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  1. Introduction to DSCI
    ×0.24 | 3 points by melezhik 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. What web businesses will continue to make money post AI?
    ×0.35 33 | 9 points by surume 9 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Tell HN: Ralph Giles has died (Xiph.org| Rust@Mozilla | Ghostscript)
    ×2.38 32 | 511 points by ffworld 2 days ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: LLMs helping you read papers and books
    ×0.65 46 | 4 points by amelius 6 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: Are there examples of 3D printing data onto physical surfaces?
    ×0.25 81 | 15 points by catapart 1 day ago | 32 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: Info on the 1982 Apple 2 text game Abuse?
    ×0.19 99 | 5 points by jmount 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: Are you using an agent orchestrator to write code?
    ×1.12 86 | 38 points by gusmally 3 days ago | 58 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: What would you recommend a vibe coder learn about how all this works?
    ×0.68 97 | 32 points by alexdobrenko 2 days ago | 38 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: Want to move to use a "dumb" phone. How to make the switch?
    ×0.86 71 | 8 points by absoluteunit1 20 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: What explains the recent surge in LLM coding capabilities?
    ×1.30 67 | 9 points by orange_puff 18 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: Did YouTube change how it handles uBlock?
    ×0.64 108 | 21 points by tefloon69 2 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: Stripe is asking for bank statements to check financial health
    ×0.63 98 | 7 points by kinj28 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: How do you audit LLM code in programming languages you don't know?
    ×0.49 128 | 10 points by syx 3 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. ClawdReview – OpenReview for AI Agents
    ×0.44 93 | 5 points by mingtianzhang 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: Better hardware means OpenAI, Anthropic, etc. are doomed in the future?
    ×0.38 140 | 5 points by kart23 2 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: Why are electronics still so unrecyclable?
    ×0.73 94 | 73 points by alexandrehtrb 4 days ago | 139 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: Exceptionally well-written research papers in CS/ML/AI?
    ×0.62 121 | 4 points by b3rkus 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Tell HN: Moving My Blog to IPv6 Only Internet
    ×1.25 96 | 6 points by quaintdev 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: We're building a saving app for European savers and need GTM advice
    ×0.42 148 | 5 points by AlePra00 2 days ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: What's You Opinon on XMTP
    ×0.13 | 2 points by julienreszka 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: Do sociotechnical pressures select for beneficial or harmful AI systems?
    ×0.31 133 | 6 points by jerlendds 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: What happens when capability decouples from credentials?
    ×0.84 118 | 10 points by falsework 2 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: Tools to code using voice?
    ×0.60 125 | 8 points by emerongi 3 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: My OpenClaw doesn't respond. Anybody met with the same problem?
    ×0.55 120 | 4 points by Fendy1 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Anyone else finding the new Gemini Deep Think troublingly sycophantic?
    ×0.56 122 | 4 points by neom 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. We just released Khaos SDK and khaos-examples (BSL 1.1)
    ×0.38 135 | 3 points by exordex 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: Why is my Claude experience so bad? What am I doing wrong?
    ×0.72 131 | 6 points by moomoo11 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: Why is everyone here so AI-hyped?
    ×1.22 123 | 31 points by fandorin 4 days ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: Has anyone achieved recursive self-improvement with agentic tools?
    ×0.32 142 | 9 points by nycdatasci 3 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Ask HN: If your OpenClaw could do 1 thing it currently can't, what would it be?
    ×0.44 145 | 5 points by stosssik 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Ask HN: How do founders demo real product without exposing sensitive data?
    ×0.65 146 | 5 points by legitimate_key 2 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ask HN: GPT-5.3-Codex being silently routed to GPT-5.2?
    ×0.55 149 | 5 points by tardis_thad 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Moss: A Linux-compatible Rust async kernel, 3 months on
    ×0.29 136 | 4 points by hexagonal-sun 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Ask HN: What's the current state of ChatGPT Apps?
    ×0.72 150 | 5 points by arthurlee 3 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. SMTP server from scratch in Go – FSM, raw TCP, and buffer-oriented I/O
    ×0.59 134 | 5 points by Jyotishmoy 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Who discovered grokking and why is the name hard to find?
    ×0.32 | 2 points by asmodeuslucifer 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Ask HN: Would you use context-based "modes" in Instagram(work,study,sport,news)?
    ×0.40 153 | 3 points by MatiasLaudonio 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Ask HN: How much PTO do you get?
    ×1.18 138 | 6 points by SunshineTheCat 2 days ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Ask HN: Best practices for AI agent safety and privacy
    ×0.19 | 2 points by mw1 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Ask HN: How to build text-to-app platforms?
    ×0.21 | 2 points by desperado1 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Ask HN: Is Prettier extension working for you in Cursor?
    ×0.20 | 2 points by vldszn 3 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Goodbye Solar Panels: This Tiny Wind Turbine Is Perfect for Mobile Power (bgr.com)
    ×0.98 | 2 points by thelastgallon 56 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. AI film school trains next generation of Hollywood moviemakers (reuters.com)
    ×1.14 50 | 4 points by devonnull 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Pinchtab – 12MB Go Binary for AI Browser for OpenClaw (github.com/pinchtab)
    ×1.01 | 2 points by tengio 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Show HN: Windows 98½ – fake desktop, real Internet (win9-5.com)
    ×4.86 74 | 12 points by keepamovin 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Windows NT/OS2 Design Workbook (computernewb.com)
    ×1.28 39 #53 | 137 points by markus_zhang 1 day ago | 59 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. German retail deposits reached 3T and its probably a bad thing (longtermnomics.substack.com)
    ×1.62 18 | 3 points by plvch 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. The Spy Who Found T. Rex (nautil.us)
    ×0.26 48 #20 | 4 points by speckx 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Experiments with CodeMirror: Building a code review tool (aziis98.com)
    ×1.59 | 2 points by todsacerdoti 17 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Using Claude for Spellchecking and Grammar (kodare.net)
    ×0.61 | 1 points by boxed 24 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. I'm not worried about AI job loss (davidoks.blog)
    ×3.01 15 | 343 points by ezekg 1 day ago | 544 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Show HN: MicroGPT in 243 Lines – Demystifying the LLM Black Box
    ×2.32 127 | 8 points by madugula 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Ooh.directory: a place to find good blogs that interest you (ooh.directory)
    ×2.47 5 #45 | 569 points by hisamafahri 1 day ago | 135 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Show HN: Stripe-no-webhooks – Sync your Stripe data to your Postgres DB (github.com/pretzelai)
    ×0.65 109 | 66 points by prasoonds 5 days ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Anthropic raises $30B in Series G funding at $380B post-money valuation (anthropic.com)
    ×2.81 54 #77 | 435 points by ryanhn 3 days ago | 452 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling (politico.eu)
    ×5.14 19 | 765 points by danso 1 day ago | 909 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Show HN: DocSync – Git hooks that block commits with stale documentation (github.com/suhteevah)
    ×0.96 68 | 4 points by suhteevah 11 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Show HN: Moltis – AI assistant with memory, tools, and self-extending skills (moltis.org)
    ×1.19 53 | 121 points by fabienpenso 2 days ago | 47 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Show HN: Generate Web Interfaces from Data (github.com/puffinsoft)
    ×0.51 90 | 38 points by Goose78 2 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear (europa.eu)
    ×5.15 1 #2 | 283 points by giuliomagnifico 1 hour ago | 197 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Unicorn Jelly (unicornjelly.com)
    ×0.83 42 #71 | 63 points by avaer 23 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Ars Technica makes up quotes from Matplotlib maintainer; pulls story (infosec.exchange)
    ×5.41 35 | 544 points by robin_reala 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Dutch House of Representatives advances controversial 36% tax law (tradingview.com)
    ×2.49 42 | 41 points by janandonly 1 day ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Reversed engineered game Starflight (1986) (github.com/s-macke)
    ×0.99 10 #14 | 75 points by tosh 7 hours ago | 37 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. MDST Engine: run GGUF models in the browser with WebGPU/WASM (mdst.app)
    ×0.45 64 #51 | 29 points by vmirnv 16 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Launching Interop 2026 (mozilla.org)
    ×0.77 36 #75 | 64 points by linolevan 23 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Show HN: Data Engineering Book – An open source, community-driven guide (github.com/datascale-ai)
    ×1.25 25 | 244 points by xx123122 1 day ago | 31 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Audiophiles can't distinguish audio sent through copper, banana or mud (tomshardware.com)
    ×4.32 2 | 143 points by RandomGerm4n 1 day ago | 134 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Babylon 5 is now free to watch on YouTube (cordcuttersnews.com)
    ×4.23 10 #76 | 630 points by walterbell 2 days ago | 332 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Show HN: I built managed OpenClaw hosting with 60s provisioning in 6 days (clawhosters.com)
    ×1.96 151 | 9 points by yixn_io 4 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. The seam through the center of things (usefulfictions.substack.com)
    ×0.99 6 #22 | 30 points by surprisetalk 4 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Death of the Certified Expert (maalla.dev)
    ×0.61 | 1 points by jari_mustonen 39 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Show HN: Deadend CLI – Open-source self-hosted agentic pentesting tool (github.com/xoxruns)
    ×0.43 | 1 points by gemini-15 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Show HN: Hex-Sweeper – Minesweeper on a hexagonal grid, built with Phaser (gamesanova.com)
    ×1.49 102 | 3 points by rduchnik 20 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Hideki Sato, designer of all Sega's consoles, has died (videogameschronicle.com)
    ×2.93 2 #6 | 171 points by magoghm 2 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Breaking the spell of vibe coding (fast.ai)
    ×3.29 7 #42 | 381 points by arjunbanker 23 hours ago | 313 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. A header-only C vector database library (github.com/abdimoallim)
    ×0.75 48 #61 | 85 points by abdimoalim 1 day ago | 42 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Show HN: Iherb-CLI – An agent-optimized CLI for AI-driven supplement research (github.com/SeverinAlexB)
    ×0.94 | 1 points by sebubu 49 seconds ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Weekly Claw: OpenClaw community's weekly voice chat. 2/15 4PM ET (wetheclaw.org)
    ×1.07 | 2 points by fractalnetworks 53 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Video feedback fractal device to get an order of magnitude upgrade in resolution (thelightherder.com)
    ×0.46 | 1 points by thelightherder 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Show HN: AI data analyst that runs Python in the browser (kasipa.com)
    ×0.46 | 1 points by dcastm 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Hippocampus does more than store memories: It predicts rewards, study finds (medicalxpress.com)
    ×2.37 32 | 4 points by PaulHoule 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Show HN: I'm 75, Building an OSS Virtual Protest Protocol (github.com/voice-of-japan)
    ×3.29 89 | 7 points by sakanakana00 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Gwtar: A static efficient single-file HTML format (gwern.net)
    ×1.76 5 #5 | 70 points by theblazehen 3 hours ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. (Ars) Editor's Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations (arstechnica.com)
    ×3.93 9 #17 | 19 points by bikenaga 38 minutes ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Flood Fill vs. The Magic Circle (robinsloan.com)
    ×0.98 26 #68 | 93 points by tobr 21 hours ago | 27 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Platforms bend over backward to help DHS censor ICE critics, advocates say (arstechnica.com)
    ×5.89 25 | 283 points by pjmlp 1 day ago | 173 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: Nomousemode – keyboard window switcher for macOS (nomousemode.vercel.app)
    ×0.70 | 1 points by ahalurooji 10 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: FunWithText – Free browser PII sanitizer and prompt injection scanner (funwithtext.com)
    ×1.53 | 2 points by atbj 20 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. The true history of the Minotaur: what archaeology reveals (nationalgeographic.fr)
    ×0.61 | 1 points by joebig 26 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???