Quality News: Hacker News Rankings

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Ask HN: How to be SOC2 Type 2 compliant as a solo-entreprenuer?

×1.23 41 #38 | 119 points by sochix 16 hours ago | 112 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Can I take Meta to court for banning business Insta or FB account?

×0.61 27 | 8 points by milanspeaks 6 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: What happened to the movie "Pirates of the Silicon Valley"

×0.65 49 | 6 points by acossta 6 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tell HN: Dont use Claude Design, lost access to my projects after unsubscribing

×2.38 41 | 293 points by pycassa 2 days ago | 83 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Which country will be the first to pass laws limiting Meta Ray-Ban glasses?

×0.39 68 | 25 points by nothrowaways 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Viable open source Claude Design alternative?

×0.52 69 | 21 points by splatzone 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: We just had an actual UUID v4 collision...

×2.25 86 | 473 points by mittermayr 1 week ago | 341 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)

×1.16 80 | 285 points by david927 5 days ago | 1091 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated

×7.20 66 | 1671 points by CliffStoll 1 week ago | 257 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
XS Programming Language

×0.54 82 | 7 points by xs-lang 23 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
If a machine can think, why can it not also feel?

×0.70 63 | 3 points by MCIAIR 7 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: What are you working on (non-AI)?

×0.81 88 | 36 points by BrunoBernardino 2 days ago | 48 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: When will you be concerned on layoffs?

×1.42 73 | 10 points by piratesAndSons 22 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tell HN: Starting June 15, claude -p usage will change

×0.54 101 | 10 points by andersonmvd 1 day ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Is Anthropic doing too much vibe coding?

×0.38 110 | 9 points by terabytest 2 days ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Running the second public ODoH relay (numa.rs)

×0.69 53 | 121 points by rdme 1 day ago | 41 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
We don't know why Malawi is poor (deenamousa.com)

×2.17 66 | 91 points by alphabetatango 7 hours ago | 109 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
We are retiring our bug bounty program (turso.tech)

×2.98 65 #82 | 344 points by tjek 10 hours ago | 271 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Home of the Underdogs [in 2026] (homeoftheunderdogs.net)

×0.39 | 1 points by DanielleMolloy 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
HWE Bench: A new unbounded Benchmark for LLMs (GPT 5.5 is on top) (hwebench.com)

×1.40 14 | 3 points by fesens 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Cuba says it has run out of fuel, blames U.S. embargo (upi.com)

×7.22 35 | 127 points by thm 1 day ago | 273 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Vibe Coding a $20k /Year Enterprise Logistics Platform (trmnl.com)

×2.99 6 | 26 points by ryanckulp 10 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Statewright – Visual state machines that make AI agents reliable (github.com/statewright)

×0.98 74 | 122 points by azurewraith 3 days ago | 54 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Building a web server in assembly to give my life (a lack of) meaning (github.com/imtomt)

×2.15 75 | 426 points by imtomt 5 days ago | 227 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
More than sixty percent of the United States is experiencing drought conditions (vt.edu)

×2.37 1 #83 | 241 points by littlexsparkee 1 day ago | 97 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Avoiding and reducing microplastic false positives from dry glove contact (rsc.org)

×0.97 60 | 102 points by efavdb 1 day ago | 46 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Containarium – self-hosted sandbox for AI agents, MCP-native (github.com/footprintai)

×1.31 118 | 5 points by hsin003 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: DAGraph – local-first reactive graph from arithmetic to OLAP SQL (dagraph.com)

×1.38 126 | 6 points by notfirstpost 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Omnisearch – A lightweight metasearch engine written in C (bwaaa.monster)

×0.46 77 #60 | 14 points by bitbasher 11 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Shell RT (github.com/wgallios)

×1.30 | 2 points by wgallios 38 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Browser based sythesizer, drum machine and squencer (github.com/madmonk13)

×0.97 48 | 3 points by madmonk 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I believe there are entire companies right now under AI psychosis (twitter.com/mitchellh)

×7.86 1 #2 | 607 points by reasonableklout 3 hours ago | 275 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Amazon workers under pressure to up their AI usage are making up tasks (fastcompany.com)

×3.63 15 #34 | 302 points by hackernj 10 hours ago | 328 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
CVE-2026-46333 (SSH-keysign-pwn) (nist.gov)

×0.41 | 1 points by ethanplant 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Scalable GPU Acceleration of Scalar Functions in Analytical Databases [pdf] (vldb.org)

×0.35 | 1 points by matt_d 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Countries where you can leave your MacBook at a random coffee shop (vouchatlas.com)

×1.33 109 | 76 points by canergl 6 days ago | 91 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Claude-stash – an idea queue for Claude Code (github.com/AmirSoleimani)

×1.20 104 | 4 points by Amirso 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: A simple Claude skin for ChatGPT (github.com/dmd)

×1.58 95 | 7 points by dmd 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Agent-skills-eval – Test whether Agent Skills improve outputs (github.com/darkrishabh)

×0.83 136 | 79 points by darkrishabh 1 week ago | 37 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Gyroflow: Video stabilization using gyroscope data (github.com/gyroflow)

×1.25 39 #48 | 155 points by nateb2022 21 hours ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
AI Builder Needs Work (agenthiveinc.com)

×0.47 | 1 points by AgentHive 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Bootstrapping a SQL catalog on a flat key-value store (n8z.dev)

×0.42 | 1 points by nlz 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
AlexNet Source Code (github.com/computerhistory)

×0.39 | 1 points by RyanShook 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Ratify Protocol – prove who authorized an AI agent, offline, in <1ms (github.com/identities-ai)

×0.92 143 | 4 points by chuks 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Judge Bars Kars4Kids from Broadcasting 'Misleading' Ads in California (nytimes.com)

×2.27 17 #32 | 91 points by xnx 4 hours ago | 53 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Waymo driverless cars become trapped in Atlanta suburb after glitch [video] (bbc.com)

×2.33 38 #62 | 20 points by berkeleyjunk 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Solar-based sleep patterns compared to modern norms (dylan.gr)

×1.18 16 #75 | 109 points by James72689 19 hours ago | 93 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Comments Are More Important Than Code–Jef Raskin (2005) (acm.org)

×0.55 | 1 points by danhite 49 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Fractals in Pure Lambda Calculus (marvinborner.de)

×1.72 21 | 4 points by marvinborner 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
HN: AllTime – AI calendar that replaces 5 apps with one (apple.com)

×0.37 | 1 points by deecarrera 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Git for AI Agents (github.com/regent-vcs)

×1.02 106 | 127 points by doshay 1 week ago | 68 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Hallucinopedia (halupedia.com)

×2.01 100 | 309 points by bstrama 1 week ago | 267 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Micromort Risk Visualizer (boxed.github.io)

×1.05 131 | 5 points by boxed 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
RTX 5090 and M4 MacBook Air: Can It Game? (scottjg.com)

×2.77 3 #65 | 674 points by allenleee 1 day ago | 171 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
We Can Now Read What Claude Is Thinking. Kind Of (priorcontext.substack.com)

×0.94 | 1 points by contextwindow 57 seconds ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Create flashcards with Space CLI (getspace.app)

×0.64 147 | 22 points by friebetill 6 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The day the Pintupi Nine entered the modern world (2014) (bbc.com)

×0.57 33 #26 | 16 points by ilamont 4 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tesla Wall Connector bootloader bypasses the firmware downgrade ratchet (synacktiv.com)

×0.85 57 #55 | 126 points by p_stuart82 1 day ago | 76 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
ExploitGym: Can AI agents turn bugs into exploits? (arxiv.org)

×0.63 | 1 points by p_stuart82 17 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Mistle – Open-source infrastructure for running sandboxed coding agents (github.com/mistlehq)

×2.10 127 | 6 points by jonathanlowhy 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Git Is Not Fine (billjings.com)

×1.72 48 #40 | 14 points by steveklabnik 6 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
DeepSeek V4: The Open-Source Model Frontier Labs Feared (helloai.com)

×1.81 56 #59 | 49 points by HelloAi 17 hours ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: TongueType – Local, privacy-focused Whisper dictation for macOS (tonguetype.app)

×1.54 67 | 5 points by claviska 10 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Torrix, self hosted, LLM Observability,(no Postgres, no Redis) (github.com/torrix-ai)

×4.40 76 | 59 points by AdarshRao23 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Vim file browser that runs in separate terminal (github.com/hoffa)

×1.62 128 | 6 points by crehn 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Petri – Drop-in Postgres image that forks a DB per test (github.com/taktekhq)

×1.04 137 | 4 points by nizarmah 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Google tests 5 GB cap for users who skip phone numbers (theregister.com)

×2.03 23 | 3 points by jnord 43 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Adobe Latest Target in Wave of Lawsuits over AI Voice Training (bloomberglaw.com)

×0.49 | 1 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Neural window manager, neural network moving windows from mouse actions (lusob.github.io)

×1.51 117 | 7 points by lusob 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The dawn of 24/7 solar power (ft.com)

×1.22 15 | 3 points by doener 57 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: GETadb.com – every GET request creates a DB (getadb.com)

×0.44 141 | 39 points by nezaj 1 week ago | 44 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Bun Rust rewrite: "codebase fails basic miri checks, allows for UB in safe rust" (github.com/oven-sh)

×4.64 28 #36 | 350 points by ndiddy 7 hours ago | 242 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
UK government replaces Palantir software with internally-built refugee system (bbc.com)

×3.81 11 #66 | 488 points by cdrnsf 1 day ago | 188 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
WinUI 3 Performance: A Leap Forward (github.com/microsoft)

×1.22 43 #79 | 115 points by whatever3 1 day ago | 123 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
OVMS: Open source electric vehicle remote monitoring, diagnosis and control (openvehicles.com)

×0.81 44 #80 | 90 points by BHSPitMonkey 1 day ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask a Foolish Question (gutenberg.org)

×0.56 | 1 points by orsenthil 45 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
MyAi – Decentralized inference with on-chain payouts (Base) (myaitoken.io)

×0.36 | 1 points by jlvardon 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Claude for Small Business (anthropic.com)

×2.43 5 | 532 points by neilfrndes 1 day ago | 465 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
How Claude Code works in large codebases (claude.com)

×2.34 28 | 229 points by shenli3514 19 hours ago | 152 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Sanjaya – Academic paper discovery and extraction (OpenAlex/Scrapy) (sanjaya-six.vercel.app)

×0.86 85 | 3 points by oug-t 13 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
London Police Deploy Facial Recognition at Protest for First Time (reclaimthenet.org)

×2.28 11 #23 | 83 points by Cider9986 3 hours ago | 60 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Trevor Howsam Limited: 19th- and 20th-Century Props and Wallpaper (trevorhowsam.com)

×0.32 48 #41 | 9 points by NaOH 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A tmux layer for coordinating multiple free tier coding-agent CLIs (github.com/trentisiete)

×0.48 | 1 points by trentisiete 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Be Weird – Doing the opposite is now a strategy (tinyempires.substack.com)

×0.87 | 2 points by fallinditch 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Airbyte Agents – context for agents across multiple data sources

×0.82 122 | 154 points by mtricot 1 week ago | 48 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Building a UMatrix Replacement (cmpxchg8b.com)

×0.85 21 #28 | 35 points by taviso 5 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Why U.S. Test Scores Are in a 'Generation-Long Decline' (nytimes.com)

×1.16 | 2 points by karakoram 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Classic 7 is a Windows 10 LTSC mod to look 1:1 to Windows 7 (classic7.lol)

×1.81 52 | 155 points by jandeboevrie 1 day ago | 158 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Agentic interface for mainframes and COBOL (hypercubic.ai)

×0.62 81 | 95 points by sai18 3 days ago | 49 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: JDS – a Copilot skill suite for structuring AI coding behavior (github.com/josipmusa)

×0.85 89 | 8 points by anaq42 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???