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  1. Ask HN: How did you convince family and friends to join your XMPP/Matrix server?
    ×1.16 9 #51 | 78 points by mtlynch 11 hours ago | 71 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: If LLM reverse engineering is deemed illegal, is that precedent for OSS?
    ×0.93 3 | 3 points by apatheticonion 2 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Is YouTube starting to protect channel RSS feeds?
    ×0.82 13 | 3 points by kradeelav 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: What in the world is taking Ubuntu so long?
    ×1.79 3 | 215 points by linsomniac 1 day ago | 138 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Tell HN: Gemini trains on chat history, even for subscribers (personal accounts)
    ×3.19 34 | 730 points by jameslk 3 days ago | 200 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: What's your current AI agentic setup?
    ×3.19 42 | 554 points by eggbrain 3 days ago | 683 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. We're bringing back the HN meeting in Mexico City
    ×0.52 45 | 5 points by ysangkok 7 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. I turned an ESP32-S3 into a Tailscale gateway with recovery functions
    ×0.54 72 | 6 points by Mattboxx 14 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Claude usage credits purchased after Dec 7 will expire 12 months after purchase
    ×0.74 74 | 15 points by bbg2401 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. OpenAI seems to be silently re-enabling model training on Codex chats
    ×2.92 61 | 531 points by user052919 4 days ago | 163 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: What tech companies do you think have a good moral compass?
    ×1.36 78 | 6 points by gehwartzen 20 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Gitbook Breached
    ×1.14 79 | 165 points by punchmesan 4 days ago | 45 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: What are you building – I'd try it, pay for it, or even star your repo
    ×1.29 58 | 3 points by grandimam 6 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Tell HN: Don't use Postman, they proxy your info without your permission
    ×1.58 83 | 111 points by neya 4 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Seeking advice: Wix stolen my .com domain
    ×0.71 87 | 12 points by wixcom 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: What fun things to do with an iPhone 11?
    ×0.61 91 | 8 points by wanderingpixel 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Tell HN: Be Careful with Stripe Connect
    ×1.18 75 | 16 points by breue 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Slickdeals.net Is Compromised
    ×2.35 73 | 21 points by intenex 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. A new protocol and software suite for AIs
    ×0.24 | 2 points by homingpigeon 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Looking for a CTO
    ×0.35 122 | 3 points by alpbahadur 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. I tried to connect every GPU on the planet together (kinda)
    ×0.52 106 | 4 points by lukefrisker 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: How are companies hiring developers nowadays?
    ×0.92 100 | 5 points by Frazzlebilt 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. OpenClaw SaaS?
    ×0.47 132 | 3 points by alexfthom 1 day ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: How to resist endless app directories listing your product?
    ×0.50 133 | 3 points by gosen 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Verifying a satellite image with temporal evidence
    ×0.24 | 2 points by avijeetsingh16 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Executive (C-Level) Decision Making Under Uncertainty with Large Language Models
    ×0.58 135 | 3 points by northlondoner 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: Is anyone running multi/always-on agents that don't cost a fortune?
    ×1.26 96 | 6 points by abejora 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: How's your home-cooked software revolution going?
    ×0.60 140 | 3 points by nihakue 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: What is the most secure OS for mobile phone?
    ×1.58 99 | 6 points by Muralnick 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Ask HN: How can I get informed in the static vs. dynamic typing debate?
    ×0.26 | 2 points by zingar 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Ask HN: Engineers Focus Using AI
    ×0.60 141 | 3 points by elchuzade 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ask HN: Has anyone used LLMs to audit TrueCrypt for backdoors?
    ×1.32 108 | 5 points by dlphii 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Harness adapters: Safe RL for efficient agentic development (huggingface.co)
    ×0.47 | 1 points by fourfire 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. The scramble for your brain data (science.org)
    ×0.51 | 1 points by EA-3167 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. The Valley Bubble Breaks (quirksmode.org)
    ×3.24 35 | 72 points by cdrnsf 1 day ago | 85 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Show HN: I built a tool that prices a pre-built PC part by part (pcdealcheck.com)
    ×0.95 77 | 119 points by adlep 3 days ago | 85 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. The end of Microsoft Research's AI Frontiers group (hunch.net)
    ×2.31 #1 | 411 points by srean 9 hours ago | 238 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Uranium cubes reveal why the German nuclear project failed (arstechnica.com)
    ×1.71 5 #6 | 76 points by rbanffy 6 hours ago | 41 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Study solved a 150-year-old mystery into the identity of the extinct giant crane (bournemouth.ac.uk)
    ×0.68 22 #16 | 17 points by gmays 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Show HN: Pico-WAM – smallest world-action-model (keivalya.com)
    ×1.22 131 | 3 points by keivalya 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Kalshi court losses pile up as judges refuse to block state gambling laws (arstechnica.com)
    ×3.68 22 | 111 points by Analemma_ 1 day ago | 119 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Tesla and SpaceX lose over $420B in combined market cap in the two days (techlaws.pages.dev)
    ×4.16 63 | 84 points by Pepitobombito 2 days ago | 66 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Where each U.S. state gets its tax revenue from (visualcapitalist.com)
    ×2.57 50 | 73 points by peter_d_sherman 1 day ago | 86 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Show HN: Dub Digger – dub techno, deep, ambient and experimental (dubdigger.com)
    ×1.10 134 | 3 points by ferrarosimone 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. A barbarian tribe's mythic origin story is true, ancient DNA reveals (science.org)
    ×1.66 17 #30 | 216 points by benbreen 22 hours ago | 188 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. What should we learn now? (blot.im)
    ×2.28 23 #46 | 16 points by totalperspectiv 7 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Tasfer: a text editor drawn on a 2D canvas (hamza.se)
    ×0.92 17 #47 | 53 points by hamza512b 13 hours ago | 33 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Building the NBC News Big Board (ejfox.com)
    ×0.82 18 #56 | 57 points by whalesalad 14 hours ago | 24 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. OpenAGPS: Free Assisted GPS (openagps.net)
    ×1.31 57 #87 | 4 points by edward 7 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Show HN: Weeny.Cloud – A Linux server for your coding agent's apps (weeny.cloud)
    ×1.23 137 | 3 points by isaacrolandson 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. The Components of Agent Memory (anthropic.com)
    ×1.39 20 #35 | 152 points by geoffbp 20 hours ago | 81 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. They don't make 'em like that any more: Borland Turbo Pascal 7 (kevinboone.me)
    ×2.64 27 #39 | 193 points by andsoitis 10 hours ago | 106 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. British Library Legal deposit and web archiving (bl.uk)
    ×0.83 17 #45 | 60 points by robtherobber 14 hours ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Show HN: Self-Annotating Stock Charts (portfoliogenius.ai)
    ×1.28 124 | 3 points by regnull 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Show HN: Insane Pour (crux.quest)
    ×1.53 103 | 4 points by saretup 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Skrongle Mini, a self hosted AI course generator and learning app on R. pi zero (github.com/alexbeeken)
    ×0.43 | 1 points by skrongle-mini 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Automation, Algorithms, and Self-Censorship (baldurbjarnason.com)
    ×1.11 | 2 points by aray07 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. show HN: Computer-Generated Asset Pipelines: Shading Language in Toy Story (1995) (codeaihq.com)
    ×1.04 119 | 3 points by CodeAIHQ 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Synergy 1.21 has been released (symless.com)
    ×1.70 5 | 3 points by speakspokespok 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. International Castle Research Society (burgenkunde.de)
    ×0.49 | 1 points by sklargh 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Multiplayer tanks that demolish real buildings from OpenStreetMap (worldstrike.fun)
    ×1.47 28 | 172 points by n4ze3m 1 day ago | 126 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Show HN: FoilGateway–Linux firewall gateway with telemetry blocking (2×Ethernet) (github.com/iBgeek)
    ×0.74 | 2 points by Codemonkey2k5 9 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Show HN: LLM weight editing tool made by a 15-year-old (github.com/Miyamoto-Renya)
    ×0.68 | 1 points by 032renya 31 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. DFIR Level-0 Protocol: Sanitization of UEFI Bootkits and Linux Rootkits (zenodo.org)
    ×0.70 | 1 points by andretaker 38 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. AIG Mistakenly Locks and Erases iPhone and Cannot Resolve After 3 Weeks (reddit.com)
    ×0.71 | 1 points by jeremyjh 39 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Driver AI in Stunt Car Racer, Commodore 64 (gamesexplained.com)
    ×0.87 44 #84 | 5 points by a1r 7 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Qwen3.8-27B MTP Q4S head on Q6 quant is faster than q6, f16 slower = acceptance (github.com/alainnothere)
    ×0.45 | 1 points by xlayn 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. New Research Tests Whether AI Models Know Their Own Thoughts (quantamagazine.org)
    ×1.77 16 | 3 points by ibobev 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Show HN: Simulating three LA wildfires in the browser with WebGPU (mattduran.dev)
    ×1.43 138 | 5 points by duranduran 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Turning every radio into a radar (tiaminetworks.com)
    ×1.12 3 #15 | 35 points by hasley 5 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Show HN: An offline desktop companion to help maintain a healthy blink rhythm (eyesrhythm.com)
    ×0.76 4 #23 | 28 points by prnysoni 5 hours ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Running a law firm on Free software (decoded.legal)
    ×2.10 1 #29 | 242 points by DeepLogin 17 hours ago | 119 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Show HN: Agentic Identity Broker, OAuth Delegation for AI Agents (github.com/zalando-incubator)
    ×0.57 76 | 23 points by jbspeakr 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. The Story Behind Edward Hopper's Iconic Painting, "Nighthawks" (lithub.com)
    ×0.68 | 1 points by pseudolus 35 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Why mandating AI use in the workplace can backfire (msn.com)
    ×0.70 | 1 points by pseudolus 36 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. ChatGPT silently passes data between connectors and the bounty wants an ID card (openai.com)
    ×1.59 17 | 93 points by Aldipower 1 day ago | 39 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Microsoft Removes PC-to-PC Migration from Windows 11, Pushes Users to OneDrive (ghacks.net)
    ×1.61 | 2 points by dmitrygr 32 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Claude Watermark Text (notebookcheck.net)
    ×1.32 | 2 points by xlayn 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Swipeblocked: The phrases your iPhone won't suggest (swipeblocked.com)
    ×2.96 43 | 79 points by lladnar 1 day ago | 23 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Show HN: Live songbook for guitarists (kantamigo.com)
    ×1.07 68 | 3 points by gosen 8 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Show HN: Send to dot 0.9.5 – no computer has to stay on (github.com/bryanzk)
    ×0.55 | 2 points by bryanzk 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Yes, You Can Pass a Nuclear Missile Driving on Interstate 80 Through Wyoming (cowboystatedaily.com)
    ×1.33 10 #42 | 47 points by Bender 10 hours ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Instant payment rails meet batch bank cores (tuladb.com)
    ×1.09 | 2 points by shubham3582 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Stack Overflow for Agents (stackoverflow.com)
    ×0.52 | 1 points by smusamashah 3 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. WebRTC for Node.js, React Native and Browser (github.com/LuKks)
    ×0.52 | 1 points by LuKks 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. RIP Cybertruck (wired.com)
    ×5.64 12 | 302 points by voxadam 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Size-It-Up (Game) (magnitudle.com)
    ×0.75 40 | 81 points by whoishiding 1 day ago | 27 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: Logo Deal – Logos anyone can edit with text (logo.deal)
    ×0.88 59 | 9 points by vednig 13 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: Infinity – Git-style branching for AI chats (infinitychat.app)
    ×1.62 105 | 4 points by nkotov 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Shipping 103,802 Dots in 82 KB (layers.engineering)
    ×0.73 13 #33 | 9 points by speckx 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???