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  1. Ask HN: Weirdest Computer Architecture?
    ×0.54 #90 | 22 points by bckr 15 hours ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: Best way to learn robotics with a 10 year old?
    ×1.40 | 207 points by hersko 1 day ago | 91 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: How did you convince people to pay for your software
    ×0.34 | 2 points by ubikocha 6 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: Could experienced developers have near 0 online prescence?
    ×2.01 | 21 points by cloudedcordial 16 hours ago | 33 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: I built a Yubikey-based domain controller. Is it sellable?
    ×0.84 | 138 points by elevation 4 days ago | 97 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: Is active music cancelation possible?
    ×0.52 | 5 points by solardev 10 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: Is using Docker worth it or just adds a lot of complexity?
    ×1.67 | 12 points by carrygan 14 hours ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Why did Commodore have a better Basic line editor than Apple?
    ×0.51 | 3 points by amichail 18 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: Reasonable reasons to refuse coding assessments
    ×1.13 | 11 points by b20000 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: What Is the SQLite of Queues?
    ×1.20 | 15 points by dinobones 1 day ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: What are you using to parse PDFs for RAG?
    ×0.22 | 3 points by carlbren 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: Will peer to peer services overtake centralised corporations?
    ×0.60 | 20 points by asim 2 days ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: How did Wiz.io grow so fast?
    ×1.32 | 23 points by nubela 4 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: Why are job adverts misleading about WFH?
    ×0.61 | 8 points by accengaged 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: Is it possible to make FAANG salaries without working there?
    ×3.18 | 297 points by zer0sand0nes 4 days ago | 522 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: How do you predict the AI will evolve in 2, 5, and 10 years?
    ×0.94 | 11 points by mznmel 2 days ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: Is there room for a new email hosting service?
    ×1.18 | 35 points by looparing 4 days ago | 80 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: Best resources to learn about Search and Information retrieval
    ×2.03 | 16 points by Heloseaa 16 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. How can I do my research as a GPU poor?
    ×1.56 | 23 points by luussta 3 days ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: What are your worst pain points when dealing with scientific literature?
    ×0.51 | 7 points by jdale27 4 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: Am I using AI wrong for code?
    ×1.14 | 7 points by isaacphi 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: How can I oversee an e-com website development?
    ×0.32 | 5 points by webdev_fromDS 2 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: Strategies to Reduce AI Hallucinations?
    ×0.39 | 2 points by altdataseller 2 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: What feature flags platform do you use?
    ×0.85 | 3 points by lnxg33k1 3 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Is there a list of grey-hair-friendly IT companies?
    ×3.05 | 93 points by rndaom 4 days ago | 67 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Hardware engineers – would you rather use a procedural version of labVIEW?
    ×0.38 | 5 points by gazgaz 2 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: How technically complex are social media algorithms?
    ×0.45 | 7 points by Gooblebrai 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Attention HN: What's the Best Way to Find a Good Dev for Your Startup?
    ×1.57 | 10 points by Anthology 2 days ago | 29 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: Looking for a cheap hosted BI tool like Metabase for my startup
    ×0.46 | 11 points by sergiotapia 4 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Ask HN: What mesh routers should I recommend to my parents?
    ×0.84 | 8 points by ls612 2 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Y Combinator vs. Lightspeed ventures vs. Seqoia arc
    ×0.93 | 8 points by yshunnar 3 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ask HN: What tools do you recommend for working on Windows?
    ×1.71 | 15 points by cartesius13 3 days ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Ask HN: What registrars are in use with startup and big tech domain holdings?
    ×0.63 | 6 points by jarebear6expepj 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Ask HN: How to prevent lockout from Google Account in case of phone theft?
    ×0.89 | 7 points by 101008 2 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Ask HN: Lesser-known/underrated cool new web-oriented tech?
    ×1.06 | 7 points by lambdaba 3 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Is an All-in-One Database the Future?
    ×0.65 | 9 points by Etai 4 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Which protocol is more complex to implement: RabbitMQ (AMQP) or Apache Kafka?
    ×0.32 | 3 points by aljun_invictus 2 days ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Ask HN: LLM agents for structured data from databases?
    ×0.21 | 2 points by john-titor 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. How do I share posts in the "Show" section?
    ×0.27 | 2 points by rupalsaini 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Ask HN: What do you use LLMs for?
    ×2.80 | 7 points by RND_RandoM 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Ask HN: How to crack a market without network?
    ×0.80 | 4 points by ammaramehdghani 3 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Employee-owned company vs. Corporate Structure
    ×0.52 | 12 points by TravisL 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Ask HN: Should a risk assessment list all dependent tools?
    ×0.37 | 6 points by kidbomb 4 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Ask HN: What martial arts do you recommend?
    ×0.65 | 6 points by khaled_ismaeel 4 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Ask HN: Is there a way to hack YouTube landing page to see only certain topics?
    ×0.72 | 5 points by pighive 3 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Why doesn't HN have a dark-theme?
    ×1.51 | 18 points by sirolimus 3 days ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Ask HN: Am I crazy or is Android development awful?
    ×5.14 | 136 points by iiJDSii 2 days ago | 151 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Ask HN: Why is there no email client based on Markdown?
    ×0.39 | 5 points by runxel 4 days ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Ask HN: What's the worst advice you've ever received?
    ×2.15 | 22 points by surprisetalk 3 days ago | 77 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Ask HN: Mercury.com Alternatives?
    ×0.36 | 4 points by gerenuk 4 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Is someone trying to steal credit for inventing the eTicket?
    ×0.35 | 3 points by rexarex 4 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Ask HN: Managed databases that DON'T run in AWS/GCP/Azure?
    ×0.42 | 5 points by notamy 4 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Oxygen discovery defies knowledge of the deep ocean (bbc.co.uk)
    ×2.00 | 186 points by cmsefton 4 days ago | 59 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. How to Preserve Physical Photos (ente.io)
    ×1.50 #13 | 41 points by goodburb 6 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Grumpy Gamer – Why Adventure Games Suck (grumpygamer.com)
    ×1.40 #15 | 9 points by lifeisstillgood 2 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. How much money we can raise for transparently idiotic startups? (smbc-comics.com)
    ×4.65 | 205 points by BerislavLopac 4 days ago | 119 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. A Gentle Introduction to SAML (ssoready.com)
    ×1.75 | 244 points by ned_at_codomain 4 days ago | 95 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. The workers have spoken: They're staying home (computerworld.com)
    ×4.93 | 204 points by CrankyBear 4 days ago | 258 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Show HN: OpenDataCapture an electronic data capture platform for data collection (github.com/DouglasNeuroInformatics)
    ×0.44 | 61 points by gdevenyi 4 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Maestro: Netflix's Workflow Orchestrator (netflixtechblog.com)
    ×1.93 | 303 points by vquemener 4 days ago | 153 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. What Is Entropy? (wordpress.com)
    ×1.95 | 342 points by ainoobler 4 days ago | 197 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Copying is the way design works (matthewstrom.com)
    ×3.24 | 731 points by innerzeal 4 days ago | 236 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Kawaii – A Keychain-Sized Nintendo Wii (bitbuilt.net)
    ×2.87 | 740 points by realslimjd 4 days ago | 214 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Show HN: Google URL Shortener Import + Migration Tool (shortmenu.com)
    ×0.37 | 2 points by floschliep 4 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Show HN: I made a site that helps you Sleep in minutes (sleepfast.io)
    ×1.46 | 5 points by arush007 4 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. July 2024 Update on Instability Reports on Intel Core 13th/14th Gen Desktop CPUs (intel.com)
    ×2.14 | 322 points by acrispino 4 days ago | 208 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Timeshift: System Restore Tool for Linux (github.com/linuxmint)
    ×1.74 | 369 points by gballan 4 days ago | 168 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. United States discloses nuclear warhead numbers; restores nuclear transparency (fas.org)
    ×2.43 | 324 points by philipkglass 4 days ago | 341 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Clojure macros continue to surprise me (tonsky.me)
    ×1.18 #46 | 117 points by jgrodziski 1 day ago | 24 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. The Elegance of the ASCII Table (danq.me)
    ×1.79 | 283 points by thewub 4 days ago | 187 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Show HN: Easily map CSV data with lat/lon to H3 for enrichment or aggregation (dbreunig.com)
    ×1.07 | 3 points by dbreunig 4 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Show HN: I built an AI-powered professional headshot generator (quickheadshots.com)
    ×0.96 | 5 points by hn_7 4 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Show HN: Lightweight AI Photoshop for Marketers and Creators (rainforest.zone)
    ×0.24 | 2 points by Navita 4 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Show HN: Bento, a Sampler and Sequencer for the web (it's really good) (bento.party)
    ×1.70 | 6 points by sorrythanks 4 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Re: Do people IRL know you have a blog? (lars-christian.com)
    ×2.23 | 199 points by 8organicbits 4 days ago | 127 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Show HN: Lisp in C# (github.com/codr7)
    ×1.15 | 144 points by codr7 4 days ago | 67 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Show HN: Create gamified bite-sized lessons using AI (getdera.com)
    ×0.47 | 2 points by hchua 4 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. From Linux to NetBSD, with SSH Only (cloudbsd.xyz)
    ×1.73 #35 | 190 points by jaypatelani 1 day ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Google-Wiz deal fizzles out, company will pursue IPO (cnbc.com)
    ×2.25 | 243 points by uger 4 days ago | 266 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Button Stealer (anatolyzenkov.com)
    ×1.90 | 260 points by kickofline 4 days ago | 78 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Paper cuttings made by 17th-century schoolgirls discovered beneath floorboards (smithsonianmag.com)
    ×1.45 #4 | 81 points by benbreen 7 hours ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Alexa is in millions of households and Amazon is losing billions (wsj.com)
    ×2.37 | 469 points by marban 4 days ago | 832 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Database Design for Google Calendar: A Tutorial (databasedesignbook.com)
    ×2.58 | 290 points by fagnerbrack 4 days ago | 99 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Types as Interfaces (two-wrongs.com)
    ×1.06 | 158 points by todsacerdoti 4 days ago | 194 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Show HN: Convert HTML DOM to semantic markdown for use in LLMs (github.com/romansky)
    ×1.11 | 145 points by leroman 4 days ago | 55 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Show HN: Unblock.Domains – Never get stuck on a domain blacklist again (unblock.domains)
    ×1.61 | 6 points by ben_makes_stuff 4 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Counting bytes faster than you'd think possible (mattstuchlik.com)
    ×1.64 #31 | 128 points by asicsp 17 hours ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: 40M embeddings to find who knows what on HN (wilsonl.in)
    ×5.70 | 30 points by wilsonzlin 3 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: Asstrace – tampering-first strace-like tool (github.com/bieganski)
    ×0.51 | 2 points by bieganski 3 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Show HN: SwimOS Rust – A framework for real-time streaming data applications (github.com/swimos)
    ×1.87 | 6 points by swimos 3 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???