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  1. Ask HN: Crooked Timber showed showed me a virus captcha, What now?
    ×1.25 16 #26 | 25 points by Jgoauh 1 hour ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Why I prefer Opus 5 to Fable 5
    ×0.90 2 #66 | 15 points by novlrdotcom 4 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Tell HN: Our paid Claude AI subscription unavailable >1 week and no support
    ×1.57 25 #79 | 39 points by KellyCriterion 7 hours ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: How do you use Copilot in the CLI, App, and IDE?
    ×0.26 | 2 points by EspressoGPT 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Can anti-fraud make large-scale attacks unprofitable?
    ×0.55 52 | 3 points by jezzwar 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: How to rewrite `Claude.md` and install the skill for Opus5 and Fable5
    ×0.32 70 | 5 points by hyhmrright 9 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: Thoughts on AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 for Local AI?
    ×0.28 | 2 points by mempirate 5 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Is there legal risk in AI memory?
    ×0.31 | 2 points by sarjann 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. BMWs shows in-car ads for Spiderman
    ×1.49 53 | 34 points by bigmattystyles 21 hours ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Internet is no longer accessible?
    ×1.46 14 | 39 points by cute_boi 13 hours ago | 23 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: What do you use local models for?
    ×0.74 82 | 3 points by tjomk 7 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: How to deal with security implications of running/installing projects?
    ×0.54 80 | 12 points by johng 18 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Goodbye POSIX, Hello Tea Room: Inside MinervaOS Architecture
    ×0.36 94 | 10 points by xentnex 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Claude's code comments – too much or just enough?
    ×1.14 72 | 8 points by lalaleslieeeee 12 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: What apps are you building?
    ×1.36 56 | 13 points by totaldude87 13 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: Why is every company encorporating AI everywhere?
    ×0.58 87 | 24 points by vanessa1211 1 day ago | 38 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: What are the most promising RL fields for a new master student?
    ×0.44 97 | 34 points by zecice 2 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Claude Code getting "API Error: 529 Overloaded"
    ×0.22 115 | 5 points by croemer 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Messaging platform I can self-host for my agents to communicate
    ×0.20 | 2 points by giribisthebest 17 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: How do you figure out what you're passionate about?
    ×0.83 114 | 12 points by charliebwrites 1 day ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: Any New Computer Ideas?
    ×0.48 113 | 8 points by robalni 1 day ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: What livestream do you keep open in a tab?
    ×1.19 106 | 53 points by missmoss 2 days ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Tell HN: Namecheap gave my account to an unverified third party
    ×4.50 83 | 495 points by Thrashed 4 days ago | 177 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Faulty Reward Functions in the Wild (2016) (openai.com)
    ×0.60 | 1 points by _vk_ 23 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Autonomous SEO agent that finds, writes, and publishes blog posts (boldpilot.club)
    ×0.62 | 1 points by ahmetsaridagx 25 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. How Unix spell ran in 64 kB of RAM (2025) (codingconfessions.com)
    ×1.28 55 | 74 points by donw 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Show HN: Palmier Pro – Open-source macOS video editor built for AI (github.com/palmier-io)
    ×1.13 103 | 191 points by hchtin 5 days ago | 39 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Show HN: ViewKit – Interactive dataset viewer in the browser, no upload (viewkit.app)
    ×0.81 | 2 points by ayu05 17 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Show HN: WizeMe – governed AI continuity with user-controlled memory (wizeme.app)
    ×0.57 | 2 points by zrk222 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Show HN: A 538-style dashboard for upcoming Knesset elections (theelectiondashboard.com)
    ×1.36 109 | 4 points by AzariaK 20 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Worse on Purpose (worseonpurpose.com)
    ×3.24 28 | 104 points by bookofjoe 1 day ago | 82 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Show HN: PBTune – Evolutionary auto-tuning for PostgreSQL (no ML required) (github.com/alshawai)
    ×2.31 4 | 4 points by alshawai 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Show HN: Watch random code typed out on an MS-DOS IDE (specr.net)
    ×1.03 96 | 17 points by vunderba 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Spies in the sky: how worried should we be about AI-enabled smart lamp-posts? (theguardian.com)
    ×0.86 | 1 points by Symbiote 1 minute ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. PostgreSQL's MVCC is bad. So is everyone else's (boringsql.com)
    ×1.49 | 2 points by radimm 38 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Show HN: Scala Tutorials – interactive Scala 3 lessons in the browser (scalatutorials.com)
    ×1.25 5 #15 | 50 points by eranation 3 hours ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. OpenAI's rogue model attack is just the beginning (peterwildeford.com)
    ×1.94 52 #69 | 40 points by radicaldreamer 17 hours ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Show HN: Base-GPUI: A GPUI port of Base UI headless components (github.com/LukeTandjung)
    ×1.01 | 2 points by autodidacc 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Show HN: Banksia – Build and run adaptable, accountable AI teams (github.com/ringlochid)
    ×0.58 | 2 points by ringlochid 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Show HN: Drever – AI-first MDX presentations with expressive motion (github.com/Zhangdroid)
    ×0.87 91 | 3 points by zhangdroid 10 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. If AI Writes All the Code, What Do the Programmers Do? (probablydance.com)
    ×1.92 40 #42 | 20 points by ingve 7 hours ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. RTX 2080 Ti Memory Upgrade to 22 GB (gpusolutions.net)
    ×1.39 6 #49 | 144 points by wslh 15 hours ago | 125 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Kedge Quickstart (kedge.dev)
    ×0.61 | 1 points by bcjordan 18 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Software Verification in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (acm.org)
    ×1.40 | 2 points by rbanffy 32 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Show HN: How many people live within an hour walk of you? (blockatlas.com)
    ×3.97 10 | 7 points by NameError 3 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Show HN: DiscountHub – AI-assisted search for deals and promo codes (discounthub.uz)
    ×1.92 54 | 4 points by MasterBek 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Ars Astronomica – English translations of rare Hebrew and Latin astronomy texts (arsastronomica.com)
    ×0.93 8 #28 | 98 points by sweisman 10 hours ago | 32 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Exploiting Volvo/Eicher's fleet platform to gain control over all users/vehicles (eaton-works.com)
    ×1.25 40 #54 | 161 points by EatonZ 1 day ago | 54 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Automation Led to Economic Misery. AI Doesn't Have To (theatlantic.com)
    ×0.61 | 1 points by 01-_- 34 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Fonts In Use – Find out where a font is used (fontsinuse.com)
    ×0.99 59 | 115 points by open_ 1 day ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Show HN: Zenly – Investment research platform built around a quality/value score (zenlyfinancial.com)
    ×1.24 | 2 points by juliiii 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Show HN: A macOS Port of Ventoy2disk (github.com/fcjr)
    ×0.71 | 2 points by fcjr 12 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. New HIV vaccine shows unprecedented success in preclinical study (lji.org)
    ×3.31 1 #2 | 239 points by codebyaditya 2 hours ago | 104 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Show HN: Repo Autopsy – Transparent heuristics for repository install friction (zdfb20650.workers.dev)
    ×0.61 | 1 points by echoscarrie 32 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. It's not empowering to hand off the details (davidnicholaswilliams.com)
    ×2.55 43 | 222 points by davnicwil 1 day ago | 143 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Teaching Kids Forth (gracefulliberty.com)
    ×0.90 62 | 110 points by rbanffy 1 day ago | 63 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Show HN: Preloop: Open-source control plane for AI agents. See, govern, cut cost (github.com/preloop)
    ×0.59 | 2 points by dim0r 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Show HN: Gemma 4 26B A4B running on an iPhone 17 Pro via model paging (noemaai.com)
    ×1.05 100 | 3 points by armin976 13 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Show HN: Kimi K3 Is Now Live on Canopy Wave (canopywave.com)
    ×1.02 85 | 3 points by Rossmax 8 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Why Aren't There C Conferences? (2018) (nullprogram.com)
    ×1.52 | 2 points by downbad_ 11 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Modernization Done Right: “Iphigenia” (1977) by Michael Cacoyannis (automachination.com)
    ×0.62 | 1 points by oliculipolicula 38 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Discernment: Fact-check an AI teaching you something you don't understand? (pluralistic.net)
    ×0.62 | 1 points by hn_acker 40 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. GAO Finds Federal Cyber Reporting Requirements Largely Duplicative (gao.gov)
    ×1.45 | 2 points by toomuchtodo 43 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Apple Will 'Watch Everything Burn' When the AI Bubble Bursts (macrumors.com)
    ×6.14 15 | 244 points by thm 1 day ago | 335 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Show HN: Citation Safe – MCP server verifies legal citations vs. CourtListener (citationsafe.com)
    ×1.58 18 | 3 points by gabera090 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Design is compromise (stephango.com)
    ×1.48 37 | 281 points by ankitg12 1 day ago | 89 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Show HN: Bike ride planning tool with weather (theinstant.cc)
    ×1.13 108 | 3 points by Gshaheen 16 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. PyTorch: A Reference Language (pytorch.org)
    ×0.87 26 #31 | 70 points by matt_d 10 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Show HN: Nutaan – AI-powered voice calling assistant and live chat widget (nutaan.com)
    ×0.81 | 1 points by nutaan 2 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Show HN: Injex – tiny typed DI for Python validates the graph before startup (github.com/vshulcz)
    ×0.62 | 1 points by vshulcz 25 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Show HN: My First OSS as a Teen (openotp.app)
    ×1.34 89 | 4 points by jeninh 10 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during airport search (techspot.com)
    ×8.20 45 | 1301 points by eecc 1 day ago | 1058 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Why do we think we understand the world more than we actually do? (thedecisionlab.com)
    ×1.66 33 | 79 points by rramadass 11 hours ago | 67 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Show HN: Cloudrift – CLI open-source that finds wated AWS spend (github.com/elleVas)
    ×1.97 7 | 4 points by elleVas 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: Dino Race – A peer-to-peer two-player Chrome Dino game (gameplayer2.com)
    ×0.57 71 | 4 points by dares2573 8 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Show HN: I mapped every US golf course (golfcoursebrowser.com)
    ×1.41 68 | 219 points by rickmf 2 days ago | 167 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Show HN: Dozenal – A Game of Spatial Arithmetic (dozenal.game)
    ×1.10 92 | 15 points by sarreph 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Show HN: Watch 14-Byte AI "brains" attempt to solve a 2D maze (Its hard) (con-dog.github.io)
    ×0.82 90 | 24 points by purple-leafy 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. C/C++ projects packaged for Zig (github.com/allyourcodebase)
    ×0.66 45 #52 | 70 points by jcbhmr 16 hours ago | 40 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. FilmMap – Where Films and TV series were filmed (thefilmmap.com)
    ×0.95 68 #61 | 6 points by Flightmussy 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Neutrino-1 8B (fermionresearch.com)
    ×1.37 27 #64 | 107 points by handfuloflight 10 hours ago | 43 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. An opinionated guide to which AI to use to do stuff (simonwillison.net)
    ×0.88 | 1 points by Brajeshwar 1 minute ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Stop Killing the Internet: No Digital ID and No Age Verification (europa.eu)
    ×3.14 49 | 4 points by doener 46 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Poem for Engineers: A Martian Rover Sends a Postcard (ieee.org)
    ×0.65 | 1 points by rbanffy 50 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Show HN: Etymology Database from Wiktionary (etymologue.com)
    ×0.97 93 | 3 points by jlauf 11 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Mondragon Corporation – a federation of co-operatives (wikipedia.org)
    ×3.53 14 #20 | 129 points by brnt 3 hours ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Local Inference – Run LLMs on Your Own Hardware (Guide and Forum) (localinference.io)
    ×0.60 | 1 points by onion92 37 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. We Tested Nonstick Cookware: Coatings Don't Need to Look Worn to Shed Particles (rtings.com)
    ×4.71 32 | 90 points by cdemer 1 day ago | 95 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: Let's Seal – Let's Encrypt for document signing, free and self-hosted (github.com/letsseal)
    ×2.03 25 | 89 points by nsokin 23 hours ago | 31 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Show HN: Sealing traffic between Go services with hpke –no mTLS, no secrets (towardsdev.com)
    ×1.12 112 | 3 points by cheikhdev 18 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???