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  1. Poll: Do you still use Windows? do you intend to?

    I'm wondering if people still actively use (and prefer) Windows, and I ask this to gauge the hacker community's direction. I theorise that what hackers use now is probably what the general community will use in 3-5…

    8 points by gstar 20 poll
  2. Poll: My company uses Go/Node/Python for production class microservice

    Please answer if you have a number of services in any of these languages - not just one or two. Do take a minute to share your experience. Looking for insights not evangelism. Please upvote, as not enough companies have…

    8 points by kashif 1 poll
  3. Poll: Do we need a downvote button or is that insane ?

    Is editing by pg and others enough or should the community be allowed to downvote in order to control the front page?

    8 points by mk 22 poll
  4. Poll: Are you a night owl or a lark?

    https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/k-lee7/www/kesl/speak/night_owl_lark.pdf Lark: True larks get out of bed as early as 4 or 5 a.m. and go to bed by 9 or 10 p.m. Your periods of high alertness are about two hours earlier than…

    8 points by kqr2 9 poll
  5. Poll: Should stories linking to paywalls indicate that?

    You never know if the article you're about to click on is going to a paywall that's going to ask you for money to read it. Some users may prefer to skip these articles. Should there be an indicator next to story links…

    8 points by 0xbadcafebee 5 poll
  6. Poll: Do you have Gmail Priority Inbox already?
    8 points by myoung8 9 poll
  7. Poll: How fast do the images load on my app?

    Summary: http://doleaf.com - How fast do the images load? I'm trying to get Amazon CloudFront set up as my CDN, and I'm trying various tricks like using multiple CNAMEs to trick the browser into opening multiple…

    8 points by MicahWedemeyer 13 poll
  8. Poll: Should WhoIsHiring recommend disclosure of salary range?

    HN's monthly WhoIsHiring post does not mention disclosure of salary range; users must upvote these manually. The post currently excludes "recruiting firms or job boards", and limits to "One post per company", so there…

    8 points by j_s 2 poll
  9. Poll: Topics to See in PostgreSQL Conf Silicon Valley '15

    The Call for Proposals for PGConf Silicon Valley is open; and the Conference Committee is looking to hear more on both general and specific areas of interest from PostgreSQL users. http://www.pgconfsv.com If you have…

    8 points by ozgune 0 poll
  10. Poll: Do you know about the poll feature?

    I fairly often see people ask poll type questions without using the poll feature. Did you know there is one? http://news.ycombinator.com/newpoll

    8 points by jgrahamc 13 poll
  11. Poll: Would you tell a "white lie"?
    8 points by lukeqsee 13 poll
  12. Please Help Me Decide What to Build

    I am getting ready to build my first native iPhone application and I wanted to get some feedback from the community on what they'd like to see built or what you would use. Please vote for the one you like best.

    8 points by auston 5 poll
  13. Poll: It's 2021. What are your favorite programming languages?

    What are your favorite programming languages? Below are the most popular languages. If your favorite isn't below select other and comment what it is below. Note: By voting for a language you are not up voting this poll.…

    8 points by crazypython 16 poll
  14. Poll: Is Large-Scale Climate Geoengineering Inevitable?
    8 points by privong 29 poll
  15. Ask HN Poll: Developers, how many of you work in a one-developer shop?

    I have yet to work in a more-than-one-developer shop. I'm curious, of the web (front- and back-end) developers out there, who works in what sized shop. Also, if you have any tips or perspective on thriving / surviving…

    8 points by freejoe76 2 poll
  16. Poll: Opt-in or opt-out when reusing the crawled HackerNews database?

    I am currently building a site that relies on the HackerNews database that was published yesterday (amongst other sources). After reading the discussion that followed its release…

    8 points by thibaut_barrere 1 poll
  17. Poll

    What do you support re social media and internet regulation?

    8 points by krapp 2 poll
  18. Poll: how should the search feature be implemented?

    Today search was added to HN in the form of a textlink to Google. It's currently placed at the bottom left of the page. Personally I feel that such a prominent feature should reside in the header and not the footer. I'd…

    8 points by mixmax 1 poll
  19. Poll: Will you buy Facebook stock?
    8 points by Tichy 3 poll
  20. Poll: What's your main operating system, HN?

    I was wondering about the distribution of operating systems among HN users. Which operating system do you use mainly on your home machine (or a machine where you were free to choose the OS)?

    8 points by 0-_-0 6 poll
  21. Poll: San Diego Meetup?

    Why should Norcal get to have all the fun? I'm proposing a meetup for HNers in the San Diego area for the purposes of mingling (like "networking", but less formal) and generally having a good time. First, I'd like to…

    8 points by jacoblyles 0 poll
  22. Poll: What's your opinion on flat design?

    I loathe flat design, which has recently become the "in" thing. I don't want to get into reasons, since design preferences are subjective and there is no "proof" as to why it's good or bad. (One thing I am pretty sure…

    8 points by sendos 7 poll
  23. Poll: What is your office environment like?

    Curious to see what types of offices people work in. Would also like to hear feedback in comments about how much people like / dislike their office environment.

    8 points by rbranson 5 poll
  24. Poll: Would you have dodged the Vietnam draft?

    I don't mean to call either fraction killers or cowards. I found this question often leads to interesting conversations. (Apologies to the non-American audience who many not relate.)

    8 points by falsestprophet 22 poll
  25. Poll: iOS users : one, two or? iDevices

    Hi In light of the recent Apple numbers, I am starting to believe I am not the only one to have both an iPad and an iPhone. So I would be interested in seeing how the hacker news community of early adopters contributes…

    8 points by nico_h 10 poll