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  1. Ask HN: Job seekers, what's working / not working?
    ×1.91 | 2 points by Jabbs 5 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
    ×1.20 19 #30 | 219 points by david927 21 hours ago | 696 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: What business processes still waste time every week?
    ×0.30 | 2 points by lzr_mihnea 5 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Tell HN: Auto-download in Apple Podcasts is so unreliable it's basically useless
    ×0.22 | 2 points by garyfirestorm 6 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Why is example.com using Cloudflare
    ×0.49 66 | 8 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 17 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: Has anyone built payment flows inside AI voice calls?
    ×0.19 | 2 points by wasiyc 10 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: When has a "dumb" solution beaten a sophisticated one for you?
    ×0.27 95 | 7 points by amadeuswoo 1 day ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Senior engineering mngrs: how has AI changed your day-to-day work?
    ×0.98 80 | 31 points by kitetm 2 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: Is Programming as a Profession Cooked?
    ×0.61 69 | 14 points by fnoef 1 day ago | 29 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: Best way to find chill job where I can learn and grow as a swe
    ×0.46 88 | 33 points by digitdiglet 3 days ago | 43 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: Is it time for HN to implement a form of captcha?
    ×0.98 84 | 89 points by Rooster61 3 days ago | 132 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: What was the best sci-fi book of 2025?
    ×1.18 57 | 12 points by Erikun 18 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Aaron Swartz died 13 years ago today
    ×6.34 3 | 80 points by vitaelabitur 23 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: Senior software engineers, how do you use Claude Code?
    ×0.69 77 | 12 points by allie1 1 day ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: Moved to SF to build a startup. What next?
    ×0.54 82 | 4 points by kvaranasi_ 17 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: Would you pay for a privacy-first social platform?
    ×0.82 97 | 8 points by sammiej 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Tell HN: Get a dying iPhone 12 mini in 2026
    ×0.52 100 | 26 points by remywang 3 days ago | 24 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: Cheaper Datadog anyone?
    ×0.28 | 2 points by kvaranasi_ 15 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Implementing NaN Boxing in a Stack-Based VM
    ×0.14 141 | 5 points by tracyspacy 4 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Are There Any Similar Sites Like Downdetector?
    ×0.21 127 | 3 points by nomadfounder 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: Should I learn Docker to deploy my app in VPS?
    ×0.59 113 | 5 points by danver0 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: How would you decouple from the US?
    ×2.25 106 | 37 points by yawa_me_worht 4 days ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: What happened to self-hosted models?
    ×0.26 133 | 3 points by curiousaboutml 2 days ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. macOS Tahoe 26.2 ships with an outdated version of Python 3.9.6
    ×0.71 105 | 6 points by Gabrielfair 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: How do you do store-and-forward telemetry at the edge?
    ×0.25 140 | 6 points by Aydarbek 4 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: Feeling irrelevant in back end. How to pivot to automotive software?
    ×0.27 142 | 3 points by culopatin 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: Why isn't AI spawning profitable indie games?
    ×1.28 135 | 7 points by eveningsun 3 days ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: How to make working in software fun again?
    ×0.79 128 | 6 points by canxerian 2 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Funding Opportunities with Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC)
    ×0.46 138 | 5 points by ARDC_73 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Working on decentralized compute at io.net sharing what we're learning
    ×0.19 136 | 4 points by plutodev 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Ask HN: What's your preferred digital payment method?
    ×0.36 139 | 3 points by vednig 2 days ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. I've maintained an open source task manager for 8 years
    ×0.76 125 | 9 points by johannesjo 3 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Show HN: Epstein IM – Talk to Epstein clone in iMessage (epstein.im)
    ×1.44 4 | 54 points by RyanZhuuuu 1 day ago | 51 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Show HN: What if AI agents had Zodiac personalities? (github.com/baturyilmaz)
    ×0.47 12 | 27 points by arbayi 14 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Show HN: MCP server for SOAP web services (github.com/AustinWise)
    ×1.18 126 | 3 points by MarkSweep 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Climbing the mountain: or, venturing into PL theory (techne98.com)
    ×0.22 64 #27 | 3 points by fixedprog 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Yt-Dlp Online – Simple and Free YouTube Video Downloader (yt-dlp.online)
    ×0.69 | 1 points by blackomw 18 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. UK government exempting itself from cyber law inspires little confidence (theregister.com)
    ×2.52 13 | 313 points by DyslexicAtheist 2 days ago | 67 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Bichon: A lightweight, high-performance Rust email archiver with WebUI (github.com/rustmailer)
    ×0.98 61 | 61 points by rendx 1 day ago | 36 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Show HN: An LLM-optimized programming language (github.com/ImJasonH)
    ×0.61 24 #42 | 40 points by ImJasonH 11 hours ago | 29 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Progressive Disclosure of Agent Tools from the Perspective of CLI Tool Style (github.com/musistudio)
    ×0.77 | 1 points by musistudio 10 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Tiny Tapeout – make your own chip (tinytapeout.com)
    ×1.30 | 2 points by rcarmo 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Show HN: stream-unzip – Python function to unZIP on the fly (github.com/uktrade)
    ×0.82 | 2 points by michalc 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real time (github.com/richhickson)
    ×1.07 72 | 158 points by RichHickson 3 days ago | 48 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Show HN: KeelTest – AI-driven VS Code unit test generator with bug discovery (keelcode.dev)
    ×0.28 117 | 30 points by bulba4aur 5 days ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Solar panels on land used for biofuels: enough electricity for all cars/trucks (ourworldindata.org)
    ×1.41 9 #70 | 12 points by ndr42 6 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Why 3D doesn't work and never will (2011) (rogerebert.com)
    ×1.62 | 2 points by Antibabelic 18 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Lock-Picking Robot (github.com/etinaude)
    ×0.61 | 1 points by p44v9n 30 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Show HN: Umaro – An interactive music theory suite for guitarists (umaro.app)
    ×1.73 79 | 16 points by SnowingXIV 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Show HN: 15 Years of StarCraft II Balance Changes Visualized Interactively (migdal.pl)
    ×1.74 99 | 8 points by stared 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Explore eCommerce statistics and KPI benchmarks to see how you stack up (dynamicyield.com)
    ×0.66 | 1 points by mooreds 19 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. See the Forest and the Trees (gitcanopy.com)
    ×1.36 | 2 points by mooreds 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Docker Hardened Images (github.com/docker-hardened-images)
    ×0.59 | 1 points by thunderbong 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Quake 1 Single-Player Map Design Theories (2001) (quaddicted.com)
    ×0.78 38 #47 | 66 points by Lammy 19 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. ‘Fuck you, make me’ without saying the words (daringfireball.net)
    ×18.34 18 | 117 points by chmaynard 20 hours ago | 79 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Windows 8 Desktop Environment for Linux (github.com/er-bharat)
    ×1.81 1 #1 | 54 points by edent 48 minutes ago | 29 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Show HN: VAM Seek – 2D video navigation grid, 15KB, zero server load (github.com/unhaya)
    ×0.59 62 | 40 points by haasiy 1 day ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Circumcision classed as possible child abuse in draft CPS document (theguardian.com)
    ×6.41 51 | 81 points by isomorph 1 day ago | 64 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Anthropic Made a Big Mistake (archaeologist.dev)
    ×1.83 3 #26 | 19 points by codesparkle 3 hours ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. How to code Claude Code in 200 lines of code (mihaileric.com)
    ×3.02 40 #78 | 802 points by nutellalover 3 days ago | 238 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. The Internet Archive Python Library (github.com/jjjake)
    ×0.58 | 1 points by hamburgererror 45 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Adaptive Insider Threat Detection Using Generative Sequence Models (mdpi.com)
    ×0.60 | 1 points by PaulHoule 49 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Show HN: LLM Agent That Makes Composable CLIs (github.com/caesarnine)
    ×1.29 | 2 points by binalpatel 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Tux Paint (tuxpaint.org)
    ×1.71 59 | 55 points by 1317 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Show HN: I made a memory game to teach you to play piano by ear (specr.net)
    ×2.74 21 | 548 points by vunderba 2 days ago | 169 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Show HN: flash.nvim, but for tmux…sort of (github.com/Kristijan)
    ×0.72 34 | 3 points by KristijanM13 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Show HN: The Thiele Machine – Coq-Verified Computational Model Beyond Turing (github.com/sethirus)
    ×0.71 45 | 7 points by nwthiele 11 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. This game is a single 13 KiB file that runs on Windows, Linux and in the Browser (iczelia.net)
    ×1.33 15 #14 | 242 points by snoofydude 15 hours ago | 65 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. XMPP and Metadata (mathieui.net)
    ×0.91 15 #16 | 35 points by todsacerdoti 5 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. NASA announces unprecedented return of sick ISS astronaut and crew (livescience.com)
    ×1.43 45 #87 | 133 points by bookofjoe 2 days ago | 127 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. The future of autonomous warfare is unfolding in Europe (technologyreview.com)
    ×0.60 | 1 points by rbanffy 47 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Show HN: MCP Server for Job Search (github.com/jobswithgpt)
    ×1.50 110 | 5 points by sp1982 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Show HN: Horizon Engine – C++20 3D FPS Game Engine with ECS and Modern Renderer (github.com/jackthepunished)
    ×1.75 114 | 4 points by bhdr26k 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Show HN: ChemistryLaTeX (google.com)
    ×1.05 | 2 points by quintessen 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. CLI agents make self-hosting on a home server easier and fun (fulghum.io)
    ×3.01 1 #10 | 635 points by websku 16 hours ago | 431 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Show HN: Symfreq – Analyse symbol frequencies in code (Rust) (github.com/vaskort)
    ×0.66 | 2 points by vaskort 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. A polyfill for the HTML switch element (tomayac.com)
    ×0.65 | 1 points by tomayac 23 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Former Google CEO plans to singlehandedly fund a Hubble telescope replacement (arstechnica.com)
    ×0.61 | 1 points by mhb 48 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Show HN: Worldview, persistent strategic context for Claude Code (extremeclarity.ai)
    ×1.08 92 | 3 points by faizanbhat 18 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Show HN: I made a Tailwind alternative for Preact (github.com/aziis98)
    ×2.41 87 | 5 points by aziis98 23 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Show HN: WinBorg, a beautiful alternative to Vorta for BorgBackup (github.com/robotnikz)
    ×0.75 | 2 points by robotnikz 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Headless browser automation CLI for AI agents from Vercel (github.com/vercel-labs)
    ×1.34 | 2 points by nkko 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. A Year of Work on the Arch Linux Package Management (ALPM) Project (archlinux.page)
    ×0.97 32 | 96 points by susam 1 day ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Show HN: SMTP Tunnel – A SOCKS5 proxy disguised as email traffic to bypass DPI (github.com/x011)
    ×1.04 91 | 140 points by lobito25 5 days ago | 51 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. 39c3: In-house electronics manufacturing from scratch: How hard can it be? [video] (ccc.de)
    ×1.74 5 #12 | 172 points by fried-gluttony 9 hours ago | 69 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. A Glimpse into DexProtector (romainthomas.fr)
    ×0.26 49 #85 | 10 points by shelfchair 13 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. The Chinese Company Taking on the Memory-Chip Giants (wsj.com)
    ×0.76 | 1 points by fortran77 13 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN : Pilot – System to improve dramatically your AI coding (github.com/clementrog)
    ×0.61 | 1 points by crog 50 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Reelive – Access Sora 2, Veo 3, Kling in one place (reelive.ai)
    ×0.54 | 1 points by danny_miller 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. iCloud Photos Downloader (github.com/icloud-photos-downloader)
    ×2.55 6 #13 | 528 points by reconnecting 18 hours ago | 206 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???