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  1. Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub

    Github has been down consistently over the last few months - does it make sense to switch to alternatives?

    122 points by dhruv3006 365
  2. Ask HN: Do you know of any company that went back to hand-written code?

    This is intended as a question about the current phase of the LLM hype cycle, and, at the same time, as a reality check about whether reluctance to rely on LLMs is economically viable for an average developer. You've…

    103 points by antipurist 34
  3. Ask HN: How do you keep up with HN these days?

    In the last 2-3 years, mostly because of AI, keeping up with interesting articles on HN has become harder and harder. How do you deal with it? Besides the simple solution of simply ignoring interesting stuff more and…

    88 points by simonebrunozzi 108
  4. Ask HN: Can we please limit the AI news flood?

    Over past couple months I noticed that HN feed is almost exclusively AI or AI-adjacent news. Meanwhile the legitimately, broad-hacker stuff gets left out for the most part. I noticed that because the things I find…

    34 points by cromka 295
  5. Ask HN: What is your favorite lightweight tool or CLI utility in 2026?

    Tools like ripgrep, fzf, and htop have saved me countless hours over the years. What small utilities do you rely on daily?

    20 points by pranav_tech26 27
  6. Ask HN: GitHub employees what's going on? Why?

    Pretty self explanatory. Could you folks shed some light on why these issues keep happening? I’ve noticed most posts and replies are just people coming to their own conclusions based on whatever published data. I think…

    10 points by sharts 198
  7. Ask HN: Where to learn software engineering fundamentals?

    I have an open question for software engineers out there: As someone that has never studied CS but has written basic code most of my life (accelerated now with AI), where is the best place to learn software engineering…

    10 points by mstank 10
  8. Ask HN: What tools are you using for human code review of AI-assisted code?

    A good proportion of us and our colleagues are now churning out agent-assisted code at an incredible rate, with some of it that is actually good, and a lot that is not so good. I'm personally finding that the real…

    8 points by dafelst 16
  9. Ask HN: Let's all sell our AI stocks, short Nvidia and pop the AI bubble

    Humans are better than AI.

    8 points by roschdal 11
  10. Ask HN: What physical publication do you still buy?

    I remember as a kid loving to read National Geographic and Club Nintendo in Bolivia. I want to subscribe to a PHYSICAL publication, to get news or entertainment it's fine. But something physical. I want to slow it down…

    8 points by sergiotapia 14
  11. Ask HN: Is GitHub Down Again?

    Connection closed by 4.228.31.150 port 22

    7 points by delduca 7
  12. Ask HN: When you sell your company, do you receive the money with a normal wire?

    For those who sold their company for a substantial amount, did the money just arrive on your "regular" bank account? Did you arrive in several times? Don't laugh, I'm trying to visualize the moment my startup is sold,…

    6 points by supergilbert 6
  13. Ask HN: How Are Things in the US?

    I don't live in the US, and I have no friends from there. The media and politicians are not reliable indicators of how life truly is like for the average American. I'd like to hear your opinion.

    6 points by tobeornot 7
  14. Ask HN: No Path from Techie to Management?

    When I was a much more junior techie I would apply for management roles in my company only to be told that I needed more experience and to upgrade my credentials. Years later I have certifications, a graduate degree and…

    5 points by seeking_gruntle 16
  15. Ask HN: How do you prove two machines computed the same float32 result?

    Not approximately the same. Bit-identical. Across different hardware vendors, kernel versions, or driver stacks. Logs and weight checksums don't answer this. Looking for anyone who has a working production answer or has…

    5 points by Swapnopam 3
  16. Ask HN: Why are OpenAI, Claude, and Grok simultaneously down? Coincidence?

    https://status.openai.com https://status.claude.com https://status.x.ai

    5 points by halcdev 285
  17. Ask HN: Why don't we see ARM laptops from China?

    Just wondering: how comes we haven't seen a flood of ARM laptops on shops like Aliexpress?

    5 points by znpy 4
  18. Ask HN: How would you market this service?

    Hi all, I have a genuine problem here, I have been working for myself on a licensing layer for my personal apps. A few fellow developers are using it after seeing how good it is, but I've had a very hard time getting…

    4 points by dmzxnico 8
  19. Ask HN: Has anyone been fired because of an AI-driven DDoS attack?

    I’m curious whether anyone here has experienced the human/business impact of the recent increase in automated or AI-assisted traffic and DDoS attacks. Has anyone actually lost their job, been fired, or had their team…

    4 points by novateg 0
  20. Ask HN: Do you feel comfortable admitting that you use AI?

    AI took the industry by storm, and naturally this generates a lot of resistance. The way I see this resistance expressing itself is in the form of certain feeling of superiority by those who refuse to use it, and a…

    4 points by var0xyz 37
  21. Ask HN: I created a web browser using Claude, everybody hates it

    I created a web browser, Northstar web browser, using Claude, Gemini and Chatgpt Codex, everybody hates it, insults me personally and calls it AI slop. https://github.com/nordstjernen-web/northstar-browser Does this…

    4 points by roschdal 9
  22. Ask HN: Can we do a karma reset?

    The high karma accounts are not always smart people, usually they’re incredibly immature and clearly lacking in experience. Often, an account like this will post a comment demonstrating they have no clue what they’re…

    4 points by HNKarmaReset 4
  23. Ask HN: What did you learn when you stopped following tutorials?

    When I was working with Python, I noticed something interesting. If we build a Python project using a YouTube tutorial, it seems straightforward. But when I sit down with my laptop and code editor, I usually discover…

    4 points by codst 2
  24. Ask HN: How do you feel about AI generated documentation?

    It usually feels like it wasn't written to be read. Do you have examples of good ai generated documentation ?

    3 points by LelouBil 2
  25. Ask HN: Why does the US government search through people's phones at the border?

    Seems scary, tyrannical and totalitarian to me.

    3 points by roschdal 13