec 2025 CPI report (bls.gov)
    ×1.30 | 2 points by Agreed3750 48 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. A happy path for Racket in the Collatz benchmark (gus-massa.blogspot.com)
    ×0.60 | 1 points by gus_massa 51 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Building a 25 Gbit/s workstation for the SCION Association (github.com/scionassociation)
    ×0.81 38 #50 | 88 points by romshark 23 hours ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. OPA Policies Without Breaking the Bank (danielfm.me)
    ×1.36 | 2 points by danielmartins 48 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Show HN: Online compiler with real-time stdin/stdout and AI debugging (is-a.dev)
    ×0.60 | 1 points by notamitgamer 54 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. CMAF vs. WebRTC: Select the Right Delivery Type for Your Use Case (red5.net)
    ×0.56 | 1 points by mondainx 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Cloud Egress Fees: What They Are and How to Reduce Them (backblaze.com)
    ×0.71 | 1 points by WaitWaitWha 16 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Show HN: AionUi – Open-Source Cowork for Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Codex and More (github.com/iOfficeAI)
    ×1.40 | 2 points by waili 36 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Xfce is great (rubenerd.com)
    ×3.43 24 | 303 points by mikece 1 day ago | 234 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Show HN: EuConform – Offline-first EU AI Act compliance tool (open source) (github.com/Hiepler)
    ×0.66 91 | 71 points by hiepler 3 days ago | 49 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Show HN: A website that auctions itself daily (thedailyauction.com)
    ×0.67 110 | 43 points by nsomani 4 days ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Show HN: I built a fast, minimal Dota 2 counter tool to help me learn the game (dota2.tools)
    ×0.97 145 | 3 points by lijinxuan 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. CLI agents make self-hosting on a home server easier and fun (fulghum.io)
    ×3.18 10 #61 | 754 points by websku 1 day ago | 531 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Ai, Japanese chimpanzee who counted and painted dies at 49 (bbc.com)
    ×1.18 5 #70 | 187 points by reconnecting 1 day ago | 63 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Show HN: Memtui – A terminal UI for browsing Memcached like a file tree (github.com/nnnkkk7)
    ×1.57 | 2 points by sr-white 19 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Show HN: Various shape regularization algorithms (github.com/nickponline)
    ×0.78 90 | 77 points by nickponline 4 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Apple Introduces New 'Creator Studio' Bundle of Apps for $129 per Year (macrumors.com)
    ×1.32 | 2 points by tosh 59 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Show HN: Geoguess Lite – open-source, subscription free GeoGuessr alternative (geoguesslite.com)
    ×1.65 62 | 13 points by spider-hand 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: We Identified a Counterfeit Pharmaceutical Product in Uzbekistan (wordpress.com)
    ×2.72 132 | 6 points by yashsm01 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Show HN: Agent-of-empires: opencode & claudecode session manager (github.com/njbrake)
    ×1.15 137 | 7 points by river_otter 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Show HN: SnackBase – Open-source, GxP-compliant back end for Python teams (snackbase.dev)
    ×0.67 11 #5 | 26 points by lalitgehani 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Learning Retro Computer Electronics Fault Finding and Restoration (retrogamecoders.com)
    ×1.77 27 #20 | 11 points by ibobev 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Chromium Has Merged JpegXL (googlesource.com)
    ×5.14 19 #27 | 245 points by thunderbong 8 hours ago | 72 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Computers that used to be human (digitalseams.com)
    ×0.75 33 #71 | 60 points by bobbiechen 23 hours ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Show HN: HAPI - Vibe Coding Anytime, Anywhere (github.com/tiann)
    ×2.06 141 | 5 points by weishu 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Zirgen: Compiler for a Domain-Specific Language (github.com/risc0)
    ×0.39 43 #37 | 19 points by 0xkato 9 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. I'd tell you a UDP joke… (codepuns.com)
    ×1.72 18 | 184 points by redmattred 1 day ago | 49 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Keychron's Nape Pro turns your keyboard into a laptop‑style trackball rig (yankodesign.com)
    ×1.55 5 | 84 points by tortilla 1 day ago | 51 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Show HN: Play poker with LLMs, or watch them play against each other (llmholdem.com)
    ×1.22 53 | 161 points by projectyang 2 days ago | 92 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. How problematic is resampling audio from 44.1 to 48 kHz? (kevinboone.me)
    ×1.15 33 #87 | 44 points by brewmarche 23 hours ago | 104 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Poison Fountain (rnsaffn.com)
    ×1.56 20 | 234 points by atomic128 1 day ago | 131 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Presidential Immunity in the United States (wikipedia.org)
    ×7.48 8 | 74 points by pinkmuffinere 20 hours ago | 56 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: AI video generator that outputs React instead of video files (outscal.com)
    ×1.02 74 | 6 points by mayankkgrover 20 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Show HN: I built a tool to calculate the True Cost of Ownership (TCO) for yachts (yachtvaluereport.com)
    ×1.47 77 | 3 points by todaycompanies 14 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???