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  1. Ask HN: Do you also "hoard" notes/links but struggle to turn them into actions?
    ×1.90 62 | 201 points by item007 21 hours ago | 168 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. DietPi released a new version v10.0
    ×0.51 | 2 points by StephanStS 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: Notification Overload
    ×0.48 71 | 41 points by fractal618 4 days ago | 74 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: Junior getting lost
    ×0.68 73 | 43 points by TheRegularOne 1 day ago | 32 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: Is understanding code becoming "optional"?
    ×1.01 57 | 11 points by mikaelaast 14 hours ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. AI has failed to replace a single software application or feature
    ×0.88 64 | 15 points by cadabrabra 20 hours ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Waypoint 1.1, a local-first world model for interactive simulation
    ×0.55 74 | 9 points by lcastricato 19 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: How do you reset an AppleID?
    ×0.66 98 | 10 points by OhMeadhbh 1 day ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: How do you market a side project?
    ×1.79 76 | 10 points by ruairidhwm 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: Should a software engineer have research exposure?
    ×0.22 95 | 3 points by c_daeda 16 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: Who do you follow via RSS feed?
    ×0.92 106 | 71 points by znpy 4 days ago | 52 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: Books to learn 6502 ASM and the Apple II
    ×0.60 90 | 102 points by abkt 4 days ago | 69 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. AI creates over-efficiency. Organizations must absorb it
    ×0.64 78 | 6 points by eriam 20 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: Ergo wireless keyboard with mouse for coding?
    ×0.51 96 | 4 points by MarcelOlsz 20 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: DDD was a great debugger – what would a modern equivalent look like?
    ×0.66 127 | 56 points by manux81 5 days ago | 60 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: How are you managing secrets with AI agents?
    ×0.09 | 2 points by m-hodges 22 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: Is free identity theft protection after a data breach worth the bother?
    ×0.14 | 2 points by daoboy 22 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. The preposterous notion of AI automating "repetitive" work
    ×0.84 92 | 9 points by cadabrabra 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: How do you force yourself to take breaks while coding?
    ×0.89 126 | 4 points by glidea 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: Why the OpenClaw hype? What's so special?
    ×1.34 79 | 5 points by anon_anon12 18 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: Is archive.is currently broken for WSJ links?
    ×0.35 124 | 7 points by bigwheels 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: How far has "vibe coding" come?
    ×0.26 117 | 12 points by pigon1002 2 days ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: What's the Point Anymore?
    ×1.87 103 | 64 points by fnoef 4 days ago | 80 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: What recent UX changes make no sense to you?
    ×0.69 120 | 32 points by superasn 3 days ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: How are devtool founders getting their paying users in 2026?
    ×0.58 110 | 7 points by yasu_c 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Designing programming languages beyond AI comprehension
    ×0.12 149 | 6 points by mr_bob_sacamano 2 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. How much recurring income do you generate in 2026 and from what?
    ×0.52 137 | 12 points by djshah 3 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: Do you still physical calculators?
    ×1.18 67 | 19 points by speedylight 3 hours ago | 52 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Where can I find startups looking for fractional product leads?
    ×0.42 156 | 8 points by stulogy 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Tell HN: Beeper deletes inactive accounts without notice
    ×0.53 141 | 4 points by kldx 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Tell HN: I cut Claude API costs from $70/month to pennies
    ×1.14 132 | 40 points by ok_orco 5 days ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ask HN: How to prevent Claude/GPT/Gemini from reinforcing your biases?
    ×0.77 134 | 29 points by akshay326 4 days ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Ask HN: Where to find cool companies to work for?
    ×0.32 145 | 7 points by truetaurus 2 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Ask HN: Vibe Researching" with AI – Anyone Using It for Real?
    ×0.46 153 | 8 points by spenceXu 3 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Ask HN: European alternative to Vercel/Cloudflare for hosting
    ×0.56 151 | 12 points by vldszn 3 days ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. I built a C++ runtime with immutable objects and no GIL
    ×0.85 164 | 7 points by gamarino 3 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Ask HN: How much emphasis to put on unit testing and when?
    ×0.37 162 | 9 points by theturtlemoves 4 days ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Ask HN: If Everyone Can "Build" a SaaS, What Becomes Valuable?
    ×1.25 136 | 13 points by spenceXu 3 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. CERN accepts $1B in private cash towards Future Circular Collider (physicsworld.com)
    ×1.99 14 #19 | 48 points by zeristor 3 hours ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. In Search of True Community (shado-mag.com)
    ×0.43 | 1 points by robtherobber 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Drug trio found to block tumour resistance in pancreatic cancer in mouse models (drugtargetreview.com)
    ×1.56 26 | 266 points by axiomdata316 1 day ago | 147 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Show HN: Shelvy Books (shelvybooks.com)
    ×0.77 81 | 49 points by tekkie00 2 days ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Antirender: remove the glossy shine on architectural renderings (antirender.com)
    ×5.45 2 #1 | 1416 points by iambateman 17 hours ago | 347 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Peerweb: Decentralized website hosting via WebTorrent (peerweb.lol)
    ×1.46 10 #11 | 285 points by dtj1123 16 hours ago | 100 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Self Driving Car Insurance (lemonade.com)
    ×1.13 38 #35 | 131 points by KellyCriterion 21 hours ago | 297 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it works on a native client (xda-developers.com)
    ×4.48 22 #49 | 695 points by franczesko 1 day ago | 373 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. You've reached your rate limit. Please try again later
    ×0.70 | 1 points by Haeuserschlucht 22 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica (techcrunch.com)
    ×3.48 22 #73 | 466 points by voxadam 1 day ago | 771 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Do you really know your position? (agrisacademy.com)
    ×1.36 | 2 points by mooreds 42 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Show HN: Destructive_command_guard (Dcg) (github.com/Dicklesworthstone)
    ×1.06 | 2 points by eigenvalue 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Best Gas Masks (theverge.com)
    ×7.31 43 | 147 points by cdrnsf 1 day ago | 37 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Show HN: SHDL – A minimal hardware description language built from logic gates (github.com/rafa-rrayes)
    ×0.51 87 | 47 points by rafa_rrayes 3 days ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Show HN: Phage Explorer (phage-explorer.org)
    ×0.96 7 #13 | 80 points by eigenvalue 8 hours ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive worlds (blog.google)
    ×2.56 4 #72 | 654 points by meetpateltech 1 day ago | 320 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level (uni-bonn.de)
    ×3.54 1 #80 | 328 points by brandonb 1 day ago | 256 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Apple 'runs on Anthropic,' says Mark Gurman (9to5mac.com)
    ×0.54 | 1 points by aquir 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Show HN: Cicada – A scripting language that integrates with C (github.com/heltilda)
    ×0.55 37 | 55 points by briancr 1 day ago | 34 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Show HN: A small programming language where everything is pass-by-value (github.com/Jcparkyn)
    ×0.91 113 | 91 points by jcparkyn 5 days ago | 61 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Show HN: CertRadar – Find every certificate ever issued for your domain (certradar.net)
    ×0.97 159 | 21 points by ops_mechanic 5 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Sell America is the new trade on Wall Street (nytimes.com)
    ×1.33 | 2 points by softwaredoug 37 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Show HN: We Built the 1. EU-Sovereignty Audit for Websites (lightwaves.io)
    ×1.10 85 | 104 points by cmkr 3 days ago | 89 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Show HN: A website that summarises all adopted texts of EU parliament (euforya.eu)
    ×0.81 138 | 3 points by krzysiek 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. The National Herbarium of Ireland digital collection of Irish plants (dri.ie)
    ×0.68 42 #43 | 110 points by gnabgib 21 hours ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. HTTP Dogs (http.dog)
    ×0.72 71 #75 | 12 points by adocomplete 14 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. How to Beat Lyme Disease (tim.blog)
    ×0.68 | 1 points by maximedupre 24 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. The Inverted Panopticon (shanakaanslemperera.substack.com)
    ×0.57 | 1 points by MassPikeMike 48 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. County pays $600k to pentesters it arrested for assessing courthouse security (arstechnica.com)
    ×3.86 2 | 431 points by MBCook 1 day ago | 201 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Show HN: One Human + One Agent = One Browser From Scratch in 20K LOC (emsh.cat)
    ×1.97 70 | 316 points by embedding-shape 4 days ago | 151 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Show HN: VCluster Free – Free K8s Multi-Tenancy with Virtual Clusters (vcluster.com)
    ×1.67 93 | 16 points by gentele 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Insane Growth Goldbridge (YC F25) Is Hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer (ycombinator.com)
    1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Eagle analyzes your Windows programs and suggests a Wine setup (usebottles.com)
    ×0.75 | 1 points by worble 13 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Show HN: Externalized Properties, a modern Java configuration library (github.com/joel-jeremy)
    ×0.25 121 | 11 points by jeyjeyemem 4 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Show HN: A 4.8MB native iOS voice notes app built with SwiftUI (apple.com)
    ×1.94 165 | 6 points by karamalaskar 3 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Show HN: Spar – Built a tool to help improve store conversion rates (cuped.ai)
    ×1.71 161 | 4 points by 6farer 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Europe’s next-generation weather satellite sends back first images (esa.int)
    ×2.93 3 #88 | 699 points by saubeidl 2 days ago | 98 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Singing the Gospel of Collective Efficacy (interconnected.org)
    ×1.56 4 | 3 points by jimmcslim 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Guix System First Impressions as a Nix User (nemin.hu)
    ×1.42 1 | 3 points by todsacerdoti 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Are We Claudemaxxing? (claudemaxxing.org)
    ×2.63 27 | 5 points by namdao2000 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Paper Notes – NanoLog – A Nanosecond Scale Logging System
    ×0.96 | 2 points by carzzyDev 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. US cybersecurity chief leaked sensitive government files to ChatGPT: Report (dexerto.com)
    ×3.78 2 | 434 points by randycupertino 1 day ago | 36 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Show HN: Cua-Bench – a benchmark for AI agents in GUI environments (github.com/trycua)
    ×0.46 99 | 40 points by someguy101010 4 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Show HN: Codex.nvim – Codex inside Neovim (no API key required) (github.com/ishiooon)
    ×1.30 154 | 4 points by ishiooon 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Show HN: Analyzing Semantic Redundancy in LLM Retrieval (Google GIST Protocol)
    ×0.44 155 | 4 points by aggeeinn 4 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Silver plunges 30% in worst day since 1980, gold tumbles (cnbc.com)
    ×4.45 65 | 227 points by pera 16 hours ago | 237 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. The $100B megadeal between OpenAI and Nvidia is on ice (wsj.com)
    ×3.25 30 #41 | 318 points by pixelesque 13 hours ago | 239 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Painless Software Schedules (2000) (joelonsoftware.com)
    ×0.86 44 #69 | 66 points by MonkeyClub 21 hours ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app (macrumors.com)
    ×5.46 7 #79 | 1092 points by pier25 2 days ago | 902 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Leni Riefenstahl made documentaries for Hitler (npr.org)
    ×1.94 9 #86 | 6 points by GreenSalem 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Moltbook is a bad takeoff scenario where human psychology itself is the exploit (twitter.com/PimDeWitte)
    ×0.73 | 1 points by lebek 16 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. NetBus (wikipedia.org)
    ×0.48 | 1 points by grubbs 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???