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  1. Ask HN: Anyone Using a Mac Studio for Local AI/LLM?
    ×0.48 66 | 44 points by UmYeahNo 1 day ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: Ideas for small ways to make the world a better place
    ×0.59 40 | 11 points by jlmcgraw 10 hours ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: Non AI-obsessed tech forums
    ×1.20 9 | 19 points by nanocat 8 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: Non-profit, volunteers run org needs CRM. Is Odoo Community a good sol.?
    ×0.49 | 2 points by netfortius 5 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: 10 months since the Llama-4 release: what happened to Meta AI?
    ×0.86 58 | 43 points by Invictus0 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. AI Regex Scientist: A self-improving regex solver
    ×0.40 74 | 6 points by PranoyP 12 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2026)
    ×0.77 99 | 139 points by whoishiring 4 days ago | 514 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2026)
    ×1.24 88 | 312 points by whoishiring 4 days ago | 511 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Tell HN: Another round of Zendesk email spam
    ×0.94 78 | 104 points by Philpax 2 days ago | 54 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: Is Connecting via SSH Risky?
    ×0.53 109 | 19 points by atrevbot 2 days ago | 37 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: Why LLM providers sell access instead of consulting services?
    ×0.26 101 | 4 points by pera 18 hours ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: Has your whole engineering team gone big into AI coding? How's it going?
    ×0.83 110 | 17 points by jchung 2 days ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: Any International Job Boards for International Workers?
    ×0.64 | 2 points by 15charslong 8 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: What is the most complicated Algorithm you came up with yourself?
    ×0.28 113 | 3 points by meffmadd 20 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: How does ChatGPT decide which websites to recommend?
    ×0.66 118 | 5 points by nworley 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: Is it just me or are most businesses insane?
    ×1.51 111 | 7 points by justenough 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: Mem0 stores memories, but doesn't learn user patterns
    ×0.37 131 | 9 points by fliellerjulian 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: Is there anyone here who still uses slide rules?
    ×1.17 91 | 123 points by blenderob 3 days ago | 122 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: Anyone Seeing YT ads related to chats on ChatGPT?
    ×0.10 | 2 points by guhsnamih 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: Does global decoupling from the USA signal comeback of the desktop app?
    ×0.37 117 | 5 points by wewewedxfgdf 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Kernighan on Programming
    ×1.79 94 | 170 points by chrisjj 4 days ago | 61 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. We built a serverless GPU inference platform with predictable latency
    ×0.37 144 | 5 points by QubridAI 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: How Did You Validate?
    ×0.09 138 | 4 points by haute_cuisine 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: Does a good "read it later" app exist?
    ×0.57 153 | 8 points by buchanae 3 days ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Have you been fired because of AI?
    ×1.46 146 | 17 points by s-stude 4 days ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: Cheap laptop for Linux without GUI (for writing)
    ×0.80 140 | 15 points by locusofself 3 days ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: Anyone have a "sovereign" solution for phone calls?
    ×0.80 149 | 12 points by kldg 3 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Test management tools for automation heavy teams
    ×0.21 | 2 points by Divyakurian 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: OpenClaw users, what is your token spend?
    ×0.81 151 | 14 points by 8cvor6j844qw_d6 4 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Ask HN: Has anybody moved their local community off of Facebook groups?
    ×0.87 148 | 23 points by madsohm 4 days ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. GitHub Actions Have "Major Outage"
    ×2.19 122 | 52 points by graton 4 days ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ask HN: Are "provably fair" JavaScript games trustless?
    ×0.21 | 2 points by rishi_blockrand 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. How do you deal with SEO nowadays?
    ×0.90 121 | 5 points by jackota 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Ask HN: What weird or scrappy things did you do to get your first users?
    ×0.88 157 | 13 points by preston-kwei 4 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Ask HN: Where does operational truth live before it reaches "systems of record"?
    ×0.36 158 | 4 points by former-aws 2 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Why do people still talk about AGI?
    ×1.15 135 | 42 points by cermicelli 5 days ago | 64 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. YC S26 Application: "Attach a coding agent session you're particularly proud of"
    ×0.21 163 | 4 points by simplydt 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Ask HN: When will LLMs generate professional-level CAD models?
    ×0.52 142 | 8 points by dsrtslnd23 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Ask HN: Are you still using spec driven development?
    ×0.56 167 | 6 points by cherry_tree 4 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Ask HN: Are ISPs "evil" and who runs the Internet?
    ×0.39 152 | 6 points by tavro 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. How do you manage context/memory across multiple AI tools?
    ×0.28 147 | 7 points by arapkuliev 2 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. DNS Explained – How Domain Names Get Resolved (bhusalmanish.com.np)
    ×1.32 24 #40 | 145 points by okchildhood 21 hours ago | 43 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Show HN: Kannada Nudi Editor Web Version (nudiweb.com)
    ×0.82 162 | 10 points by Codegres 4 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. When Michelangelo Met Titian (wsj.com)
    ×0.45 | 1 points by keiferski 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Show HN: Souls.directory – SOUL.md templates for AI agent personalities (souls.directory)
    ×0.34 | 1 points by thedaviddias 4 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. European Commission Trials Matrix to Replace Teams (euractiv.com)
    ×2.93 4 | 349 points by Arathorn 1 day ago | 183 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Claude Opus 4.6 extra usage promo (claude.com)
    ×1.53 13 | 207 points by rob 1 day ago | 73 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Volkswagen overtook Tesla as Europe's top EV seller in 2025 (reuters.com)
    ×4.68 23 | 95 points by _fizz_buzz_ 1 day ago | 32 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Wall Street just lost $285B because of 13 Markdown files (martinalderson.com)
    ×2.98 2 | 60 points by nomdep 16 hours ago | 51 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. U.S. asks American citizens to 'leave Iran now' (cnbc.com)
    ×2.68 6 | 60 points by mhb 17 hours ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Show HN: Safe-now.live – Ultra-light emergency info site (<10KB) (safe-now.live)
    ×1.48 89 | 194 points by tinuviel 3 days ago | 94 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Show HN: Accept-md – One command to make Next.js sites LLM-scraping friendly (accept.md)
    ×0.57 124 | 5 points by hval 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Planetary Roller Screws (humanityslastmachine.com)
    ×0.72 36 #36 | 40 points by everlier 12 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Stay Away from My Trash (tldraw.dev)
    ×1.45 30 #41 | 174 points by EvgeniyZh 1 day ago | 69 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Scientists Discover Levitating Time Crystals You Can Hold, Defy Newton’s 3rd Law (phys.org)
    ×1.63 6 | 3 points by sizzle 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Opus 4.6 uncovers 500 zero-day flaws in open-source code (axios.com)
    ×1.99 19 | 209 points by speckx 1 day ago | 140 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Please stop using OpenClaw, formerly known as Moltbot (xda-developers.com)
    ×2.49 60 | 55 points by bandrami 1 day ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Show HN: Umbrel Pro – 4x NVMe SSD home server (CNC aluminum and walnut) (umbrel.com)
    ×0.47 | 2 points by mayankchhabra 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Understanding Neural Network, Visually (visualrambling.space)
    ×1.79 2 #24 | 261 points by surprisetalk 16 hours ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler (anthropic.com)
    ×3.25 25 #68 | 707 points by modeless 1 day ago | 688 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. How do you estimate AI app development costs accurately?
    ×0.99 | 1 points by insights123 55 seconds ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Show HN: Zest – A hands-on simulator for Staff+ system design scenarios (us-west1.run.app)
    ×0.34 | 1 points by chanip0114 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. If CNN Covered Star Wars (youtube.com)
    ×1.27 53 | 3 points by keepamovin 5 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Modernizing Linux swapping: introducing the swap table (lwn.net)
    ×1.86 73 | 80 points by chmaynard 2 days ago | 119 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. CIA to Sunset the World Factbook (abc.net.au)
    ×3.87 2 | 379 points by kshahkshah 1 day ago | 258 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info (sheldonbrown.com)
    ×2.28 9 #9 | 336 points by ostacke 15 hours ago | 90 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Hackers (1995) Animated Experience (hackers-1995.vercel.app)
    ×2.92 5 #11 | 431 points by todsacerdoti 17 hours ago | 224 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. TikTok's 'addictive design' found to be illegal in Europe (nytimes.com)
    ×4.63 30 #42 | 620 points by thm 18 hours ago | 447 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Show HN: Moli P2P – An ephemeral, serverless image gallery (Rust and WebRTC) (moli-green.is)
    ×0.90 | 2 points by ShinyaKoyano 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Cognitive Style and Visual Attention in Multimodal Museum Exhibitions (mdpi.com)
    ×0.41 | 1 points by rbanffy 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Full-Blown Cross-Assembler in a Bash Script (hackaday.com)
    ×0.40 | 1 points by grajmanu 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Optical Combs Help Radio Telescopes Work Together (hackaday.com)
    ×0.84 | 2 points by toomuchtodo 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Company as Code (42futures.com)
    ×1.37 20 | 261 points by ahamez 1 day ago | 127 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. FORTH? Really!? (rescrv.net)
    ×1.01 14 #26 | 54 points by rescrv 9 hours ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: Slack CLI for Agents (github.com/stablyai)
    ×0.91 10 #35 | 45 points by nwparker 9 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Plasma Effect (2016) (4rknova.com)
    ×0.74 55 #53 | 83 points by todsacerdoti 23 hours ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. India's female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI (theguardian.com)
    ×2.33 53 #74 | 108 points by thisislife2 1 day ago | 176 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Valve's Steam Machine has been delayed, and the RAM crisis will impact pricing (theverge.com)
    ×4.12 75 | 72 points by lxst 1 day ago | 59 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Show HN: A package manager for agent skills with built-in evals (tessl.io)
    ×0.99 120 | 7 points by guypod 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Show HN: I spent 4 years building a UI design tool with only the features I use (vecti.com)
    ×1.91 1 #6 | 288 points by vecti 11 hours ago | 130 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Systems Thinking (theprogrammersparadox.blogspot.com)
    ×1.66 25 #78 | 264 points by r4um 1 day ago | 115 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Coding Agents and Use Cases (justsitandgrin.im)
    ×0.69 36 #84 | 45 points by vinhnx 20 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Looking for 4 Autistic Co-Founders for AI Startup (Equity-Based)
    ×0.57 | 1 points by au-ai-aisl 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Show HN: Dengen Shrine – A privacy-focused digital Shinto ritual (dengen-shrine.com)
    ×1.10 141 | 6 points by yumeda 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Show HN: Artifact Keeper – Open-Source Artifactory/Nexus Alternative in Rust (github.com/artifact-keeper)
    ×1.12 39 #49 | 148 points by bsgeraci 1 day ago | 62 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Bash scripts are brittle – simple error handling in bash (notifox.com)
    ×1.89 62 #54 | 6 points by Meetvelde 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Oregon raised spending by 80%, math scores dropped (educationnext.org)
    ×3.38 48 #87 | 59 points by grantpitt 9 hours ago | 102 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. If you lose your passport in Austria, head for McDonald's Golden Arches (cbsnews.com)
    ×0.73 | 1 points by thunderbong 29 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. EchoJEPA: Latent Predictive Foundation Model for Echocardiography (github.com/bowang-lab)
    ×0.41 | 1 points by euvin 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Learning from context is harder than we thought (tencent.com)
    ×1.46 9 #21 | 162 points by limoce 13 hours ago | 81 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???