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  1. Ask HN: What is your go-to solution for a personal wiki in 2026?
    ×0.69 33 | 7 points by ex-aws-dude 1 hour ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: Are we gonna back less powerful local LLMs
    ×0.24 62 | 4 points by omertt27 5 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: What do you still do manually in 2026 that should be automated?
    ×0.30 73 | 14 points by lishunsheng 16 hours ago | 24 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: How to start up as an individual developer?
    ×0.37 105 | 8 points by alexyan0431 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: Who got hired with Who wants to be hired? (On 2026)
    ×0.31 90 | 16 points by Gooblebrai 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated
    ×1.68 77 | 36 points by CliffStoll 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: Terafab – Smart move or insane financial risk?
    ×0.10 120 | 3 points by imheretolearn 23 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Is anyone seriously considering a career change?
    ×0.86 78 | 29 points by zeven7 1 day ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: Is the future everyone having 100 MCP processes running on their PC?
    ×0.24 126 | 6 points by ex-aws-dude 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Reviewing in the Age of AI
    ×0.46 96 | 8 points by maxalbarello 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: Is the Job Market Actually Bad?
    ×1.77 108 | 128 points by idontwantthis 5 days ago | 204 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: The death of software development as a job?
    ×1.84 100 | 16 points by piratesAndSons 1 day ago | 29 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: Best Embedding Models?
    ×0.39 125 | 17 points by devstein 2 days ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: How do I get freelance developer jobs?
    ×1.17 93 | 8 points by downbad_ 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: Is there a term for feeling sad about forced AI adoption?
    ×0.88 99 | 22 points by ge96 2 days ago | 37 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: Why would we care about "extended time horizons" and LLMs?
    ×0.48 157 | 5 points by ozozozd 2 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: Where are you getting your AI news from?
    ×0.36 143 | 10 points by baetylus 2 days ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: Those building Swift apps without touching Xcode, what is your workflow?
    ×0.44 149 | 18 points by p5v 4 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: Is a hands-off, family-friendly, de-Googled "home lab" feasible?
    ×0.31 153 | 10 points by strix_varius 3 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Why Does a Single Firefox Tab Take Almost 1.5GB RAM?
    ×0.25 156 | 6 points by syeare 2 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Show HN: Gulugulu, an old-style client-side search engine for the old weird web (cbrincoveanu.github.io)
    ×0.87 121 | 3 points by cbrincoveanu 23 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Show HN: PHP-fts – Full-text search engine in pure PHP, no extensions (github.com/olivier-ls)
    ×0.91 62 #80 | 79 points by asmodios 1 day ago | 23 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. What makes a good smartphone camera? (cadence.moe)
    ×0.84 61 #82 | 109 points by zdw 1 day ago | 64 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Golden Globes Set AI Rules: ‘AI Doesn’t Automatically Disqualify’ Movie or Show (variety.com)
    ×1.57 | 2 points by spankibalt 21 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. AI for Creativity (bearblog.dev)
    ×0.54 | 1 points by flyaway123 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. The Persistence of Corporate Currents (octoshark.net)
    ×0.51 | 1 points by octoshark 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Show HN: Vanilla-scroll-sky: CSS-only modern scroll-driven storytelling sections (github.com/ulrischa)
    ×1.83 97 | 6 points by ulrischa 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Indian matchbox labels as a visual archive (itsnicethat.com)
    ×1.21 13 #29 | 142 points by sahar_builds 10 hours ago | 32 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Community firmware for the Xteink X4 e-paper reader (github.com/crosspoint-reader)
    ×1.17 58 #55 | 141 points by dmos62 1 day ago | 56 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. What 56 Prometheus repos depend on (riftmap.dev)
    ×0.50 | 1 points by DaWe01 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. A PHP license change is imminent (lwn.net)
    ×1.61 12 | 3 points by maxloh 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Xbox CEO ends Copilot AI development and overhauls leadership (dexerto.com)
    ×3.08 72 | 110 points by gmays 1 day ago | 40 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Show HN: State of the Art of Coding Models, According to Hacker News Commenters (hnup.date)
    ×1.25 95 | 165 points by yunusabd 4 days ago | 87 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. EU hits snooze on AI Act rules after industry backlash (theregister.com)
    ×2.35 34 | 4 points by Bender 51 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Proton Meet (proton.me)
    ×2.74 30 | 145 points by Einenlum 1 day ago | 58 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. DeepSeek 4 Flash local inference engine for Metal (github.com/antirez)
    ×2.65 1 #6 | 180 points by tamnd 4 hours ago | 56 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. US reportedly charges Scattered Spider hacker arrested in Finland (bleepingcomputer.com)
    ×3.17 43 | 6 points by billybuckwheat 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Show HN: Pokemon Cartridge Authenticity Checker (pokecartcheck.com)
    ×0.52 | 1 points by deluxnate1 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Show HN: Looties – a marketplace for tech swag fans (looties.io)
    ×0.89 129 | 3 points by quentindotpy 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Show HN: I indexed 8,643 BSides talks across 227 chapters and 6 continents (allbsides.com)
    ×1.74 118 | 24 points by Parkado 2 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Show HN: A tiny C program where an LLM rewires its DAG while running (github.com/kouhxp)
    ×1.59 138 | 12 points by mrkn1 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Show HN: Agent-desktop – Native desktop automation CLI for AI agents (github.com/lahfir)
    ×2.29 119 | 98 points by lahfir 5 days ago | 43 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Virtual violin produces realistic sounds (mit.edu)
    ×0.72 84 #75 | 91 points by gmays 1 day ago | 75 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Cursed Browser: Rendering Engine Using Visual-LLMs (github.com/scosman)
    ×1.45 73 #84 | 14 points by throawayonthe 13 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Show HN: Crypto Trading Simulator – 11 coins, candlestick charts, zero risk (flightsmoothie-dot.github.io)
    ×1.30 | 2 points by repurpose_ai 35 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Colombia hosts talks on exiting fossil fuels as global energy crisis deepens (latimes.com)
    ×2.20 36 | 133 points by PaulHoule 1 day ago | 131 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Show HN: Orch8 – Durable workflow engine in Rust, one binary, Postgres or SQLite (github.com/orch8-io)
    ×1.68 107 | 24 points by _alphageek 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Colored Shadow Penumbra (chosker.github.io)
    ×0.83 14 #7 | 16 points by ibobev 1 hour ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Child marriages plunged when girls stayed in school in Nigeria (nature.com)
    ×2.48 2 #10 | 290 points by surprisetalk 7 hours ago | 202 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. I want to live like Costco people (tastecooking.com)
    ×2.39 8 #8 | 115 points by speckx 5 hours ago | 275 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Show HN: Super Mega SFF Story Ideator (compellingsciencefiction.com)
    ×0.52 | 1 points by mojoe 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Show HN: DAG-based Kanji learning through components (mykanji.app)
    ×0.49 | 1 points by barisozmen 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. DNSSEC disruption affecting .de domains – Resolved (denic.de)
    ×3.02 16 | 742 points by warpspin 2 days ago | 406 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Directory of personal websites (top is crazy) (webofdevs.com)
    ×1.61 | 2 points by sebzuddas 21 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Understanding AI (theatlantic.com)
    ×1.22 | 2 points by paulpauper 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Show HN: LaoTzu Writer Studio
    ×2.00 70 | 6 points by homeonthemtn 9 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Show HN: SereneUI – A VSCode-inspired, open-source UI for Postgres (github.com/serenedb)
    ×6.68 49 | 15 points by gnusi 10 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Show HN: nfsdiag – A NFS diagnostic application (github.com/lsferreira42)
    ×0.79 88 | 82 points by lsferreira42 5 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Hardening Firefox with Claude Mythos Preview (mozilla.org)
    ×6.27 23 #63 | 34 points by HieronymusBosch 4 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Building my own Vi text editor in BASIC (leetusman.com)
    ×0.74 64 #73 | 75 points by zeech 23 hours ago | 42 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Creating for a niche (davesnider.com)
    ×1.17 | 2 points by snide 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Show HN: Bilig – a headless spreadsheet engine for Node services and agents (github.com/proompteng)
    ×1.01 31 | 3 points by GregKonush 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Show HN: Kanban-CLI – a web UI for local Markdown todo lists (github.com/Vochsel)
    ×3.25 141 | 11 points by vochsel 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Vibe coding and agentic engineering are getting closer than I'd like (simonwillison.net)
    ×3.51 19 #35 | 740 points by e12e 1 day ago | 837 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Google Health Coach is now available to Premium users (blog.google)
    ×1.70 | 2 points by ChrisArchitect 10 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Two Home Affairs officials suspended after AI 'hallucinations' found (citizen.co.za)
    ×1.17 | 2 points by jruohonen 58 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. DeepSeek V4 Pro at 75% off until 31 May (deepseek.com)
    ×4.13 35 | 81 points by nateb2022 21 hours ago | 84 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. How David Sacks crashed and burned in the White House (theverge.com)
    ×4.69 39 | 76 points by PhotonHunter 21 hours ago | 56 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. ShinyHunters claims data theft from 8,800 schools (Instructure/Canvas) (bleepingcomputer.com)
    ×4.75 21 #45 | 6 points by tfirst 12 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Stop building the same form back end twice (formspring.io)
    ×1.92 40 | 3 points by pixelandprocess 7 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. State-backed hackers hammer Palo Alto firewall zero-day before patch lands (theregister.com)
    ×2.43 1 #68 | 5 points by Bender 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Ask HN: Which developers do you closely follow?
    ×2.74 38 | 3 points by chistev 13 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Google's $9.99-per-month AI health coach launches May 19 (techcrunch.com)
    ×1.21 | 2 points by sizzle 35 minutes ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Show HN: AICW Video open-source to cut video into clips with captions, voiceover (github.com/aicw-io)
    ×1.54 79 | 4 points by eummm 9 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: Stop playing my matchstick puzzles, start building your own in seconds (mathstick.github.io)
    ×0.71 147 | 36 points by trangram 5 days ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. I (Spiritually) Won Comma.ai's Compression Challenge (aaronleslie.dev)
    ×1.99 26 | 3 points by qwertyforce 34 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Minister gives Palantir's NHS platform a clean bill of health (theregister.com)
    ×1.20 | 2 points by Bender 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Behavior-Oriented Concurrency for Python (microsoft.github.io)
    ×1.10 75 | 69 points by mpweiher 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Show HN: New Benchmark from SWE-bench team is 0% solved (programbench.com)
    ×4.40 102 | 23 points by lieret 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Show HN: TubeLens – Critical analysis of YouTube (4 dimensions, 28 signals) (tubelens.app)
    ×0.33 | 2 points by mamflux 23 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Natural Language Autoencoders: Turning Claude's Thoughts into Text (anthropic.com)
    ×1.74 2 #4 | 90 points by instagraham 2 hours ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. ReMarkable's new Paper Pure tablet goes back to basics with a monochrome screen (techcrunch.com)
    ×0.68 | 1 points by evo_9 20 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Show HN: I made a local proxy for AI tool calls to keep my API keys safe (github.com/factorly-dev)
    ×1.86 151 | 5 points by jsherer 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Show HN: Security Scanner for Agent Skills and MCP (github.com/snyk)
    ×1.84 163 | 7 points by lirantal 4 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Show HN: Stage CLI – An easier way of reading your AI generated changes locally (github.com/ReviewStage)
    ×0.66 33 #23 | 24 points by cpan22 4 hours ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Show HN: I Replaced React in GraphiQL with Svelte (webb.page)
    ×1.23 87 | 5 points by NetOpWibby 17 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Show HN: Retroguard – Verifiably secure AI guardrails (retroguard.ai)
    ×1.57 155 | 6 points by ttttonyhe 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. MPEG-2 Transport Stream Packaging for Media over QUIC Transport (ietf.org)
    ×0.82 29 #18 | 47 points by mondainx 6 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent (thatprivacyguy.com)
    ×7.40 25 #66 | 1706 points by john-doe 2 days ago | 1117 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Long AI Short AGI (1984.substack.com)
    ×1.81 | 2 points by ramybasha 8 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???