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  1. Structural Friction: A metric for human coordination cost
    ×0.08 | 2 points by davidvartanian 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: Are you using a Pivotal Tracker successor? Which one?
    ×0.18 | 2 points by antfarm 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Spotify playing ads for paid subscribers
    ×1.66 47 | 139 points by IncandescentGas 1 day ago | 123 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: What do you look for in your first 10 hires?
    ×0.59 63 | 25 points by neilk17 1 day ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: Broken "Public Research Articles" Link: Any Support for Google Scholar?
    ×0.14 77 | 4 points by yann-gael 17 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: The new wave of AI agent sandboxes?
    ×0.53 62 | 10 points by ATechGuy 20 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: What is it like being in a CS major program these days?
    ×1.31 67 | 211 points by tathagatadg 4 days ago | 202 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: How to Find a Job in the UK
    ×0.54 70 | 8 points by 0x3444ac53 21 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: Can we make up/downvotes/flags visible on Hacker News Archives (delayed)
    ×0.39 68 | 5 points by gpt5 16 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. How are Iranian drones getting their guidance?
    ×0.32 69 | 5 points by dottenad 16 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: How do you deal with people who trust LLMs?
    ×3.07 37 | 147 points by basilikum 1 day ago | 194 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Tell HN: If working with agents means this, robots, please take my job
    ×1.01 60 | 12 points by tiredagent 19 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: Are we ready for vulnerabilities to be words instead of code?
    ×0.38 79 | 4 points by lielcohen 19 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. TTal – CLI that turns Claude Code into a multi-agent software factory
    ×0.36 112 | 4 points by neilbb 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. European municipalities leak citizen data to US companies
    ×1.27 66 | 9 points by sam_lowry_ 21 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: Who is still using Windsurf and why?
    ×1.02 83 | 9 points by mak8 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: Is vibe coding a new mandatory job requirement?
    ×0.95 82 | 33 points by newswangerd 2 days ago | 71 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Tell HN: AI tools are making me lose interest in CS fundamentals
    ×1.31 87 | 98 points by Tim25659 4 days ago | 92 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. I built a game where you argue consumer rights against AI bots
    ×0.38 86 | 6 points by dragonmann 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: Have you cancelled any software subscriptions because AI replaced them?
    ×0.83 84 | 8 points by maxim_bg 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: Is Claude down Again?
    ×0.32 103 | 10 points by rreyes1979 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Open AI is actively censoring information about voting today in the US
    ×0.51 117 | 11 points by resters 2 days ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: Why is everyone on HN obsessed with Rust?
    ×2.10 80 | 15 points by goldkey 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: How are you protecting yourself from skill atrophy?
    ×0.65 118 | 5 points by xpnsec 1 day ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Claude Code 500s
    ×1.11 107 | 16 points by bavarianbob 2 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Skills Manager – manage AI agent skills across Claude, Cursor, Copilot
    ×0.20 140 | 3 points by evergreenxx 2 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: Did GitHub remove Opus and Sonnet from their Copilot Pro subscription?
    ×0.63 134 | 14 points by lgl 4 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: How to Learn C++ in 2026?
    ×0.55 135 | 16 points by creatorcoder 4 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: Which router makers do you trust most?
    ×1.28 91 | 10 points by general_reveal 1 day ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. How to defer US taxes (taylor.town)
    ×2.09 12 | 167 points by surprisetalk 23 hours ago | 161 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Show HN: mtp-rs – pure-Rust MTP library, up to 4x faster than libmtp (github.com/vdavid)
    ×0.74 109 | 3 points by vdavid 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Show HN: High Output Software Engineering (Book)
    ×0.48 | 2 points by MaxMussio 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Show HN: Claude Code plugin that gives .svelte files full LSP intelligence (github.com/RA1NCS)
    ×1.26 141 | 8 points by gshreyan 4 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Too Much Color (keithcirkel.co.uk)
    ×1.11 11 #27 | 77 points by maguay 9 hours ago | 43 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. LHCb Collaboration discovers new proton-like particle (home.cern)
    ×0.52 | 1 points by woodwireandfood 35 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. A rogue AI led to a serious security incident at Meta (theverge.com)
    ×3.10 20 | 162 points by mikece 21 hours ago | 133 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. AI sell-off's worst-hit company grapples with 'SaaSpocalypse' (ft.com)
    ×1.88 1 #85 | 9 points by frereubu 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. The Cartel Olympics (theatlantic.com)
    ×0.98 | 1 points by Jtsummers 1 minute ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. The Interface Is Content (medium.com)
    ×0.58 | 1 points by felixbraun 24 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Major phone carriers to launch 'Japan Roaming' for use in disasters (japantimes.co.jp)
    ×1.36 | 2 points by mikhael 29 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Eon Watches: Modified Casio watches hand-assembled (urawatches.com)
    ×1.20 | 2 points by MrBuddyCasino 50 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Just Put It on a Map (progressandpoverty.substack.com)
    ×1.12 8 #14 | 82 points by surprisetalk 6 hours ago | 37 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. FSF statement on copyright infringement lawsuit Bartz v. Anthropic (fsf.org)
    ×1.89 3 #33 | 177 points by m463 12 hours ago | 85 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Last love: a romance in a care home (2023) (theguardian.com)
    ×0.64 36 #71 | 28 points by NaOH 13 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Show HN: Crust – A CLI framework for TypeScript and Bun (github.com/chenxin-yan)
    ×0.75 71 | 91 points by jellyotsiro 3 days ago | 41 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. 20 Days Later: Trivy Compromise, Act II (boostsecurity.io)
    ×1.17 | 2 points by slim 35 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. C++ for JavaScript developers: the 5 concepts you need for React Native JSI (dev.to)
    ×0.79 | 1 points by xtmntxraphaelx 53 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Worth the Read: The Mathematical Radio (radioworld.com)
    ×0.55 | 1 points by teleforce 56 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Show HN: Tiny pixel characters for Cursor AI agents (github.com/wunderlabs-dev)
    ×5.69 26 | 11 points by balajmarius 4 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Show HN: BamBuddy – a self-hosted print archive for Bambu Lab 3D printers (bambuddy.cool)
    ×1.40 81 | 5 points by maziggy 23 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Show HN: Lexicon – Write complex legal contracts in Markdown (lexicon.esq)
    ×0.53 | 2 points by RichEO 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Jeff Bezos announces plans for data center megaconstellation (arstechnica.com)
    ×0.51 | 1 points by merksittich 50 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. What 81,000 people want from AI (anthropic.com)
    ×2.83 19 | 197 points by dsr12 1 day ago | 185 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. RX – a new random-access JSON alternative (github.com/creationix)
    ×1.29 42 | 138 points by creationix 1 day ago | 104 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Show HN: Antfly: Distributed, Multimodal Search and Memory and Graphs in Go (github.com/antflydb)
    ×0.98 65 | 106 points by kingcauchy 3 days ago | 42 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Physicists Trace Sun's Magnetic Engine, 200k Kilometers Below Surface (njit.edu)
    ×0.82 37 #83 | 24 points by gmays 14 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. No AI in Node.js Core (github.com/indutny)
    ×1.85 25 #90 | 57 points by porsager 20 hours ago | 34 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Counting Sheep to Fall Asleep (stackexchange.com)
    ×1.21 | 2 points by marysminefnuf 43 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. The Importance of Mathematics in Political Decision-Making (siam.org)
    ×2.24 45 | 3 points by teleforce 28 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Show HN: Crossle – Scrabble meets crossword game (playcrossle.com)
    ×3.30 99 | 9 points by enahs-sf 1 day ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. The Los Angeles Aqueduct Is Wild (practical.engineering)
    ×1.69 4 #5 | 95 points by michaefe 4 hours ago | 38 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Be intentional about how AI changes your codebase (swerdlow.dev)
    ×1.32 17 #49 | 154 points by benswerd 19 hours ago | 90 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. The Trump administration's campaign to counter content bans in Europe (washingtonpost.com)
    ×0.59 | 1 points by bryanrasmussen 21 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. TI-89 Height-Mapped Raycaster (github.com/dzoba)
    ×1.08 60 #65 | 21 points by zoba 14 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Thoughts on OpenAI acquiring Astral and uv/ruff/ty (simonwillison.net)
    ×1.73 52 #66 | 59 points by jt-hill 22 hours ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. I Built an Autonomous AI Stock Market Analysis Platform (and What I Learned) (medium.com)
    ×0.68 | 1 points by pushp_shah 15 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Design.md (stitch.withgoogle.com)
    ×0.70 | 1 points by armcat 15 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Show HN: I Built a MTA Subway Display So I'd Stop Checking My Phone (twitter.com/pirosb3)
    ×1.23 | 2 points by pirosb3 23 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Return of the Obra Dinn: spherical mapped dithering for a 1bpp first-person game (tigsource.com)
    ×2.18 15 #25 | 448 points by PaulHoule 23 hours ago | 56 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Afroman found not liable in defamation case (nypost.com)
    ×6.24 24 #53 | 1194 points by antonymoose 1 day ago | 698 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Essex police pause facial recognition camera use after study finds racial bias (theguardian.com)
    ×1.68 13 #63 | 37 points by Brajeshwar 7 hours ago | 34 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Show HN: QCCBot – Android in a browser tab, with AI agent control
    ×1.96 123 | 7 points by Eastra 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Show HN: N0x – LLM inference, agents, RAG, Python exec in browser, no back end (n0xth.vercel.app)
    ×2.58 116 | 9 points by redhanuman 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Show HN: React terminal renderer, cell level diff, no alt screen (github.com/nathan-cannon)
    ×0.72 96 | 3 points by nathan-cannon 21 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: Dear Aliens (Writing Contest) (dearaliens.net)
    ×0.70 105 | 3 points by surprisetalk 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Show HN: Bento – Save and restore multi-monitor app layouts (bentodesktop.com)
    ×2.29 114 | 7 points by aarmenante 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Show HN: Qage.dev – Bug Reporting for Everyday Users
    ×0.58 | 1 points by hunch_tan 27 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Price Like a Winner (revturbine.com)
    ×1.28 | 2 points by millereffect 32 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. CVE-2026-3888: Important Snap Flaw Enables Local Privilege Escalation to Root (qualys.com)
    ×1.15 46 | 156 points by askl 2 days ago | 110 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. OpenClaw vs. Claude Code: One Month Later (telegraphic.substack.com)
    ×0.53 | 1 points by telegrahi 50 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Show HN: Anchor any file to Bitcoin to prove it existed at a specific time (umarise.com)
    ×1.71 89 | 4 points by Umarise2026 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Show HN: Oku – One tab to filter out noise from feeds and content sources (oku.io)
    ×1.08 88 | 4 points by oan 23 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Show HN: HN Skins – Available Skins: Cafe, Courier, London, Midnight, Terminal (github.com/susam)
    ×1.78 139 | 12 points by susam 4 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Schizophrenia study finds new biomarker, drug candidate in mice (northwestern.edu)
    ×1.27 23 #31 | 92 points by gmays 3 hours ago | 39 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. From Oscilloscope to Wireshark: A UDP Story (2022) (mattkeeter.com)
    ×0.90 29 #58 | 120 points by ofrzeta 21 hours ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Meme Buildings (misfitsarchitecture.com)
    ×0.51 | 1 points by speckx 41 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Show HN: Hecate – Call an AI from Signal (github.com/rhodey)
    ×0.60 113 | 26 points by rhodey 4 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: Hanoi-CLI – simulate and optimize pod placement in Kubernetes (github.com/k-krew)
    ×0.52 | 2 points by kreicer 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: PlanckClaw an AI agent in 6832 bytes of x86-64 assembly (github.com/frntn)
    ×1.09 130 | 4 points by frntn 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Chuck Norris has died (variety.com)
    ×7.49 22 #24 | 398 points by mp3il 2 hours ago | 211 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???