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  1. Ask HN: Why isn't Google indexing information about the AT Protocol?
    ×1.74 26 #44 | 26 points by iameli 2 hours ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Google deleting all recently inactive accounts without phone number
    ×2.97 22 #63 | 33 points by superkuh 6 hours ago | 24 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: Are systems ready for the first negative leap second?
    ×0.59 44 #78 | 80 points by Asmod4n 1 day ago | 85 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Map of All Known Knowledge
    ×0.34 | 2 points by Abhishek000001 3 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: How do you use Vim in the era of AI?
    ×1.11 60 | 44 points by rstagi 1 day ago | 85 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Tell HN: I De-Googled Myself
    ×1.28 65 | 35 points by degoogled 1 day ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: What was the last task where only a frontier model could do it?
    ×0.77 71 | 23 points by thedebuglife 1 day ago | 29 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. One Wikipedia page costs your AI agent 68,000 tokens
    ×1.04 76 | 12 points by arhamislam5766 20 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: Is anyone experimenting with different ways of using LLMs for coding?
    ×1.18 115 | 209 points by yehiaabdelm 1 week ago | 205 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: Burned Tokens scented candle ideas
    ×0.27 107 | 5 points by Tade0 1 day ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: HN frontpage feels boring now?
    ×0.91 92 | 48 points by xeonmc 2 days ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: Where are the good search engines for mathematical formulas?
    ×0.49 108 | 56 points by lo0dot0 1 week ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2026)
    ×1.08 120 | 246 points by whoishiring 1 week ago | 404 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: I hate coding agents. Is this skill issue?
    ×1.51 102 | 18 points by cmar00 2 days ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: Is GitHub preparing to go behind a login wall?
    ×0.65 104 | 56 points by reconnecting 4 days ago | 38 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: I am not able to find a job. Should I switch stacks?
    ×0.24 117 | 12 points by need_a_work23 2 days ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Tell HN: Who wants to be hired" posts outpace "Who's hiring" 2 to 1
    ×1.03 109 | 56 points by santiagobasulto 4 days ago | 34 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: Does anyone let AI agents play games just for fun?
    ×0.46 | 2 points by nodivbyzero 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Show HN: Free Mermaid Diagram Editor (moxiedocs.com)
    ×1.00 103 | 51 points by ghosts_ 3 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. An iroh powered smart fan (iroh.computer)
    ×1.23 27 #34 | 158 points by surprisetalk 20 hours ago | 54 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Shipping OpenStrike: A Counter-Strike-Shaped FPS on a 2004 Handheld (pocketjs.dev)
    ×1.07 | 2 points by itvision 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Architectures Agents Can Read (khola.blog)
    ×0.45 | 1 points by nkhola 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Show HN: Bramble – Local-first password manager (github.com/flythenimbus)
    ×2.11 123 | 153 points by MegagramEnjoyer 1 week ago | 50 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Show HN: A zero-dependency auditor for decision records in AI-touched systems (github.com/forgedculture)
    ×0.61 136 | 5 points by forgesignals 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Show HN: Osint tool that finds exposed files on domains (cerast-intelligence.com)
    ×0.81 127 | 58 points by PatchRequest 5 days ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Preemption is GC for memory reordering (2019) (pvk.ca)
    ×0.63 52 #73 | 43 points by mpweiher 21 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Mayor Mamdani announces "Click-to-Cancel" rules (nyc.gov)
    ×5.33 13 | 182 points by thisislife2 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. USAA closed 51% of home insurance claims without making a payment in 2025 (expressnews.com)
    ×7.43 71 | 65 points by gscott 5 hours ago | 46 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Show HN: FableCut – A browser video editor AI agents can drive (zero deps) (github.com/ronak-create)
    ×0.90 74 | 98 points by ronak_parmar 2 days ago | 58 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Show HN: R3 – A Local Code Review Tool for You and Your AI Agent (github.com/hyperlogue)
    ×1.36 132 | 4 points by rickye26 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Blame the Plumbing: Why Intel Handles USB Onboard Audio Codecs Better Than AMD (techpowerup.com)
    ×1.90 16 | 3 points by akyuu 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. What Every Python Developer Should Know About the CPython ABI (quansight.org)
    ×0.49 | 1 points by matt_d 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. 45% of Enthusiasts 'Seriously Considering' Leaving Sony for PC (pushsquare.com)
    ×3.60 21 | 86 points by speckx 1 day ago | 131 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Show HN: Neil the Seal Game (neiltheseal.app)
    ×1.12 88 | 97 points by dalemhurley 6 days ago | 88 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Wealthy AI workers send San Francisco house prices soaring (bbc.com)
    ×0.71 | 1 points by root-parent 15 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Show HN: Share and explore custom Claude Code status lines (claudelines.com)
    ×0.62 | 1 points by rsproule 30 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. SF judge OKs lawsuit against United over windowless window seats (sfgate.com)
    ×2.52 40 | 4 points by lisper 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Meta pulls new AI image feature after days of backlash (bbc.com)
    ×3.54 17 | 56 points by cdrnsf 19 hours ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Hands-On with the AMD Ryzen AI Halo (microcenter.com)
    ×0.82 47 | 51 points by bdcravens 1 day ago | 43 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. The Chinese Voice Actor Forced to Prove He's Human (sixthtone.com)
    ×3.06 2 #19 | 8 points by homarp 35 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. New York City to ban deceptive subscription practices (theguardian.com)
    ×4.27 25 #57 | 611 points by randycupertino 1 day ago | 323 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. EU Parliament greenlights Chat Control 1.0 (patrick-breyer.de)
    ×6.14 16 #71 | 1609 points by rapnie 2 days ago | 841 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Networking and the Internet, from First Principles (fazamhd.com)
    ×2.15 78 | 192 points by faza 7 hours ago | 58 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Reimplementing pf as an eBPF/XDP dataplane on Linux (nfsensei.org)
    ×1.00 62 #45 | 9 points by 882542F3884314B 7 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. I Analyzed 28k+ Randomized ALttP ROMs So You Don't Have To (ty-porter.dev)
    ×0.50 | 1 points by pawptart 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Build your own vulnerability harness (cloudflare.com)
    ×0.99 68 | 68 points by ianrahman 1 day ago | 23 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. History of IRIX (2020) (thoryk.com)
    ×1.21 | 2 points by naves 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Show HN: Akshara vision localfirst layout aware OCR and document restorer (bgraaj.github.io)
    ×0.45 | 2 points by bgraj 11 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Show HN: Foreman, a self-hosted LLM gateway for cost aware model routing (github.com/Northwood-Systems)
    ×0.61 125 | 15 points by AndrewLiu96 3 days ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Show HN: Chiptune Radio (alephvoid.com)
    ×0.76 94 | 77 points by bootbloopers 3 days ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Show HN: Docx-CLI: agents read/edit Word docs using 1/2 the time and tokens (github.com/kklimuk)
    ×0.79 99 | 70 points by kirillklimuk 4 days ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. AI 2040 and the cult of intelligence (geohot.github.io)
    ×4.24 90 | 112 points by rvz 2 hours ago | 138 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. FreeCAD in the Browser (magik.net)
    ×1.58 22 | 48 points by cui 19 hours ago | 36 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Companies are scrambling to curtail soaring AI costs (economist.com)
    ×2.94 18 | 44 points by nlpnerd 11 hours ago | 27 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Show HN: Hidetext.sh – encrypted pastebin where the server never sees the key (hidetext.sh)
    ×0.48 | 2 points by hidetext 7 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Show HN: Fast, native Mac file manager (filters, fuzzy find, 9 MB, no Electron) (whimfiles.com)
    ×1.20 97 | 98 points by whimbyte 4 days ago | 74 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Show HN: LifetimeR–A memento mori wallpaper generator (life,year,goal calendars) (lifetimer.vercel.app)
    ×0.77 | 2 points by alvaro_l_torres 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Show HN: Mojave Paint for macOS, edit images like it's 1999 (mojavepaint.app)
    ×1.23 129 | 3 points by jpsimons 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. QuadRF can spot drones and see WiFi through my wall (jeffgeerling.com)
    ×2.76 7 #41 | 716 points by speckx 1 day ago | 227 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. A zero-dependency Rust model that repairs code, graded by rustc (amalshehu.github.io)
    ×0.89 | 1 points by amalshehu 4 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Software Engineer's Firing Ruled Illegal in a Rare Win for a Tech Worker (nytimes.com)
    ×3.59 28 | 67 points by ytpete 23 hours ago | 42 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Show HN: Tinyreplay – lightweight session replay without analytics/cloud (github.com/kzekiue)
    ×0.71 | 2 points by kzekiue 11 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. GhostLock, a stack-UAF that has existed in ALL Linux distributions for 15 years (nebusec.ai)
    ×1.41 38 #66 | 95 points by djfergus 23 hours ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Show HN: Catch your local LLM falling back to CPU (github.com/logxio)
    ×1.25 | 2 points by logickkk1 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Bayeux Tapestry arrives in UK for first time in 900 years under police guard (bbc.com)
    ×0.49 | 1 points by Luc 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. So I am building my own web search engine (puri.li)
    ×1.24 | 2 points by skillplayed 1 hour ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Show HN: Devthropology – Better Insights for GitHub Repos (devthropology.com)
    ×0.84 87 | 37 points by dpc94 2 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Show HN: Pylon Sync, an agent-first full-stack realtime framework (pylonsync.com)
    ×0.44 106 | 12 points by ericc59 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Show HN: Onboard-CLI, a LLM powered and AST-based tool to visualize codebase (github.com/animesh-94)
    ×0.43 113 | 24 points by yr_animesh 3 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Show HN: Getting GLM 5.2 running on my slow computer (github.com/JustVugg)
    ×3.38 18 #48 | 888 points by vforno 2 days ago | 229 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Show HN: I built a digital game master screen (overseer.studio)
    ×0.45 | 1 points by nullfish 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Europe's Largest Unions Demand Right to Cancel Work on Days Above 30C (novaramedia.com)
    ×4.17 33 | 95 points by robtherobber 1 day ago | 132 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Java 27: What's New? (loicmathieu.fr)
    ×1.84 59 | 54 points by loicmathieu 1 day ago | 57 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. EU Commission: addictive design Instagram and Facebook in breach of the DSA (europa.eu)
    ×2.83 1 | 269 points by jeroenhd 1 day ago | 191 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: Yamanote.fun – A complete soundscape for Tokyo's Yamanote line (yamanote.fun)
    ×1.71 63 | 237 points by madebymagnolia 4 days ago | 52 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Amber the programming language compiled to Bash/Ksh/Zsh (amber-lang.com)
    ×1.29 15 #16 | 39 points by _superposition_ 5 hours ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. How Container Networking Works: Building a Bridge Network from Scratch (iximiuz.com)
    ×1.64 58 #68 | 10 points by theanonymousone 10 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Sperm donors need limits, says a European fertility group (technologyreview.com)
    ×0.69 | 1 points by randycupertino 21 minutes ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Fire Your Stockbroker (arachnoid.com)
    ×0.49 | 1 points by andsoitis 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Your code is fast – if you're lucky (tiki.li)
    ×1.70 29 #58 | 119 points by chrka 9 hours ago | 78 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Ask HN: Has single-task focus become outdated in the AI era?
    ×1.08 | 2 points by yura 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Unified Memory, Explained: Why Mini PCs Can Run 70B Models a Big GPU Can't (vettedconsumer.com)
    ×1.91 50 | 71 points by ermantrout 1 day ago | 56 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Lisp as the Maxwell's Equations of Software (2012) (michaelnielsen.org)
    ×13.39 62 | 68 points by andsoitis 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. The early History of the Singular Value Decomposition (1993) [pdf] (ucdavis.edu)
    ×0.97 11 #5 | 67 points by wolfi1 4 hours ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. The Victorian War on Rabies (historytoday.com)
    ×0.58 30 #35 | 16 points by benbreen 6 hours ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Ransomware negotiator hired to represent victims was working for the attackers (arstechnica.com)
    ×1.91 20 | 3 points by logickkk1 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Computation as a universal and fundamental concept (ergo.org)
    ×1.19 44 #59 | 160 points by simonpure 1 day ago | 133 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Successful companies go blind (ianreppel.org)
    ×1.70 22 #65 | 235 points by speckx 1 day ago | 82 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: Frugon – Find which LLM calls a cheaper model could handle (local, MIT) (github.com/Rodiun)
    ×0.57 55 #80 | 63 points by jarodrh 1 day ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Too Many Books? (nytimes.com)
    ×0.66 | 1 points by paulpauper 25 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???