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  1. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2026)
    ×1.39 8 #3 | 132 points by whoishiring 4 hours ago | 104 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: What happens when you block/mark as spam a call or text?
    ×2.30 30 | 3 points by dsalzman 14 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: What dev tools do you rely on that nobody talks about?
    ×1.67 7 #72 | 14 points by crcsmnky 4 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: Client took over development by vibe coding. What to do?
    ×1.37 5 #83 | 44 points by piscator 8 hours ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: Distributed data centers in our basements
    ×0.55 55 | 70 points by cmos 1 day ago | 63 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: Books on Unit Testing and TDD?
    ×0.72 19 | 5 points by Desafinado 3 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. BetterDB – open-source Redis/Valkey migration across clouds and self-hosted
    ×1.10 14 | 10 points by kaliades 5 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Tell HN: Chrome says "suspicious download" when trying to download yt-dlp
    ×2.42 10 | 293 points by joering2 1 day ago | 92 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Are tech companies even hiring?
    ×1.33 25 | 9 points by KernelPryanic 5 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: Academic study on AI's impact on software development – want to join?
    ×0.58 80 | 29 points by research2026 1 day ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. LinkedIn uses 2.4 GB RAM across two tabs
    ×3.92 53 | 788 points by hrncode 3 days ago | 450 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Non-US founders residential address problem with Brex, Mercury?
    ×0.85 93 | 7 points by Barazutti629 15 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. LinkedIn uses 65GB of RAM with 7 tabs opened
    ×1.45 95 | 12 points by daniele_dll 22 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. EPropelled Electric Propulsion Motors and Controllers for Uncrewed Vehicles
    ×0.32 103 | 3 points by ePropelled 11 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Tell HN: Zed is sunsetting text threads
    ×0.73 102 | 5 points by koito17 15 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: Does anyone else notice that gas runs out faster than usual
    ×0.68 115 | 20 points by cat-turner 1 day ago | 31 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: What was it like in the era of BBS before the internet?
    ×1.02 112 | 27 points by ex-aws-dude 1 day ago | 34 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: Who needs contributors? (March 2026)
    ×0.83 118 | 25 points by Kathan2651 2 days ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Are you team MCP or team CLI?
    ×0.68 122 | 15 points by sharath39 1 day ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Nexus – Agent-native ops platform for ecommerce MCP, self-registration, no demos
    ×0.36 138 | 3 points by karimsherif 23 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: Is there any founder building non AI startup in 2026?
    ×1.78 101 | 11 points by daudmalik06 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Proof-engine A mathematical rendering engine for Rust
    ×0.53 128 | 5 points by Shmungus 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2026)
    ×2.68 42 | 28 points by whoishiring 4 hours ago | 77 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: Best stack for building a tiny game with an 11-year-old?
    ×0.56 150 | 17 points by richardstahl 3 days ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Tell HN: DeepL Moving Data to AWS
    ×0.19 140 | 5 points by bilekas 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. With Mythos will we reach coding singularity?
    ×0.41 157 | 4 points by kamalsrini17 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Sandflare – I built a sandbox that launches AI agent VMs in ~300ms
    ×0.46 148 | 5 points by ajaysheoran2323 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: Gemini CLI vs. Claude Code
    ×0.57 145 | 6 points by elC0mpa 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: Is it actually possible to run multiple coding sessions in parallel?
    ×0.50 146 | 11 points by sukit 2 days ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. The risk of AI isn't making us lazy, but making "lazy" look productive
    ×1.46 119 | 75 points by acmerfight 4 days ago | 88 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Curious. anyone here allow agents to make purchase decisions of >$100?
    ×0.29 169 | 3 points by adityasriram 1 day ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ask HN: M5 MacBook Pro buyers, worth spending the $$$ to maybe run LLMs local?
    ×0.78 162 | 11 points by tpurves 2 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Ask HN: What's the latest concensus on OpenAI vs. Anthropic $20/month tier?
    ×0.79 167 | 13 points by whatarethembits 3 days ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Ask HN: Are you too getting addicted to the dev workflow of coding with agents?
    ×0.86 98 | 41 points by gchamonlive 1 day ago | 46 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Ask HN: How to Handle Claude's Stubbornness?
    ×0.57 156 | 9 points by classicpsy 2 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Ask HN: Is it just me?
    ×0.89 164 | 18 points by twoelf 4 days ago | 32 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Claude API Error: 529
    ×0.46 168 | 25 points by anujbans 5 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Show HN: Payphone Tag is territory game using Australia's 15,000 payphones (payphonetag.com)
    ×3.57 149 | 20 points by gangerang 3 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. PixelPaint – A MacPaint tribute for Apple's 50th (blakecrosley.com)
    ×0.54 | 1 points by blakec 36 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Electrical Transformer Manufacturing Is Throttling the Electrified Future (bloomberg.com)
    ×1.98 8 | 3 points by toomuchtodo 50 minutes ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. New ML inference language dropped today (github.com/m0at)
    ×0.49 | 1 points by sfffs 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. JavaScript devs, we hear you (adonisjs.com)
    ×0.50 | 1 points by gherkinnn 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. EmDash – a spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security (cloudflare.com)
    ×2.27 1 #1 | 291 points by elithrar 3 hours ago | 184 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. The Autocrat's Dilemma (theatlantic.com)
    ×1.37 10 #56 | 8 points by breve 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Show HN: Modern AI assisted goals and performance management (architectfwd.com)
    ×1.14 | 2 points by quintes 33 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Show HN: You Got Snarked: A snarky messaging app (siliconsnark.com)
    ×1.28 71 | 3 points by SaaSasaurus 6 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Claude Wrote a Full FreeBSD Remote Kernel RCE with Root Shell (CVE-2026-4747) (github.com/califio)
    ×1.82 28 #19 | 208 points by ishqdehlvi 14 hours ago | 92 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. iOS 18 security update for all iPhone users (9to5mac.com)
    ×1.87 3 | 3 points by qaz_plm 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. FreeMediaHeckYeah AI (fmhy.net)
    ×1.35 | 2 points by Cider9986 42 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. AWS IAM Language Server (github.com/mbarneyjr)
    ×0.56 | 1 points by mbarneyme 44 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Iran says it will target US tech companies in Middle East (thehill.com)
    ×3.94 44 | 79 points by golfer 1 day ago | 68 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Prediction: The Shopify CEO's Pull Request Will Never Be Merged nor Closed (joshmoody.org)
    ×2.66 73 | 53 points by birdculture 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Axios compromised on NPM – Malicious versions drop remote access trojan (stepsecurity.io)
    ×6.56 2 #41 | 1900 points by mtud 1 day ago | 778 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. What Is Copilot Exactly? (idiallo.com)
    ×2.71 56 #68 | 68 points by WhyNotHugo 2 hours ago | 47 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Croatia's Football Team Signed Deal with Fake Gambling Sponsor Rep (bellingcat.com)
    ×0.66 | 1 points by lschueller 14 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Show HN: Muscula – Lightweight error monitoring with CLI and MCP (muscula.com)
    ×0.97 90 | 3 points by qzum 8 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Show HN: We built a multi-agent research hub. The waitlist is a reverse-CAPTCHA (enlidea.com)
    ×0.60 155 | 30 points by LZK 4 days ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Show HN: I made a free list of 100 places to promote your SaaS (launchdirectories.com)
    ×4.00 141 | 21 points by rosennn 3 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Show HN: INTERCALsky.ATproto client.Ada carries packets.INTERCAL carries meaning (github.com/FormerLab)
    ×0.96 132 | 4 points by FormerLabFred 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Show HN: Provero – Data quality checks in YAML, compiled to single SQL queries (github.com/provero-org)
    ×1.08 158 | 4 points by andreahlert 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Random numbers, Persian code: A mysterious signal transfixes radio sleuths (rferl.org)
    ×1.36 26 #16 | 80 points by thinkingemote 7 hours ago | 83 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Claude Code users hitting usage limits 'way faster than expected' (theregister.com)
    ×3.04 13 | 315 points by samizdis 1 day ago | 212 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Show HN: Rustobol – Compile Rust to COBOL (github.com/romanagenda)
    ×2.84 12 | 5 points by mikece 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Show HN: A complete index of all 14,000 articles on MDN Web Docs (github.com/tamnd)
    ×1.07 154 | 3 points by tamnd 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Show HN: Zerobox – Sandbox any command with file, network, credential controls (github.com/afshinm)
    ×1.42 17 #10 | 44 points by afshinmeh 3 hours ago | 43 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. SpaceX confidentially files to go public at $1.75T, reports say (theguardian.com)
    ×3.26 3 #32 | 6 points by bookofjoe 18 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. The OpenAI Graveyard: All the Deals and Products That Haven't Happened (forbes.com)
    ×3.05 9 #13 | 147 points by dherls 3 hours ago | 115 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. A new way to measure poverty shows the US falling behind Europe (euronews.com)
    ×4.33 79 #85 | 75 points by _DeadFred_ 2 hours ago | 67 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. We hid a free trip to Switzerland in our privacy policy (cape.co)
    ×2.89 91 | 68 points by bwoah 1 day ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Show HN: Twitch Roulette – Find live streamers who need views the most (twitchroulette.net)
    ×1.23 113 | 179 points by ellg 4 days ago | 94 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. GitHub Monaspace Case Study (lettermatic.com)
    ×0.94 54 #71 | 142 points by homebrewer 1 day ago | 47 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Comparing C/C++ unity build with regular build on a large codebase (2024) (hereket.com)
    ×1.63 | 1 points by PaulHoule 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. I traced my traffic through a home Tailscale exit node (stonecharioteer.com)
    ×1.27 58 #57 | 139 points by stonecharioteer 23 hours ago | 71 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Replace axios with a simple custom fetch wrapper (kentcdodds.com)
    ×0.66 78 #62 | 14 points by mariuz 11 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Jax's true calling: Ray-Marching renderers on WebGL (benoit.paris)
    ×3.41 46 | 3 points by BenoitP 2 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Copyright Industry Continues Its Efforts to Ban VPNs (techdirt.com)
    ×0.53 | 1 points by duringmath 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. AI Let Me Be the Engineer I've Always Wanted to Be (builtbyvibes.com)
    ×1.96 8 | 3 points by watkajtys 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Ukrainian Drone Holds Position for 6 Weeks (defenceleaders.com)
    ×4.33 20 #23 | 63 points by AftHurrahWinch 1 hour ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Magic mushroom-infused products appear in Colorado gas stations (theconversation.com)
    ×1.59 6 #44 | 14 points by PaulHoule 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Teenage Engineering's PO-32 acoustic modem and synth implementation (github.com/ericlewis)
    ×0.96 71 #48 | 139 points by ericlewis 1 day ago | 32 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Israel's Message to a Broad Swath of Lebanon: Shiites Must Go (nytimes.com)
    ×6.73 61 | 13 points by ceejayoz 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Show HN: A shot tracking app for hockey teams (github.com/dvelton)
    ×1.33 144 | 6 points by deevelton 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Show HN: Memoir – persistent memory for AI coding tools via MCP (memoir.sh)
    ×0.39 | 2 points by camgitt 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Show HN: Hyprmoncfg – Terminal-based monitor config manager for Hyprland (paolino.me)
    ×0.41 108 | 11 points by earcar 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. The Claude Code Source Leak: fake tools, frustration regexes, undercover mode (alex000kim.com)
    ×5.38 39 #70 | 1326 points by alex000kim 1 day ago | 543 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. William Blake, Remote by the Sea (laphamsquarterly.org)
    ×0.75 86 | 86 points by occurrence 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Show HN: Loreline, narrative language transpiled via Haxe: C++/C#/JS/Java/Py/Lua (loreline.app)
    ×0.70 58 | 68 points by jeremyfa 4 days ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Artemis Astronauts Board Spacecraft for NASA Moon Launch (nytimes.com)
    ×2.16 22 | 3 points by Alupis 27 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. "We enabled the availability of iOS 18.7.7 for more devices" (apple.com)
    ×3.94 52 | 6 points by tech234a 38 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Show HN: I Made a Tool to Cleanup Gmail (google.com)
    ×1.10 | 2 points by JaredCampbell 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???