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  1. Ask HN: Programmable Watches with WiFi?
    ×0.29 33 #73 | 6 points by dakiol 4 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: If the "AI bubble" pops, will it really be that dramatic?
    ×1.65 26 | 7 points by moomoo11 2 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Write Perfect Emails in Seconds
    ×0.69 27 | 4 points by vinayofc 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. I'm 15 and built a platform for developers to showcase WIP projects
    ×0.54 51 | 4 points by amin2011 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: Do You Love My "Assess Idea" (AI) Robo-Reply Side Project Idea?
    ×0.22 | 2 points by burnerToBetOut 6 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Thank HN: You helped save 33k lives
    ×4.49 47 | 1138 points by chaseadam17 4 days ago | 113 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Peer validation platform for engineering skills (inspired by X community notes)
    ×0.14 94 | 4 points by ms_sv 17 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. My first experience with an "AI"-ed call centre?
    ×0.70 76 | 27 points by chrisjj 1 day ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: What (other) jobs do you think of doing?
    ×0.34 73 | 8 points by penguin_booze 13 hours ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: What happens to all the hardware when data centers upgrade?
    ×0.62 92 | 9 points by givemeethekeys 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: Is it worth learning Vim in 2026?
    ×1.05 89 | 29 points by zekejohn 1 day ago | 31 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. How Real-Time Voice Agents Work: Media Infrastructure and Latency
    ×0.22 126 | 3 points by gokuljs 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Reddit Ads support is leaking PII and actively crossing user sessions
    ×0.85 87 | 17 points by arashvakil 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: Are hackathons still worth doing?
    ×0.35 132 | 10 points by kwar13 2 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Google Cloud APIs (gcloud CLI) seems to be down or broken
    ×0.14 141 | 3 points by thej 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: Can a license make large corporations give back?
    ×0.27 140 | 7 points by arboles 2 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: How do you overcome imposter syndrome?
    ×0.50 144 | 12 points by fdneng 4 days ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: Are you a SWE that lost job purely due to AI? Share your story
    ×0.85 82 | 17 points by matijash 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Tell HN: Attackers using Google parental controls to prevent account recovery
    ×1.05 139 | 21 points by TazeTSchnitzel 3 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: How do you motivate your humans to stop AI-washing their emails?
    ×0.45 138 | 27 points by causal 4 days ago | 36 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. In SF for a couple of days, looking for someone that can host us in their office
    ×1.20 104 | 4 points by jackota 21 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Watching an elderly relative trying to use the modern web
    ×0.84 133 | 48 points by ColinWright 5 days ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Googling on Brazil about "Gemini said" shows unrevised content from Gemini
    ×0.08 145 | 3 points by yrds96 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: In Cursor/agents, do plugins hide MCP tools from the main agent?
    ×0.15 147 | 4 points by azebazenestor 3 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Top non-ad google result for "polymarket" in Australia is a crypto scam
    ×0.37 146 | 17 points by rtrgrd 5 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: (Your) Request for Startups?
    ×0.59 127 | 12 points by dontoni 2 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: Why are there no talks about Seedance 2.0 on Hacker News?
    ×0.32 143 | 8 points by ElectroNomad 3 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Apple M5 Pro/Max and TSMC SOIC-MH 2.5D chiplet packaging (reddit.com)
    ×1.49 | 2 points by walterbell 35 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Show HN: Breadboard – A modern HyperCard for building web apps on the canvas (breadboards.io)
    ×0.98 99 | 93 points by simquat 5 days ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Show HN: MQTT Topic Lab – MQTT client with buttons using command variables (github.com/alsoftbv)
    ×0.45 | 2 points by altug 10 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Show HN: NF-1 – A resource-zero programming language for low-end hardware (github.com/sonamsingh25437-ship-it)
    ×0.35 | 2 points by aditya_rai-331 21 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. A16z partner says that the theory that we’ll vibe code everything is wrong (aol.com)
    ×1.43 54 #27 | 81 points by paulpauper 16 hours ago | 111 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Coccinelle: The Linux kernel's source-to-source transformation tool (github.com/coccinelle)
    ×0.95 43 #42 | 80 points by anon111332142 17 hours ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. How an inference provider can prove they're not serving a quantized model (tinfoil.sh)
    ×1.44 39 #69 | 61 points by FrasiertheLion 7 hours ago | 48 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Cyber-attacks may disrupt smart factories by targeting time (uel.ac.uk)
    ×2.43 15 | 4 points by geox 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Exercise has 'similar effect' to therapy, study on depression shows (medicalxpress.com)
    ×2.80 61 | 98 points by PaulHoule 1 day ago | 102 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Trump Threatens Netflix with 'Consequences' over Rice Board Seat (bloomberg.com)
    ×2.81 33 | 4 points by petethomas 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. I hate AI side projects (dylancastillo.co)
    ×3.17 48 | 73 points by dcastm 1 day ago | 111 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Show HN: Formally Verified a Millennium Prize Problem in Coq Yang-Mills Mass Gap (github.com/Shariq81)
    ×0.81 | 2 points by shariq81 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Ballgame.com The worlds first sports lottery platform (ballgame.com)
    ×0.60 | 1 points by iamlaurent 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. The Software Development Lifecycle Is Dead (boristane.com)
    ×2.35 55 | 52 points by zenon_paradox 7 hours ago | 45 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Show HN: AI writes code – humans fix it (humansfix.ai)
    ×0.83 | 2 points by stasman 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Show HN: New kid on the block: meet Ajime, robotics CI/CD next-gen platform
    ×0.73 | 2 points by ajime 17 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. EDuke32 – Duke Nukem 3D (Open-Source) (eduke32.com)
    ×1.35 4 #9 | 152 points by reconnecting 5 hours ago | 56 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Fighting games have a product design problem (cthor.me)
    ×1.08 | 2 points by bentcorner 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. OpenScan (openscan.eu)
    ×1.45 4 | 219 points by joebig 1 day ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. No Skill. No Taste (kinglycrow.com)
    ×2.14 23 | 194 points by ianbutler 1 day ago | 202 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Show HN: A small, simple music theory library in C99 (github.com/thelowsunoverthemoon)
    ×0.67 84 | 56 points by lowsun 2 days ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Linux Begins Seeing Early Preparations for PCIe 7.0 (phoronix.com)
    ×0.66 | 1 points by snowhale 25 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Show HN: Tired of BIG JavaScript frameworks? try this (github.com/aggroot)
    ×0.31 | 2 points by aggroot 13 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Show HN: I built a tool that grades biohacking advice on scientific evidence (actually.bot)
    ×0.99 | 2 points by bennyp11 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Show HN: 6cy – Experimental streaming archive format with per-block codecs (github.com/byte271)
    ×0.37 134 | 35 points by yihac1 4 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. How far back in time can you understand English? (deadlanguagesociety.com)
    ×2.98 7 #6 | 361 points by spzb 12 hours ago | 206 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. What not to write on your security clearance form (1988) (milk.com)
    ×2.93 13 #16 | 381 points by wizardforhire 8 hours ago | 166 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Hackers Expose Age-Verification Software Powering Surveillance Web (therage.co)
    ×2.34 17 #43 | 10 points by speckx 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Shell Permission Errors for Busy Coding Agents (vidbuchanan.co.uk)
    ×1.14 | 2 points by FrojoS 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Pi for Excel: AI sidebar add-in for Excel (github.com/tmustier)
    ×0.79 72 | 106 points by rahimnathwani 1 day ago | 29 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Anonymous file sharing on Stellar Testnet (0ut0flin3.github.io)
    ×0.56 | 1 points by 0ut0flin3 55 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Free Sort Feed Alternative for Instagram Content Creators (google.com)
    ×0.52 | 1 points by Rostik312 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Large Language Model Reasoning Failures (arxiv.org)
    ×1.01 58 #63 | 37 points by T-A 17 hours ago | 73 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Loon: A functional lang with invisible types, safe ownership, and alg. effects (loonlang.com)
    ×1.57 37 #64 | 78 points by surprisetalk 8 hours ago | 46 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. JWasm: Masm Compatible Assembler (github.com/Baron-von-Riedesel)
    ×0.46 55 #78 | 22 points by doener 14 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. NSA and IETF, Part 6 (yp.to)
    ×1.60 14 #86 | 10 points by Tomte 4 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Show HN: WordBulb – Interactive Word Cloud Generator You Can Use for Navigation (wordbulb.com)
    ×0.99 | 1 points by rkj93 1 minute ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Untapped Way to Learn a Codebase: Build a Visualizer (jimmyhmiller.com)
    ×1.22 28 | 237 points by andreabergia 1 day ago | 43 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Show HN: I created a beautiful number animation library for React Native (awingender.com)
    ×1.61 112 | 4 points by WingenderA 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Forward propagation of errors through time (nicolaszucchet.github.io)
    ×0.53 46 #8 | 6 points by iNic 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Inputlag.science – Repository of knowledge about input lag in gaming (inputlag.science)
    ×0.95 5 #17 | 63 points by akyuu 6 hours ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Facebook is cooked (pilk.website)
    ×6.53 39 #60 | 1434 points by npilk 1 day ago | 799 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Cisco set to release hypervisor as VMware alternative (theregister.com)
    ×0.58 | 1 points by walterbell 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. MuMu Player (NetEase) silently runs 17 reconnaissance commands every 30 minutes (github.com/interpiduser5)
    ×2.43 32 | 315 points by interpidused 2 days ago | 142 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Minions – Stripe's Coding Agents Part 2 (stripe.dev)
    ×0.97 52 | 127 points by ludovicianul 1 day ago | 62 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Phil Spencer is exiting Microsoft as AI executive takes over Xbox (neowin.net)
    ×2.83 36 | 97 points by bundie 1 day ago | 80 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Show HN: 3mins.news – AI daily news briefing in 17 languages, designed to end (3mins.news)
    ×1.70 83 | 4 points by ethan_zhao 12 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. MeshTNC is a tool for turning consumer grade LoRa radios into KISS TNC compatib (github.com/datapartyjs)
    ×0.59 20 #36 | 21 points by todsacerdoti 5 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Raspberry Pi Pico 2 at 873.5MHz with 3.05V Core Abuse (pimoroni.com)
    ×1.05 52 #88 | 159 points by Lwrless 1 day ago | 55 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Remove Jira integration, issue-based triggers, and parent-issue rules
    ×0.63 | 1 points by nishiohiroshi 38 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Show HN: Agentic Gatekeeper – AI pre-commit hook to auto-patch logic errors (github.com/revanthpobala)
    ×0.58 | 1 points by revanth1108 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Intel "Nova Lake-S" Coming in 2027, CES Launch Alongside AMD "Olympic Ridge" (techpowerup.com)
    ×1.37 | 2 points by Tuldok 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Show HN: Simple org-mode web adapter (github.com/SpaceTurth)
    ×0.54 129 | 63 points by turth 5 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Show HN: I'm launching a LPFM radio station (kpbj.fm)
    ×1.18 93 | 111 points by solomonb 4 days ago | 56 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Show HN: How Amazon Pricing Algorithms Work (pricedropnotifications.com)
    ×0.98 131 | 3 points by HNFINDS 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Why is Claude an Electron app? (dbreunig.com)
    ×4.28 32 #34 | 335 points by dbreunig 4 hours ago | 302 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. HN-stories – Rust CLI to browse and open Hacker News stories from the terminal (github.com/brysonbw)
    ×0.59 | 1 points by Brysonbw 45 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. An ARM Homelab Server, or a Minisforum MS-R1 Review (sour.coffee)
    ×0.81 70 | 121 points by neelc 2 days ago | 97 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Show HN: Blindspot – a userscript to block tab-switch detection (github.com/gsekulski)
    ×0.45 | 2 points by gsekulski 12 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Are compilers deterministic? (onepatchdown.net)
    ×1.05 2 #2 | 32 points by fragmede 1 hour ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Who's liable when your AI agent burns down production? (reading.sh)
    ×3.07 9 #20 | 25 points by zenoware 2 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Ggml.ai joins Hugging Face to ensure the long-term progress of Local AI (github.com/ggml-org)
    ×3.06 10 #56 | 810 points by lairv 1 day ago | 216 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Experimenting a New Syntax to Write SVG (2022) (yuanchuan.dev)
    ×0.89 | 1 points by cristoperb 7 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???