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  1. Tell HN: Happy New Year
    ×2.71 9 #28 | 405 points by schappim 22 hours ago | 195 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: How Are You Handling Auth in 2026?
    ×0.61 34 | 4 points by joshcsimmons 1 hour ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. I built a public skill registry and MCP server so Codex can install new skills
    ×0.31 | 2 points by iluxu 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: What is the best microVMs for AI agents?
    ×0.64 57 | 8 points by zfoong 15 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Semantica – Open-source semantic layer and GraphRAG framework
    ×0.71 44 | 7 points by kaifahmad1 11 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?
    ×1.73 78 | 333 points by kwar13 6 days ago | 442 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Tell HN: Stripe Dashboard Is Slow
    ×0.49 | 2 points by _RPM 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Loneliness at 19, how to cope?
    ×0.96 89 | 60 points by yresting 3 days ago | 104 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: Any example of successful vibe-coded product?
    ×1.43 59 | 77 points by sirnicolaz 2 days ago | 116 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. The Gemini AI Studio "Context Tax": How a 10-word prompt cost me £121
    ×1.48 80 | 21 points by daitandojo 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Tell HN: Happy New Year!
    ×0.57 90 | 4 points by realberkeaslan 22 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: Does reading HN make you happy?
    ×1.18 69 | 45 points by yakattak 2 days ago | 33 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: How long before the first civilian cargo flights are AI piloted?
    ×0.33 | 2 points by givemeethekeys 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Happy New Year HN!
    ×1.41 64 | 11 points by thunderbong 23 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: How to do a Personal Cybersecurity audit
    ×0.52 100 | 24 points by preciousoo 2 days ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: How did you make yourself more marketable?
    ×2.43 92 | 11 points by ronbenton 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. A curated directory of open-source AI projects
    ×0.37 104 | 12 points by doanbactam 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: How to go back to listening to MP3s?
    ×0.99 143 | 8 points by muratsu 4 days ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. TP-Link only works with a permanent internet connection
    ×0.51 120 | 8 points by roscas 2 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: What are you building as a side-project or side-hustle in 2026?
    ×1.05 114 | 21 points by bayeslaw 3 days ago | 37 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: How are you sandboxing coding agents?
    ×1.30 112 | 44 points by m-hodges 5 days ago | 31 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: How do you manage kids' accounts?
    ×1.30 109 | 12 points by xfax 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Tell HN: I am afraid AI will take my job at some point
    ×1.30 127 | 24 points by funnyfoobar 5 days ago | 39 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: What do you use to manage your coding projects?
    ×0.33 116 | 5 points by SunshineTheCat 2 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: How do you get visibility if you're suuuuper bad at marketing?
    ×0.78 125 | 13 points by ClipNoteBook 4 days ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Users decide which online platforms to trust in 2025
    ×0.37 123 | 5 points by taka-dev 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: Anyone still using RSS feeds?
    ×2.05 87 | 6 points by lalithaar 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Tell HN: No Scrollbar on Google Gemini UI
    ×0.37 135 | 4 points by albert_e 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: What was the hardest bug you tracked down in 2025?
    ×0.67 142 | 11 points by varshith17 5 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Book recommendations based on reading history
    ×0.37 136 | 8 points by easywood 3 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Ask HN: What Comic-books did you read in 2025?
    ×0.40 133 | 5 points by linesofcode 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ask HN: If you only needed 200 customers at$49, how would you approach it?
    ×0.86 128 | 12 points by OmKadam 4 days ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Ask HN: What percentage of code do you still write by hand?
    ×0.35 | 2 points by aurareturn 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Sony PS5 ROM keys leaked – jailbreaking could be made easier with BootROM codes (tomshardware.com)
    ×3.15 5 #9 | 129 points by gloxkiqcza 2 hours ago | 23 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Ÿnsect, a French insect farming startup, has been been placed into liquidation (techcrunch.com)
    ×1.36 38 #38 | 154 points by fcpguru 1 day ago | 213 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Mexico completes its trade shift with the entry into force of tariffs (elpais.com)
    ×0.62 | 1 points by geox 24 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Decision Trees vs. Boosting: The One Expert vs. the Committee (mateolafalce.github.io)
    ×0.46 | 1 points by lafalce 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Show HN: Circuit Artist –Circuit simulator with propagation animation and rewind (github.com/lets-all-be-stupid-forever)
    ×0.51 | 2 points by rafinha 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. TimesWire (donohoe.dev)
    ×0.42 | 1 points by donohoe 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. U.S. cybersecurity experts plead guilty for ransomware attacks (tomshardware.com)
    ×1.94 51 | 75 points by robotnikman 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Show HN: ARES Dashboard – Open-Source AI Red-Teaming and Governance Platform (github.com/Arnoldlarry15)
    ×1.29 137 | 4 points by LA_Builds 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Scaffolding to Superhuman: How Curriculum Learning Solved 2048 and Tetris (kywch.github.io)
    ×0.87 30 #54 | 141 points by a1k0n 1 day ago | 31 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Nerd: A language for LLMs, not humans (nerd-lang.org)
    ×2.12 4 | 54 points by gnanagurusrgs 17 hours ago | 94 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Show HN: A web-based lighting controller built because my old became a brick (github.com/Arian-Ott)
    ×0.36 | 2 points by arianott 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Demystifying DVDs (hiddenpalace.org)
    ×1.43 26 #37 | 199 points by boltzmann-brain 1 day ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. The man taking over the Large Hadron Collider (theguardian.com)
    ×0.95 | 2 points by naves 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Show HN: Replacing $5K industrial signal towers with a webapp [video] (youtube.com)
    ×1.07 | 2 points by edmundsparrow 9 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. The 26 Most Important Ideas for 2026 (derekthompson.org)
    ×1.59 | 2 points by maxutility 12 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. China drafts strictest rules to end AI-encouraged suicide, violence (arstechnica.com)
    ×1.57 25 | 3 points by thunderbong 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Foreign tech workers are avoiding travel to the US (computerworld.com)
    ×7.08 46 | 97 points by CrankyBear 1 day ago | 71 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Python Numbers Every Programmer Should Know (mkennedy.codes)
    ×1.92 8 #4 | 87 points by WoodenChair 3 hours ago | 37 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. 2025: The Year in LLMs (simonwillison.net)
    ×3.80 6 #13 | 778 points by simonw 18 hours ago | 402 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. European Space Agency hit again as cybercriminals claim 200 GB data up for sale (theregister.com)
    ×1.14 2 #19 | 29 points by smurda 2 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Escaping containment: A security analysis of FreeBSD jails [video] (ccc.de)
    ×1.31 45 #87 | 133 points by todsacerdoti 1 day ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Reverse engineered Claude Codes's web tools (medium.com)
    ×0.94 | 1 points by liran_yo 1 minute ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Zero-Code Instrumentation of an Envoy TCP Proxy Using eBPF (sergiocipriano.com)
    ×0.69 34 | 52 points by sergiocipriano 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. PS5 ROM Keys (psdevwiki.com)
    ×3.68 36 | 44 points by m00dy 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Show HN: Claude Cognitive – Working memory for Claude Code (github.com/GMaN1911)
    ×2.94 99 | 10 points by MirrorEthic 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Show HN: LLMRouter – first LLM routing library with 300 stars in 24h (github.com/ulab-uiuc)
    ×1.08 110 | 4 points by tao2024 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Cameras and Lenses (2020) (ciechanow.ski)
    ×2.87 #1 | 93 points by sebg 1 hour ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. When square pixels aren't square (alexwlchan.net)
    ×1.03 41 #52 | 139 points by PaulHoule 1 day ago | 61 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. The rise of industrial software (chrisloy.dev)
    ×1.77 24 #58 | 242 points by chrisloy 1 day ago | 179 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Psilocybin triggers activity-dependent rewiring of large-scale cortical networks (cell.com)
    ×2.02 53 | 69 points by QueensGambit 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Show HN: Xcc700: Self-hosting mini C compiler for ESP32 (Xtensa) in 700 lines (github.com/valdanylchuk)
    ×1.00 93 | 154 points by isitcontent 6 days ago | 36 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Show HN: Witr – Explain why a process is running on your Linux system (github.com/pranshuparmar)
    ×3.29 68 | 518 points by pranshuparmar 6 days ago | 100 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Show HN: Use Claude Code to Query 600 GB Indexes over Hacker News, ArXiv, etc. (exopriors.com)
    ×1.90 26 #43 | 360 points by Xyra 1 day ago | 126 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Show HN: Video to JPG – Extract frames in browser with blur detection (videotojpg.com)
    ×1.97 56 | 5 points by charlesding2024 11 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Show HN: SmartZip Pro – A fast ZIP/RAR/7Z file manager for iOS (apple.com)
    ×0.99 81 | 3 points by Pockets 14 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Snow Leopard Permutation Math (arxiv.org)
    ×0.68 | 1 points by marysminefnuf 12 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Show HN: Vect AI – An execution-focused AI platform for marketing automation (google.com)
    ×0.49 | 1 points by afrazullal 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Show HN: Cistern, a macOS menu bar tool that shows CircleCI builds (github.com/atombender)
    ×0.45 | 1 points by atombender 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. 2026: The Year of Java in the Terminal? (xam.dk)
    ×1.64 5 | 107 points by based2 1 day ago | 176 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Bulgaria joins euro area from 1 January (europa.eu)
    ×4.56 10 #48 | 42 points by yreg 7 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Street-Fighting Mathematics (2008) (mit.edu)
    ×0.65 | 1 points by mpweiher 12 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Ask HN: When do we expose "Humans as Tools" so LLM agents can call us on demand?
    ×0.61 | 1 points by vedmakk 23 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. You Are Not Dumb, You Just Lack the Prerequisites (lelouch.dev)
    ×1.63 41 | 3 points by sebg 57 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. NJ buying flood prone properties (nj.gov)
    ×1.04 | 2 points by bnolan001 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Honey's Dieselgate: Detecting and tricking testers (vptdigital.com)
    ×2.81 2 | 381 points by AkshatJ27 1 day ago | 161 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Show HN: Tetris Time (koenvangilst.nl)
    ×2.37 102 | 14 points by vnglst 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Sabotaging Bitcoin (dshr.org)
    ×2.00 36 #82 | 196 points by zdw 1 day ago | 199 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Summary of mentions of AI in job descriptions (jobswithgpt.com)
    ×0.56 | 1 points by sp1982 34 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Show HN: Earth.Org.UK public data snapshot including home energy timeseries (zenodo.org)
    ×0.84 | 2 points by DamonHD 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Show HN: Fleet / Event manager for Star Citizen MMO
    ×0.79 101 | 3 points by legitcoders 23 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. PyPI in 2025: A Year in Review (pypi.org)
    ×0.95 44 #57 | 78 points by miketheman 23 hours ago | 33 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. How AI labs are solving the power problem (semianalysis.com)
    ×1.79 27 #59 | 152 points by Symmetry 1 day ago | 244 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Solid State Volumetric Display (mastodon.social)
    ×0.73 | 1 points by PaulHoule 6 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Dodging sketchy browser extensions in 2026 (wardblog.substack.com)
    ×0.48 | 1 points by bennydog224 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Now That He Has No Power, Mitt Romney Says "Tax the Rich" (jacobin.com)
    ×5.82 43 | 119 points by robtherobber 1 day ago | 92 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Windows 11 Outperforming Linux on an Intel Arrow Lake H Laptop (phoronix.com)
    ×3.07 66 | 74 points by tuananh 7 hours ago | 68 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Common Lisp SDK for the Datastar Hypermedia Framework (github.com/fsmunoz)
    ×0.80 11 #7 | 30 points by fsmunoz 2 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???