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  1. Tell HN: YC companies scrape GitHub activity, send spam emails to users
    ×3.73 18 #35 | 604 points by miki123211 18 hours ago | 226 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: How do you handle duplicate side effects when jobs, workflows retry?
    ×0.86 | 2 points by shineDaPoker 52 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. I don't need AI to build me a new app. I need it to make Jira bearable
    ×0.70 36 | 14 points by niel_hu 11 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Stripe closed my account – no notice – my LLC was registered using Stripe Atlas
    ×0.60 42 | 6 points by travelyesim 7 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: Programmable Watches with WiFi?
    ×0.27 95 | 34 points by dakiol 5 days ago | 24 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. I built a 151k-node GraphRAG swarm that autonomously invents SDG solutions
    ×0.09 | 2 points by wisdomagi 10 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. 1Password pricing increasing up to 33% in March
    ×3.34 71 | 142 points by otterley 2 days ago | 193 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Who Is Using XMPP?
    ×0.41 89 | 22 points by nunobrito 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: What's it like working in big tech recently with all the AI tools?
    ×1.03 78 | 18 points by ex-aws-dude 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Claude Code Bug triggers Rate limits without usage
    ×0.15 103 | 3 points by busssard 15 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Comparing manual vs. AI requirements gathering: 2 sentences vs. 127-point spec
    ×0.19 | 2 points by thesssaism 16 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: Chromebook leads for K-8 school in need?
    ×0.39 115 | 46 points by techteach00 4 days ago | 44 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: What will happen with Anthropics ultimatum?
    ×1.08 104 | 7 points by maniacwhat 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. New Claude Code Feature "Remote Control"
    ×0.43 121 | 8 points by rob 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: Starting a New Role with Ada
    ×0.61 107 | 9 points by NoNameHaveI 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. LazyGravity – I made my phone control Antigravity so I never leave bed
    ×0.18 108 | 4 points by masaTokyo 23 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: How do you know if AI agents will choose your tool?
    ×0.60 109 | 37 points by dmpyatyi 3 days ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: Could you create a competitor to your company at 10% of the cost?
    ×0.66 99 | 8 points by TheAlchemist 1 day ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Fix cron routes: POST → GET (Vercel cron sends GET)
    ×0.16 | 2 points by nishiohiroshi 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Would you choose the Microsoft stack today if starting greenfield?
    ×1.42 117 | 20 points by JB_5000 2 days ago | 23 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: How are you controlling AI agents that take real actions?
    ×0.39 129 | 7 points by thesvp 2 days ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: Have top AI research institutions just given up on the idea of safety?
    ×2.00 58 | 79 points by DietaryNonsense 1 day ago | 88 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Comparing manual vs. AI requirements gathering: 2 sentences vs. 127-point spec
    ×0.41 128 | 7 points by thesssaism 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. ChatGPT finds an error in Terence Tao's math research
    ×1.05 106 | 42 points by codexon 3 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Who has seen productivity increases from AI
    ×0.47 120 | 12 points by Kapura 2 days ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: What Linux Would Be a Good Transition from Windows 11
    ×1.00 126 | 13 points by Cyberis 3 days ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: Any DIY open-source Alexa/Google alternatives?
    ×0.33 127 | 9 points by personality0 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. What podcasts are you listening to?
    ×2.56 21 | 42 points by thomk 4 days ago | 71 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Persistent Prompts and Built in Search
    ×0.14 | 2 points by lazybusy 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Ask HN: Is it better to have no Agent.md than a bad one?
    ×0.40 130 | 10 points by parvardegr 3 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Ask HN: Is it worth avoiding AI while making a game?
    ×1.04 125 | 7 points by 2muchclout 2 days ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Using "Hi Claudette " on Claude.ai
    ×0.20 131 | 4 points by mlongval 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. The Wolfram S Combinator Challenge (combinatorprize.org)
    ×1.04 12 #27 | 79 points by paraschopra 9 hours ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Show HN: Usplus.ai – Build a company of AI agents and execute work autonomously (usplus.ai:443)
    ×0.76 | 2 points by usplusAI 5 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Netflix backs out, giving CNN and HBO to Ellison (techcrunch.com)
    ×2.52 26 | 4 points by KnuthIsGod 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Spec isn't cool. You know what's cool? 10 specs (augmentcode.com)
    ×0.49 | 1 points by knes 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Show HN: Create custom macOS native live wallpapers by injecting SVC MOV atoms (github.com/aground5)
    ×0.48 | 1 points by k2zoo 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Show HN: I Built Smart Radio That Auto-Skips Talk and Ads by Using ML (tunejourney.com)
    ×2.13 7 | 5 points by FreeGuessr 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. AirSnitch: Demystifying and breaking client isolation in Wi-Fi networks [pdf] (ndss-symposium.org)
    ×1.45 10 #4 | 330 points by DamnInteresting 11 hours ago | 159 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Lidar waveforms are worth 40x128x33 words (thecvf.com)
    ×0.48 32 #22 | 38 points by teleforce 7 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Show HN: Beehive – Multi-Workspace Agent Orchestrator (storozhenko98.github.io)
    ×0.62 36 #40 | 40 points by mst98 10 hours ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. In the Spotlight (michaelheap.com)
    ×0.62 | 1 points by mooreds 38 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Show HN: OpenSwarm – Multi‑Agent Claude CLI Orchestrator for Linear/GitHub (github.com/Intrect-io)
    ×0.62 60 | 34 points by unohee 1 day ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War (anthropic.com)
    ×7.65 #1 | 1109 points by qwertox 4 hours ago | 620 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Faster Than Light Travel, Free from Paradoxes (nirmalyakajuri.substack.com)
    ×0.85 | 1 points by virgildotcodes 10 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Show HN: Sowbot – Open-hardware agricultural robot (ROS2, RTK GPS) (sowbot.co.uk)
    ×1.11 82 | 181 points by Sabrees 3 days ago | 45 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Show HN: Ghist – Task management that lives in your repo (github.com/unnecessary-special-projects)
    ×1.42 111 | 18 points by nxnze 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Show HN: Resume Rescue AI – Land your next tech role in half the time (doanything.app)
    ×0.72 | 1 points by kairo_vexley 20 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Show HN: Batchling – save 50% off any GenAI requests in two lines of code (github.com/vienneraphael)
    ×0.98 | 2 points by vienneraphael 9 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Show HN: SAIA – SCUMM for AI Agents (github.com/serendip-ml)
    ×0.43 87 | 3 points by serendip-ml 10 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Bcachefs creator insists his custom LLM is female and 'fully conscious' (theregister.com)
    ×5.95 46 | 98 points by Bender 1 day ago | 83 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. RK3588 and RK3576 video decoders support merged in the upstream Linux Kernel (collabora.com)
    ×1.45 52 | 64 points by losgehts 1 day ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Show HN: PgDog – Scale Postgres without changing the app (github.com/pgdogdev)
    ×1.42 68 | 321 points by levkk 3 days ago | 61 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Twitch: "Hey, come back! This commercial break can't play while you're away." (twitter.com/KryDotExe)
    ×5.61 35 #62 | 120 points by josephcsible 9 hours ago | 96 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Story of XZ Backdoor [video] (youtube.com)
    ×2.07 27 #76 | 118 points by Ulf950 13 hours ago | 46 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Building a RAG Tool in Ruby 4 (robbyonrails.com)
    ×0.45 | 1 points by robbyrussell 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Show HN: Sgai – Goal-driven multi-agent software dev (GOAL.md → working code) (github.com/sandgardenhq)
    ×0.57 76 | 34 points by sandgardenhq 1 day ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Show HN: Babyshark – Wireshark made easy (terminal UI for PCAPs) (github.com/vignesh07)
    ×1.06 84 | 147 points by eigen-vector 3 days ago | 47 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Show HN: Stop reviewing AI-generated code during a PR, move it in the edit cycle (medium.com)
    ×2.97 38 | 5 points by Mitchem 6 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. 56% of CEOs report zero financial return from AI in 2026 (PwC survey, n=4,454) (aishortcutlab.com)
    ×3.08 15 #41 | 17 points by harran 2 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. A bright coloured fish (varun.ch)
    ×0.53 | 1 points by varun_ch 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Citrini Research research note on AI gets its economics wrong (economist.com)
    ×0.51 | 1 points by andsoitis 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Show HN: X86CSS – An x86 CPU emulator written in CSS (lyra.horse)
    ×1.61 65 | 269 points by rebane2001 3 days ago | 93 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Five Eyes warn: Patch your Cisco SD-WAN or risk root takeover (theregister.com)
    ×1.13 | 2 points by Bender 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. The Physics and Economics of Moving 44 Tonnes at 56mph (mikeayles.com)
    ×1.46 50 #32 | 102 points by mikeayles 17 hours ago | 90 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. The Web Weaver's Magical Loom (sidwashere.substack.com)
    ×0.93 | 1 points by SidsCreativTech 4 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. WebAssembly Is Everywhere (thenewstack.io)
    ×0.52 | 1 points by attackordie 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. ValveFM: Vintage FM Radio TUI in Go (github.com/Zorig)
    ×0.49 | 1 points by zorig 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Show HN: NotBuiltYet– Open-source library of civilisation problems worth solving (shivankar-madaan.github.io)
    ×1.02 92 | 3 points by mrxlimitless 11 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Show HN: Chaos Monkey but for Audio Video Testing (WebRTC and UDP) (github.com/MdSadiqMd)
    ×0.46 96 | 39 points by MdSadiqMd 3 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Show HN: OrangeWalrus, an aggregator for trivia nights (and other events) in SF (orangewalrus.com)
    ×1.31 122 | 3 points by gjtrowbridge 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Show HN: RocketShare – Zero-knowledge encrypted file sharing (rocketshare.app)
    ×2.39 110 | 5 points by Cornest 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Show HN: Provision Stateless GPU Compute with Claude Code's Remote Control (github.com/theoddden)
    ×0.77 | 2 points by Facingsouth 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Stardew Valley at 10: The pixel art farm game that became an unlikely phenomenon (cnn.com)
    ×1.87 4 #82 | 34 points by Tomte 9 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Robot wars are a reality (2007) (theguardian.com)
    ×0.51 | 1 points by bariumbitmap 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. QR Code X Cripix
    ×0.47 | 1 points by kellkell 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Show HN: Scheme-langserver – Digest incomplete code with static analysis (github.com/ufo5260987423)
    ×0.59 79 | 50 points by ufo5260987423 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Thirty years on, Pokémon is still a monster hit (economist.com)
    ×0.43 | 1 points by andsoitis 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Show HN: Safari-CLI – Control Safari without an MCP (npmjs.com)
    ×0.90 | 2 points by boros2me 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Show HN: I made a directory for Claude skills (skillsplayground.com)
    ×0.99 | 2 points by jackculpan 9 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Saving the Life We Cannot See (noemamag.com)
    ×0.47 | 1 points by Brajeshwar 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. A control plane for Claude Code from a network nerd who doesn't write code (github.com/Zillatron27)
    ×0.48 | 1 points by zillatron 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Show HN: Context Mode – 315 KB of MCP output becomes 5.4 KB in Claude Code (github.com/mksglu)
    ×1.53 73 | 77 points by mksglu 1 day ago | 23 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. I pitched a roller coaster to Disneyland at age 10 in 1978 (wordglyph.xyz)
    ×2.11 48 #71 | 554 points by wordglyph 2 days ago | 196 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Never buy a .online domain (0xsid.com)
    ×3.34 16 #83 | 762 points by ssiddharth 1 day ago | 476 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Exploring the Gleam FFI (2024) (jonashietala.se)
    ×0.86 | 1 points by notagoodidea 9 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. ServiceNow boasts its AI bot is resolving 90% of its own help desk tickets (theregister.com)
    ×0.47 | 1 points by Bender 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. The Misuses of the University (publicbooks.org)
    ×1.15 27 | 160 points by ubasu 1 day ago | 140 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: One grammar, 18 YAML parsers – a Futamura projector in Common Lisp (github.com/johnagrillo62)
    ×1.14 93 | 4 points by johnagrillo62 15 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Show HN: Linex – A daily challenge: placing pieces on a board that fights back (playlinex.com)
    ×0.55 39 #24 | 55 points by Humanista75 10 hours ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???