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  1. Ask HN: What's a standard way for apps to request text completion as a service?
    ×0.37 42 #17 | 27 points by nvader 6 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: Best way to find chill job where I can learn and grow as a swe
    ×0.56 91 #48 | 27 points by digitdiglet 17 hours ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: What happened to self-hosted models?
    ×0.71 21 | 3 points by curiousaboutml 2 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: Senior engineering mngrs: how has AI changed your day-to-day work?
    ×1.24 9 | 4 points by kitetm 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: Is it time for HN to implement a form of captcha?
    ×1.02 74 | 87 points by Rooster61 1 day ago | 132 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: Any Microsoft employees/devs here? What's happening to Microsoft?
    ×0.82 112 | 107 points by thehamkercat 3 days ago | 82 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Tell HN: Get a dying iPhone 12 mini in 2026
    ×0.50 96 | 23 points by remywang 1 day ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2026)
    ×0.83 146 | 171 points by whoishiring 1 week ago | 411 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: How to make working in software fun again?
    ×1.41 105 | 5 points by canxerian 18 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Working on decentralized compute at io.net sharing what we're learning
    ×0.22 116 | 4 points by plutodev 19 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: How do you use 5–10 minute gaps productively?
    ×0.62 163 | 46 points by pea 5 days ago | 56 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2026)
    ×1.40 121 | 358 points by whoishiring 1 week ago | 352 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: What's your preferred digital payment method?
    ×0.81 134 | 3 points by vednig 21 hours ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Implementing NaN Boxing in a Stack-Based VM
    ×0.16 172 | 5 points by tracyspacy 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: How would you decouple from the US?
    ×2.69 113 | 33 points by yawa_me_worht 2 days ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: Feeling irrelevant in back end. How to pivot to automotive software?
    ×0.46 171 | 3 points by culopatin 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. I've maintained an open source task manager for 8 years
    ×0.48 132 | 5 points by johannesjo 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: How do you do store-and-forward telemetry at the edge?
    ×0.24 173 | 5 points by Aydarbek 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: Have AI tools like agents affected your motivation at work?
    ×1.31 80 | 7 points by SpicyNoodle 13 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. RevisionDojo, a YC startup, is running astroturfing campaigns targeting kids?
    ×2.73 89 | 452 points by red-polygon 5 days ago | 88 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: Why isn't AI spawning profitable indie games?
    ×1.74 153 | 5 points by eveningsun 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. I built an AI agent that deploys a PR to production
    ×0.24 170 | 3 points by amouehsan 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: Where is legacy codebase maintenance headed?
    ×0.49 151 | 6 points by AnnKey 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Funding Opportunities with Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC)
    ×0.45 166 | 4 points by ARDC_73 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Reading list for being a better engineer?
    ×1.21 168 | 48 points by drekipus 6 days ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Show HN: GiftSong – turn a short story into a personalized gift song (giftsong.app)
    ×0.60 | 1 points by leo080825 37 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Show HN: Fudge – A new way to build pages and edit your Shopify store (fudge.ai)
    ×0.56 | 1 points by jacques-blom 53 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Show HN: Scroll Wikipedia like TikTok (sdan.io)
    ×2.35 19 #30 | 294 points by sdan 21 hours ago | 77 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Turn a single image into a navigable 3D Gaussian Splat with depth (revelium.studio)
    ×0.94 45 #53 | 75 points by ytpete 19 hours ago | 40 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Mathematics for Computer Science (2018) [pdf] (mit.edu)
    ×1.84 13 #64 | 388 points by vismit2000 1 day ago | 65 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Show HN: Roleplay-first chat UI for an OpenAI-compatible chat completions API (abliteration.ai)
    ×0.48 84 | 7 points by abliterationai 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Markets in Everything (dopaminemarkets.com)
    ×0.85 | 1 points by 27153 6 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great (theverge.com)
    ×3.06 65 | 4 points by rorylawless 36 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Digital Red Queen: Adversarial Program Evolution in Core War with LLMs (sakana.ai)
    ×0.89 68 | 124 points by hardmaru 1 day ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Task-free intelligence testing of LLMs (marble.onl)
    ×0.76 77 | 69 points by amarble 1 day ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Show HN: Symbolic Circuit Distillation: prove program to LLM circuit equivalence (github.com/neelsomani)
    ×0.59 165 | 16 points by nsomani 3 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. FFmpeg 8.0 (ayosec.github.io)
    ×2.76 11 #58 | 31 points by provdr 8 hours ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Show HN: Hosting 100 Linux dev environments on one VM using LXC (github.com/FootprintAI)
    ×0.83 82 | 12 points by hsin003 1 hour ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. How to Measure Your Dict in Bytes (archive.org)
    ×0.49 | 1 points by nomilk 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Show HN: Prism.Tools – Free and privacy-focused developer utilities (blgardner.github.io)
    ×1.71 81 | 378 points by BLGardner 4 days ago | 102 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Ushikuvirus: Newly discovered virus may offer clues to the origin of eukaryotes (tus.ac.jp)
    ×0.84 82 #73 | 127 points by rustoo 1 day ago | 46 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. AI's Memorization Crisis (theatlantic.com)
    ×1.14 | 2 points by palad1n 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. What Singapore Teaches Us About Building Prosperity from Scratch (youtube.com)
    ×0.47 | 1 points by AnfaB 1 hour ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Using Keybase and PGP to Build Certificate Trust Chains (certisfy.com)
    ×0.61 | 1 points by Edmond 40 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. AI Is Eating SaaS: Building an IP Geolocation API in Two Hours in Rust (vpetersson.com)
    ×2.10 34 | 3 points by mvip 51 minutes ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. What self-help books tell us about ourselves (economist.com)
    ×0.49 | 1 points by benjacksondev 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Show HN: A to Z – A word game I built from a childhood road trip memory (a26z.fun)
    ×0.55 156 | 13 points by jackhulbert 2 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Show HN: An LLM-Powered PCB Schematic Checker (Major Update) (traceformer.io)
    ×0.71 161 | 54 points by wafflesfreak 5 days ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Google AI Studio is now sponsoring Tailwind CSS (twitter.com/OfficialLoganK)
    ×4.42 5 #81 | 762 points by qwertyforce 1 day ago | 287 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. DeepSeek to launch new AI model focused on coding in February (reuters.com)
    ×0.68 | 1 points by jonbaer 25 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Redesigned carbon molecules boost battery safety, durability and power (techxplore.com)
    ×0.65 | 1 points by PaulHoule 27 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. MAKERphone 2: first modular DIY phone, no soldering (circuitmess.com)
    ×2.16 84 #68 | 9 points by nateb2022 11 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. The Napoleon Technique: Postponing things to increase productivity (effectiviology.com)
    ×1.53 67 #80 | 276 points by Khaine 2 days ago | 129 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. AI gave us oil and we strapped it to a horse (sitebloom.ch)
    ×1.16 | 2 points by nickgreg 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Show HN: A character generator not prompt wrestling (characteraigc.com)
    ×0.62 | 1 points by jokera 34 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Gen Z are arriving to college unable to even read a sentence (fortune.com)
    ×2.67 41 | 4 points by ironyman 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Allow me to introduce, the Citroen C15 (eupolicy.social)
    ×3.82 #1 | 312 points by colinprince 4 hours ago | 142 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. London–Calcutta bus service (wikipedia.org)
    ×2.41 11 #67 | 345 points by thunderbong 1 day ago | 171 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Show HN: Agent-of-empires: opencode & claudecode session manager (github.com/njbrake)
    ×1.41 | 2 points by river_otter 12 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. ShowHN: WordStack - A physics-based word game (React/Framer Motion) (wordstack.app)
    ×0.50 | 1 points by yungdoon 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Caltrain shows why every region should be moving toward regional rail (hsrail.org)
    ×3.09 4 | 65 points by gok 15 hours ago | 61 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Diving into Qualcomm's Upcoming Adreno X2 GPU with Eric Demers (chipsandcheese.com)
    ×0.35 69 #26 | 20 points by rbanffy 9 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. How to code Claude Code in 200 lines of code (mihaileric.com)
    ×3.00 46 #27 | 775 points by nutellalover 1 day ago | 234 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. 2026 looks ominous for media, from Hollywood to journalism (npr.org)
    ×2.53 52 | 3 points by andsoitis 21 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Show HN: Just Logo – Multi-source logo generator for side projects (just-logo.vercel.app)
    ×2.10 109 | 5 points by ahmedsemih 19 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Show HN: Foundertrace – chain of YC startups founded by its employees (foundertrace.com)
    ×0.65 144 | 38 points by loondri 6 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Show HN: Website that plays the lottery every second (lffl.me)
    ×1.96 127 | 262 points by Loeffelmann 1 week ago | 144 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Are You Unique on the Web? (github.com/7and1)
    ×1.90 26 | 3 points by leadsrocks 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Show HN: Sigma Runtime – model-agnostic identity control for LLMs (github.com/sigmastratum)
    ×1.24 | 2 points by teugent 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Show HN: DeepDream for Video with Temporal Consistency (github.com/jeremicna)
    ×0.47 86 | 71 points by fruitbarrel 2 days ago | 27 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Show HN: DDL to Data – Generate realistic test data from SQL schemas
    ×0.59 133 | 54 points by ddltodata 4 days ago | 31 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Agonist-Antagonist Myoneural Interface (mit.edu)
    ×0.56 73 #71 | 40 points by kaycebasques 22 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Do not mistake a resilient global economy for populist success (economist.com)
    ×2.49 11 | 210 points by andsoitis 1 day ago | 270 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Show HN: An all-in-one image crop/split/collage tool (no uploads, no watermark) (imagesplitter.tools)
    ×1.87 137 | 6 points by harperhuang 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: OpenH1B – Search H1B Salaries for Tech, Finance, Law and More (openh1b.org)
    ×1.89 20 | 3 points by realberry 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Show HN: uvx ptn, scan a QR, get a terminal in your phone (github.com/lyehe)
    ×1.24 158 | 100 points by yxl448 1 week ago | 43 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Show HN: C-TURTL, a turtle graphics game (michae2.github.io)
    ×0.73 59 #16 | 6 points by michae2 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. A Short Guide to Coding: Using the MIT Whirlwind I (1949) (mit.edu)
    ×0.60 | 1 points by stmw 35 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. How I accidentally became a power AI user in big tech (christopherkrapu.com)
    ×1.22 | 2 points by ckrapu 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Show HN: Turn any topic into a 3Blue1Brown-style video (github.com/mateolafalce)
    ×2.08 102 | 4 points by lafalce 14 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Show HN: Stash – Sync Markdown Files with Apple Notes via CLI (github.com/shakedlokits)
    ×1.00 124 | 73 points by shuka 3 days ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Show HN: Awesome-Nanobanana-Prompts (github.com/Transcendo)
    ×0.51 111 | 3 points by hellomerlin 14 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Show HN: Classic NES Tetris as a REST API, Written in Rust (github.com/skorotkiewicz)
    ×1.16 143 | 4 points by modinfo 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. The paradox of failed resolutions (jillianhess.substack.com)
    ×0.68 53 #44 | 14 points by nobet 7 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. How many continents are there in the world? (cartographerstale.com)
    ×0.60 | 1 points by Milhaud 34 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Show HN: ElixirBrowser – Android Chromium fork with extensions, inspired by Kiwi (github.com/SF-FLAM)
    ×2.29 90 | 13 points by SF-FLAM 22 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Start your meetings at 5 minutes past (philipotoole.com)
    ×2.20 27 #18 | 207 points by otoolep 17 hours ago | 179 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. What Claude Code Sends to the Cloud (rastrigin.systems)
    ×2.08 30 | 3 points by rastriga 55 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: Ever wanted to look at yourself in Braille? (github.com/NishantJoshi00)
    ×1.79 115 | 10 points by cat-whisperer 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Show HN: Agent-contracts, contract-based LangGraph agents (github.com/yatarousan0227)
    ×2.02 106 | 7 points by yatarousan 23 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???