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I'd like to understand what cultural biases exist on HN. Can you share which region of the world you culturally associate with the most? This could be where you were born, where you lived the longest, or something else…

When browsing HN threads, I often use the new navigation buttons. One can't simply click next, read some comments, and click again to move forwards: the 'next' button will shift per comment depending on username length.…

It seems like spam from recruiters (unsolicited, poorly targeted inquiries) is a huge turnoff for developers, but would you still be interested in the company regardless? Or does the spam actually turn you off to the…

I was surprised to see that ChatGPT recently surpassed Bing in terms of traffic [0]. I am just curious to know what the use case for ChatGPT is among HN'ers. [0] -…

Hi HN, happy new year! Over 2025 I noticed more and more submissions with obviously AI generated cover images, usually customised to the content of the blog post. I'm not entirely sure if that's because I've got better…

Why? Why not?

Recently we've all seen examples of obviously LLM farmed content being submitted. I know it's not always easy to tell, but should the site guidelines be updated to ask folks to not post this type of content here?

Seems like a lot of YC companies don't use it, do you use it on yours?

I'm contemplating the use of Twitter for user authentication, as I don't want the trouble of handling user data.<p>I was wondering how high would it make my app's barrier of entry if I use Twitter for auth, or…

Standing Desk have been around for a while; what's the verdict, are you happy with yours or have you since ditched it?

I just want to spur a discussion about earning on the internet. I personally believe hacker news is the elite of internet achievers. Hence, as we hear much about success and failure on the internet, I was just wondering…

Spun off from "Are We Really Engineers?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29998868

Developer: you do mostly back-end coding Designer: you do design (interface, graphics) and/or front-end coding Combo Dev/Designer: you do both back-end and front-end coding and design Idea Guy: you've got biz ideas and…

Just wondering how many applicants are planning to move to San Francisco or Denver/Colorado to start up your dream regardless getting accepted into YC/TechStars? We are in the process of selling our house and planning…

I get the feeling that YC is much more international than people realize. Instead of complaining when people misspell a word, or are inartful with their comments; maybe we could see where everyone is from. Which…

Roughly 10% of the population is left-handed, with right-handers at 70-90%, and the rest mixed-handed or, in rare cases, ambidextrous. Some suggest that left-handers are more predominant in creative areas. How does HN…

Feel free to specify, state major, and talk about grad school as well.

At SXSW, QR codes were everywhere. On buses, backpacks, business cards, t-shirts, you name it. But I've never once scanned one, or seen someone scanning one. Maybe it's because I have an iPhone? It seems Droid people…

Finding experienced engineers that have dealt with harder problems like scaling or distributed systems has been a challenge in this part of the country. That's probably no surprise because a lot of internet companies…

What is your favorite programming language? Explain why in the comments.

I've been thinking that founders over the age of 50 (I'm one of them) have some unique challenges, experience, insights, etc and so would be good to have a forum to exchange tips, strategies, information. We could meet…

Happy Sunday! I read a comment on here a week or two ago wherein the commentor (I think ptacek) wrote that many infosec researchers (and other tech savvy or privacy sensitive people) tend to create seperate email…