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  1. Ask HN: Are orbital data centers possible / a good idea?
    ×1.10 12 #44 | 11 points by aronowb14 1 hour ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: How do you stay up to date without information overload?
    ×0.54 | 2 points by bohdanstefaniuk 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: So what happened to Facebook "localhost" tracking?
    ×0.75 65 #71 | 97 points by juliusceasar 1 day ago | 98 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: What is your (AI) dev tech stack / workflow? (June 2026)
    ×2.07 59 #72 | 55 points by dv35z 2 hours ago | 49 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: Is the web for machines (/llm.txt) the one we wished we had as humans?
    ×0.89 13 #82 | 31 points by sunshine-o 7 hours ago | 53 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Ask HN: How do you find deep technical content?
    ×1.24 75 | 36 points by f311a 1 day ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Ask HN: Gin rummy strategies
    ×0.59 69 | 23 points by bix6 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Is Azure capacity this constraind or am I doing it wrong?
    ×0.66 40 | 8 points by lanycrost 7 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2026)
    ×1.01 94 | 238 points by whoishiring 4 days ago | 421 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2026)
    ×0.80 102 | 148 points by whoishiring 4 days ago | 514 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Supply chain attack alert: .github/setup.js
    ×4.18 35 | 12 points by antihero 8 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. I'm tired of LLM skill slop, so I built mine with regression tests
    ×0.48 110 | 5 points by iliaov 19 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Life saving / first aid posters
    ×0.42 92 | 34 points by cpu_ 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. I underestimated how hard audio waveforms are in the browser
    ×1.12 99 | 5 points by syncara 16 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Ask HN: Is Claude Code down, or its just my region?
    ×1.01 89 | 4 points by codetiger 10 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: Hey, you, tech worker–how are you feeling?
    ×0.80 109 | 5 points by arm32 19 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Being privacy-conscious comes with some downsides
    ×1.26 98 | 7 points by wqtz 20 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: Good books/resources for learning SQL?
    ×0.82 114 | 5 points by CobaltFire 22 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Google killed my $1M ARR startup overnight
    ×3.93 105 | 13 points by vadumo 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: AI efficiency in the workplace
    ×0.49 144 | 3 points by localhoster 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: A Brief History of LLMs
    ×0.46 151 | 9 points by menomatter 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Tell HN: Max messenger app removed from App Store
    ×0.61 127 | 9 points by secondary_op 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: What are all the ways to punch through NAT?
    ×0.77 131 | 5 points by jupr 1 day ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Angular jasmine unit tests are harder to code/maintain than the actual feature
    ×0.70 168 | 5 points by GamingAtWork 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: What is your opinion on index rule changes to accommodate Mega-Cap IPOs?
    ×0.99 145 | 18 points by figmert 3 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Laid off. Broke. Depressed. & idk how to market my SaaS
    ×1.25 124 | 14 points by touseefbuilds 1 day ago | 24 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. $100 to a Debian Developer who can get Fresh Editor into Trixie
    ×0.40 154 | 29 points by jph 5 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. I'm Done Using AI
    ×1.97 136 | 32 points by nyxtom 3 days ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: Why are so many Show HNs being flagged?
    ×0.43 162 | 4 points by 866-RON-0-FEZ 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Bullets don't shoot people. So why do cars 'kill' cyclists? (roadragers.netlify.app)
    ×2.98 21 #16 | 8 points by raybb 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. The IsUpMap lets you check the status of over 100 major sites at once (isupmap.com)
    ×1.15 24 #35 | 112 points by mikelgan 13 hours ago | 42 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Ohbin – uv wrapper for installing tools from GitHub (github.com/prostomarkeloff)
    ×0.62 51 #43 | 31 points by notmarkeloff 9 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. A PlayStation One (PS1) Emulator Written in Jam (github.com/raphamorim)
    ×0.94 | 1 points by bobburniquist 1 minute ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Multimember Districts? Ranked Choice? This Is How to Fix Our Elections (nytimes.com)
    ×0.82 | 1 points by marojejian 9 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Software security in 2026 – Practical tips for the mildly paranoid (dedoimedo.com)
    ×0.58 | 1 points by speckx 21 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. A Man Who Reads Books for a Living (lithub.com)
    ×1.28 54 | 180 points by gmays 1 day ago | 122 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Launch HN: General Instinct (YC P26) – Frontier models on edge devices
    ×0.59 18 #8 | 12 points by guanming0717 1 hour ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Show HN: RePlaya – self-hosted browser session replay with live tailing (github.com/s2-streamstore)
    ×0.67 115 | 50 points by shikhar 3 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Show HN: 100cc - Roll your own Claude in 100 lines (github.com/yujqiao)
    ×1.15 153 | 10 points by rapiz 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Show HN: Wd-41, hot-reload webserver for static sites (github.com/baalimago)
    ×0.33 | 2 points by baalimago 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. The ways we contain Claude across products (anthropic.com)
    ×1.36 42 | 225 points by jbredeche 1 day ago | 102 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. Show HN: Build Your Own AI Agent CLI in 150 Lines (go-micro.dev)
    ×1.70 132 | 33 points by asim 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Valve says it's ready to launch the Steam Machine this summer (theverge.com)
    ×5.92 23 #39 | 55 points by neilfrndes 2 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Show HN: SnapToCode – Screenshot any UI and get clean Tailwind code (google.com)
    ×0.40 | 2 points by adithagrawaal 43 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Let's celebrate work that is 100% human-made (human-made.work)
    ×0.98 | 2 points by supryan 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. U.S. attorney says election fraud probes are underway in California (ktla.com)
    ×1.58 18 | 3 points by Bender 1 hour ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Sagrada Família Lego set (lego.com)
    ×4.40 10 | 199 points by speckx 1 day ago | 160 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Show HN: A searchable archive of declassified UAP/UFO files, news, and analysis (didyousee.xyz)
    ×2.26 148 | 13 points by sonjaqql 3 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Leap in DNA synthesis slashes time to build new genetic sequences (ieee.org)
    ×1.06 22 #28 | 103 points by natalcleft 10 hours ago | 24 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Mantine-datatable (and others) compromised – owner account suspended (github.com/icflorescu)
    ×1.52 8 #9 | 20 points by justsomehuman 1 hour ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. C++: The Documentary (herbsutter.com)
    ×2.12 11 #19 | 306 points by ingve 13 hours ago | 223 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Migrating from Firestore to PostgreSQL (medium.com)
    ×0.85 | 1 points by tosh 6 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Show HN: Tired of duct-taping access control into agent prompts. Here's the fix (github.com/yaodub)
    ×0.54 121 | 22 points by zwigglers 2 days ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Show HN: Bot or Not – Spot AI-generated randomness (play-bot-or-not.vercel.app)
    ×1.46 123 | 4 points by EvanZhouDev 21 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Astronauts on ISS told to shelter as repairs under way to fix air leaks (bbc.com)
    ×1.66 #1 | 196 points by janpot 2 hours ago | 137 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Machine-verified proof that M3P ∈ P and P = NP via Pedigree Polytopes (github.com/TiruArt)
    ×1.60 4 | 4 points by carlsverre 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Tiny hackable CUDA language model implementation (github.com/markusheimerl)
    ×0.84 | 1 points by markusheimerl 7 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Microsoft's Project Solara is an Android OS designed for agents instead of apps (arstechnica.com)
    ×0.58 | 1 points by e12e 36 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Software Engineering is the new Manufacturing Engineering (halecraft.org)
    ×1.53 6 | 4 points by canadaduane 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Show HN: Uruky (EU-based Kagi alternative) now has Image Search and URL Rewrites (uruky.com)
    ×1.58 26 | 228 points by BrunoBernardino 1 day ago | 213 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Meta's ships facial recognition on smart glasses (buchodi.com)
    ×2.87 26 #36 | 301 points by buchodi 22 hours ago | 271 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Anthony Head, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Ted Lasso actor, dies aged 72 (theguardian.com)
    ×1.58 2 | 3 points by ohjeez 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Show HN: Rscrypto, pure-Rust crypto with industry leading public benches (github.com/loadingalias)
    ×0.59 103 | 33 points by LoadingALIAS 2 days ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Show HN: an AI app that settles small couple arguments (thepiece.app)
    ×1.93 138 | 7 points by Byalpel 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. ESP32 Bit Pirate, a Hardware Hacking Tool with WebCLI That Speaks Every Protocol (github.com/geo-tp)
    ×1.52 13 #22 | 142 points by geotp 10 hours ago | 42 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. VoidZero Is Joining Cloudflare (cloudflare.com)
    ×2.61 2 #55 | 660 points by coloneltcb 1 day ago | 297 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Castor: CERN Advanced STORage Manager (cern.ch)
    ×0.56 52 #78 | 62 points by naves 21 hours ago | 31 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Am I Unc? (amiunc.com)
    ×3.15 66 | 12 points by thepbone 1 hour ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Designing with Mustard (annaecook.com)
    ×0.40 | 1 points by speckx 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Anthropic's open-source framework for AI-powered vulnerability discovery (github.com/anthropics)
    ×2.29 14 #29 | 502 points by binyu 21 hours ago | 140 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Fake Money Built America (blockworks.com)
    ×2.18 33 #12 | 5 points by speckx 46 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Patreon Refuses to Remove YouTuber's Viral Lego Investigation (kotaku.com)
    ×4.03 83 | 60 points by healsdata 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Show HN: Eyeball (rory.codes)
    ×2.19 77 | 291 points by mrroryflint 3 days ago | 88 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Cooldown Support for Ruby Bundler (rubygems.org)
    ×1.22 15 #7 | 100 points by calyhre 5 hours ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Go Experiments Explained (alexedwards.net)
    ×0.98 52 #46 | 73 points by ingve 15 hours ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. AI must foster 'maternal instincts' or we risk extinction, warns Geoffrey Hinton (cbc.ca)
    ×3.24 33 | 6 points by geox 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Gooey: A GPU-accelerated UI framework for Zig (github.com/duanebester)
    ×1.11 56 | 196 points by ksec 2 days ago | 84 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Embryos shape their limbs: a key discovery of "genetic brakes" (umontreal.ca)
    ×0.68 84 | 77 points by gmays 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Watching a Z80 from an RP2350 (wordpress.com)
    ×0.58 68 #38 | 43 points by ibobev 12 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Don't Dethrone Consciousness (theintrinsicperspective.com)
    ×0.44 | 1 points by jbotz 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Ultra-processed foods in the global food system: The role of tobacco companies (aphapublications.org)
    ×2.74 79 | 201 points by giuliomagnifico 5 hours ago | 254 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. American capitalism has taken an apocalyptic turn (economist.com)
    ×5.48 46 | 176 points by andsoitis 1 day ago | 320 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Show HN: Papernews – self-hosted daily newspaper PDF for your reMarkable (github.com/marcj)
    ×1.67 88 | 10 points by bourbonproof 18 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Show HN: Getjobber-CLI – Python CLI for the Jobber GraphQL API (github.com/acaracappa)
    ×0.47 | 2 points by antman1911 20 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Show HN: Streambed – Stream Postgres to Iceberg on S3, Supports Postgres Wire (github.com/viggy28)
    ×1.01 120 | 129 points by vira28 4 days ago | 40 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Show HN: Vlags, small vector flags. Less than 900 bytes each (vlags.com)
    ×0.98 135 | 3 points by ryancanzo 23 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Leak Reveals Microsoft Wants Its AI to Be 'Addictive' (kotaku.com)
    ×4.80 73 #83 | 63 points by thm 2 hours ago | 49 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Show HN: Constellation is an open-source Hasura-compatible GraphQL engine in Go (nhost.io)
    ×2.44 142 | 9 points by nunopato 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: A simple bookmark manager for Mac and iOS (bendansby.com)
    ×2.45 100 | 5 points by webwielder2 17 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Queen bees emerge from special wax chambers (acs.org)
    ×1.01 52 #60 | 101 points by gmays 20 hours ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???