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  1. Ask HN: How many local logins do you have on your computer?
    ×0.77 | 2 points by bahmboo 46 minutes ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: Share your personal website
    ×3.15 66 #80 | 932 points by susam 4 days ago | 2366 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: Is it still worth pursuing a software startup?
    ×1.45 51 | 177 points by newbebee 1 day ago | 214 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: How are you doing RAG locally?
    ×1.98 75 | 408 points by tmaly 4 days ago | 156 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Tell HN: Poshmark instantly leaked my email to scammers
    ×0.52 61 | 6 points by hardenedmetapod 9 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: How can we solve the loneliness epidemic?
    ×3.18 34 | 782 points by publicdebates 3 days ago | 1219 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: How to bullet proof yourself from AI?
    ×0.96 37 | 10 points by max_ 9 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?
    ×1.49 87 | 216 points by blahaj 4 days ago | 425 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: How to get a job after a career break?
    ×0.84 63 | 8 points by shivajikobardan 11 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: Are cross-platform UI frameworks suitable for camera apps?
    ×0.15 | 2 points by Austin_Conlon 7 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Ask HN: Claude Opus performance affected by time of day?
    ×0.59 106 | 38 points by scaredreally 2 days ago | 36 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Ask HN: Is replacing an enterprise product with LLMs a realistic strategy?
    ×0.62 105 | 6 points by chandmk 20 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Tell HN: YouTube gave my username switzerland to a half government organization
    ×3.22 115 | 36 points by faebi 2 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: One IP, multiple unrealistic locations worldwide hitting my website
    ×0.50 124 | 42 points by nacho-daddy 3 days ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: Iran's 120h internet shutdown, phones back. How to stay resilient?
    ×1.59 125 | 114 points by us321 5 days ago | 100 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Tell HN: The way I do simple data management for new prototypes
    ×0.39 137 | 12 points by AndreyK1984 2 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: What is the best voice input mechanism on Linux (2026)?
    ×0.74 | 2 points by orsenthil 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: How have you or your firm made money with LLMs?
    ×0.83 149 | 10 points by bwestergard 2 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: How do you safely give LLMs SSH/DB access?
    ×0.84 122 | 82 points by nico 4 days ago | 106 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: Browser extension vs. native app for structured form filling?
    ×0.41 161 | 5 points by livrasand 2 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: Why is Google tolerating impersonation of Gmail from it's own domain?
    ×0.94 94 | 6 points by dvh 18 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Why are websites trying to talk at me?
    ×0.43 | 2 points by LeratoAustini 19 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Tell HN: Google Trust and Safety is a joke
    ×0.42 118 | 4 points by tokyobreakfast 21 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. The $LANG Programming Language
    ×1.52 97 | 265 points by dang 5 days ago | 70 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Who's using DuckDB in production?
    ×0.77 151 | 7 points by yakkomajuri 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?
    ×4.71 107 | 82 points by krishadi 3 days ago | 233 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: How to make spamming us uncomfortable for LinkedIn and friends?
    ×0.80 165 | 12 points by zx8080 3 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Tell HN: YouTube disabled advanced subtitling, and is stripping it from old vids
    ×1.90 111 | 7 points by mister_mort 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: Distributed SQL engine for ultra-wide tables
    ×0.60 158 | 23 points by synsqlbythesea 4 days ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Ask HN: ADHD – How do you manage the constant stream of thoughts and ideas?
    ×2.55 121 | 120 points by chriswright1664 5 days ago | 148 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. I built visual search for tattoo artists
    ×1.02 144 | 3 points by rbaten 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ask HN: Vxlan over WireGuard or WireGuard over Vxlan?
    ×0.85 154 | 46 points by mlhpdx 5 days ago | 83 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Ask HN: Fundraising compensation
    ×0.63 186 | 3 points by ebitda_ai 2 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Ask HN: Do you think college is/was worth it?
    ×0.96 139 | 7 points by hallole 1 day ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Tell HN: Execution is cheap, ideas matter again
    ×1.09 147 | 17 points by keepamovin 2 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Ask HN: AI music covers in 2026?
    ×0.84 142 | 17 points by sexy_seedbox 3 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Ask HN: What is the best way to provide continuous context to models?
    ×0.91 119 | 73 points by nemath 4 days ago | 45 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Ask HN: Why does Google still provide an open redirect for phishers?
    ×1.56 156 | 23 points by throwaway89201 4 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Ask HN: What's something you wished you started doing earlier?
    ×0.87 168 | 4 points by karakoram 2 days ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Ask HN: Have you ever tried low-code tools for your work?
    ×0.59 178 | 4 points by andre_fernandes 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Ask HN: Discrepancy between Lichess and Stockfish
    ×0.51 171 | 21 points by HNLurker2 5 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Ask HN: Anyone else finding it impossible to land a job?
    ×5.08 136 | 28 points by Arch485 3 days ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Ask HN: What to teach my kid if AI does math and CS?
    ×1.90 162 | 12 points by devShark 3 days ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Ask HN: Looking for Windows contributors for meeting-detection engine
    ×0.44 189 | 8 points by Ayobamiu 5 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Do people still need websites, or just a public page?
    ×0.87 157 | 4 points by paravaib 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Ask HN: Those who quit tech, moved back home, what do you do?
    ×1.64 134 | 13 points by akudha 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Ask HN: Why do AI code editors suck at closing tags?
    ×1.12 170 | 9 points by cryptography 3 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Ask HN: Is Codex login down for all workspace (non-personal) users?
    ×1.16 177 | 6 points by amluto 3 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Ask HN: Trying to find a website featured on HN that listed restaurants in NYC
    ×1.45 166 | 14 points by laffOr 4 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Ask HN: Can companies claim copyright over their LLM-generated codebases?
    ×1.01 163 | 4 points by mks_shuffle 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Tell HN: Properly using dishwasher reduced friction with my wife
    ×2.38 167 | 16 points by xylo 4 days ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Ask HN: Has Claude Code changed its usage limits for you?
    ×0.53 | 2 points by laurex 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Ask HN: Any real prompt injections in the wild?
    ×0.63 182 | 6 points by singularity2001 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Ask HN: Strangest or most unexpected behavior you've seen from GitHub Copilot?
    ×1.73 173 | 6 points by stikit 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Ask HN: Which system would you trust to run a business you can't afford to lose?
    ×0.30 | 2 points by cutterlayers 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Ask HN: Local media server, receive and send audio?
    ×0.22 | 2 points by thedangler 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Ask HN: When "Two-Factor Authentication" (2FA) Aren't Two
    ×0.34 | 2 points by s3131212 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Ask HN: LLM Poisoning Resources
    ×0.92 172 | 4 points by totallygeeky 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Ask HN: Tips for better image generation? I need help
    ×0.29 | 2 points by gweets 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Ask HN: Will vibe coded spaghetti code lead to unmaintainable software?
    ×2.71 82 | 6 points by roschdal 14 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Why is nobody using this? Full-duplex voice streaming with Gemini Live in React
    ×0.71 179 | 3 points by loffloff 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Tell HN: HP Ultra G1a Bios Freezing Issue
    ×0.30 | 2 points by BizarroLand 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Ask HN: Is sending a lot of requests but respecting rate limits DOSing?
    ×0.32 | 2 points by SpyCoder77 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Ask HN: Analogy of AI IDEs for code vs. "AI IDEs" for personal health data
    ×0.33 | 2 points by nemath 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Ask HN: Estimating % of dev using coding assistants
    ×1.22 174 | 7 points by japoneris 3 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Ask HN: Is token-based pricing making AI harder to use in production?
    ×0.93 181 | 3 points by Barathkanna 2 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Ask HN: What happens when you remove lock-in from enterprise software economics?
    ×1.42 176 | 4 points by hydrioxstate 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Ask HN: Audio analysis models, how to train to learn sound patters?
    ×0.77 187 | 4 points by thedangler 3 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Tell HN: Intel could blow up the Console Wars if it had the guts
    ×1.07 188 | 8 points by noumenon1111 5 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Ask HN: How can we handle solo founder loneliness?
    ×0.46 183 | 3 points by dabojula 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Text-to-3D → Step/STL
    ×2.20 184 | 5 points by alexyakovlev919 3 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Ask HN: Any local secret manager?
    ×1.01 185 | 3 points by spacemnstr42069 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Users access official platform apps in regions with frequent mirror links
    ×0.53 | 2 points by taka-dev 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Ask HN: Thoughts on maintaining anonymity against state-level actors?
    ×1.94 175 | 10 points by adamanteye 4 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Tell HN: A Proposal to Modernize Xorg as a Protocol-Only Graphics Layer
    ×1.02 180 | 7 points by powerwordtree 4 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Show HN: What if your menu bar was a keyboard-controlled command center? (extrabar.app)
    ×0.86 62 | 60 points by pugdogdev 1 day ago | 48 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Show HN: TinyCity – A tiny city SIM for MicroPython (Thumby micro console) (github.com/chrisdiana)
    ×0.86 91 | 141 points by inflam52 3 days ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Show HN: Cachekit – High performance caching policies library in Rust (github.com/OxidizeLabs)
    ×0.54 152 | 46 points by failsafe 4 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering (alexharri.com)
    ×4.41 11 #25 | 1184 points by alexharri 1 day ago | 129 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Show HN: GibRAM an in-memory ephemeral GraphRAG runtime for retrieval (github.com/gibram-io)
    ×0.55 55 #48 | 59 points by ktyptorio 18 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Fossgis 2026 – German language conference of FOSSGIS e.V. (OSGeo Local Chapter) (fossgis-konferenz.de)
    ×0.66 47 #73 | 6 points by slow_typist 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. AI Contributions to Erdős Problems (github.com/teorth)
    ×0.46 | 1 points by fdeage 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Eight European countries face 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland (apnews.com)
    ×19.48 | 227 points by 2OEH8eoCRo0 1 day ago | 365 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Earth is warming faster. Scientists are closing in on why (2024) (economist.com)
    ×3.30 31 | 113 points by andsoitis 1 day ago | 132 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Poking holes into bytecode with peephole optimisations (xnacly.me)
    ×0.39 63 #63 | 20 points by ibobev 13 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Show HN: Deploy multiple apps on the same VPS with a single command (github.com/amirkarimi)
    ×0.43 | 1 points by 4m1rk 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Show HN: Govctl – A CLI enforcing RFC-driven discipline on AI coding (github.com/govctl-org)
    ×0.43 | 2 points by gabriel_wu 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: Reversing YouTube’s “Most Replayed” Graph (priyavr.at)
    ×1.40 95 | 86 points by prvt 2 days ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Mammoth fossils from Alaska turn out to belong to two ancient whales (phys.org)
    ×1.04 | 2 points by wglb 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Tesla investigates whether its self-driving technology caused traffic violations (latimes.com)
    ×0.80 | 1 points by MilnerRoute 12 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???