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  1. Ask HN: Are you still using a Vision Pro?
    ×1.50 15 #34 | 131 points by y1n0 6 hours ago | 160 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: Why hasn't there been a real competitor to Ticketmaster yet?
    ×1.47 63 #59 | 242 points by mdni007 1 day ago | 221 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: Favorite text heavy blogs the are a joy to read
    ×0.97 2 #65 | 23 points by joshmarinacci 5 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI?
    ×2.30 5 | 413 points by aryamaan 1 day ago | 703 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: Is software engineering still a good career choice for new students?
    ×0.90 47 | 3 points by iliashad 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: Prediction for SpaceX IPO?
    ×0.61 79 | 4 points by bix6 5 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI?
    ×2.87 90 | 731 points by andrehacker 5 days ago | 1106 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: How are you preserving your skills while using AI?
    ×0.68 85 | 6 points by rdrmc 8 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: How to escalate a rejected Google extension?
    ×0.73 110 | 23 points by modzu 1 day ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: So what happened to Facebook "localhost" tracking?
    ×0.71 142 | 106 points by juliusceasar 5 days ago | 102 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: How do you cope when your startup contracts?
    ×0.60 115 | 14 points by jasonephraim 1 day ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. LeetCode is the best way to learn a new language
    ×0.07 | 2 points by JasonHEIN 14 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Authorization via Gmail and Apple ID Banned in Russia
    ×2.24 39 | 8 points by levleontiev 5 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: What's your favorite HN Recap like podcast?
    ×0.18 143 | 5 points by randomor 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: Which companies gained a competitive edge purely via engineering?
    ×0.54 150 | 5 points by j1000 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: What is your (AI) dev tech stack / workflow?
    ×1.86 121 | 165 points by dv35z 4 days ago | 134 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: Why is the HN crowd so anti-AI?
    ×3.20 96 | 457 points by Ekami 3 days ago | 756 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: Why won't you be replaced by AI?
    ×1.13 126 | 10 points by atleastoptimal 1 day ago | 37 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: Options for critical thinking and learning outside work?
    ×0.78 137 | 6 points by hnthrow10282910 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: Where do you like to consume content anymore?
    ×0.83 125 | 6 points by selectedambient 22 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: How do you find deep technical content?
    ×0.95 165 | 40 points by f311a 5 days ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: How are thinking efforts implemented?
    ×0.85 135 | 26 points by simianwords 2 days ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: Gin rummy strategies
    ×0.49 175 | 24 points by bix6 5 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: Is there any data on whether users prefer voice/chatbot experiences?
    ×0.23 | 2 points by fnimick 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: How do PaaS hosting providers enforce user policy compliance?
    ×0.31 | 2 points by iishanto 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: What is happening with the Meta Ads dashboard?
    ×0.48 179 | 4 points by ramon156 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: Were CS profs right to look down on programming in light of modern AI?
    ×0.54 186 | 6 points by amichail 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: Open-Source Software in Aerospace Imaging?
    ×0.28 146 | 6 points by lightedman 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: What is the AI setup for an experienced dev starting on a new project?
    ×0.44 154 | 5 points by postexitus 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Ask HN: Thoughts on Siri AI?
    ×0.39 | 2 points by akashwadhwani35 16 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Bad MCP design costs your agent 5x more tokens
    ×0.67 177 | 15 points by JohnnyZhang483 4 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ask HN: What works for cutting AI token costs?
    ×1.07 120 | 5 points by leoncos 18 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Tell HN: Stripe ToS update demands biometrics, freezes payments until given
    ×1.00 147 | 13 points by cuz-reasons 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Ask HN: Is the web for machines (/llm.txt) the one we wished we had as humans?
    ×0.81 161 | 36 points by sunshine-o 4 days ago | 57 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Ask HN: How do I whitelist commands in Antigravity?
    ×1.10 162 | 5 points by madprops 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. I'm tired of LLM skill slop, so I built mine with regression tests
    ×0.57 187 | 9 points by iliaov 5 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Ask HN: My competitors have flawed products but I can't get traction
    ×0.48 181 | 11 points by saveitincork 5 days ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Ask HN: How to get my contact info off US political party's list
    ×0.84 170 | 10 points by kaycebasques 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Ask HN: Does consciousness itself require memory?
    ×0.81 148 | 4 points by modinfo 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Ask HN: Where do you get the latest updates about AI?
    ×0.52 183 | 5 points by d0able 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Ask HN: Job market for SDMs/Engineering Managers. Any reliable data?
    ×0.34 171 | 5 points by ed_balls 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Ask HN: I made an image watermarking tool. What are the issues open-sourcing it?
    ×0.25 185 | 3 points by minimaxir 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Ask HN: Do you also feel like KYC is turning you off to the concept of money
    ×1.32 129 | 5 points by JumpinJack_Cash 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Tell HN: Helium is the best browser I ever used
    ×0.76 169 | 6 points by prmph 2 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Ask HN: Does robotics capabilities research accelerate AGI timelines?
    ×0.51 182 | 8 points by themasterchief 3 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. HN seems dead compared to say 10-15 years ago
    ×2.23 99 | 42 points by morpheos137 1 day ago | 45 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Does anyone know since when we are close to building in space?
    ×0.51 184 | 6 points by kingleopold 3 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Supply chain attack alert: .github/setup.js
    ×3.63 166 | 27 points by antihero 4 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Using Optical Aberrations to Distinguish Real Astronomical Transients (arxiv.org)
    ×0.47 52 #48 | 36 points by solarist 10 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. GentleOS – Classic operating system with a lovely retro GUI (github.com/luke8086)
    ×2.20 56 | 324 points by tekkertje 15 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Show HN: Frhog, Your Friendly Head of Growth (frhog.com)
    ×1.54 108 | 4 points by krm01 10 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Show HN: Inbox-beam – notifications in your inbox without sending email (github.com/toyoshi)
    ×1.84 155 | 13 points by toyoshi 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Show HN: VaultSQL – Open-Source Zero-Trust SQL Workbench (vaultsql.com)
    ×1.04 176 | 8 points by antileet 3 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Exif Smuggling (github.com/signalblur)
    ×0.94 7 #14 | 55 points by rolph 4 hours ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Show HN: Nodea, an open-source AI canvas for working through complex projects (nodea.ai)
    ×1.23 93 | 4 points by ElliottCrosby 7 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Show HN: Lathe – Use LLMs to learn a new domain, not skip past it (github.com/devenjarvis)
    ×2.28 80 | 392 points by devenjarvis 2 days ago | 72 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Launch HN: Intuned (YC S22) – Build and run reliable browser automations as code (intunedhq.com)
    ×0.56 89 #79 | 113 points by fkilaiwi 1 day ago | 53 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. An introduction to functional analysis for science and engineering (arxiv.org)
    ×1.07 26 #46 | 114 points by Anon84 15 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Rayforce (github.com/RayforceDB)
    ×0.74 28 #64 | 26 points by tosh 8 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. We had to build new evals for Fable (hex.tech)
    ×1.20 | 2 points by izzymiller 42 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Show HN: agent skill to generate aesthetic and interactive diagrams (github.com/plannotator)
    ×1.07 | 2 points by ramoz 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. System Card: Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 [pdf] (anthropic.com)
    ×2.52 73 | 211 points by scrlk 8 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Claude Fable 5 will sabotage "frontier LLM research" tasks (twitter.com/i)
    ×1.78 11 #61 | 19 points by qwertyforce 4 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Microsoft patches 0-day disclosed by researcher it feuded with (arstechnica.com)
    ×1.50 15 | 3 points by p_stuart82 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. 2026 Volvo XC60 T8 Recharge Review: Solid Combo of Competence and Comfort (thedrive.com)
    ×1.63 20 | 3 points by PaulHoule 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. AI Will Not Start a Nuclear War, but Humans Might (aifrontiersmedia.substack.com)
    ×1.64 24 | 3 points by healthworker 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. A little progress is worth a trillion dollars (abundanceandgrowth.org)
    ×0.87 | 2 points by paulpauper 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Show HN: NoSuggest – Watch YouTube without the recommendation algorithm (nosuggest.com)
    ×1.17 109 | 58 points by VJ-2-108 6 days ago | 61 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. How we run untrusted customer code at scale (nango.dev)
    ×0.70 39 #62 | 16 points by rguldener 6 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. The Countdown to a Major Oil Price Surge Has Begun (oilprice.com)
    ×1.70 32 | 3 points by iamnothere 23 minutes ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Ring Holders Club (ringholders.club)
    ×1.14 | 2 points by pipnonsense 25 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. The Cypherpunk Library (cypherpunkbooks.com)
    ×1.80 37 | 369 points by yu3zhou4 1 day ago | 97 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Show HN: OpenPayphone – open-source guts for a 1996 coin payphone (Pi and SIP) (github.com/eric-cgn)
    ×2.14 132 | 23 points by mcintyem 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Confidential submission of draft S-1 to the SEC (openai.com)
    ×2.30 9 | 356 points by hackerBanana 1 day ago | 310 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Ax-engine: Native Apple Silicon ML inference runtime with a fast Rust core (github.com/defai-digital)
    ×1.26 | 2 points by automatosx 36 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Microsoft Defender 'RoguePlanet' zero-day grants SYSTEM privileges (bleepingcomputer.com)
    ×2.42 30 | 4 points by 882542F3884314B 52 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. The History of Neural Networks, 1900-1990 [video] (youtube.com)
    ×1.09 | 2 points by zetalyrae 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. FrontierCode (cognition.ai)
    ×2.03 18 | 249 points by streamer45 1 day ago | 54 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Claude Fable 5 (anthropic.com)
    ×7.43 #1 | 1748 points by Philpax 8 hours ago | 1374 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. What it feels like to work with Mythos (oneusefulthing.org)
    ×2.13 19 #41 | 149 points by swolpers 8 hours ago | 146 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. xAI is looking more like a datacentre REIT than a frontier lab (martinalderson.com)
    ×3.19 1 #67 | 677 points by martinald 1 day ago | 530 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. A filterable, tag-based GPU reference for every card released since 2020 (supertags.app)
    ×1.01 | 2 points by keyes343 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Mechanical forces from the beating heart may help prevent cancer cell growth (medicalxpress.com)
    ×2.56 14 | 5 points by PaulHoule 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. FCC wants to kill burner phones by forcing telecoms to get all customers' IDs (404media.co)
    ×4.05 12 #22 | 438 points by berlianta 9 hours ago | 274 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Claude Fable 5 and new AI safety fables (interconnects.ai)
    ×1.39 32 | 3 points by carbocation 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Reticulum Network (reticulum.network)
    ×0.93 | 2 points by josh-sematic 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Show HN: A terminal writing environment with Git, E2EE sync and temporal search
    ×1.24 106 | 4 points by sys-ronin 10 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: A virtual thermal printer for testing ESC/POS receipts (vprinter.dev)
    ×2.08 168 | 7 points by seokjume 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Where is the AI jobs crisis? (apollo.com)
    ×2.13 13 #36 | 136 points by bwestergard 7 hours ago | 213 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. FreezeTube – 200-line Chrome extension that disables YouTube's infinite scroll (google.com)
    ×1.17 | 2 points by OmarElboray 33 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???