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  1. Ask HN: How are you all staying sane?
    ×2.44 61 | 4 points by throwaway53463 43 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Tell HN: MitID, Denmark's digital ID, was down
    ×0.70 72 | 140 points by mousepad12 2 days ago | 180 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: When do you expect ChatGPT moment in robotics?
    ×0.43 25 | 7 points by p1esk 7 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Tell HN: YC companies scrape GitHub activity, send spam emails to users
    ×3.15 45 | 677 points by miki123211 4 days ago | 257 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: How to approach new people in 2026?
    ×0.58 51 | 9 points by tavro 12 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: How will most Anthropic customers respond to the threats by the govt?
    ×0.46 56 | 6 points by Poomba 10 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. I used 2D Base64 to bypass Gemini and expose Google's moderation flaws
    ×1.53 93 | 7 points by MissMajordazure 21 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Aura-State: Formally Verified LLM State Machine Compiler
    ×0.13 100 | 3 points by rohanmunshi08 15 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Tell HN: My daily game won a Players Choice Award
    ×0.72 96 | 19 points by paulhebert 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: How do we solve the bot flooding problem without destroying anonymity?
    ×0.58 91 | 11 points by txrx0000 1 day ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. I built AI agents that do the grunt work solo founders hate
    ×0.29 116 | 5 points by Seleci 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Garbage In, Garbage Out: The Degradation of Human Requirements in the LLM Era
    ×0.50 123 | 7 points by waylake 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: Builder.ai ($1B Microsoft-backed AI company) who's lookin at the assets?
    ×0.30 120 | 6 points by gamelock 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. I don't need AI to build me a new app. I need it to make Jira bearable
    ×0.51 129 | 22 points by niel_hu 3 days ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Super Editor – Atomic file editor with automatic backups (Python and Go)
    ×0.21 138 | 6 points by larryste 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: Who Is Using XMPP?
    ×0.37 139 | 24 points by nunobrito 4 days ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Seeking Advice on Improving OCR for Watermarked PDFs in My RAG Pipeline
    ×0.17 145 | 3 points by hundredtrillion 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. 36yo: Career at home vs. Simple life abroad?
    ×0.50 132 | 12 points by Slaboli 3 days ago | 34 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: How do you handle duplicate side effects when jobs, workflows retry?
    ×0.38 141 | 11 points by shineDaPoker 3 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: Why are some websites locking or using the audio device on Windows?
    ×0.17 143 | 4 points by ezconnect 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: My competitor wants to buy us out, recommend a lawyer?
    ×0.43 146 | 8 points by VladVladikoff 3 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: What's it like working in big tech recently with all the AI tools?
    ×0.83 134 | 22 points by ex-aws-dude 4 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: What are you working on? (March 2026)
    ×0.99 118 | 4 points by nateb2022 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. LazyGravity – I made my phone control Antigravity so I never leave bed
    ×0.33 147 | 9 points by masaTokyo 4 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. If you drive clock wise along the beach on an island
    ×0.29 142 | 7 points by Cookingboy 2 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: Starting a New Role with Ada
    ×0.45 148 | 10 points by NoNameHaveI 4 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: What will happen with Anthropics ultimatum?
    ×0.50 149 | 7 points by maniacwhat 4 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. How to record and retrieve anything you've ever had to look up twice (ellanew.com)
    ×1.19 5 #10 | 53 points by Curiositry 5 hours ago | 23 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Microgpt explained interactively (growingswe.com)
    ×2.16 5 #24 | 272 points by growingswe 15 hours ago | 37 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. H-Bomb: A Frank Lloyd Wright typographic mystery (inconspicuous.info)
    ×1.04 53 #55 | 144 points by mrngm 1 day ago | 37 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Open source Bluetooth dynamometer for climbing training (crimpdeq.com)
    ×0.65 | 1 points by sergiogasquez 29 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Really? We're Fucking Doing This Again? (theshovel.com.au)
    ×1.50 | 2 points by JPLeRouzic 35 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Show HN: Xmloxide – an agent-made Rust replacement for libxml2 (github.com/jonwiggins)
    ×0.70 50 | 62 points by jawiggins 1 day ago | 62 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Show HN: I'm a teen from Kenya and I built a package manager in Rust for fun (github.com/v1peridae)
    ×1.79 95 | 6 points by v1peridae 20 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Rolv.ai: Universal sparse compute primitive, back end-agnostic reproducibility (rolv.ai)
    ×0.71 | 1 points by heggenhougen 14 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Show HN: GitPop – open-source AI Git context menu for Windows (OS X coming soon) (github.com/vinzify)
    ×0.87 131 | 3 points by vinzify 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Ghostty – Terminal Emulator (ghostty.org)
    ×3.19 4 #16 | 736 points by oli5679 21 hours ago | 312 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Tove Jansson's criticized illustrations of The Hobbit (2023) (tovejansson.com)
    ×1.59 3 #17 | 177 points by abelanger 12 hours ago | 83 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Operational issue – Multiple services (UAE) (amazon.com)
    ×2.19 25 #52 | 195 points by earthboundkid 14 hours ago | 87 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Ryzen AI Pro 400 Series Desktop CPUs for AI-Focused Computing (phoronix.com)
    ×0.45 | 1 points by tankenmate 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Show HN: Xpandas – running Pandas-style computation directly in pure C++
    ×0.71 | 2 points by xqli 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. If AI writes code, should the session be part of the commit? (github.com/mandel-macaque)
    ×2.12 2 #6 | 247 points by mandel_x 9 hours ago | 239 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. WebMCP is available for early preview (chrome.com)
    ×1.69 1 #8 | 291 points by andsoitis 11 hours ago | 161 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Figma blocks userland MCP tool so user clones Figma in one weekend (twitter.com/dan_note)
    ×0.97 | 2 points by swyx 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Show HN: SwarmClaw – Orchestration dashboard for OpenClaw and AI agents (github.com/swarmclawai)
    ×0.96 92 | 3 points by jamesweb 12 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Show HN: Tool to comply with the Pentagon's Claude ban (github.com/dabrez)
    ×1.01 78 | 3 points by dabrez 9 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Show HN: RetroTick – Run classic Windows EXEs in the browser (retrotick.com)
    ×1.13 62 | 191 points by lqs_ 2 days ago | 60 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Show HN: Claude-File-Recovery, recover files from your ~/.claude sessions (github.com/hjtenklooster)
    ×0.57 77 | 99 points by rikk3rt 2 days ago | 41 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Show HN: Badge that shows how well your codebase fits in an LLM's context window (github.com/qwibitai)
    ×0.71 83 | 86 points by jimminyx 2 days ago | 40 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Show HN: ParseHive – AI-powered invoice data extraction for Windows and Mac (parsehive.app)
    ×0.54 | 2 points by misha_dev 23 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Next-gen spacecraft are overwhelming communication networks (bearblog.dev)
    ×0.89 28 #25 | 68 points by korrz 11 hours ago | 24 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. We do not think Anthropic should be designated as a supply chain risk (twitter.com/OpenAI)
    ×3.47 #47 | 800 points by golfer 1 day ago | 433 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Gzpeek: Tool to Parse Gzip Metadata (evanhahn.com)
    ×0.64 36 #59 | 42 points by ingve 15 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. X's Rust and Python Architecture Analysed (nibzard.github.io)
    ×0.56 | 1 points by nkko 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Simplenote is no longer in active development (simplenote.com)
    ×0.87 69 | 59 points by 0in 1 day ago | 53 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. 4,500 Physicians Agree (About Bacon) (machielreyneke.com)
    ×3.59 26 | 58 points by machielrey 23 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Show HN: I built a browser-based 3D editor since I didn't want to learn Blender (topomaker.com)
    ×2.44 84 | 8 points by whothatcodeguy 20 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Show HN: I built GeoQuests where people can request photos of a place (geoquests.io)
    ×1.05 140 | 5 points by Swain123 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. The Windows 95 user interface: A case study in usability engineering (1996) (acm.org)
    ×1.74 10 #68 | 344 points by ksec 1 day ago | 263 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Don't trust AI agents (nanoclaw.dev)
    ×2.28 12 | 338 points by gronky_ 1 day ago | 191 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Show HN: Service Book – Smart maintenance tracking for every car owner (yourservicebook.com)
    ×1.66 82 | 3 points by sectorthree 10 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Long Range E-Bike (2021) (jacquesmattheij.com)
    ×1.34 29 #26 | 164 points by birdculture 18 hours ago | 254 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Verified Spec-Driven Development (VSDD) (github.com/dollspace-gay)
    ×1.04 40 #70 | 208 points by todsacerdoti 1 day ago | 111 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. The Orality Theory of Everything (theatlantic.com)
    ×0.63 | 1 points by robinhoodexe 34 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Khamenei Dead (twitter.com/BarakRavid)
    ×6.09 49 | 79 points by harscoat 1 day ago | 78 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Big Breakfast Alters Appetite, Gut Health (cambridge.org)
    ×1.13 20 | 50 points by wjb3 12 hours ago | 40 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Show HN: Steward – an ambient agent that handles low-risk work (github.com/study8677)
    ×0.76 | 2 points by 867762462f 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Show HN: Terminal Phone – E2EE Walkie Talkie from the Command Line (gitlab.com)
    ×1.44 68 | 321 points by smalltorch 3 days ago | 85 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Show HN: Watchtower – Minimal, terminal-based global intelligence dashboard (github.com/lajosdeme)
    ×1.03 101 | 4 points by lajosdeme 19 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Show HN: Computer Agents – Agents that work while you sleep (computer-agents.com)
    ×1.23 113 | 5 points by janlucasandmann 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. The Fall of Samakin Altwalker and the Dark Side of OpenAI (greggbayesbrown.substack.com)
    ×0.73 | 1 points by superfluous_g 13 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Show HN: OpenTamago – P2P GenAI Tamagotch (tamago.chat)
    ×1.33 53 | 3 points by boiling_eggs 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Why was the Commodore 64 disk drive so slow? (imrannazar.com)
    ×0.45 | 1 points by Two9A 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Show HN: Securos – Security-focused platform with hardened architecture (securos.org)
    ×0.49 | 1 points by temple_ent 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Cognitive Debt: When Velocity Exceeds Comprehension (rockoder.com)
    ×2.92 12 | 490 points by pagade 1 day ago | 212 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Show HN: I built a zero-browser, pure-JS typesetting engine for bit-perfect PDFs (github.com/cosmiciron)
    ×1.71 70 | 66 points by cosmiciron 21 hours ago | 46 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Show HN: LightJJ – Web-Based UI for Jujutsu VCS (github.com/chronologos)
    ×0.90 | 2 points by Chronologos 9 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Right-sizes LLM models to your system's RAM, CPU, and GPU (github.com/AlexsJones)
    ×2.02 6 #11 | 148 points by bilsbie 10 hours ago | 33 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Sub-second volumetric 3D printing by synthesis of holographic light fields (nature.com)
    ×0.88 51 #67 | 98 points by zdw 1 day ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Benzene changed chemistry forever – with Judy Wu [video] (youtube.com)
    ×0.70 | 1 points by mariuz 16 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Techno‑feudal elite are attempting to build a twenty‑first‑century fascist state (collapseofindustrialcivilization.com)
    ×9.08 2 | 302 points by measurablefunc 1 day ago | 92 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Samsung Galaxy update removes Android recovery menu tools, including sideloading (9to5google.com)
    ×2.72 8 | 169 points by pabs3 1 day ago | 58 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Show HN: Auto-cleanup for Claude Code's orphan process memory leak (github.com/theQuert)
    ×0.98 111 | 3 points by thequert 21 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. A Campaign to Tackle Loneliness – Empty Chairs (emptychairs.org.uk)
    ×0.56 | 1 points by kelseyfrog 52 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Visual Explainer Agent Skill (github.com/nicobailon)
    ×0.45 | 1 points by vghaisas 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Just two days of oatmeal cut bad cholesterol by 10% (sciencedaily.com)
    ×3.28 31 | 98 points by gradus_ad 1 day ago | 97 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Show HN: SQLite for Rivet Actors – one database per agent, tenant, or document (github.com/rivet-dev)
    ×0.87 76 | 44 points by NathanFlurry 1 day ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Decision trees – the unreasonable power of nested decision rules (mlu-explain.github.io)
    ×2.41 17 #21 | 486 points by mschnell 1 day ago | 74 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Can Europe break free of Visa and Mastercard? MEPs stall digital euro (euronews.com)
    ×2.70 8 #34 | 5 points by doener 56 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. The whole thing was a scam (garymarcus.substack.com)
    ×6.40 29 #80 | 959 points by guilamu 1 day ago | 303 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???