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  1. Poll: are you an entrepreneur, wealthy and happy?

    Inspired by: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2149061 Are you an entrepreneur, are you wealthy, and are you happy? Definitions for the purpose of this poll Entrepreneur: you are a founder of a business or start-up…

    4 points by lhorie 0 poll
  2. Poll: Is Google Your Default Search?

    (for simplicity, LLMs are not an option)

    3 points by bookaway 7 poll
  3. Poll: Do you think cannabis should be legalized?

    Feels like view on cannabis and even psychedelics like mushrooms are changing. But maybe I live in a bubble.

    3 points by itchyjunk 1 poll
  4. Poll: Which transportation modes have you used?

    It counts even if you've only used the mode once, not necessarily for serious transportation, e.g., sailboat in a pond, horse in a field. In my circle of friends, I was startled to find which modes some people had never…

    3 points by 7402 0 poll
  5. Poll: What would you do if you discovered a powerful but dangerous technology?

    My wife and I were discussing this while waiting in the immigration line at CDG Paris. What would you do if you discovered an immensely powerful technology that had the potential to benefit humanity, but at the same…

    3 points by byoung2 4 poll
  6. Poll: Did you know that HN explicitly supports polls?

    You can create them on https://news.ycombinator.com/newpoll Requires karma > 200.

    3 points by netgusto 4 poll
  7. Poll: What type of device are you using right now?

    What are you using to view this page?

    3 points by SandB0x 1 poll
  8. Poll: Could open source produce an iPod killer?

    The release of the first Android phone has me thinking about this in terms of product design. Independent of Android--if the open source community were charged with making an iPod killer, could it be done? I'm asking…

    3 points by wensing 6 poll
  9. Poll: What's your primary AI coding agent/orchestrator Claude/Codex/Cursor, etc.?

    Things have changed so much over the last year. We now have CLIs, desktop IDEs, and cloud agents all mixing together. Many of us are using more than one agent, but there do not seem to be any great, up-to-date stats on…

    3 points by jacobgold 5 poll
  10. Poll: How many of you can do car repair?

    How many of the people can do car repair, and how many of you actually do it? (Oil changes/etc don't count)

    3 points by elai 10 poll
  11. Poll: Should Twitter get an edit feature?
    3 points by vmoore 0 poll
  12. Poll HN: Myers-Briggs Personality Types

    Recently came across this entry http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=204240 from over a year ago and I thought it would be interesting to rerun the poll, especially in light of the growth HN has experienced since then..

    3 points by jwb119 6 poll
  13. Poll: Pro bono coding for a social cause?

    Would you contribute coding time to support a social cause (i.e., non-profit) that you believe in?

    3 points by mjfern 0 poll
  14. Poll: As how much of an workaholic would you classify?

    I'm at a point in my life where I feel like I'm too busy, doing too much and sacrificing too much of my personal life to my work. While searching around I came across the Workaholics Anonymous questionnaire on which I…

    3 points by mtrimpe 4 poll
  15. Poll: Would you buy Oxide, if you're a CTO?

    With today's announcement of Oxide Cloud Computer, would you buy it for your business if you were the CTO (vs. Cloud or existing Hyper-Converged Infrastructure, or Renting Dedicated servers, etc.)?

    3 points by tiffanyh 0 poll
  16. Poll HN: What do you use most “in the Cloud”?

    The word "Cloud" is quite overloaded at this point. I am curious what sort of infrastructure HN users actually use most (defined however you like - LOC, deployments, apps, whatever):

    3 points by webmaven 0 poll
  17. Poll: File Sorting by name or date modified?

    My cofounder and I argue over this all the time... what is your preferred method of sorting files in a finder window?

    3 points by grantlmiller 5 poll
  18. Poll: Where Do You Live?

    Two years ago, our visualization showed that most Hacker News participants were from California (https://ae.studio/random/where-does-hacker-news-live). We're curious: has this changed, or does California still dominate?…

    3 points by jeanmayer 0 poll
  19. Poll: Do you have technical skills?

    Over the years HN has undoubtedly shifted more mainstream and I'm kind of curious how far we have now shifted. So hence my question: are you 'just' a user of technology or do you have technical skills yourself?

    3 points by jacquesm 0 poll
  20. Poll: Do you eat plant-based?

    I'm wondering what percentage of the HN folks eat a plant-based diet.

    3 points by shafyy 4 poll
  21. Poll: Do you think the world is generally a meritocracy?
    3 points by carabiner 7 poll
  22. Ask HN: Macbook Pro: Glossy or Matte?

    I'm a new college student hoping getting my MacBook Pro this weekend. I have heard opinions and arguments for both screen styles. "Glossy has better color," but ... "you can comb your hair in glossy." "Matte works great…

    3 points by lukeqsee 8 poll
  23. Poll: How does your startup manage its technical debt?

    There are lots of books about how to manage software complexity, how to work with legacy code, and how to refactor code as you go along. But it seems like individual companies have quite different approaches? What does…

    3 points by rahimnathwani 0 poll
  24. Ask HN (Poll): Why did you start your own company?

    Hi HN, Help me compare results between plurality and preferential voting. Here is the link to preferential voting http://democratic.ly/vote.php?poll=16. Thank you

    3 points by rokhayakebe 3 poll
  25. Poll: Cybertruck Will
    3 points by Zigurd 0 poll