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Hacker News stories grouped by topic. Each topic shows how many stories it had in the last 7 days compared with the 7 days before, so you can see what is picking up.

Listed when a topic has at least 3 stories in 7 days. As of Oct 29, 2026. How topics are assigned is described in About this site.

Security
Steady
52 stories66 stories the week before
Where it was discussed:Hacker News 52
- A complete bypass of eMudhra’s 1FA OTP login system ↗ · Hacker News
- How does Fable 5.1 hide messages in images? ↗ · Hacker News
- Is this the new cyber normal? ↗ · Hacker News
GitHub repositories tagged "Security"
AI
Steady
58 stories47 stories the week before
Where it was discussed:Hacker News 58
- Every AI model has the same "controversial" take on humans ↗ · Hacker News
- Ask HN: If the models are so good, why doesn't OpenAI just start 100 companies? ↗ · Hacker News
- The foolishness of "natural language programming" (1978) ↗ · Hacker News
GitHub repositories tagged "AI"
LLMs
Steady
36 stories41 stories the week before
Where it was discussed:Hacker News 36
- Kimi K3.1 Pro and K3.1 Pro Highspeed ↗ · Hacker News
- Every AI model has the same "controversial" take on humans ↗ · Hacker News
- Ask HN: If the models are so good, why doesn't OpenAI just start 100 companies? ↗ · Hacker News
GitHub repositories tagged "LLMs"
PCs & hardware
Steady
22 stories21 stories the week before
Where it was discussed:Hacker News 22
- Show HN: A Truly Modular Keyboard ↗ · Hacker News
- iPhone Duo Teardown ↗ · Hacker News
- Behind the scenes at the NeXT Computer office ↗ · Hacker News
Apple
Rising
14 stories4 stories the week before
Where it was discussed:Hacker News 14
- Apple Music 404 Not Found ↗ · Hacker News
- Apple Security Research Device ↗ · Hacker News
- iPhone Duo Teardown ↗ · Hacker News
IoT & hardware
Steady
10 stories8 stories the week before
Where it was discussed:Hacker News 10
- Root shell on Samsung TV ↗ · Hacker News
- SIMD-accelerated computer vision on a $2 microcontroller ↗ · Hacker News
- Unveiling The Grid: PCBs made in America, twice as fast as Shenzhen ↗ · Hacker News
Programming languages
Rising
12 stories1 story the week before
Where it was discussed:Hacker News 12
- How close can pure functional programming get to C? ↗ · Hacker News
- Small Programs and Languages ↗ · Hacker News
- Pharo 14 ↗ · Hacker News
AI agents
Cooling
10 stories17 stories the week before
Where it was discussed:Hacker News 10
- OpenShell – A safe, private runtime for fleets of autonomous AI agents ↗ · Hacker News
- Here be monsters: What do you still need to know when agents do the work? ↗ · Hacker News
- Dayjob: Tax – evaluating AI agents on 50 professional tax assignments ↗ · Hacker News
GitHub repositories tagged "AI agents"
Developer experience
Steady
7 stories6 stories the week before
Where it was discussed:Hacker News 7
- A farewell to Arc browser ↗ · Hacker News
- Roku developer repositories moved from GitHub to GitLab ↗ · Hacker News
- Software may be getting worse, but it used to be horrible ↗ · Hacker News
Game development
Cooling
7 stories12 stories the week before
Where it was discussed:Hacker News 7
- Hedra is a 3D open world game I wrote from scratch while in highschool ↗ · Hacker News
- fheroes2: A recreation of Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine ↗ · Hacker News
- Roblox downloaded 145GB models from us (including adult content) without asking ↗ · Hacker News
Algorithms & math
New
6 stories0 stories the week before
Where it was discussed:Hacker News 6
- Bbtree: Fastest Ordered Map ↗ · Hacker News
- Announcing three new discoveries in mathematics, computer science, and physics ↗ · Hacker News
- The Exponential Time Hypothesis Is False [pdf] ↗ · Hacker News
Open source
Cooling
8 stories13 stories the week before
Where it was discussed:Hacker News 8
- Shitter – A Nitter Fork ↗ · Hacker News
- OBS Studio 33 ↗ · Hacker News
- I refuse to accept a censored Internet. Join Me at FOSDEM 27 ↗ · Hacker News
Frontend
Steady
7 stories8 stories the week before
Where it was discussed:Hacker News 7
- A farewell to Arc browser ↗ · Hacker News
- Show HN: TitleArt – Make text like it's 1997 ↗ · Hacker News
- The HTML-in-Canvas API origin trial ↗ · Hacker News
GitHub repositories tagged "Frontend"
Networking
Steady
8 stories8 stories the week before
Where it was discussed:Hacker News 8
- FreeDNS ↗ · Hacker News
- France asked ISPs to prepare temporary DNS blocks for major social platforms ↗ · Hacker News
- Stalwart v1.0: The Fastest Mail Server on the Planet ↗ · Hacker News
Linux
Cooling
8 stories15 stories the week before
Where it was discussed:Hacker News 8
- GPU-unlock: FP/BF16 instruction issue rate on Nvidia 3000's cards ↗ · Hacker News
- AlpineBSD ↗ · Hacker News
- Moxnox 1.0: NT-Like, POSIX-Compatible OS Running Atop Btrfs ↗ · Hacker News
GitHub repositories tagged "Linux"
Authentication
Rising
5 stories3 stories the week before
Where it was discussed:Hacker News 5
- A complete bypass of eMudhra’s 1FA OTP login system ↗ · Hacker News
- Active incident at Dreamhost forcing password reset ↗ · Hacker News
- CorridorKey 2.0 ↗ · Hacker News
Microsoft & Windows
Steady
6 stories5 stories the week before
Where it was discussed:Hacker News 6
- Danish Government silently drops plan to dump MS Office ↗ · Hacker News
- Oldest GUI application that still runs on Windows 11 ↗ · Hacker News
- 16-bit Windows (Windows 1.x, 2.x, 3.0, 3.1, etc.) on 64-bit Windows ↗ · Hacker News
Claude
Cooling
4 stories12 stories the week before
Where it was discussed:Hacker News 4
- Anthropic S-1 ↗ · Hacker News
- Anthropic trained Claude on illegally obtained Stanford professors' books ↗ · Hacker News
- Early progress on accelerating drug development with Claude ↗ · Hacker News
GitHub repositories tagged "Claude"
Git
Rising
6 stories3 stories the week before
Where it was discussed:Hacker News 6
- Roku developer repositories moved from GitHub to GitLab ↗ · Hacker News
- Git for the US Code ↗ · Hacker News
- Show HN: Farol – A risk map of a pull request for the person who approves it ↗ · Hacker News
GitHub repositories tagged "Git"
CSS
Steady
4 stories4 stories the week before
Where it was discussed:Hacker News 4
- Show HN: TitleArt – Make text like it's 1997 ↗ · Hacker News
- Websites Should Be Printable ↗ · Hacker News
- CSS-Tricks has a new owner ↗ · Hacker News
GitHub repositories tagged "CSS"