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  1. Built a 1.3M-line agent-native OS in Rust while homeless. What now?
    ×1.09 56 | 4 points by jamieoglindsey 52 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. I'm 60 years old. Claude Code killed a passion
    ×5.79 83 #87 | 127 points by fred1268 3 hours ago | 87 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: What breaks first when your team grows from 10 to 50 people?
    ×0.47 35 | 4 points by hariprasadr 5 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: Have you successfully treated forward head posture ("nerd neck")?
    ×1.08 45 | 45 points by trashymctrash 1 day ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: Med student interested in bci startups..where do I start?
    ×0.14 | 2 points by Sxouterred 10 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Tell HN: iPhone 6s still getting security updates
    ×0.29 77 | 5 points by uticus 14 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: What was it like for programmers when spreadsheets became ubiquitous?
    ×0.57 69 | 11 points by yodaiken 19 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. I traced $2B in nonprofit grants for Meta and Age Verification lobbying
    ×2.83 71 | 89 points by theseusares 2 days ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Tell HN: Apple development certificate server seems down?
    ×0.76 101 | 110 points by strongpigeon 4 days ago | 39 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Why I'm moving away from Regex for LLM Agent security
    ×0.32 92 | 3 points by aunicall 15 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. I built a platform to help developers find collaborators for new projects
    ×0.18 117 | 3 points by deiv2002 22 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. How not to fork an open source project
    ×0.47 98 | 5 points by jsattler 23 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: Why can't we just make more RAM?
    ×0.60 80 | 24 points by chatmasta 1 day ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: Got cancer, a new job,new boss in less than a year What do I do now?
    ×0.39 103 | 19 points by Goleniewski 2 days ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: How do you use Coding Agents/CLIs out of coding?
    ×0.41 114 | 4 points by arbayi 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. MiniMax M2.5 is trained by Claude Opus 4.6?
    ×0.56 105 | 10 points by Orellius 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Toolpack SDK, an Open Source TypeScript SDK for Building AI-Powered Applications
    ×0.16 | 2 points by sajeerzeji 20 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Prompt to make Claude more autonomous in web dev
    ×0.32 99 | 4 points by louison11 21 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Claude broke a ZIP password in a smart way
    ×0.82 85 | 7 points by jgrahamc 21 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: How do you search things like YouTube and Reddit from before the AI slop
    ×1.80 24 | 4 points by sdfkjasdfo89a7 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: What's your biggest pain point when joining a new developer team?
    ×0.34 122 | 8 points by KevStatic 1 day ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: 100k/year individual token usage?
    ×0.51 110 | 7 points by alecsmart1 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. X is selling existing users' handles
    ×1.71 78 | 197 points by hac 3 days ago | 91 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: Would this eliminate bots for good?
    ×0.23 124 | 3 points by piratesAndSons 1 day ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Why have co-ops never played a major role in tech?
    ×1.00 111 | 14 points by AbstractH24 2 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: Is Claude down again?
    ×1.07 96 | 86 points by coderbants 4 days ago | 73 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Generate tests from GitHub pull requests
    ×0.33 121 | 7 points by Aamir21 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: Is there prior art for this rich text data model?
    ×0.34 130 | 6 points by chrisecker 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: Has anyone built an AI agent that spends real money?
    ×0.73 139 | 4 points by xodn348 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Looking for Partner to Build Agent Memory (Zig/Erlang)
    ×0.29 150 | 6 points by kendallgclark 2 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. AI, Human Cognition and Knowledge Collapse – Daren Acemoglu
    ×0.20 147 | 3 points by aanet 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Enabling Media Router by default undermines Brave's privacy claims
    ×0.33 148 | 5 points by noguff 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Ask HN: Looking for a job after layoff and burnout. What should I focus on
    ×1.58 100 | 6 points by jacAtSea 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Claude 4.6 Opus can recite Linux's list.h
    ×0.98 120 | 25 points by itzmetanjim 3 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. AI is supercharging fake work
    ×1.10 141 | 12 points by rxm233 3 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Ask HN: Does anyone here use Discord as their work chat tool?
    ×0.12 155 | 3 points by Poomba 2 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Instagram Ending Encrypted DMs
    ×0.87 129 | 6 points by 01-_- 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. SBCL Fibers – Lightweight Cooperative Threads (atgreen.github.io)
    ×1.20 37 #26 | 131 points by anonzzzies 17 hours ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. The MCP Server 1.0 for EventSourcingDB (eventsourcingdb.io)
    ×0.61 | 1 points by goloroden 39 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Trump call for Japan to send warships to Strait of Hormuz puts Takaichi in bind (japantimes.co.jp)
    ×2.97 49 | 4 points by mikhael 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Meta planning layoffs as AI costs mount (reuters.com)
    ×16.61 44 | 97 points by Aboutplants 1 day ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Show HN: Chat Daddy – all your LLM chats in a super light terminal (lucianlabs.ca)
    ×0.45 | 2 points by elijahlucian 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Show HN: Tiny macOS app that adds a facecam bubble to screen recordings (github.com/backnotprop)
    ×1.64 137 | 5 points by ramoz 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Human Organ Atlas (esrf.fr)
    ×0.61 81 #47 | 3 points by giuliomagnifico 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Starlink militarization and its impact on global strategic stability (2023) (csis.org)
    ×1.60 54 #58 | 160 points by msuniverse2026 1 day ago | 221 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Show HN: After a lot of backlash I fixed and built it (github.com/adityaprasad-sudo)
    ×0.63 | 1 points by dagestan 36 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Show HN: PipeStep – Step-through debugger for GitHub Actions workflows (github.com/Photobombastic)
    ×0.93 136 | 12 points by photobombastic 2 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Show HN: EdgeWhisper – On-device voice-to-text for macOS (Voxtral 4B via MLX) (edgewhisper.com)
    ×0.61 144 | 3 points by raphaelmansuy 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Megadev: A Development Kit for the Sega Mega Drive and Mega CD Hardware (github.com/drojaazu)
    ×0.93 61 #59 | 129 points by XzetaU8 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Why Proving Human Authorship Is a Big Problem (writermark.org)
    ×0.63 | 1 points by justadevguy 35 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Show HN: OpenJet – An offline agent harness for memory-constrained edge hardware (github.com/L-Forster)
    ×0.57 | 1 points by lforster 44 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Show HN: Vanilla JavaScript refinery simulator built to explain job to my kids (fuelingcuriosity.com)
    ×1.22 87 | 126 points by fuelingcurious 3 days ago | 50 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Show HN: Cloak – send and receive secrets from OpenClaw (opsy.sh)
    ×1.19 108 | 3 points by d36ugger 19 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Show HN: Vibe-budget – CLI to estimate LLM costs before you start vibe coding (npmjs.com)
    ×1.13 132 | 4 points by gabriel_quec016 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. How North Korean IT Workers Infiltrated Western Tech Companies (nbcnews.com)
    ×1.96 13 #50 | 16 points by squiggy22 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. The mechanics of autonomous software translation (alperenkeles.com)
    ×0.37 52 #54 | 24 points by alpaylan 11 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Hazardous substances found in all headphones tested by ToxFREE project (arnika.org)
    ×1.92 18 | 101 points by microflash 17 hours ago | 75 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Show HN: What if your synthesizer was powered by APL (or a dumb K clone)? (octetta.github.io)
    ×1.52 11 #7 | 33 points by octetta 3 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Fedora 44 on the Raspberry Pi 5 (nullr0ute.com)
    ×1.00 38 #45 | 113 points by jandeboevrie 20 hours ago | 38 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Show HN: Detect Drift in TypeScript codebases (github.com/LogicStamp)
    ×0.62 | 1 points by AmiteK 54 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. PromptPacksHQ; Structured prompt templates for business, job search, and fitness (promptpackshq.com)
    ×0.59 | 1 points by Caelummain 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Show HN: AgentMailr – dedicated email inboxes for AI agents (agentmailr.com)
    ×1.74 28 | 5 points by kumardeepanshu 5 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Show HN: I built a tool that watches webpages and exposes changes as RSS (sitespy.app)
    ×1.61 67 | 319 points by vkuprin 4 days ago | 77 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Compile TypeScript directly to JVM bytecode and run it at native Java speed (caoccao.com)
    ×1.39 | 2 points by sjtucaocao 48 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. UK to Allow "Plug in" Solar (www.gov.uk)
    ×2.00 24 | 3 points by edent 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Show HN: Code Royale – Play and learn poker with Claude Code (skill) (github.com/BohdanPetryshyn)
    ×0.73 | 2 points by BohdanPetryshyn 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Show HN: AI coding agent for VS Code with pay-as-you-go pricing- no subscription (llmonestop.com)
    ×0.76 | 2 points by hhossain 19 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Life as an OnlyFans 'chatter' (bbc.com)
    ×2.23 5 #80 | 159 points by 1659447091 1 day ago | 240 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Nile fisherman earning more from collecting plastic than fish (theguardian.com)
    ×1.41 | 2 points by saikatsg 29 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. FCC chairman threatens TV broadcast licenses over news coverage (fortune.com)
    ×5.45 25 | 107 points by geox 16 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. How kernel anti-cheats work (s4dbrd.github.io)
    ×2.42 9 #16 | 281 points by davikr 16 hours ago | 231 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Show HN: What was the world listening to? Music charts, 20 countries (1940–2025) (88mph.fm)
    ×0.87 65 | 113 points by matteocantiello 5 days ago | 51 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. UMD Scientists Create 'Smart Underwear' to Measure Human Flatulence (umd.edu)
    ×1.84 6 #3 | 16 points by ohjeez 46 minutes ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Kniterate Notes (agnescameron.info)
    ×1.11 8 #9 | 22 points by surprisetalk 2 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Treasure hunter freed from jail after refusing to turn over shipwreck gold (bbc.com)
    ×1.29 16 #18 | 143 points by tartoran 13 hours ago | 195 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Show HN: Sway, a board game benchmark for quantum computing (shukla.io)
    ×1.68 | 2 points by BinRoo 11 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. RAM kits are now sold with one fake RAM stick alongside a real one (tomshardware.com)
    ×3.05 14 | 274 points by edward 1 day ago | 178 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Claude March 2026 usage promotion (claude.com)
    ×2.46 47 | 240 points by weldu 20 hours ago | 142 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Show HN: KayZeer – Vimium-style keyboard navigation for macOS (github.com/serjster)
    ×0.50 | 2 points by serjts 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Reverse Engineering Apple's GPU Energy Model on the M4 Max (youtube.com)
    ×1.65 13 #37 | 4 points by ricebunny 19 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Couplit: Daily coupled word-shuffle puzzle (couplit.io)
    ×0.60 | 1 points by yig 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Israel is running critically low on interceptors, US officials say (semafor.com)
    ×8.79 7 | 77 points by inaros 17 hours ago | 112 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Channel Surfer – Watch YouTube Like It's Cable TV (channelsurfer.tv)
    ×1.87 66 | 73 points by speckx 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. The Isolation Trap: Erlang (causality.blog)
    ×1.33 47 #74 | 157 points by enz 1 day ago | 64 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Games with loot boxes to get minimum 16 age rating across Europe (bbc.com)
    ×3.00 19 #85 | 329 points by gostsamo 1 day ago | 195 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Show HN: BurnShot v2- Zero-Knowledge image sharing (Challenge to decrypt this)
    ×0.59 | 1 points by axaysharma 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Show HN: Autoresearch@home (ensue-network.ai)
    ×0.81 94 | 78 points by austinbaggio 3 days ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: Axe – A 12MB binary that replaces your AI framework (github.com/jrswab)
    ×1.38 64 | 222 points by jrswab 3 days ago | 122 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Ageless Linux – Software for humans of indeterminate age (agelesslinux.org)
    ×4.70 18 #31 | 747 points by nateb2022 18 hours ago | 499 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. 9 Mothers Defense (YC P26) Is Hiring in Austin (ashbyhq.com)
    1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???