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  1. Ask HN: Which Jabber clients support SCRAM+ and XEP-0474
    ×1.31 12 #36 | 7 points by Bender 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: What livestream do you keep open in a tab?
    ×0.88 21 #60 | 13 points by missmoss 2 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. What happens behind the scenes when we change effort for same LLM models?
    ×0.59 5 #86 | 10 points by tbharath 4 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Timed YouTube video transcripts in .txt and .pdf
    ×0.53 38 | 3 points by cristyg0101 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: How to get your open-source project gain popularity?
    ×0.61 | 2 points by Hussain04 2 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: What happens when we do compress the context in Claude Code?
    ×0.97 28 | 4 points by tbharath 3 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Who's making money from using/exploiting AI?
    ×0.76 29 | 6 points by jonthepirate 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Tell HN: A.I Labs are headed by people without world manufacturing experience
    ×0.76 41 | 3 points by dzonga 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. The Cost of Seamlessness
    ×0.69 | 2 points by taotuner 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Will it be possible to do LLM Pool Training?
    ×0.76 | 2 points by slicktux 4 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: Why are Meta products so bad?
    ×1.68 46 | 4 points by asxndu 5 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. The things that matter take a minute
    ×1.51 32 | 4 points by ishener 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Has anyone figured out how to guard LLMs on kernel level?
    ×0.21 103 | 3 points by isaacnsisong 9 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Tell HN: It's a Lot
    ×1.28 60 | 7 points by mettamage 9 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: Is neuromorphic computing going to replace traditional AI?
    ×0.50 96 | 4 points by lennart-rth 10 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Postgress in Rust
    ×0.37 105 | 4 points by poldex 12 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Why My Open-Source Project Hasn't Done Better
    ×1.52 67 | 4 points by yohji1984 7 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: How would you harden AI changes to a 1M-line legacy SaaS before review?
    ×0.93 104 | 4 points by thegreatkahuna 12 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: Do types make a language more expressive, or less?
    ×1.09 99 | 3 points by greenlimetea 8 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. My SaaS finally made a sale
    ×1.76 84 | 4 points by aashir-saas 9 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Tell HN: Namecheap gave my account to an unverified third party
    ×4.51 12 | 480 points by Thrashed 1 day ago | 174 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Companies are optimizing models for specific benchmarks
    ×0.35 120 | 3 points by mzubairtahir 14 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: How to use agents via API cheaply?
    ×1.05 106 | 3 points by thih9 10 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: Good Data Classification Software?
    ×0.48 | 2 points by ChrisRun 10 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: What's Up with Archive.today?
    ×0.30 118 | 6 points by nobody9999 21 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: Which is the least sloppy and claudeism free model you have used?
    ×0.93 116 | 3 points by diwank 12 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Claude used my pipeline to find a counterexample to the Jacobian conjecture
    ×0.60 111 | 7 points by JGPTechCo 19 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Stripe closed my account with a 0.18% dispute rate
    ×1.29 95 | 12 points by rellyattd 19 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: How do I find startups that are looking for a dev? How to approach them?
    ×0.20 130 | 6 points by need_a_work23 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Ask HN: Is there a website that tracks excessive writes to SSDs in OS/app betas?
    ×0.43 123 | 30 points by amichail 2 days ago | 27 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. GPL Infection of LLMs?
    ×0.35 138 | 4 points by sl_convertible 22 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ask HN: How to get in touch with Paddle (MoR)
    ×0.30 140 | 7 points by probst 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Midjourney Releasing v8.2
    ×0.39 | 2 points by endmund 18 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Ask HN: If OpenAI hacked HuggingFace, why aren't OpenAI prosecuted?
    ×0.82 127 | 29 points by sam_lowry_ 2 days ago | 36 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Two Gov Websites Compromised
    ×0.83 126 | 7 points by relunsec 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Tell HN: ChatGPT exports do not contain all conversation messages
    ×0.51 135 | 6 points by afpx 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Ask HN: How would I restore this 101 year old postcard?
    ×1.21 128 | 4 points by Waterluvian 19 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Ask HN: Multi dimensional sort (beyond Hilbert curve)
    ×0.97 145 | 3 points by adec314 20 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Ask: Why does everything Microsoft create lately feel fragile and half-baked?
    ×1.13 142 | 13 points by nothrowaways 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Ask HN: What are your current favorite monitoring and observability solutions?
    ×0.54 151 | 3 points by Exoristos 22 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. What if we made advertising illegal? (simone.org)
    ×6.21 31 | 78 points by gurjeet 23 hours ago | 76 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. PyPI Blog: Releases now reject new files after 14 days (pypi.org)
    ×1.10 35 #30 | 77 points by miketheman 11 hours ago | 45 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Tokokino (tokokino.com)
    ×0.73 | 1 points by handfuloflight 10 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Show HN: Codebeat – turn any function into a song (no signup) (codedswitch.com)
    ×0.38 | 2 points by Asume21 18 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Government orders GitHub to remove Bluetooth-based chat app Bitchat: Jack Dorsey (thehindu.com)
    ×4.04 3 #66 | 501 points by rootkea 1 day ago | 379 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. JEP 541: Deprecate the macOS/x64 Port for Removal (openjdk.org)
    ×1.10 33 | 96 points by pmg1991 1 day ago | 92 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Maybe Intelligence Ain't All That (twitter.com/CliffordSosin)
    ×1.11 | 2 points by gmays 1 hour ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. The Reddit Problem – How a Reddit Alternative Was Banned from RedditAlternatives (rhyme.com)
    ×1.45 56 | 59 points by JoinRhyme 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Show HN: Connecting my dumb garage and car's homelink buttons to Home Assistant (dsauerbrun.com)
    ×0.83 148 | 11 points by dsauerbrun 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Opus 5 is currently #1 on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Leaderboard (artificialanalysis.ai)
    ×2.46 #55 | 363 points by aarondong 23 hours ago | 213 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. A Teen Reporter Searched for His Community in the Epstein Files. Adults Freaked (wired.com)
    ×4.77 67 | 8 points by colinprince 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Zitron: The Subprime Datacenter Crisis (wheresyoured.at)
    ×3.50 90 | 54 points by benwen 1 day ago | 42 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Show HN: Yaiko – A fullstack web framework for Rust and jQuery
    ×0.52 | 2 points by the_plug 8 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Show HN: Crisp – Open-source display manager for macOS (DDC, HiDPI, presets) (github.com/didriksg)
    ×1.16 150 | 4 points by didriksg 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Bringing PyTorch Monarch to AMD GPUs (pytorch.org)
    ×0.82 12 #7 | 35 points by gmays 3 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Hannah Fry Wins the Leelavati Prize in 2026 for Mathematics Outreach (cam.ac.uk)
    ×3.66 13 #34 | 542 points by agnishom 17 hours ago | 91 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. To read more, pick up a book not your phone, no wait (disassociated.com)
    ×0.43 | 1 points by speckx 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. The Pixels That Shouldn't Have Been There (oaleinyk.substack.com)
    ×0.47 | 1 points by dinlashades 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. It's getting harder to focus every day (glyphack.com)
    ×4.21 27 | 751 points by peykar 1 day ago | 402 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Flux 3 (bfl.ai)
    ×2.66 14 | 567 points by ThouYS 1 day ago | 133 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. If coding has been solved, why does software keep getting worse? (ptrchm.com)
    ×5.42 1 #54 | 816 points by pchm 1 day ago | 619 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Running a 28.9M parameter LLM on an $8 microcontroller (github.com/slvDev)
    ×0.52 | 1 points by boveyking 40 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Micro-SaaS Is Dead. Service With A Software Replaces It (adriengonin.com)
    ×1.26 58 | 52 points by Adrig 1 day ago | 77 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Show HN: Max Studio Tools – C++ DSP Modules for Max and Ableton Live (github.com/apresta)
    ×0.62 63 | 32 points by apresta 22 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Show HN: The TERSE state language and protocol (github.com/terse-lang)
    ×0.49 | 2 points by infiniteAdmin 10 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Show HN: Sync Claude Code and Codex configs, with a board that shows the drift (github.com/slash9494)
    ×0.36 | 2 points by slash9494 14 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Show HN: I made some transistor animations (brandonli.net)
    ×1.65 3 #5 | 35 points by stunningllama 2 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. NYC Apartment Aquaponics (erinmurphy.dev)
    ×1.62 18 #19 | 169 points by mm1119 12 hours ago | 70 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Jack Conte: The future of creativity on the internet in a world with AI [video] (youtube.com)
    ×0.51 | 1 points by marvinborner 43 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Producing ammonia and fertiliser using wind power in Morris, Minnesota (ammoniaenergy.org)
    ×1.52 | 2 points by gritzko 10 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Bayleaf Wireless Keyboard Build (graz.io)
    ×0.50 | 1 points by akyuu 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Open Weights and American AI Leadership [pdf] (nvidia.com)
    ×3.03 35 | 111 points by lairv 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Show HN: OneWayInterview – type a job role, AI builds the async video interview (onewayinterview.com)
    ×0.33 | 2 points by emunova 20 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Book Corners: Community map of neighborhood book exchange spots (bookcorners.org)
    ×0.66 52 #49 | 48 points by NaOH 14 hours ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Unitree As2-W (unitree.com)
    ×1.21 41 #67 | 136 points by MehrdadKhnzd 1 day ago | 60 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Codeberg Divides (pocoo.org)
    ×1.92 24 #89 | 136 points by ashdnazg 1 day ago | 196 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Show HN: Elizabeth Line Guide (London) – Live departures, timetables, fares (elizabethlineguide.com)
    ×0.50 | 2 points by ahallan 11 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Show HN: Maps of >100 theories for how society works inc. Graham / Thiel / Smith (clearerthinking.org)
    ×0.46 137 | 3 points by bestOfSocrates 18 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. GDID Windows – Cut the tracker that follows you even under VPN (korben.info)
    ×1.74 5 #6 | 63 points by rfarley04 3 hours ago | 37 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Wind turbine is being used to produce zero-carbon "green ammonia" fertilizer (energiesmedia.com)
    ×1.22 46 #52 | 78 points by speckx 3 hours ago | 65 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Ask HN: What other professions are software programmers considering?
    ×0.97 | 1 points by i_idiot 49 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Show HN: AI Anime Finder – Natural language semantic search for AniList (zlvox.com)
    ×1.11 110 | 4 points by mrdisloyal 13 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Show HN: Openleetcode – local LeetCode runner where tests live in the repo (github.com/therepanic)
    ×0.83 131 | 4 points by therepanic 20 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Show HN: Less-pager-mini: What a cross-platform pager would be like (github.com/dawsonhuang0)
    ×0.45 | 2 points by dawson0 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. GC and Exceptions in Wasmtime (bytecodealliance.org)
    ×1.08 35 #27 | 146 points by phickey 15 hours ago | 33 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. What if the RAM/GPU shortage is deliberate? (xn--vk5b17r.online)
    ×1.87 50 #56 | 12 points by theoneone 7 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Firefox Containers Preview (mozilla.org)
    ×3.34 13 #70 | 440 points by twapi 1 day ago | 124 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: A self-running space economy SIM in Rust and Bevy (github.com/Kalcode)
    ×0.98 124 | 109 points by kalcode 4 days ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: Life Tile – Passive time tracker that shows your day as a Mondrian grid (apple.com)
    ×0.91 152 | 7 points by choyongjoon 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. I built Kubernetes for Rust. One command deploys your binary to every server (github.com/Emran-goat)
    ×0.47 | 1 points by EmranAbdu 51 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???