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  1. AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data – $1.7 billion
    ×4.69 11 #43 | 1278 points by nprateem 1 day ago | 744 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Thanks HN for 15 years of support and helping me find my life's work
    ×3.81 23 #57 | 795 points by nicholasjbs 1 day ago | 100 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. LG ThinQ Terms of Use
    ×1.52 13 | 55 points by tedggh 15 hours ago | 27 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)
    ×1.17 86 | 287 points by david927 6 days ago | 1117 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: Did Fable disappear from your Claude usage and requires credits now?
    ×4.14 36 | 91 points by cromka 1 day ago | 86 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: Having a child before career has taken off
    ×0.55 80 | 5 points by lassearpe 19 hours ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. I procrastinated so hard I built a proxy to stop myself from procrastinating
    ×0.87 65 | 7 points by thisislorenzov 14 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Is it just me, or is software buggier across the board?
    ×1.52 75 | 133 points by kadhirvelm 3 days ago | 111 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: Add flag for AI-generated articles
    ×5.85 60 | 1092 points by levkk 6 days ago | 456 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: I've told everyone about my startup and its been harder than I thought
    ×0.52 94 | 4 points by bunnybomb2 22 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: Should I do a CS masters at Cambridge or start as a new grad at Amazon?
    ×0.55 143 | 28 points by sspehr 5 days ago | 94 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: How do you handle the actual situation with so much AI noises
    ×0.53 122 | 5 points by ThierryRkt 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: I built it and nobody came. What got you your first users?
    ×0.59 119 | 9 points by deadcatfound 2 days ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: Are AWS Certs worth getting for experienced Devs?
    ×0.53 137 | 13 points by Gold-Ask-lx 3 days ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: Who gets credits on big math questions solved by LLMs?
    ×0.38 126 | 9 points by silentmafia 2 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: Is AI sycophancy a way to reduce compute rather than make users happier?
    ×0.10 | 2 points by amichail 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. How do you guys keep up with AI news?
    ×0.78 112 | 14 points by anirudhc2005 2 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Show HN: A web based VistaPro clone (toby.github.io)
    ×1.56 146 | 11 points by tobypadilla 4 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Show HN: Wolbarg – Local-first shared memory for AI agents using SQLite (wolbarg.com)
    ×1.39 132 | 4 points by atharvmunde 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. From Sawdust to Paw Patrol: The Spin Master Story (With Ronnen Harary) [audio] (econtalk.org)
    ×0.27 60 #51 | 8 points by mooreds 8 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Waldi: A quiet place to write, and to be read (github.com/waaldev)
    ×0.81 35 #58 | 65 points by waaldev 21 hours ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. ECHR confirms ethical veganism is a protected philosophical belief (veganfta.com)
    ×1.92 41 #88 | 22 points by salutis 6 hours ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Topcoat: The full full-stack framework for Rust (github.com/tokio-rs)
    ×1.36 39 #67 | 117 points by wertyk 1 day ago | 45 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Scrying the AMD GFX1250 LLVM Tea Leaves (chipsandcheese.com)
    ×1.57 | 2 points by mfiguiere 25 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Netflix Pays $587M for Ben Affleck's AI Startup InterPositive (variety.com)
    ×1.92 37 | 3 points by OccamsMirror 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Show HN: Opening lines of famous literary works (verbaprima.com)
    ×1.03 78 | 179 points by plicerin 4 days ago | 104 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Show HN: BillAI Bass, an AI-Powered Big Mouth Billy Bass Using Strands Agents (github.com/morganwilliscloud)
    ×0.93 115 | 71 points by mtw14 5 days ago | 27 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. GPT-5.6 used a prompt to close a 30-year gap in convex optimization (reddit.com)
    ×2.43 2 #9 | 532 points by mbustamanter 16 hours ago | 343 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. GTX 1080s: Testing a Legend (lttlabs.com)
    ×1.33 29 #36 | 95 points by LabsLucas 16 hours ago | 44 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. The Computer at the Bottom of a Canal (negroniventurestudios.com)
    ×1.37 28 #38 | 153 points by Kudos 20 hours ago | 38 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. SpaceX stock drops to a new low and loses $1T in value in a month (businessinsider.com)
    ×4.68 50 | 71 points by 01-_- 1 day ago | 67 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. How GitHub gave every repository a durable owner (github.blog)
    ×0.86 24 #34 | 79 points by ascertain 14 hours ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Show HN: Free car spec db to defeat the paywalls (openlaborproject.com)
    ×0.41 | 1 points by chackleman 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Minikotlin (minikotlin.run)
    ×1.49 47 | 105 points by frizlab 1 day ago | 34 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Forcing Fable to Generate Disinformation (j11y.io)
    ×0.77 | 2 points by padolsey 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Show HN: Docket (system for active note-taking) now self-hosted after HN asked (withdocket.com)
    ×2.80 96 | 8 points by davnicwil 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Mathematicians still don't know the fastest way to multiply numbers (scientificamerican.com)
    ×1.33 7 #6 | 50 points by beardyw 4 hours ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Anthropic's newest ad is creeping people out (techcrunch.com)
    ×3.15 14 #45 | 32 points by gnabgib 5 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Ergonomic keyboard generator with hand scanning (ryanis.cool)
    ×0.36 | 1 points by ffin 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Show HN: Hearth, an open-source local AI that runs your PC (files, apps, voice) (github.com/0pen-Sourcer)
    ×0.67 | 2 points by SwagKing 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Show HN: Synapse – local codebase indexer and MCP server for Claude Code (github.com/nrkoka786)
    ×0.40 | 1 points by nrkoka1 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Show HN: For 10 World Cups, my model's 2 favorites had the champion every time (ssrn.com)
    ×0.83 111 | 38 points by fabioricardo7 3 days ago | 52 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph (stackexchange.com)
    ×3.28 10 #31 | 391 points by secretslol 18 hours ago | 484 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Show HN: I spent 9 months fixing file sharing between every major platform (tapsend.app)
    ×1.19 139 | 3 points by TapSend 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Show HN: Proton – A Pure Go, Immediate-Mode GUI Library (Zero CGO)
    ×0.65 141 | 3 points by CzaxTanmay 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Show HN: Clawk – Give coding agents a disposable Linux VM, not your laptop (github.com/clawkwork)
    ×1.60 85 | 225 points by celrenheit 5 days ago | 157 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Show HN: A modern port of Linux to a ten-year-old QWERTY phone
    ×0.91 81 | 47 points by tmzt 2 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Show HN: Loris Tunnel – an open-source desktop manager for SSH tunnels (github.com/RangerWolf)
    ×0.82 99 | 3 points by rangerwolf 20 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Show HN: On-chain bond market where the issuers are AI agents (selbonds.now)
    ×0.58 87 | 15 points by griffinfoster7 1 day ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Designing emoji for the way we communicate today (blog.google)
    ×0.94 52 #90 | 69 points by pentagrama 1 day ago | 97 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Seamless iPad (or any device that can run a web browser) drawing into org-mode (github.com/larrasket)
    ×0.34 | 1 points by lr0 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Flock Safety had a car journalist stalked, wrongly accused, and detained (thedrive.com)
    ×6.20 56 | 55 points by monksy 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Disney Has Started Feeding Your Kids AI Slop (kotaku.com)
    ×2.42 41 | 6 points by wslh 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Moonstone: Modern, cross-platform Lua runtime and package manager written in Zig (moonstone.sh)
    ×0.98 29 | 66 points by ksymph 1 day ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol on an NP-Hard Problem: Does /goal help? (charlesazam.com)
    ×1.47 16 #19 | 230 points by couAUIA 18 hours ago | 109 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Harness Engineering (github.com/lopopolo)
    ×1.97 15 #32 | 55 points by handfuloflight 6 hours ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. An Update on Igalia's Layer Based SVG Engine in WebKit (Reducing Layer Overhead) (igalia.com)
    ×0.85 48 #69 | 70 points by bkardell 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Show HN: ride-recap, teaching a LLM my taste to automate cycling highlights (iandmacomber.com)
    ×0.96 74 | 5 points by iandmacomber 16 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Show HN: Nobie – an Excel-compatible runtime for agents and humans (nobie.com)
    ×1.62 106 | 96 points by matthewgapp 5 days ago | 69 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. The Isomorphic Labs Drug Design Engine unlocks a new frontier beyond AlphaFold (isomorphiclabs.com)
    ×1.00 23 | 81 points by andsoitis 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Show HN: Peek-CLI: Let Claude Code iterate on front end designs (github.com/puffinsoft)
    ×0.74 | 2 points by G3819 10 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Show HN: Simulator for a custom 8-bit discreet logic computer (mehran.dk)
    ×0.53 72 | 27 points by mehrant 4 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Show HN: I implemented a neural network in SQL (github.com/xqlsystems)
    ×1.11 97 | 119 points by alxmrs 5 days ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Show HN: Sigwire – a live TUI switchboard for every signal on your Linux box (github.com/yeet-src)
    ×0.91 129 | 44 points by zasc 5 days ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent (videocardz.com)
    ×6.71 18 #25 | 1067 points by baranul 19 hours ago | 544 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Could Modern Code Review Have Prevented Wp2shell? (hacktron.ai)
    ×0.96 | 1 points by zeyu1337 2 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Workspaces – Explore the workspaces of modern creators (workspaces.xyz)
    ×0.83 48 | 90 points by ryangilbert 1 day ago | 67 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Show HN: Orbit – AR satellite tracker, watch 15k+ objects (nagylukas.github.io)
    ×1.02 130 | 88 points by lukas9 1 week ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Show HN: EnviousWispr, an open-source Wispr Flow alternative for macOS (github.com/saurabhav88)
    ×0.36 | 1 points by EnviousLabs 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. VulnHunter: Capital One's agentic AI code security tool (capitalone.com)
    ×0.84 58 | 77 points by medina 1 day ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Show HN: The Port Index – 3,804 seaports and 9,640 airports, scored (theportindex.online)
    ×1.13 116 | 4 points by theportindex 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Hardcore IndieWeb: Run your own website 100% independently for only $0.01/day (neatnik.net)
    ×1.75 2 #14 | 115 points by cdrnsf 7 hours ago | 80 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Our Approach to Bioresilience: Isomorphic Labs and Google DeepMind (deepmind.google)
    ×0.75 26 #27 | 76 points by bookofjoe 13 hours ago | 23 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. How much horsepower does a horse have? (iflscience.com)
    ×0.50 | 1 points by teleforce 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: Leet Robotics: Learn robotics and ROS2 with hands-on courses (leetrobotics.com)
    ×1.96 145 | 12 points by deepresearch 3 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Elixir-lang.org has a new design (elixir-lang.org)
    ×1.84 #23 | 203 points by bbg2401 13 hours ago | 119 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Doctors question evidence behind Pentagon plan for testosterone screening (theguardian.com)
    ×0.34 | 1 points by wslh 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. The state of open source AI (stateofopensource.ai)
    ×2.59 21 | 476 points by rellem 1 day ago | 352 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Social media algorithms: accumulated aesthetic artifacts (henderson.lol)
    ×1.31 30 | 3 points by hendersonreed 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Flock CEO Apologizes for Calling Activists 'Terrorists' (forbes.com)
    ×6.65 41 | 75 points by chaps 1 day ago | 42 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. US Corporate Insiders Are Selling Stocks at a Near Record Pace (bloomberg.com)
    ×2.96 64 | 55 points by pimienta 1 day ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Show HN: Deadwire-HTTPD A triple-threaded x86-64 assembly static server (github.com/Deadbytes101)
    ×1.20 140 | 4 points by lexsandra56 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Codex Resets (codex-resets.com)
    ×2.26 22 #30 | 117 points by denysvitali 6 hours ago | 95 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Prompt Injection Attacks Are Thwarting AI Hacking Agents (arstechnica.com)
    ×0.33 | 1 points by sbulaev 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. DrDroid (YC W23) Is Hiring (ycombinator.com)
    1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Cloud providers are out of B200 GPUs after the Inkling release (twitter.com/Akashi203)
    ×1.48 15 | 7 points by Jr23_xd 4 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Lobsters Interview with matheusmoreira about Lone Lisp (alexalejandre.com)
    ×1.80 9 | 4 points by birdculture 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Mayor Mamdani Says Landlords Can't Use AI Images to Advertise (petapixel.com)
    ×6.37 9 #11 | 372 points by gnabgib 7 hours ago | 164 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. The Zilog Z80 has turned 50 (goliath32.com)
    ×1.31 40 #37 | 276 points by st_goliath 1 day ago | 109 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Show HN: Wave – Talk to AI. Meet the human on the other side (getonwave.com)
    ×0.45 | 1 points by nabil_idrissi 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???