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  1. Let's talk about: LinkedIn ghost jobs
    ×0.52 #60 | 8 points by xvxvx 2 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Anthropic extends Fable 5 access through July 19
    ×0.70 | 2 points by dboreham 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: Would filesystem bookmarks be useful in your shell workflow?
    ×0.63 33 | 3 points by manux81 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: Has AI changed the quality of HN posts?
    ×0.95 35 | 4 points by codingbuddy 3 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. AI and the Fall of Writing
    ×0.28 | 2 points by Flundstrom2 4 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: Recommended technographic API?
    ×0.68 63 | 3 points by Poomba 4 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: Are systems ready for the first negative leap second?
    ×0.53 102 | 80 points by Asmod4n 6 days ago | 92 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)
    ×2.23 82 | 23 points by david927 1 hour ago | 42 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Whats the Hardest Challenges in AI?
    ×0.82 70 | 3 points by debpalash 5 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: How do you review AI code?
    ×0.32 66 | 4 points by wonderfuly 6 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. An new try: C++ like program with the same characteristics as rust
    ×0.35 | 2 points by juntz 7 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Latest Debian 12 update opens MariaDB server to the internet
    ×0.95 89 | 4 points by babuskov 8 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: Why isn't Google indexing information about the AT Protocol?
    ×0.94 77 | 47 points by iameli 1 day ago | 33 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: How do you use Vim in the era of AI?
    ×1.00 117 | 47 points by rstagi 2 days ago | 86 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. How does a Dev's job look like in a few years?
    ×0.66 83 | 9 points by korrak 13 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: Resources for non-web software architecture?
    ×0.99 108 | 3 points by xqb64 10 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Tell HN: Fable guardrails trigger on random questions
    ×1.01 111 | 6 points by nocoder 16 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Concerned about how companies will manage their cloud bill once agents dominate
    ×0.61 | 2 points by abhijeet_gupte 6 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Tell HN: I De-Googled Myself
    ×1.14 120 | 36 points by degoogled 2 days ago | 23 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: Is anyone experimenting with different ways of using LLMs for coding?
    ×1.18 129 | 212 points by yehiaabdelm 1 week ago | 206 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Map of All Known Knowledge
    ×0.71 124 | 7 points by Abhishek000001 1 day ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Bring seamless PQC encryption into every messenger you already use
    ×0.59 126 | 4 points by kvasilev 22 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: My father died and I need to find my path
    ×1.38 125 | 8 points by c4kar 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. One Wikipedia page costs your AI agent 68,000 tokens
    ×0.95 127 | 14 points by arhamislam5766 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: What was the last task where only a frontier model could do it?
    ×0.74 123 | 24 points by thedebuglife 2 days ago | 29 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Bitemporal provenance in agent memory: What did we believe, when, and why
    ×0.17 | 2 points by shanrizvi 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2026)
    ×1.07 131 | 246 points by whoishiring 1 week ago | 406 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: HN frontpage feels boring now?
    ×0.92 128 | 50 points by xeonmc 3 days ago | 37 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: Where are the good search engines for mathematical formulas?
    ×0.50 130 | 57 points by lo0dot0 1 week ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Google deleting all recently inactive accounts without phone number
    ×2.08 86 | 52 points by superkuh 1 day ago | 40 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Croc: Securely transfer files and folders between two computers (github.com/schollz)
    ×1.32 25 #34 | 33 points by gregsadetsky 7 hours ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Networking and the Internet, from First Principles (fazamhd.com)
    ×2.18 38 | 200 points by faza 1 day ago | 68 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Show HN: JMT – Java Based MultiTool
    ×1.48 88 | 3 points by shiningpr0xsm 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Handsum: An LQIP Image File Format (nigeltao.github.io)
    ×0.65 65 #65 | 43 points by dmit 16 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. SK Hynix CEO sees worst memory shortage in 2027, with high demand beyond 2030 (reuters.com)
    ×0.75 | 1 points by jnord 12 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Show HN: Personal Biohacking Lab (selfassay.com)
    ×0.50 | 1 points by ainthusiast 45 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. "Stop Cutting Down Flock Cameras " (Mass Surveillance Is Good) [video] (youtube.com)
    ×3.06 68 | 18 points by Bender 2 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Against Usefulness (motivenotes.ai)
    ×1.14 4 #16 | 68 points by supo 4 hours ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Show HN: Zen Mode – a global focus mode for macOS (github.com/cabeen)
    ×0.93 15 #29 | 9 points by cafebeen 1 hour ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Mesh LLM: distributed AI computing on iroh (iroh.computer)
    ×1.67 8 #70 | 330 points by tionis 1 day ago | 78 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. 6× faster binary search: from compiled code to mechanical sympathy (pythonspeed.com)
    ×1.52 5 #77 | 7 points by lumpa 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. The vintage beauty of Soviet control rooms (2018) (designyoutrust.com)
    ×2.24 51 | 212 points by mvdtnz 1 day ago | 66 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Show HN: Introducing: Zotfile Agents (zot.sh)
    ×6.85 45 | 11 points by patriceckhart 8 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Death of the Status Update: Why 55% of Americans Stopped Posting on Social Media (pcmag.com)
    ×2.81 24 #33 | 99 points by thunderbong 12 hours ago | 120 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. An agent in 100 lines of Lisp (thebeach.dev)
    ×1.80 17 #49 | 232 points by jamiebeach 21 hours ago | 73 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Microsoft latest report shows 25% emissions raised due to AI data centers (windowscentral.com)
    ×3.22 95 | 52 points by pjmlp 1 day ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. BLISS (wikipedia.org)
    ×1.40 74 | 50 points by tosh 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Show HN: Artificiety – Agentic society in a fantasy world (artificiety.world)
    ×0.94 | 2 points by Haldt 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. UI for Managing Aliases (github.com/hannesgnann-hub)
    ×1.11 | 2 points by user99op 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Making Crash Bandicoot (2011) (all-things-andy-gavin.com)
    ×4.34 50 | 101 points by alexpls 9 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Show HN: Adaptive Recall, persistent memory for AI assistants over MCP (adaptiverecall.com)
    ×0.80 21 #8 | 11 points by abratabia 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Agent Harness Engineering (addyosmani.com)
    ×1.62 32 #57 | 24 points by fagnerbrack 8 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Advice to New Managers: Don't Joke About Firing People (2020) (staysaasy.com)
    ×0.58 | 1 points by downbad_ 33 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. What if Berlin needs its bunkers back? (ft.com)
    ×0.47 | 1 points by leonidasv 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. I made a easy to understand and easy to write programming language (github.com/NEWMAN50ott)
    ×0.99 | 2 points by newman50ott 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Count Binface the Game (binfacegame.co.uk)
    ×0.85 78 #86 | 6 points by dawildcat 9 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Why are US consumers so angry? It's not just high prices (theguardian.com)
    ×6.27 3 | 119 points by dilawar 19 hours ago | 151 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Migrating a production AI agent to GPT-5.6: 2.2x faster, 27% cheaper (ploy.ai)
    ×1.89 14 #5 | 81 points by brryant 5 hours ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Storm clouds gather over America's financial supremacy (economist.com)
    ×4.78 30 #36 | 44 points by pseudolus 1 hour ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Abject Praise (infrequently.org)
    ×0.44 46 #40 | 15 points by genericlemon24 6 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Uber is lobbying to keep robotaxi rides 85% human in New Jersey (wired.com)
    ×2.63 10 #45 | 9 points by logickkk1 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. 6 months to live for open models (interconnects.ai)
    ×2.22 14 #56 | 23 points by g42gregory 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Show HN: Probed – Talk to your People. Customer chat, feedback, and roadmaps (probed.chat)
    ×0.82 | 2 points by HeadOfProbing 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. A SETI Home for AI-Assisted Research (kvncnnlly.com)
    ×1.07 | 2 points by wintercarver 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Show HN: Free AI travel destination search across Asia (asianexpats.com)
    ×0.92 | 2 points by developeron29 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. What xAI's Grok build CLI sends to xAI: A wire-level analysis (github.com/cereblab)
    ×4.95 7 #31 | 391 points by jhoho 18 hours ago | 153 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. UK has 'no future' if it fails to act on ecosystem collapse (theguardian.com)
    ×3.93 24 #42 | 19 points by mepian 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Modern decor may be straining people's brains (studyfinds.com)
    ×2.05 26 #67 | 264 points by downwithdisease 1 day ago | 255 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. RISCBoy is an open-source portable games console, designed from scratch (github.com/Wren6991)
    ×1.43 4 #89 | 200 points by mariuz 1 day ago | 32 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Show HN: Getting GLM 5.2 running on my slow computer (github.com/JustVugg)
    ×3.42 49 #90 | 909 points by vforno 3 days ago | 231 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Show HN: Vigil – open-source TimeTracker with steroids (github.com/Brokenwatch24)
    ×1.03 | 2 points by jjaramillor 7 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Braess's paradox: Adding roads to a road network can slow overall traffic flow (wikipedia.org)
    ×1.85 7 #74 | 7 points by mhb 2 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Show HN: The Line of Hope – how current teams compare to past champions (titlehopes.com)
    ×1.39 85 | 3 points by marcreicher 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Speculations Concerning the First Ultraintelligent Machine (1965) [pdf] (upenn.edu)
    ×1.29 61 | 91 points by zetalyrae 1 day ago | 49 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Protobuf-py: Protobuf for Python, without compromises (buf.build)
    ×1.32 28 #47 | 127 points by ming13 17 hours ago | 45 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Communities turn to barter-style crop swaps to combat cost-of-living crisis (abc.net.au)
    ×1.80 8 #69 | 12 points by Tomte 3 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. UI Degrades over Time (grumpy.website)
    ×1.18 | 2 points by petilon 54 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Show HN: Learn by rebuilding Redis, Git, a database from scratch (shipthatcode.com)
    ×1.66 36 | 189 points by acley 1 day ago | 63 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Weightlifting beats running for blood sugar control, researchers find (2025) (vt.edu)
    ×2.90 8 | 142 points by sublinear 23 hours ago | 85 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Show HN: Audit.md for UI/UX Audit (typeui.sh)
    ×0.57 | 2 points by elwingo1 9 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. The shingles vaccine may reduce the risk of dementia (economist.com)
    ×2.18 13 #23 | 192 points by saikatsg 7 hours ago | 167 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Xbox 'OG' Adventures (mamoniem.com)
    ×0.67 47 #64 | 39 points by davikr 13 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Yt-Dlp Sequence Diagrams (ilograph.com)
    ×1.63 30 #76 | 102 points by billyp-rva 10 hours ago | 31 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. AI Can't Recreate the Thrust Game (But It Can Help You Understand It) (jamesdrandall.com)
    ×0.77 76 | 52 points by msephton 2 days ago | 36 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Show HN: 18 Words (18words.com)
    ×4.21 46 | 1142 points by pompomsheep 3 days ago | 357 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Show HN: Instrumation a PYPI library for Instruments (github.com/abduznik)
    ×1.76 94 | 3 points by abduznik 7 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. LinkedIn, a mass grave of ghost jobs, is now becoming a dating app (sfgate.com)
    ×2.23 7 #61 | 9 points by backlit4034 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: A subjective AI eval. Arcade games built by AI (ai-arcade.app)
    ×0.90 | 2 points by zapeterson16 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. USAA closed 51% of home insurance claims without making a payment in 2025 (expressnews.com)
    ×6.87 64 | 76 points by gscott 1 day ago | 56 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Show HN: SayItDev LLM and Speech capabilities with 0 dependencies and no models (github.com/innovatorved)
    ×1.97 57 | 4 points by innovatorved 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???