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  1. Ask HN: Are people optimistic about the future?
    ×1.85 14 #39 | 17 points by JohnDSDev 1 hour ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: Do you use Claude Code, Codex, or something else?
    ×1.10 38 | 3 points by JohnDSDev 30 minutes ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: Will programmers write more efficient code during the memory shortage?
    ×1.38 13 #90 | 139 points by amichail 22 hours ago | 231 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: What technique do you use to make Claude Code deterministic?
    ×0.68 60 | 3 points by hbarka 5 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: Due to spam on GitHub, what platforms can I move my projects?
    ×1.75 78 | 50 points by ciwolex 3 hours ago | 51 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: What do you care about? What is your joy and purpose?
    ×0.55 44 | 7 points by bix6 6 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: Is anyone using the A2A protocol?
    ×0.75 82 | 92 points by asim 2 days ago | 41 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: How to handle kernel struct changes (e.g. iov_iter) in eBPF?
    ×0.46 74 | 3 points by morolis 6 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: Need advice on distributing and testing what I build
    ×0.30 86 | 3 points by darth-pixit 9 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: What tools are you using for AI-assisted code review?
    ×0.45 107 | 21 points by agos 2 days ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Forked CozoDB to give agents cognitive primitives
    ×0.30 108 | 3 points by shanrizvi 18 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: What is the coolest tech progress outside AI?
    ×0.50 93 | 12 points by vantareed 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: Is anyone else leaving AUR?
    ×0.72 116 | 7 points by lordkrandel 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: What's a simple app you'd build if you had a weekend?
    ×0.51 96 | 4 points by akashwadhwani35 15 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: I'm lost. How can I define ICP (Ideal Customer Profile)?
    ×0.30 148 | 5 points by snowhy 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: Open-Source Intelligence
    ×0.16 132 | 3 points by silent_butagrim 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: Is there a recognized standard for swarm intelligence benchmarking?
    ×0.43 112 | 5 points by stephanieriggs 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: Is there a way to stop the animated Google Doodles?
    ×0.54 120 | 11 points by arnejenssen 2 days ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Self-adapting and mutating LLM based viruses/worms
    ×0.26 140 | 3 points by rozumbrada 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: Using OPA/Rego to secure MCP tool execution. Does it make sense?
    ×0.69 92 | 5 points by wmolino 15 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: How do you effectively communicate or present?
    ×1.26 118 | 10 points by hnthrow10282910 2 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Trillions of dollars spent just to work on customer services?
    ×0.83 109 | 8 points by YihaoZhang 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: Conflicted about founding engineer role
    ×0.65 128 | 8 points by gondolin1683 2 days ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: Do you find vibe coding / agentic engineering to be fulfilling?
    ×1.32 123 | 10 points by uejfiweun 2 days ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: What's a prompt you've written that you're genuinely proud of?
    ×0.83 130 | 11 points by akashwadhwani35 2 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Meetup.com login appears to be exceeding its reCAPTCHA Enterprise quota
    ×0.64 137 | 4 points by infl8ed 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: Has anyone had success with SBIR grants and what is the process like?
    ×0.33 133 | 11 points by lyfeninja 2 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: Are other people seeing a spike in IT problems with businesses?
    ×0.28 136 | 14 points by PaulHoule 3 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Anthropic pauses credit change for Claude Code
    ×1.17 134 | 36 points by fabianlindfors 5 days ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Reviews have become expensive, rewrites have become cheap
    ×1.13 111 | 82 points by arzh2 4 days ago | 74 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Ask HN: How do you find new books to read?
    ×0.92 145 | 5 points by ahmedfromtunis 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ask HN: Opus and regression with patterns not included in trainng data
    ×0.15 | 2 points by dleech 2 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Ask HN: Do we even need code anymore?
    ×1.06 141 | 6 points by lasky 2 days ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. How much $ you spend for AI to code?
    ×0.21 158 | 4 points by raghuu 2 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Ask HN: Why SF? Why not India? UK? Or anywhere else?
    ×2.14 48 | 5 points by akashwadhwani35 5 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Ask HN: Best resources for learning how to build a forum back end?
    ×0.41 169 | 3 points by jupr 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Ask HN: Whats the best and small open source model?
    ×0.43 170 | 3 points by hairymouse 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Ask HN: Looking for a CI/CD project for my local lab
    ×0.22 154 | 5 points by q8zd3 2 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. AI Tokenmaxxing and Hypomania
    ×0.56 146 | 7 points by karthikeyankc 2 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Ask HN: How do you find out if the LLM API is giving degraded responses?
    ×0.96 175 | 3 points by imviky 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Ask HN: Please recommend sci-fi books similar to "children of time" or "anathem"
    ×1.85 119 | 6 points by rishabhpoddar 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Hyundai buys Boston Dynamics (startupfortune.com)
    ×4.37 16 #53 | 923 points by ck2 1 day ago | 388 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. The Market's AI Fanfare Is Running into a Harsh Political Reality (wsj.com)
    ×2.03 2 | 4 points by thm 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. The reason enterprise AI is stuck (fastcompany.com)
    ×0.48 | 1 points by harperlee 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Amazon employees say they're facing termination for backing data center limits (theverge.com)
    ×3.78 88 | 38 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 1 day ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Show HN: Hi-shell – type commands in English, get ghost text in zsh (github.com/longyijdos)
    ×1.36 58 | 4 points by longyijdos 6 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Bun has an open PR adding shared-memory threads to JavaScriptCore (github.com/oven-sh)
    ×1.70 3 #8 | 76 points by gr4vityWall 4 hours ago | 107 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Show HN: Tiny – An interpeted dynamic langauge with inline Go native functions (github.com/confh)
    ×0.64 23 #16 | 11 points by confis 2 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Surprising economics of load-balanced systems (brooker.co.za)
    ×0.98 57 #52 | 143 points by KraftyOne 1 day ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Show HN: TypeMorph – Browser-local JSON schema converter (80 formats, no server) (typemorph.dev)
    ×1.04 167 | 3 points by jop00004 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Show HN: StartupWiki – A Free Alternative to Crunchbase (startupwiki.tech)
    ×1.63 7 #7 | 98 points by shpran 5 hours ago | 32 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Show HN: Supaqueue – Node.js background job queue (no Redis needed) (github.com/emirce)
    ×0.56 | 1 points by emirce 51 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Windows 11 update broke the Recycle Bin, OneDrive, and your PC's stability (techspot.com)
    ×2.39 65 | 45 points by speckx 1 day ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Big Tech is stoking unrest in the UK. Why? (ft.com)
    ×4.69 65 | 54 points by mmarian 5 hours ago | 69 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Show HN: Garden of Flowers – an archive of pictorial typography before ASCII art (heikkilotvonen.com)
    ×0.93 98 | 160 points by california-og 4 days ago | 27 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Show HN: Crawlie – Free open-source SEO audit tool for humans and agents (github.com/spronta)
    ×1.18 101 | 19 points by seandotexe 1 day ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Show HN: Profiler and Runtime Reporter for eBPF programs (brr) (github.com/tanelpoder)
    ×0.40 | 2 points by tanelpoder 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Why has the pointe shoe been so resistant to change? (dancemagazine.com)
    ×0.93 12 #15 | 30 points by onemind 3 hours ago | 36 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Cargo-Geiger (github.com/geiger-rs)
    ×0.58 19 #36 | 28 points by tosh 6 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Satellite reveals immense scale of GPS signal tampering (space.com)
    ×2.38 12 #72 | 170 points by y1n0 16 hours ago | 95 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Show HN: Cowork/Codex DOCX plugin. Uses 2x fewer tokens than the docx skill (github.com/LegalRabbit-AI)
    ×1.72 163 | 5 points by tanin 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Show HN: I built a spelling app for kids with my 7-year-old (spellabee.com)
    ×1.09 179 | 3 points by narenst 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. How Alberta Eradicated Rats (worksinprogress.co)
    ×1.37 71 #87 | 202 points by tzury 2 days ago | 134 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. From Australia to Europe, countries move to curb children's social media access (reuters.com)
    ×2.68 76 | 43 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 1 day ago | 140 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Show HN: Gimji – local-first project notes with tasks, boards, and calendars (github.com/skorotkiewicz)
    ×0.93 176 | 3 points by modinfo 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Show HN: Chatty Lingo – A language practicing app (chattylingo.com)
    ×1.03 178 | 3 points by farstill 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. John Jumper to join Anthropic (twitter.com/JohnJumperSci)
    ×1.70 40 #74 | 162 points by artninja1988 1 day ago | 140 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Show HN: A decompilation-based native PC runtime for GoldenEye 007 (github.com/akratch)
    ×0.54 | 1 points by akratch 56 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Workflow builder built with just Sandboxes (twitter.com/karatzas_thomas)
    ×0.72 | 1 points by szaneer 18 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Pulse – a local dashboard for Claude Code, approve tool calls from your phone (github.com/nikitadoudikov)
    ×0.73 | 1 points by nikitadvd 18 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. 'Helmsniff'; a Helm Security Scanner (github.com/VahidR)
    ×0.68 | 1 points by vahid_r 22 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Show HN: High-Res Neural Cellular Automata (cells2pixels.github.io)
    ×1.21 85 | 204 points by esychology 3 days ago | 54 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. The ability to regrow body parts is dormant in mammals, not lost (sciencedaily.com)
    ×3.08 16 #21 | 91 points by nryoo 3 hours ago | 38 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. 22-year-old Mozart's handwritten notebook unearthed in 'major discovery' (classicfm.com)
    ×3.20 4 #73 | 14 points by thunderbong 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. MiniMax M3 vs. GLM 5.2: Codegen comparison across autonomous coding tasks (thinkwright.ai)
    ×1.41 74 #85 | 47 points by oceanwaves 1 day ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Show HN: Microcrad – Micrograd Reimplemented in C (github.com/oraziorillo)
    ×0.80 16 #17 | 46 points by oraziorillo 5 hours ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Why the EU rewrote its landmark AI law (theparliamentmagazine.eu)
    ×0.70 | 1 points by thinkingemote 23 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Iran says it's closing Strait of Hormuz, accusing Israel, US of violating truce (cnn.com)
    ×7.28 69 | 63 points by MilnerRoute 4 hours ago | 46 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Show HN: NGB, an open-source .NET platform for document-driven business apps (github.com/ngbplatform)
    ×0.47 | 2 points by perkovsky 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Show HN: When Will AI? – A timeline of top AI predictions (whenwill.ai)
    ×1.53 180 | 7 points by jaymeh13 4 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. UK Home Office launches £75M 'PoliceAI' to capitalise on artificial intelligence (publictechnology.net)
    ×0.88 38 #11 | 3 points by thinkingemote 22 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. GPT-5.5 hallucinates 3x more than MIT-licensed GLM-5.2 (arrowtsx.dev)
    ×4.47 35 #30 | 473 points by oshrimpton 1 day ago | 235 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. AURpocalypse now: a look at the recent AUR attacks (lwn.net)
    ×1.46 64 #63 | 124 points by jwilk 1 day ago | 92 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. A record 242 US cities now have starter homes that cost $1M (zillowgroup.com)
    ×4.38 32 | 68 points by littlexsparkee 20 hours ago | 80 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Show HN: Persona.js – a vanilla-JS agent UI library with native WebMCP (MIT) (persona-chat.dev)
    ×3.64 48 | 7 points by becomevocal 1 hour ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. A new bill takes aim at government pressure to silence lawful online speech (eff.org)
    ×2.60 5 | 293 points by hn_acker 1 day ago | 139 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Let's Encrypt had a higher error rate for 90 minutes today (status.io)
    ×1.82 51 | 160 points by widdakay 1 day ago | 106 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: Claude Code for Visual Studio (native diff with accept/reject) (github.com/firish)
    ×1.29 153 | 20 points by firish 4 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. The rise of South Korea’s weapons business (politico.com)
    ×1.60 8 #10 | 56 points by JumpCrisscross 3 hours ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Show HN: Spin Lab (srijanshukla.com)
    ×0.61 100 | 43 points by srijanshukla18 4 days ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???