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  1. .de TLD Issue Solved
    ×0.53 19 | 10 points by kaltsturm 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Codex's precision and attention to detail is *crazy* when set up correctly
    ×0.29 75 | 4 points by ditchfieldcaleb 4 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
    ×0.86 131 | 206 points by proberts 4 days ago | 249 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: Is there a term for feeling sad about forced AI adoption?
    ×0.92 60 | 16 points by ge96 10 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2026)
    ×0.81 138 | 149 points by whoishiring 4 days ago | 452 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2026)
    ×1.32 124 | 304 points by whoishiring 4 days ago | 447 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: Best Embedding Models?
    ×0.41 119 | 15 points by devstein 1 day ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Is the Job Market Actually Bad?
    ×1.87 129 | 125 points by idontwantthis 3 days ago | 199 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: Where are you getting your AI news from?
    ×0.35 142 | 8 points by baetylus 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Tell HN: Archive.ph Is Gone
    ×0.55 121 | 6 points by _tk_ 15 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Why Does a Single Firefox Tab Take Almost 1.5GB RAM?
    ×0.31 139 | 6 points by syeare 22 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Tell HN: An update from the new Tindie team
    ×0.72 180 | 85 points by altairprime 6 days ago | 49 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhone every day
    ×2.47 148 | 593 points by _-x-_ 1 week ago | 188 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: Is a hands-off, family-friendly, de-Googled "home lab" feasible?
    ×0.34 152 | 10 points by strix_varius 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: When did you move from AI agentic loops to simpler deterministic system?
    ×0.40 153 | 7 points by laxmena 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: Those building Swift apps without touching Xcode, what is your workflow?
    ×0.48 165 | 18 points by p5v 2 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Tell HN: The saddest irony of my/our craft
    ×1.54 127 | 19 points by dakiol 1 day ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Can anyone point me to a ShowHN first post policy documentation?
    ×0.37 147 | 10 points by upwindchange 1 day ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Show HN: Agent-desktop – Native desktop automation CLI for AI agents (github.com/lahfir)
    ×2.30 141 | 98 points by lahfir 4 days ago | 41 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Peter Thiel backs $1B ocean data centre startup powered by waves (ft.com)
    ×1.76 61 | 3 points by tjek 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. The Visible Zorker: Zork 3 (eblong.com)
    ×0.90 105 | 74 points by zarlez 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Show HN: Browser-based light pollution simulator using real photometric data (iesna.eu)
    ×0.44 167 | 43 points by 3 days ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. 'Point of no return': New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level (theguardian.com)
    ×3.48 50 | 170 points by dmm 1 day ago | 210 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Show HN: A tiny C program where an LLM rewires its DAG while running (github.com/kouhxp)
    ×1.64 128 | 12 points by mrkn1 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Show HN:Privacy-First Pdf Converter (privapdf.net)
    ×1.55 171 | 6 points by omertt27 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Comparing the Z80 and 6502 to Their Relatives (wordpress.com)
    ×1.08 48 #34 | 119 points by ibobev 16 hours ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Why airlines are always going bankrupt (davidoks.blog)
    ×3.32 41 #36 | 58 points by bko 11 hours ago | 39 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. CVE-2026-31431: Copy Fail vs. rootless containers (dragonsreach.it)
    ×1.26 49 #50 | 186 points by averi 1 day ago | 111 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Show HN: SimDrive – a browser racing game with your phone as the controller:D (simdrive.xyz)
    ×0.72 188 | 21 points by 1000xcat 6 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Show HN: Coding-Flashcards – Learn Rust, SQLite, or Godot from First Principles (github.com/ad-si)
    ×1.16 201 | 20 points by adius 5 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Linear's MCP server accepts HTTP:// redirect URIs for confidential OAuth clients (github.com/korrel-dev)
    ×2.22 1 | 4 points by issazangana 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Programming in 2026: excitement, dread, and the coming wave (amontalenti.com)
    ×2.39 16 | 4 points by blenderob 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Show HN: I made a local proxy for AI tool calls to keep my API keys safe (github.com/factorly-dev)
    ×1.66 126 | 4 points by jsherer 13 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. SEC moves to scrap quarterly reporting requirement (ft.com)
    ×3.15 40 | 5 points by petethomas 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Leadly – AI lead generation for small businesses at $9/month (willowy-kulfi-0cbaff.netlify.app)
    ×1.61 17 | 3 points by Leadly 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Security Engineering Is a Context Problem (aseemshrey.in)
    ×1.76 28 | 3 points by LuD1161 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. LaDiR: Latent Diffusion Enhances LLMs for Text Reasoning (apple.com)
    ×1.71 56 | 3 points by gmays 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Now Available: Monthly Subscriptions with a 12-Month Commitment (apple.com)
    ×2.96 27 | 5 points by Austin_Conlon 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Should I run plain Docker Compose in production in 2026? (distr.sh)
    ×2.00 13 #24 | 369 points by pmig 19 hours ago | 266 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Solari: Realtime Raytracing in Bevy 0.19 (jms55.github.io)
    ×1.31 | 2 points by phsilva 51 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Arthur Brooks on Reinvention, Religion, and the Science of Happiness (Ep. 274) (conversationswithtyler.com)
    ×1.13 | 2 points by paulpauper 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Why Only Rich Kids Make It in Music Today (youtube.com)
    ×3.04 6 #59 | 28 points by tcp_handshaker 5 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Show HN: Clipmon is a macOS clipboard manager on steroids (github.com/c9-labs)
    ×1.60 202 | 6 points by vednig 3 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Empty Screenings – Finds AMC movie screenings with few or no tickets sold (walzr.com)
    ×1.77 9 #56 | 315 points by MrBuddyCasino 23 hours ago | 260 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Sendapi.co – One API for WhatsApp, SMS, and Email (sendapi.co)
    ×2.35 21 | 4 points by nimana 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Microsoft is hiding Windows 11's 'eyes' (tomsguide.com)
    ×1.50 84 | 3 points by rolph 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Show HN: Retroguard – Verifiably secure AI guardrails (retroguard.ai)
    ×1.61 137 | 6 points by ttttonyhe 22 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Show HN: My Private GitHub on Postgres (github.com/calebwin)
    ×0.79 175 | 42 points by calebhwin 4 days ago | 24 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Gap between national food production and food-based dietary guidance (2025) (nature.com)
    ×1.04 86 #75 | 83 points by simonebrunozzi 1 day ago | 63 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Instagram Encrypted Messaging Ends on Friday, May 8 (macrumors.com)
    ×2.38 29 #89 | 92 points by fraXis 12 hours ago | 47 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. The First Modern Car Without Hydraulic Brakes Is Headed to Production (thedrive.com)
    ×1.68 13 | 3 points by voisin 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. An AI use policy generator that outputs a deployable managed-settings.json (repello.ai)
    ×1.63 65 | 3 points by aryamanTitan 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Show HN: Better Design – 28 Shadcn design systems (OSS, MCP: Cursor/Claude Code) (github.com/marvkr)
    ×1.65 58 | 5 points by marvinkr 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. EEVblog: The 555 Timer is 55 years old [video] (youtube.com)
    ×1.58 11 #10 | 250 points by brudgers 12 hours ago | 64 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Proliferate (YC S25) Is Hiring- 200k for junior engineers (ycombinator.com)
    11 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Ask HN: Ten Yrs from now, when only AI codes, what's the stack?
    ×2.32 15 | 4 points by jpcapdevila 2 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. 93k Layoffs in 2026 (layoffs.fyi)
    ×4.56 60 | 7 points by mgh2 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Show HN: Apple's SHARP running in the browser via ONNX runtime web (github.com/bring-shrubbery)
    ×0.96 113 | 182 points by bring-shrubbery 2 days ago | 46 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. The first photo published in a newspaper, in 1848 (2023) (phsne.org)
    ×0.59 66 #51 | 52 points by geuis 14 hours ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. After a 40-year wait, technology enables three-sided zipper design (techxplore.com)
    ×1.34 | 2 points by mooreds 41 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Show HN: MCP-identity – Per-request cryptographic attestation for MCP servers (github.com/mustafabagdatli-git)
    ×2.27 10 | 4 points by mustafabagdatli 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Removable batteries in smartphones will be mandatory in the EU starting in 2027 (ecopv-eu.com)
    ×3.67 7 | 569 points by rdeboo 1 day ago | 525 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Redis array: short story of a long development process (antirez.com)
    ×1.52 33 | 315 points by antirez 1 day ago | 108 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Accelerating Gemma 4: faster inference with multi-token prediction drafters (blog.google)
    ×2.35 5 #4 | 488 points by amrrs 11 hours ago | 215 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Computer Use is 45x more expensive than structured APIs (reflex.dev)
    ×2.09 6 #9 | 348 points by palashawas 11 hours ago | 202 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere just hit a 'depressing' new record (scientificamerican.com)
    ×2.81 10 #46 | 6 points by rolph 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. 1966 Ford Mustang Converted into a Tesla with Working 'Full Self-Driving' (electrek.co)
    ×1.29 64 | 195 points by Brajeshwar 1 day ago | 163 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Show HN: DAC – open-source dashboard as code tool for agents and humans (github.com/bruin-data)
    ×0.87 132 | 116 points by karakanb 6 days ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Show HN: Hello, World in many different languages (jdunn.dev)
    ×2.20 185 | 10 points by jdironman 2 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Farewell to a Giant of Botany (nautil.us)
    ×0.86 78 #49 | 97 points by Brajeshwar 22 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. GameStop makes $55.5B takeover offer for eBay (bbc.co.uk)
    ×2.96 22 #69 | 700 points by n1b0m 1 day ago | 686 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. What Happened to Notre Dame's 180k Bees? (2019) (dailyobjectivist.com)
    ×1.65 77 | 3 points by thunderbong 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. The Soul of Maintaining a New Machine (worksinprogress.co)
    ×0.88 | 1 points by akkartik 3 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Secure Electronic Transaction (wikipedia.org)
    ×2.30 39 | 3 points by danorama 24 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: Octopus Code Review is now free for OSI-licensed repos (octopus-review.ai)
    ×1.60 118 | 6 points by redoh 14 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Lessons on Building MCP Servers (taoofmac.com)
    ×1.12 | 2 points by gmays 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Someone allegedly used a hairdryer to rig Polymarket weather bets (engadget.com)
    ×2.08 100 | 110 points by cdrnsf 1 day ago | 62 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables (github.com/darrylmorley)
    ×2.89 114 | 559 points by sleepingNomad 4 days ago | 166 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Simple Meta-Harness on Islo.dev (zozo123.github.io)
    ×0.43 63 #52 | 48 points by zozo123-IB 14 hours ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Biscuit (github.com/yattsu)
    ×1.43 72 #66 | 113 points by unixfg 1 day ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Study to date on school phone bans (marginalrevolution.com)
    ×2.41 24 | 4 points by paulpauper 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Show HN: Winpodx – run Windows apps on Linux as native windows (github.com/kernalix7)
    ×1.58 159 | 98 points by kernalix7 5 days ago | 48 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Trillions in Retirement Dollars Flow into Opaque Trusts (bloomberg.com)
    ×1.61 91 | 117 points by koolhead17 1 day ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Over 8M Thermos jars and bottles recalled after 3 people lost vision (goodmorningamerica.com)
    ×2.82 107 | 113 points by taubek 1 day ago | 109 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Collaborative Editing in CodeMirror (2020) (marijnhaverbeke.nl)
    ×0.75 45 #45 | 54 points by luu 11 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Stop big tech from making users behave in ways they don't want to (economist.com)
    ×2.10 23 | 303 points by andsoitis 1 day ago | 178 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Show HN: Site Mogging (sitemogging.com)
    ×1.09 166 | 69 points by jilles 4 days ago | 77 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: QA-recorder – One-click QA reports for web apps (npmjs.com)
    ×1.73 79 | 3 points by yung3152 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: Explore color palettes inspired by 3000 master painter artworks (paletteinspiration.com)
    ×1.19 11 #14 | 129 points by ouli 9 hours ago | 45 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. RAG retrieves the refutation and still gets it wrong (reyes.id.au)
    ×1.69 55 | 3 points by aeyer 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???