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  1. Ask HN: Any AWS billing issues known? Amazon forecast of 3 billion dollars
    ×2.70 3 #6 | 42 points by mstolpm 1 hour ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: Do you say please and thank you to your LLMs?
    ×1.68 18 #50 | 12 points by healthworker 3 hours ago | 33 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: What are you working on(2026)?
    ×1.07 3 | 3 points by adithyaharish 2 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Just got an AWS billing alert projecting my monthly cost at $140B
    ×6.11 89 | 71 points by mirzap 2 hours ago | 48 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)
    ×1.17 84 | 284 points by david927 4 days ago | 1102 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: I feel like I've lost my identity due to AI
    ×0.66 24 | 7 points by im-not-enjoying 7 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: Is it just me, or is software buggier across the board?
    ×1.58 57 | 127 points by kadhirvelm 1 day ago | 106 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Who gets credits on big math questions solved by LLMs?
    ×0.47 66 | 9 points by silentmafia 14 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. How do you guys keep up with AI news?
    ×0.63 72 | 9 points by anirudhc2005 16 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Router ARP/NAT contradict after reload. Client ghost or firmware bug?
    ×0.16 | 2 points by asdem 9 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: Add flag for AI-generated articles
    ×5.91 40 | 1087 points by levkk 4 days ago | 456 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: I built it and nobody came. What got you your first users?
    ×0.61 67 | 6 points by deadcatfound 11 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data - $1.7 BILLION
    ×7.38 85 | 45 points by nprateem 2 hours ago | 57 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: How do you manage too many open tabs?
    ×0.53 91 | 9 points by NarcisMirandes 22 hours ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: Are AWS Certs worth getting for experienced Devs?
    ×0.51 119 | 11 points by Gold-Ask-lx 1 day ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: As LLMs progress, how do you stay sharp and productive?
    ×0.45 99 | 7 points by spiresofagartha 23 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: Should I do a CS masters at Cambridge or start as a new grad at Amazon?
    ×0.59 135 | 28 points by sspehr 3 days ago | 93 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Why people chasing after useless token saving plugins and ignoring real solution
    ×0.18 | 2 points by yohji1984 18 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: Are we there yet? Can I create a human analogue using AI?
    ×0.15 | 2 points by JoeAltmaier 20 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Thinking: Alternate Distribution for Filmmakers
    ×0.25 136 | 3 points by phaedrus044 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: Best meeting transcription daemon for macOS?
    ×0.57 112 | 4 points by tomelliot 20 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: Assistive Tech Ideas for Dementia
    ×0.65 110 | 5 points by thanksd 22 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Help me be accountable with my time
    ×0.35 121 | 4 points by atomiomi 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: How about a "Merge Stories" feature?
    ×0.38 133 | 3 points by RetroTechie 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: What are you using for authn/authz and payments?
    ×0.48 134 | 3 points by jftuga 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: Are there any startups looking for a developer on contract base?
    ×0.37 | 2 points by need_a_work23 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. OTPme Testers Wanted
    ×1.40 125 | 4 points by otpme 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Timeline Scan – AI fixes the dates on your scanned photos (timelinescan.com)
    ×0.58 47 #64 | 32 points by HoserHoser 16 hours ago | 31 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Neglected software update caused widespread Telstra network outage (theguardian.com)
    ×0.57 | 1 points by prawn 54 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. We don't use AI in any of our design or production processes (mass-driver.com)
    ×3.26 48 | 107 points by tony_cannistra 1 day ago | 113 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Show HN: E-- – A language you dial between English and Python (github.com/frmoded)
    ×0.64 85 | 28 points by OdedF 6 days ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Show HN: I implemented a neural network in SQL (github.com/xqlsystems)
    ×1.11 96 | 119 points by alxmrs 3 days ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Real Money, Fake Models: Deceptive Model Claims in Shadow APIs (arxiv.org)
    ×0.62 | 1 points by sysoleg 44 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Windows XP Simulation by Kimi K3 (kimi.site)
    ×1.17 | 2 points by uneven9434 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Show HN: Customizable SAP MCP Server (superglue.ai)
    ×0.49 | 1 points by sfaist 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Show HN: Wallflower – A Quiet Social Reader (thewallflower.app)
    ×0.78 94 | 8 points by tldrthelaw 22 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Show HN: Moltshit.com – An Imageboard for AI Agents (moltshit.com)
    ×1.70 90 | 4 points by jetbalsa 13 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Show HN: Juggler – an open-source GUI coding agent, by the creator of JUCE (github.com/juggler-ai)
    ×1.89 60 | 276 points by julesrms 4 days ago | 118 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Show HN: I open-sourced a macOS native Markdown rendering engine (github.com/nodes-app)
    ×2.93 76 | 7 points by jacobchen7 16 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Show HN: Self-hosted voice AI agent for Asterisk/FreePBX (github.com/hkjarral)
    ×1.24 115 | 30 points by hkjarral 4 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Show HN: A spectral live stream of NYC sunlight (enody.lighting)
    ×1.61 113 | 4 points by carterpeterson 21 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Show HN: SirixDB 1.0 Beta – Git-Like Versioning, Diffs, Time-Travel Queries (github.com/sirixdb)
    ×1.21 116 | 12 points by lichtenberger 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. LM Studio Bionic: the AI agent for open models (lmstudio.ai)
    ×1.66 12 #12 | 275 points by minimaxir 16 hours ago | 101 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. My car’s OTA update broke Android Auto (imdanielkendall.com)
    ×2.49 41 #71 | 151 points by Expletive4138 14 hours ago | 190 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. AI in scientific publishing: Slower, worse, and more expensive (science.org)
    ×0.70 | 1 points by anujbans 20 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Is the AI Boom over for Kospi and Asian Tech Stocks? (disruptionbanking.com)
    ×1.16 | 2 points by technewssss 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Making 768 servers look like 1 (planetscale.com)
    ×1.37 34 #74 | 147 points by hisamafahri 1 day ago | 82 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Collection of Digital Clock Designs (clocks.dev)
    ×1.92 20 #85 | 287 points by levmiseri 1 day ago | 50 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Value, quality or growth: three investing philosophies based on 12 years of data (aito.ai)
    ×0.60 | 1 points by arauhala 57 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Show HN: Clawk – Give coding agents a disposable Linux VM, not your laptop (github.com/clawkwork)
    ×1.59 78 | 223 points by celrenheit 3 days ago | 156 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Job queues are deceptively tricky (typesanitizer.com)
    ×1.35 44 #80 | 133 points by ingve 1 day ago | 48 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Show HN: A hook that stops Claude Code from re-trying fixes that failed (github.com/anlor1002-alt)
    ×1.53 | 2 points by anlor1002-alt 26 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Solod: Go can be a better C (solod.dev)
    ×1.78 15 #10 | 158 points by koeng 13 hours ago | 85 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. The privacy problems hidden in your period tracker (bbc.com)
    ×1.43 18 #38 | 103 points by tchalla 16 hours ago | 56 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. US Corporate Insiders Are Selling Stocks at a Near Record Pace (yahoo.com)
    ×0.62 | 1 points by akyuu 30 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Can LLMs Perform Deep Technical Comprehension of Computer Architecture Papers (arxiv.org)
    ×1.18 42 | 81 points by Jimmc414 1 day ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. 'We used acid to sabotage Microsoft hyperscale data centre construction' (techwerkers.nl)
    ×4.53 2 | 73 points by lowbar 19 hours ago | 167 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Show HN: Opening lines of famous literary works (verbaprima.com)
    ×1.02 70 | 178 points by plicerin 2 days ago | 104 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Show HN: Flashbang – DuckDuckGo bangs resolved locally with a Service Worker (flashbang-dyr.pages.dev)
    ×1.04 132 | 18 points by t3ntxcles 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Pseudpocalypse (dynomight.net)
    ×1.58 15 #35 | 127 points by surprisetalk 17 hours ago | 74 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. How Our Rust-to-Zig Rewrite Is Going (rtfeldman.com)
    ×3.32 28 #56 | 505 points by jorangreef 1 day ago | 268 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Show HN: The AWS CDK, in Ruby (generated from jsii) (omarqureshi.net)
    ×0.87 | 1 points by omarqureshi 8 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Show HN: I built an open source alternative to Workflowy (dotflowy.com)
    ×1.30 122 | 3 points by campak 20 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. CD sales growth outpaced vinyl in the first half of 2026 (consequence.net)
    ×1.74 35 #25 | 132 points by speckx 19 hours ago | 143 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Microsoft Confirms Windows GDID Device Identifier That Cannot Be Disabled (ghacks.net)
    ×3.05 63 | 109 points by robtherobber 1 day ago | 54 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Show HN: I've built a words game based on binary search (hilogame.cc)
    ×0.76 36 | 47 points by ludovicianul 23 hours ago | 59 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. An Engineer's Guide to USB Typе-С (2024) (ti.com)
    ×2.02 5 #9 | 205 points by gregsadetsky 11 hours ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Huawei could become a DRAM fabber (blocksandfiles.com)
    ×2.39 38 | 4 points by rbanffy 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. As a musician, I prefer illegal downloading over Spotify (2011) (tumblr.com)
    ×3.02 16 | 72 points by teach 17 hours ago | 39 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Show HN: Sx 2.0 – Share AI skills with your team through a Dropbox folder (sleuth-io.github.io)
    ×0.67 120 | 44 points by detkin 3 days ago | 33 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Show HN: A cross-platform app for meeting notes and items that don't get lost (github.com/kestermckinney)
    ×1.34 131 | 6 points by kestermckinney 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. CVE-2026-25089: FortiSandbox unauthenticated command injection added to CISA KEV (hellorecon.com)
    ×0.64 50 #49 | 33 points by slvnx 14 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Inkling: Our Open-Weights Model (thinkingmachines.ai)
    ×4.62 30 #65 | 1195 points by vimarsh6739 1 day ago | 283 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Cottage Computer Programming (1984) (atariarchives.org)
    ×0.81 45 #76 | 39 points by lioeters 19 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. My midlife crisis Corolla is fast, furious, and modded (zocalopublicsquare.org)
    ×1.87 37 | 194 points by gmays 1 day ago | 416 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Starlink unlimited aviation plan to rise from $10k/month to $20k (corporatejetinvestor.com)
    ×3.74 55 | 122 points by r2sk5t 1 day ago | 212 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Show HN: Low-latency local LLM runner via OpenJDK Panama FFM (Java 22) (github.com/projectargus-cc)
    ×0.84 77 | 38 points by KingJoker 2 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Show HN: Justif – publication-grade text justification for the web (lyall.co)
    ×1.13 79 | 4 points by lyall 12 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Abstracting Effects with Continuations (crowdhailer.me)
    ×0.91 34 #40 | 65 points by crowdhailer 16 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Adaptional (YC S25) Is Hiring (ycombinator.com)
    19 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. But what is the Central Limit Theorem?(2023) 3B1B [video] (youtube.com)
    ×0.50 | 1 points by o4c 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. US postgraduate student visas will be limited to 4 years (dhs.gov)
    ×3.08 40 | 5 points by macleginn 2 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Show HN: Rudo - A small, elegant dock for Wayland (github.com/skorotkiewicz)
    ×0.76 | 2 points by modinfo 16 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Detecting LLM-Generated Texts with “Classical” Machine Learning (lyc8503.net)
    ×1.31 22 #20 | 210 points by uneven9434 19 hours ago | 155 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. SpacetimeDB: A Short Technical Review (strn.cat)
    ×0.84 | 1 points by courtcircuits 5 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Open-source memory for coding agents, synced over SSH (github.com/vshulcz)
    ×1.22 51 | 129 points by vshulcz 1 day ago | 34 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Stop saying that AI is just a tool and it only matters how it is used (frank.computer)
    ×3.96 32 | 104 points by cratermoon 1 day ago | 115 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: YouTube Guitar Tab Parser (github.com/marcelpanse)
    ×0.93 98 | 108 points by neogenix 3 days ago | 66 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: Clx – Compile Lua to Native Executables Through C++20 (github.com/samyeyo)
    ×1.56 9 #31 | 125 points by _samt_ 15 hours ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Bluesky Trademarks ATProto (atproto.com)
    ×1.54 35 #68 | 190 points by chaosharmonic 1 day ago | 144 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???