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  1. Tell HN: YC companies scrape GitHub activity, send spam emails to users
    ×3.47 11 #53 | 660 points by miki123211 1 day ago | 250 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. If you drive clock wise along the beach on an island
    ×0.73 8 | 5 points by Cookingboy 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. 36yo: Career at home vs. Simple life abroad?
    ×0.65 50 | 8 points by Slaboli 9 hours ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. I don't need AI to build me a new app. I need it to make Jira bearable
    ×0.69 79 | 19 points by niel_hu 1 day ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: How do you handle duplicate side effects when jobs, workflows retry?
    ×0.37 84 | 6 points by shineDaPoker 14 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: My competitor wants to buy us out, recommend a lawyer?
    ×0.49 100 | 4 points by VladVladikoff 18 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. 1Password pricing increasing up to 33% in March
    ×3.12 81 | 144 points by otterley 3 days ago | 197 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Who Is Using XMPP?
    ×0.40 102 | 23 points by nunobrito 2 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. How do you evaluate a person's ability to use AI?
    ×0.61 89 | 4 points by imwoody 13 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: What's it like working in big tech recently with all the AI tools?
    ×1.01 96 | 20 points by ex-aws-dude 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. I built a 151k-node GraphRAG swarm that autonomously invents SDG solutions
    ×0.07 | 2 points by wisdomagi 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. New Claude Code Feature "Remote Control"
    ×0.40 132 | 8 points by rob 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Claude Code Bug triggers Rate limits without usage
    ×0.13 122 | 3 points by busssard 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: Starting a New Role with Ada
    ×0.56 119 | 9 points by NoNameHaveI 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Comparing manual vs. AI requirements gathering: 2 sentences vs. 127-point spec
    ×0.26 124 | 3 points by thesssaism 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: What will happen with Anthropics ultimatum?
    ×0.85 117 | 7 points by maniacwhat 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. LazyGravity – I made my phone control Antigravity so I never leave bed
    ×0.17 126 | 4 points by masaTokyo 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Would you choose the Microsoft stack today if starting greenfield?
    ×1.33 123 | 20 points by JB_5000 3 days ago | 23 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Ask HN: Could you create a competitor to your company at 10% of the cost?
    ×0.69 110 | 9 points by TheAlchemist 1 day ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Fix cron routes: POST → GET (Vercel cron sends GET)
    ×0.15 | 2 points by nishiohiroshi 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: How are you controlling AI agents that take real actions?
    ×0.37 145 | 7 points by thesvp 3 days ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. ChatGPT finds an error in Terence Tao's math research
    ×1.03 111 | 42 points by codexon 3 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Comparing manual vs. AI requirements gathering: 2 sentences vs. 127-point spec
    ×0.39 144 | 7 points by thesssaism 3 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: Have top AI research institutions just given up on the idea of safety?
    ×1.98 78 | 81 points by DietaryNonsense 2 days ago | 89 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Who has seen productivity increases from AI
    ×0.46 129 | 12 points by Kapura 3 days ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Ask HN: What Linux Would Be a Good Transition from Windows 11
    ×0.95 134 | 13 points by Cyberis 3 days ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Ask HN: Any DIY open-source Alexa/Google alternatives?
    ×0.32 137 | 9 points by personality0 3 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Persistent Prompts and Built in Search
    ×0.14 | 2 points by lazybusy 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: Is it worth avoiding AI while making a game?
    ×0.93 135 | 7 points by 2muchclout 2 days ago | 23 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Using "Hi Claudette " on Claude.ai
    ×0.19 146 | 4 points by mlongval 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Ask HN: Are AI "Chatbot Wrappers" ruining EdTech? I'm testing a proactive UX
    ×0.17 | 2 points by Swadesh9422 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ask HN: Missing page from Practical Computing magazine (1980)
    ×0.54 148 | 3 points by sim04ful 3 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Ask HN: Share your productive usage of OpenClaw
    ×2.22 82 | 101 points by aavci 2 days ago | 83 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Does anyone use CrewAI or LangChain anymore?
    ×0.87 138 | 11 points by rakan1 3 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Ask HN: What is up with all the glitchy and off-topic comments?
    ×0.95 143 | 10 points by marginalia_nu 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Explanation of JEPA – Yann LeCun's proposed solution to self-supervised learning
    ×0.40 | 2 points by helloplanets 3 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Show HN: Vibe Code your 3D Models (github.com/ierror)
    ×2.06 43 | 3 points by burrnii 17 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Java's Cover (2001) (paulgraham.com)
    ×1.43 | 2 points by Spide_r 22 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Obsidian 1.12 Desktop (Public) (obsidian.md)
    ×3.84 50 | 5 points by l2dy 50 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Show HN: Babyshark – Wireshark made easy (terminal UI for PCAPs) (github.com/vignesh07)
    ×1.08 90 | 150 points by eigen-vector 3 days ago | 47 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Vibe coded Lovable-hosted app littered with basic flaws exposed 18K users (theregister.com)
    ×3.42 7 #13 | 29 points by nottorp 54 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Show HN: Rev-dep – 20x faster knip.dev alternative build in Go (github.com/jayu)
    ×0.52 52 #86 | 44 points by jayu_dev 22 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. SpacetimeDB: A Short Technical Review (strn.cat)
    ×3.08 52 | 4 points by Sirupsen 25 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Sudo-rs enables pwfeedback by default for Resolute Raccoon (ubuntu.com)
    ×1.39 | 2 points by timhh 56 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Show HN: A CLI to query the unsealed court files with local LLMs (github.com/simulationship)
    ×0.81 | 2 points by simulationship 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. iPhone and iPad approved to handle classified NATO information (apple.com)
    ×2.27 18 | 113 points by throwfaraway4 23 hours ago | 58 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Palm OS User Interface Guidelines (2003) [pdf] (uml.edu)
    ×1.15 44 #42 | 196 points by spiffytech 1 day ago | 100 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Is the World Cup bump real? MLS is going to find out (theguardian.com)
    ×1.38 | 2 points by PaulHoule 21 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Tech people keep falling for the same scam (explodingcomma.com)
    ×3.71 63 | 5 points by speckx 21 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Creating the Most Efficient Drone [video] (youtube.com)
    ×1.44 | 2 points by gnabgib 50 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. You Want to Visit the UK? You Better Have a Google Play or App Store Account (heltweg.org)
    ×3.79 17 | 199 points by rhazn 1 day ago | 297 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. America, and probably the world, stands on a precipice (garymarcus.substack.com)
    ×6.12 2 | 138 points by MindGods 21 hours ago | 85 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. The complete Manic Miner disassembly (skoolkit.ca)
    ×1.03 41 #28 | 54 points by sandebert 9 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Dyson settles forced labour suit in landmark UK case (bbc.com)
    ×1.60 23 #55 | 81 points by cmsefton 7 hours ago | 80 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Story of XZ Backdoor [video] (youtube.com)
    ×2.21 21 | 132 points by Ulf950 1 day ago | 50 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Number of UK workers on zero-hours contracts hits record high ahead of crackdown (bbc.co.uk)
    ×1.95 55 | 64 points by robtherobber 1 day ago | 105 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Show HN: Codex builds a working NES Emulator in one hour (github.com/kaonashi-tyc)
    ×3.13 108 | 6 points by zi2zi-jit 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Show HN: Context Mode – 315 KB of MCP output becomes 5.4 KB in Claude Code (github.com/mksglu)
    ×1.52 88 | 77 points by mksglu 2 days ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Layoffs at Block (twitter.com/jack)
    ×4.57 11 #31 | 854 points by mlex 20 hours ago | 972 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. I rendered 1,418 confusables over 230 fonts. Most aren't confusable to the eye (paultendo.github.io)
    ×1.17 45 #35 | 102 points by paultendo 15 hours ago | 49 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. GNU Texmacs (texmacs.org)
    ×1.10 69 #80 | 185 points by remywang 2 days ago | 59 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Enable CORS for Your Blog (blogsareback.com)
    ×0.89 | 1 points by cdrnsf 2 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Show HN: I built a 50ms SPF record and Shadow IT scanner (spf1.com)
    ×0.75 | 2 points by bwoud 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Compact disc story (1998) (researchgate.net)
    ×0.55 41 #32 | 32 points by pipeline_peak 7 hours ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Show HN: SVG Weave. A node graph editor that animates SVGs with AI (svgweave.com)
    ×1.39 | 2 points by imprakharshukla 45 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Show HN: Batchling – save 50% off any GenAI requests in two lines of code (github.com/vienneraphael)
    ×0.93 | 2 points by vienneraphael 23 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Show HN: A CLI tool for agentic code review and auto-fixing (github.com/kenryu42)
    ×1.42 | 2 points by kenryu 14 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Pydantic Monty: you probably don't need a full sandbox (pydantic.dev)
    ×2.25 32 | 3 points by scolvin 24 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Anthropic ditches its core safety promise (cnn.com)
    ×4.75 29 | 551 points by motbus3 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Show HN: I Built Smart Radio That Auto-Skips Talk and Ads by Using ML (tunejourney.com)
    ×1.78 92 | 5 points by FreeGuessr 17 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Show HN: Usplus.ai – Build a company of AI agents and execute work autonomously (usplus.ai:443)
    ×0.67 | 2 points by usplusAI 19 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Show HN: Relay – SMS API for developers (send your first text in 2 min)
    ×0.44 | 2 points by danielkdewar 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Show HN: Terminal Phone – E2EE Walkie Talkie from the Command Line (gitlab.com)
    ×1.41 24 #64 | 311 points by smalltorch 1 day ago | 77 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. The future is unimaginably long (thinkingpensando.substack.com)
    ×0.74 | 1 points by badphilosopher 8 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: Find like-minded developers from your GitHub activity (symploke.dev)
    ×0.76 | 1 points by thomasfromcdnjs 8 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Why Are So Many Teen Girls Still Tearing Their A.C.L.s? (nytimes.com)
    ×2.07 26 | 3 points by bookofjoe 37 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. They Dream of School, and None of the Dreams Are Good (petergray.substack.com)
    ×1.37 | 2 points by Ariarule 44 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. French Government Data MCP Server (data.gouv.fr)
    ×1.39 | 2 points by tin7in 48 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. OpenAI raises $110B on $730B pre-money valuation (techcrunch.com)
    ×4.04 36 #44 | 66 points by zlatkov 2 hours ago | 60 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. "If there is reincarnation, I want to come back as the bond market." (quote.org)
    ×0.57 | 2 points by cs702 44 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Show HN: Scheme-langserver – Digest incomplete code with static analysis (github.com/ufo5260987423)
    ×0.60 91 | 51 points by ufo5260987423 3 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Understanding the Go Runtime: The Memory Allocator (internals-for-interns.com)
    ×0.93 51 #50 | 92 points by valyala 19 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Show HN: SignalCend – API that resolves conflicting IoT device state in 47ms (signalcend.com)
    ×0.82 | 1 points by TylerArrows 4 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. First Website (1992) (cern.ch)
    ×1.55 24 | 304 points by shrikaranhanda 1 day ago | 86 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Sandboxes won't save you from OpenClaw (tachyon.so)
    ×2.30 66 | 112 points by logicx24 2 days ago | 104 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Show HN: Tesseract – 3D architecture editor with MCP for AI-assisted design (infrastellar.dev)
    ×0.83 140 | 3 points by infrastellar 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. 56% of CEOs report zero financial return from AI in 2026 (PwC survey, n=4,454) (aishortcutlab.com)
    ×2.96 23 #82 | 62 points by harran 16 hours ago | 36 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: Declarative open-source framework for MCPs with search and execute (hyperterse.com)
    ×0.46 128 | 11 points by samrith 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Can you reverse engineer our neural network? (janestreet.com)
    ×1.69 2 #10 | 203 points by jsomers 7 hours ago | 128 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. The Slow Death of the Power User (mataroa.blog)
    ×4.59 68 | 100 points by microsoftedging 1 day ago | 96 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???