Cluster #2
Keywords: open, source, web, code, software, using, tools, alternatives, best, use
1. What do you do with your Raspberry Pi?

1741 points by xylo on 24-Jun-2019 | 1069 comments

2. What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?

1374 points by dustinkirkland on 31-Mar-2017 | 1145 comments

3. What are your favorite low-coding apps / tools as a developer?

1081 points by sureklix on 05-Apr-2020 | 279 comments

4. What is your favorite YouTube channel for developers?

1081 points by justanton on 13-Oct-2016 | 171 comments

5. What startup/technology is on your 'to watch' list?

1006 points by iameoghan on 22-May-2020 | 669 comments

6. Best alternative to Gmail?

867 points by egonschiele on 24-Sep-2018 | 568 comments

7. Is your company sticking to on-premise servers? Why?

779 points by aspyct on 06-May-2020 | 755 comments

8. Anyone know any funny programming jokes?

740 points by arthurcolle on 20-Jan-2021 | 852 comments

9. What's your favorite elegant/beautiful algorithm?

733 points by algobuddy on 17-Oct-2018 | 491 comments

10. Keybase Alternatives?

726 points by capableweb on 07-May-2020 | 228 comments

11. Which tool do you use to create beautiful diagrams?

681 points by lichtenberger on 30-Dec-2018 | 212 comments

12. Best way to host a website for 500 years?

666 points by adamkochanowicz on 22-Oct-2021 | 787 comments

13. Is it possible to run your own mail server for personal use?

648 points by jdmoreira on 13-Aug-2016 | 299 comments

14. Are we overcomplicating software development?

639 points by ian0 on 18-Jan-2017 | 368 comments

15. Best Command-Line Applications?

634 points by jaydouken on 19-Nov-2018 | 385 comments

16. Programs that saved you 100 hours?

629 points by zJayv on 12-Apr-2020 | 516 comments

17. What technologies did you learn in 2018?

629 points by vchernobyl on 23-Dec-2018 | 601 comments

18. Who operates at scale without containers?

601 points by disintegore on 22-Mar-2022 | 432 comments

19. Where can I find high-end stock images for a website?

600 points by tixocloud on 01-Nov-2017 | 77 comments

20. What're the best-designed things you've ever used?

597 points by whitepoplar on 19-Feb-2017 | 1064 comments

21. What are these low quality “code snippet” sites?

594 points by endofreach on 01-Dec-2021 | 316 comments

22. What non-work task have you automated?

586 points by Kevin_S on 11-Oct-2017 | 704 comments

23. “Write your own” or “Build your own” software projects

576 points by n_t on 15-Mar-2018 | 82 comments

24. What are your favorite developer-efficiency tips?

566 points by kanyethegreat on 08-May-2020 | 522 comments

25. Examples of great landing pages?

566 points by iampaul on 29-Mar-2018 | 231 comments

26. Feasible Alternative to the MacBook Pro?

563 points by ryanmccullagh on 20-Oct-2019 | 601 comments

27. Which developers do you closely follow?

551 points by krptos on 30-Jan-2017 | 264 comments

28. What's your favorite way of getting a web app up quickly in 2018?

542 points by westoncb on 03-Jun-2018 | 558 comments

29. Are you working on interesting technical problems?

542 points by obsession on 05-Jun-2018 | 426 comments

30. Go-to web stack today?

542 points by capkutay on 05-Jan-2019 | 441 comments

31. What do you self-host?

538 points by aeleos on 12-Oct-2019 | 335 comments

32. What's the worst piece of software you use everyday?

537 points by guu on 11-Jul-2020 | 1500 comments

33. Any other blind devs interested in working on dev tools for the blind?

530 points by blinddev on 28-Oct-2016 | 133 comments

34. What Apple alternatives are you switching to?

529 points by ByteWelder on 18-Aug-2021 | 470 comments

35. What simple tools or products are you most proud of making?

526 points by shovel on 15-Nov-2016 | 868 comments

36. CS papers for software architecture and design?

525 points by avrmav on 25-Nov-2017 | 99 comments

37. Is there still a place for native desktop apps?

524 points by Jaruzel on 17-May-2020 | 752 comments

38. What are the best personal project websites you've seen?

516 points by Xcelerate on 27-Oct-2016 | 291 comments

39. What is the most exciting development in your field right now?

516 points by yellow_viper on 05-Feb-2017 | 424 comments

40. What are the best-designed things you've ever used?

515 points by whitepoplar on 26-Nov-2021 | 973 comments

41. Huge enterprise customer wants to see our source code

513 points by throwawaysource on 06-Dec-2017 | 277 comments

42. What are best tools for web scraping?

502 points by pydox on 14-Nov-2017 | 228 comments

43. How does your company manage its encryption keys?

488 points by 2mol on 02-Jun-2020 | 238 comments

44. Where can I buy real software companies?

485 points by bluedevil2k on 22-May-2015 | 158 comments

45. Which abandoned proprietary software would you resurrect?

478 points by geff82 on 08-Dec-2018 | 807 comments

46. I need ideas to impress fifth graders with technology

473 points by dv35z on 01-Jun-2019 | 237 comments

47. Are there any reasonable alternatives to MacBook Pro for developer?

472 points by robsun on 08-Apr-2018 | 495 comments

48. Webdevs, designers: what devtools should we (Mozilla) build in Firefox?

470 points by paulrouget on 05-Mar-2013 | 347 comments

49. Where can I see many examples of real companies' software architecture?

469 points by PeledYuval on 11-Apr-2022 | 102 comments

50. What open source project, in your opinion, has the highest code quality?

458 points by chefqual on 21-Sep-2018 | 286 comments

51. What do you use for authentication and authorization?

457 points by nates on 27-Dec-2018 | 236 comments

52. Physicists of HN, what are you working on these days?

456 points by sachin18590 on 27-Mar-2019 | 316 comments

53. Cheapest/easiest way to host a static site?

451 points by offtop5 on 26-Mar-2021 | 487 comments

54. Which companies have the best blogs written by their engineering team?

451 points by carlmungz on 21-Apr-2017 | 135 comments

55. Do you think Agile/Scrum is beneficial for software delivery?

449 points by andyxor on 04-Mar-2021 | 695 comments

56. What are some “10x” software product innovations you have experienced?

441 points by pramodbiligiri on 16-Mar-2021 | 795 comments

57. Non-cloud voice recognition for home use?

440 points by rs23296008n1 on 14-Mar-2020 | 127 comments

58. What are some examples of good database schema designs?

437 points by vanilla-almond on 14-Feb-2020 | 175 comments

59. Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions?

436 points by luke2m on 29-Nov-2021 | 497 comments

60. What are weird and/or novel ways to do web UIs?

434 points by louismerlin on 03-Oct-2019 | 351 comments

61. What's the largest amount of bad code you have ever seen work?

428 points by nobody271 on 13-Nov-2018 | 578 comments

62. What Technologies to Learn in 2020?

428 points by ghoshbishakh on 05-Jan-2020 | 433 comments

63. What does your BI stack look like?

427 points by Dwolb on 12-Nov-2019 | 173 comments

64. Does anyone else find the AWS Lambda developer experience frustrating?

422 points by tdfirth on 18-Apr-2021 | 278 comments

65. Should I publish my research code?

421 points by jarenmf on 14-Jan-2022 | 353 comments

66. Show me your half baked project

420 points by notoriousarun on 09-Jan-2021 | 820 comments

67. Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

413 points by verdverm on 23-Jun-2020 | 564 comments

68. Have you created programs for only your personal use?

413 points by smarri on 13-Apr-2022 | 633 comments

69. Has anybody shipped a web app at scale with 1 DB per account?

410 points by bradgessler on 25-May-2020 | 258 comments

70. Dear open source devs how do you sustain yourself

409 points by mraza007 on 18-May-2020 | 309 comments

71. What tech were you convinced would take the world by storm but didn't?

408 points by swyx on 17-Nov-2017 | 983 comments

72. What automation tools have you used to replace mundane activities?

408 points by beatthatflight on 17-Feb-2020 | 229 comments

73. Are there any openly available software architecture documents?

407 points by passenger on 10-Jan-2020 | 49 comments

74. Codebase at my work is a complete mess, what should I do?

406 points by anonR4nd0m on 22-Aug-2018 | 333 comments

75. Is there a better way to document complex software architectures?

406 points by dvasdekis on 22-Nov-2018 | 235 comments

76. What is your go-to example for a good REST API?

401 points by goostavos on 24-Jun-2016 | 182 comments

77. What's the recommended method of adding authentication to a REST API?

397 points by somtum on 16-Jan-2018 | 249 comments

78. What discontinued company/product do you wish was still around?

393 points by cellml on 16-Oct-2018 | 1052 comments

79. What are the “best” codebases that you've encountered?

392 points by 0mbre on 29-Jul-2019 | 269 comments

80. What tasks do you automate?

389 points by flaque on 16-Jul-2017 | 337 comments

81. Best free compute and other resources for startups?

389 points by spdustin on 19-Jun-2019 | 143 comments

82. Is there a modern “power on to basic” computer, for kids to learn on?

387 points by andrewstuart on 16-Oct-2018 | 328 comments

83. Are you satisfied with Elixir or do you regret choosing Elixir?

387 points by sdiw on 18-May-2021 | 287 comments

84. What is your ML stack like?

387 points by imagiko on 12-Nov-2019 | 131 comments

85. Which tools have made you a much better programmer?

385 points by karamazov on 09-Jun-2020 | 514 comments

86. Why is building Windows apps so complicated?

382 points by vixalien on 12-Dec-2021 | 489 comments

87. What are the most interesting emerging fields in computer science?

381 points by Norther on 06-Aug-2018 | 177 comments

88. What are some interesting projects to reuse your old devices?

376 points by thrwaway69 on 28-Jan-2020 | 256 comments

89. Favorite note-taking software?

374 points by brownguy on 14-Jul-2018 | 429 comments

90. A Good Alternative for ReCaptcha?

368 points by Ayesh on 31-May-2019 | 199 comments

91. What are some tools / libraries you built yourself?

364 points by graderjs on 16-May-2021 | 602 comments

92. Alternatives to Google Photos?

362 points by LifeIsBio on 30-May-2021 | 306 comments

93. What is so great about Bloomberg Terminal?

361 points by sreenadh on 26-Feb-2017 | 216 comments

94. What do you want to see in Debian 10 (“buster”)?

352 points by lamby on 18-Jun-2017 | 317 comments

95. Can we talk about FreeBSD vs. Linux?

352 points by bjackman on 22-Nov-2014 | 214 comments

96. What under-the-radar technology are you excited about?

347 points by ilmoi on 12-Apr-2021 | 535 comments

97. What are some examples of beautiful software?

345 points by ponderatul on 13-Mar-2016 | 258 comments

98. Best things in your bash_profile/aliases?

345 points by yesenadam on 13-Jan-2019 | 277 comments

99. Has anyone migrated off containerized infrastructure?

345 points by murkt on 13-Aug-2020 | 358 comments

100. What novel tools are you using to write web sites/apps?

345 points by yawn on 05-Apr-2021 | 322 comments

101. As a data scientist, what should be in my toolkit in 2018?

341 points by mxgr on 20-Feb-2018 | 169 comments

102. Excluding WordPress, what is your favorite for blogs or small stores?

339 points by travisby on 02-Jan-2017 | 193 comments

103. What does your production machine learning pipeline look like?

339 points by bayonetz on 08-Mar-2017 | 103 comments

104. How do I put together a computer for my blind mom?

339 points by probably_wrong on 14-May-2015 | 78 comments

105. What could a modern database do that PostgreSQL and MySQL can't

338 points by eatonphil on 05-Sep-2021 | 321 comments

106. What made you change your mind about a programming language/paradigm?

338 points by strangecasts on 02-Mar-2019 | 391 comments

107. Why are e-ink note-taking devices so expensive compared to iPads?

334 points by behnamoh on 15-Feb-2021 | 259 comments

108. What are the best product landing pages you've stumbled upon?

333 points by halayli on 26-Apr-2015 | 210 comments

109. Good open source alternatives to Google Analytics?

333 points by TekMol on 11-Jan-2022 | 150 comments

110. What's the best tool you used to use that doesn't exist anymore?

331 points by mod50ack on 14-May-2016 | 868 comments

111. Have you shipped anything serious with a “serverless” architecture?

329 points by freedomben on 23-Jun-2018 | 201 comments

112. What feature did you find after years of using macOS?

326 points by hooda on 08-Aug-2020 | 529 comments

113. What startup/technology is on your 'to watch' list?

326 points by alienlid on 26-Dec-2020 | 248 comments

114. What's the Hacker News for different industries?

323 points by obblekk on 11-Mar-2018 | 90 comments

115. Why is the Linux community struggling to implement hibernation?

322 points by cyka178 on 08-Apr-2021 | 332 comments

116. What are some examples of good code?

321 points by amingilani on 13-Mar-2017 | 162 comments

117. What is your system for backing up family photos and video?

321 points by reisr3 on 18-Jan-2022 | 375 comments

118. What are you working on and why is it awesome? Please include URL

320 points by sebg on 10-Mar-2016 | 626 comments

119. What is your favorite method of sending large files?

319 points by mettamage on 02-Sep-2020 | 354 comments

120. What VPN service are you currently using?

318 points by _7bva on 25-Feb-2019 | 331 comments

121. What does your ML pipeline look like?

318 points by mallochio on 21-Apr-2019 | 49 comments

122. Do you find working on large distributed systems exhausting?

316 points by wreath on 19-Feb-2022 | 249 comments

123. What do you use to keep track of bookmarks/notes/snippets?

315 points by danaw on 04-Apr-2020 | 245 comments

124. What collaborative whiteboard are you using?

314 points by simonmales on 22-May-2020 | 163 comments

125. Has any progress been made on large format E-ink displays?

314 points by semisight on 09-Apr-2020 | 166 comments

126. What are some available force multipliers that most people don't know?

314 points by newsbinator on 09-Aug-2020 | 474 comments

127. What is the actual purpose of Docker?

313 points by someguy1233 on 07-Jul-2015 | 154 comments

128. Companies of one, what is your tech stack?

312 points by ecmascript on 25-Aug-2021 | 320 comments

129. Looking for side project ideas

310 points by mraza007 on 24-May-2020 | 157 comments

130. How do you use Docker in production?

309 points by valevk on 17-Oct-2014 | 151 comments

131. How would you store 10PB of data for your startup today?

307 points by philippb on 23-Apr-2021 | 366 comments

132. What are the best practises for using SSH keys?

306 points by TheCustardKing on 25-Sep-2016 | 110 comments

133. What are your favourite self-hosted tools?

304 points by zweicoder on 26-Aug-2017 | 143 comments

134. Why do new browsers use Chromium instead of Firefox as their base?

301 points by josemando on 12-Jan-2022 | 183 comments

135. What does one look for in a laptop these days?

300 points by godDLL on 14-Oct-2021 | 719 comments

136. How will you manage your digital assets when you die?

298 points by sirsuki on 06-Mar-2018 | 171 comments

137. Best-architected open-source business applications worth studying?

296 points by ghosthamlet on 24-Jul-2017 | 88 comments

138. Tools you have made for yourself?

288 points by themantri on 12-Jun-2021 | 454 comments

139. Why are there no open source 2d printers?

288 points by pangoraw on 15-Oct-2020 | 240 comments

140. How were video games from the 90s so efficient?

286 points by eezurr on 06-Nov-2021 | 232 comments

141. What software/service helps you be an effective remote developer?

284 points by pearphp on 10-Dec-2017 | 150 comments

142. How to be productive with big existing code base

284 points by maheshs on 26-Feb-2019 | 180 comments

143. Has anyone fully embraced an event-driven architecture?

284 points by sideway on 02-Aug-2021 | 168 comments

144. What are your favorite terminal programs?

279 points by orcs on 07-May-2018 | 199 comments

145. What are some examples of beautiful x86 assembly code?

278 points by xelxebar on 27-Apr-2018 | 87 comments

146. What's the best setup for ad blocking and tracker blocking?

277 points by whitepoplar on 23-Aug-2019 | 158 comments

147. What are decentralized Twitter alternatives?

277 points by InInteraction on 09-Jan-2021 | 226 comments

148. Recommendations for Peer to Peer Frameworks?

276 points by zilchers on 08-Apr-2018 | 75 comments

149. How do you organise your hard drive?

275 points by cogs on 06-Jan-2019 | 244 comments

150. How can I automatically scan and catalog a mountain of books?

275 points by cconcepts on 03-May-2019 | 135 comments

151. Are Lucene/Solr/ES Still Used for Search?

275 points by lovelearning on 19-Jul-2019 | 219 comments

152. What's the best corporate password manager?

274 points by flippyhead on 10-Mar-2020 | 247 comments

153. What small webapps do you know that have a large audience?

274 points by thinkpozzitive on 02-Nov-2014 | 163 comments

154. Website go-live checklist app

274 points by DubDubThrow on 08-Aug-2017 | 48 comments

155. Best Alternative to Homebrew in 2021?

271 points by pchm on 02-Nov-2021 | 298 comments

156. What good open source projects written in React that I can learn from?

270 points by GutenYe on 27-Oct-2016 | 71 comments

157. Best hosted alternative to Google Workspace for email?

270 points by CharlesW on 05-Feb-2022 | 260 comments

158. How does your development team handle database migrations?

269 points by abetlen on 10-May-2019 | 146 comments

159. How do you handle logging?

268 points by ElFitz on 28-Aug-2019 | 120 comments

160. Open source OCR library?

264 points by whbv on 25-Jun-2015 | 98 comments

161. Why aren't devs making desktop apps any more?

264 points by sirjaz on 24-Mar-2022 | 330 comments

162. What cool development languages/tools changed your career?

261 points by mirceasoaica on 25-Oct-2016 | 305 comments

163. How do you manage your personal documents?

261 points by ftio on 09-Nov-2021 | 179 comments

164. Cookies vs. JWT vs. OAuth

260 points by amend on 04-Mar-2018 | 93 comments

165. What are good software architecture interview questions?

259 points by SoulMan on 24-Jan-2017 | 136 comments

166. Do you ever go back and admire a piece of code you wrote?

257 points by grimwall on 07-May-2020 | 259 comments

167. Which configuration management software would/should you use in 2020?

257 points by uaas on 14-Mar-2020 | 211 comments

168. What are the best technologies you've worked with this year?

253 points by Athtar on 30-Dec-2010 | 149 comments

169. Best current model routers for OpenWRT, DD-WRT, Tomato, etc.?

253 points by zhan_eg on 06-Dec-2016 | 120 comments

170. What’s the most important modern simple invention?

253 points by abrax3141 on 10-Feb-2020 | 560 comments

171. How can I make a “kid's computer” today as good as an Apple II?

252 points by qq66 on 02-Feb-2022 | 235 comments

172. What companies are using probabilistic programming?

251 points by boltzmannbrain on 03-Jun-2018 | 33 comments

173. What are some alternatives to Show HN? Other platforms to showcase

251 points by bangda on 09-Mar-2017 | 51 comments

174. How do you manage logs for your backend services?

250 points by tusharsoni on 03-Jan-2020 | 139 comments

175. What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?

249 points by johnnyApplePRNG on 23-Nov-2021 | 311 comments

176. What tools do you use to automate your business?

249 points by yaseer on 19-Apr-2018 | 113 comments

177. What are the OSS alternatives to iOS/Android?

248 points by benevol on 06-Apr-2017 | 238 comments

178. Digital Nomads: What's Your Setup?

248 points by jrwoodruff on 24-Mar-2021 | 202 comments

179. Do you write tests before the implementation?

248 points by MichaelMoser123 on 14-Nov-2019 | 317 comments

180. Which open source projects have kind, supportive, talented teams?

247 points by mikemajzoub on 28-Nov-2015 | 281 comments

181. Examples of reliable software you enjoy using

247 points by gtirloni on 28-Jun-2016 | 650 comments

182. 90s programmers, what did you expect the future of tech to look like?

246 points by Dracophoenix on 21-Jun-2021 | 458 comments

183. What is your favorite way of setting up online store in 2018?

245 points by pyeu on 05-Jun-2018 | 151 comments

184. Tools to visualize data in SQL databases?

244 points by dyml on 13-Feb-2022 | 134 comments

185. What are the Madrid and Barcelona tech scenes like?

244 points by throwaway0110 on 21-May-2017 | 155 comments

186. How to avoid over-engineering software design for future use cases?

243 points by h43k3r on 23-Jun-2020 | 250 comments

187. Any good FOSS alternative to Google's reCAPTCHA?

241 points by paulintrognon on 06-May-2020 | 133 comments

188. What diagrams do you use in software development?

241 points by cies on 26-Apr-2021 | 155 comments

189. Best solutions for keeping a personal log?

238 points by bnj on 29-Dec-2019 | 135 comments

190. What do you regret you didn't know when programming for iOS or Android?

237 points by toron123 on 26-Jan-2020 | 159 comments

191. Best way to test accessibility of a website?

237 points by pcmaffey on 24-Mar-2019 | 113 comments

192. What change in your programming technique has been most transformative?

236 points by dmux on 23-Jan-2020 | 208 comments

193. Codebases with great, easy to read code?

234 points by impjohn on 21-Mar-2022 | 141 comments

194. What is the ops architecture like for AAA multiplayer game servers?

234 points by qyirius on 08-Sep-2019 | 75 comments

195. Why are relational DBs are the standard instead of graph-based DBs?

233 points by kirillrogovoy on 03-Oct-2021 | 175 comments

196. Simple, beginner friendly ETL / Data Engineering project ideas?

233 points by zabana on 17-Aug-2018 | 72 comments

197. Why is MS Teams so slow, do devs test Teams on less powerful machines?

233 points by mmsimanga on 17-Feb-2022 | 253 comments

198. Oldest code you have written that is still in use?

233 points by _mc on 17-May-2016 | 352 comments

199. What is your preferred Python stack for high traffic webservices?

233 points by bigethan on 22-Aug-2011 | 67 comments

200. Have you ever chosen Postgres over Mongo and regretted it?

233 points by chatmasta on 10-Jul-2018 | 149 comments

201. Why do new(ish) programming languages eschew OOP features?

231 points by vanilla-almond on 30-Jun-2019 | 227 comments

202. Examples of great ‘productized consulting’ landing pages?

229 points by rahimnathwani on 25-May-2020 | 45 comments

203. Which project does not have any good open-source alternatives?

226 points by safwan on 26-Dec-2019 | 277 comments

204. Will there ever be a resurgence of interest in symbolic AI?

225 points by snazz on 21-Apr-2019 | 95 comments

205. Private Alternatives to Alexa?

224 points by spir on 15-Dec-2021 | 156 comments

206. What's the fastest tool for basic CRUD?

224 points by xupybd on 19-Jan-2020 | 112 comments

207. What entry-level telescope should I choose?

223 points by tolarianwiz on 22-Feb-2021 | 159 comments

208. What's the best library for making cross-platform UIs?

223 points by rer on 28-Aug-2016 | 221 comments

209. Examples of profitable little free web tools?

223 points by xyby on 04-Dec-2014 | 122 comments

210. What medical datasets do you need?

223 points by danicgross on 04-Apr-2017 | 133 comments

211. A modern-looking UML diagram tool?

223 points by faizshah on 18-Nov-2019 | 89 comments

212. Which NoCode platforms are fine?

221 points by rweissgraeber on 25-Oct-2021 | 135 comments

213. Why aren't you coding?

221 points by boffinism on 12-Feb-2021 | 296 comments

214. How do you log application events?

221 points by GaiusCoffee on 27-Apr-2015 | 109 comments

215. What is the best “dumb” phone?

221 points by goldemerald on 18-Mar-2019 | 217 comments

216. Single-person creations that have stood the test of time?

220 points by debanjan16 on 28-Feb-2022 | 356 comments

217. How do you manage SSH keys and SSL certificates in your company?

220 points by johnmathew123 on 12-May-2017 | 107 comments

218. Is there a powerful open-source Google Calendar replacement?

219 points by kfrzcode on 31-Mar-2017 | 101 comments

219. What projects are you working on?

219 points by mfalcon on 28-Jun-2014 | 502 comments

220. Have you created a programming language and why?

218 points by jcoffland on 06-Mar-2017 | 237 comments

221. Great tools for solo SaaS founders?

215 points by ponyous on 21-Nov-2021 | 129 comments

222. How was your experience with AWS Lambda in production?

215 points by chetanmelkani on 21-Jun-2017 | 155 comments

223. What “old” programming languages will you still be using in 2017?

212 points by _of on 03-Jan-2017 | 493 comments

224. As a CTO, what is your most frustrating problem with technical debt?

212 points by waterlink on 24-Jul-2018 | 221 comments

225. As a freelancer, what's the best app to track finances?

211 points by nunodonato on 21-Mar-2019 | 132 comments

226. What tech that's right around the corner are you most excited about?

211 points by Kevin_S on 04-Aug-2017 | 346 comments

227. Have you found a good desk chair?

211 points by DamnInteresting on 17-Jun-2021 | 356 comments

228. Easiest way to build a CRUD app?

211 points by mouzogu on 13-Feb-2022 | 231 comments

229. HN Alternatives?

210 points by jaytee_clone on 20-May-2010 | 88 comments

230. What free or low-cost static site hosting do you use most?

209 points by shovel on 23-Nov-2016 | 220 comments

231. What is the most difficult tech/dev challenge you ever solved?

209 points by pauletienney on 27-Apr-2014 | 173 comments

232. What is the single top-priority software engineering problem?

208 points by abrax3141 on 07-Feb-2020 | 352 comments

233. I'm a Linux guy. Tell me about all those BSDs

208 points by ghotli on 02-Aug-2010 | 161 comments

234. Best low-/no-code solution for simple web-based database frontends

208 points by codechoir on 01-Apr-2021 | 142 comments

235. What are some fun projects to try out on a spare Linux file server?

207 points by lordleft on 03-Jul-2019 | 139 comments

236. How to do cross platform GUI?

207 points by anang on 22-Aug-2020 | 388 comments

237. Recommendations for AI generated music software?

205 points by andrewstuart on 24-Jul-2019 | 83 comments

238. What current companies have the best software engineering culture?

204 points by kalarikos on 04-Jan-2017 | 214 comments

239. Perl 6: Do you use it, how do you like it, what do you do with it?

203 points by gkya on 06-Feb-2017 | 152 comments

240. Why isn't Erlang more popular?

202 points by gordonguthrie on 21-Feb-2014 | 235 comments

241. Why Isn't the Construction of CRUD Web UIs 90% Automated?

201 points by davidjnelson on 08-Oct-2017 | 186 comments

242. Is there a way to efficiently subscribe to an SQL query for changes?

200 points by vaughan on 22-Apr-2021 | 104 comments

243. How to improve code quality while maintaining decent velocity?

200 points by vcool07 on 07-Dec-2019 | 175 comments

244. What are some alternatives to HN?

199 points by _vya7 on 17-Feb-2014 | 186 comments

245. What is your Git commit/push flow?

199 points by nineplay on 17-Mar-2022 | 191 comments

246. Best Static Site Builder?

199 points by leoh on 23-Nov-2019 | 160 comments

247. Configuration Management for Personal Computer?

198 points by jacquesm on 11-Aug-2019 | 139 comments

248. Are there good self-hosted video conference tools?

198 points by ketzu on 16-Mar-2020 | 87 comments

249. Current Crypto Best Practices

198 points by msingle on 05-Apr-2017 | 68 comments

250. Anyone have a really smart way to organize css?

198 points by katieben on 28-Mar-2011 | 119 comments

251. Alternatives to HN

197 points by klrr on 06-Jun-2013 | 168 comments

252. What is the best enterprise software you use every day?

197 points by bonfire on 16-Jul-2020 | 407 comments

253. Is there a fitness wristband that is hackable?

197 points by kuon on 01-Dec-2017 | 118 comments

254. PostgreSQL or MySQL?

196 points by ReD_CoDE on 22-Sep-2019 | 175 comments

255. What's your latest failed side project and why?

196 points by NoOneNew on 23-Feb-2020 | 222 comments

256. Do you still use MongoDB?

195 points by macando on 22-May-2020 | 234 comments

257. Best current model routers for OpenWRT, DD-WRT, Tomato, etc.?

195 points by malandrew on 01-Dec-2013 | 119 comments

258. Relationship between OO and functional programming?

194 points by spdionis on 31-May-2016 | 98 comments

259. What's happening in agricultural technology?

194 points by tabeth on 24-Jan-2017 | 143 comments

260. Good tech talks on how analytics systems are implemented?

193 points by psankar on 12-Jun-2019 | 81 comments

261. Best cars without too much digitalization?

193 points by gautamcgoel on 19-Nov-2021 | 327 comments

262. Best alternatives to Google Analytics in 2021?

192 points by nyellin on 23-Dec-2021 | 123 comments

263. What is your password management solution?

192 points by ericb on 15-Jul-2017 | 301 comments

264. Captcha Alternatives?

192 points by ev1 on 31-Aug-2020 | 146 comments

265. Go programming language is over ten years old. What do you think of it?

192 points by asim on 25-Oct-2020 | 300 comments

266. What industries are underserved by software?

192 points by travisjungroth on 05-Mar-2020 | 169 comments

267. Personal photo library recommendations? Open source, browser-based

191 points by trbfred on 26-Apr-2019 | 118 comments

268. What are well designed SaaS websites?

191 points by piu on 14-Apr-2018 | 73 comments

269. What tech stack would you use to build an open-source Google Keep clone?

190 points by mud_dauber on 03-Feb-2019 | 123 comments

270. What are your arguments in favor of end-to-end encryption?

190 points by rahuldottech on 04-Oct-2019 | 245 comments

271. Has anyone here programmed in Kotlin? What do you think about it?

190 points by lemevi on 25-Jul-2015 | 199 comments

272. What stack would you use to build a CRUD web app in 2018?

189 points by xstartup on 03-Mar-2018 | 177 comments

273. If you've used a graph database, would you use it again?

189 points by networked on 08-Mar-2018 | 82 comments

274. Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

188 points by dustinkirkland on 21-Jul-2017 | 243 comments

275. How to understand the large codebase of an open-source project?

188 points by maqbool on 03-Feb-2018 | 47 comments

276. Are compiler engineers still in demand, and what do they work on?

187 points by logcrater on 20-Jan-2020 | 96 comments

277. Do you use an old or 'unfashionable' programming language?

187 points by open-source-ux on 30-Jan-2016 | 327 comments

278. What are pros and cons of PostgreSQL and MySQL?

186 points by stanhou on 09-Apr-2017 | 210 comments

279. Best linux laptop right now?

185 points by vise890 on 15-Apr-2016 | 158 comments

280. Best project management practices in 2018?

184 points by lambdadmitry on 14-Feb-2018 | 108 comments

281. What manual processes would you automate in your company?

184 points by anacleto on 06-Jan-2017 | 249 comments

282. Do you self-host your database?

183 points by vira28 on 29-Jun-2021 | 231 comments

283. How is software development different in China and India?

183 points by baron816 on 25-Dec-2018 | 137 comments

284. What are some good alternatives to HN?

182 points by fabrizioc1 on 17-Nov-2013 | 110 comments

285. Does anyone use Nim language in production?

182 points by sharmi on 27-May-2017 | 82 comments

286. Anyone getting sick of all the 'web apps'?

181 points by CM30 on 19-Oct-2017 | 136 comments

287. Clever ways to run a media-heavy website on a budget?

181 points by wild_preference on 08-Apr-2018 | 97 comments

288. How do you organise your files and folders?

181 points by throwawayt856 on 03-Jun-2020 | 173 comments

289. Best sleep trackers?

181 points by softwaredoug on 25-Mar-2020 | 179 comments

290. Better tools for the software requirements / scoping phase?

181 points by castdoctor on 23-Sep-2018 | 102 comments

291. Why isn't Prolog more popular?

181 points by miguelrochefort on 29-May-2017 | 184 comments

292. What is the oldest, still supported OS?

180 points by abrax3141 on 28-Feb-2022 | 220 comments

293. What alternatives to Powerpoint/Prezi are there?

180 points by altoz on 28-Oct-2017 | 98 comments

294. Is Xamarin worth learning?

178 points by ceeK on 14-Nov-2016 | 159 comments

295. How do I easily catalog a couple thousand physical books?

177 points by deanebarker on 21-Sep-2021 | 121 comments

296. Software with biggest potential for positive impact in 5 years?

177 points by bkmn on 28-Mar-2022 | 253 comments

297. Who are some unsung heroes in open source that need more support?

177 points by notaplumber on 02-Jul-2018 | 118 comments

298. What is the future of back-end development?

177 points by johnnydoebk on 12-Aug-2016 | 156 comments

299. What is the best Linux distro for a development laptop?

177 points by selmat on 07-Jan-2017 | 318 comments

300. How comfortable do you feel using cloud-based password managers?

176 points by bishala on 08-Sep-2019 | 192 comments

301. Do you know other firms like Valve or GitHub?

175 points by ninamiriamjnana on 26-Nov-2014 | 114 comments

302. What “dumbphones” are available and viable in the US?

175 points by msftie on 30-Jul-2018 | 171 comments

303. Why should I trust password managers?

174 points by acadapter on 17-Feb-2022 | 286 comments

304. What are you using for public documentation these days?

174 points by vital101 on 18-Nov-2021 | 109 comments

305. How do you keep your files organized on macOS?

174 points by wassimdotis on 07-Mar-2019 | 140 comments

306. How should a programming language accommodate disabled programmers?

173 points by evincarofautumn on 09-Nov-2018 | 116 comments

307. Is there any work being done in speech-to-code with deep learning?

172 points by raidicy on 12-Jun-2020 | 61 comments

308. Any piece of hardware that was more of game changer than you expected?

171 points by Cr0s on 06-Feb-2022 | 582 comments

309. Show me the sexy, sexy home page of your favorite free CLI project

170 points by tomcam on 20-Apr-2021 | 141 comments

310. Alternatives to AWS?

170 points by bachback on 02-Oct-2016 | 207 comments

311. Any unfinished side projects to give away?

170 points by s3b on 04-Sep-2016 | 130 comments

312. What are your go to SaaS products for startups/MVPs?

169 points by lbj on 15-Jun-2020 | 81 comments

313. Best Lisp for software development?

168 points by foobar123321 on 28-Jul-2019 | 133 comments

314. Any “Git diff”-like service but for when terms of conditions changes?

168 points by panchicore3 on 18-Nov-2019 | 28 comments

315. What's your cross-platform PDF / ePub reading workflow?

168 points by dot1x on 28-Jan-2020 | 108 comments

316. Good Go codebases to read?

167 points by ra7 on 01-Jun-2017 | 52 comments

317. Do you still use UML?

166 points by dmitripopov on 05-Nov-2016 | 185 comments

318. Share Your Raspberry Pi Project

166 points by samayshamdasani on 26-Jul-2017 | 155 comments

319. Best Git workflow for small teams

166 points by tmaly on 13-Nov-2016 | 87 comments

320. Do you have any code or projects of your own you would like to talk about instead?

165 points by raganwald on 30-Apr-2009 | 102 comments

321. Do you use automated tools to create APIs, or do you code them manually?

165 points by highhedgehog on 24-Jun-2019 | 67 comments

322. What is the fastest way to ramp up on DevOps, k8 and GCP?

165 points by epimetheus2 on 17-Nov-2021 | 75 comments

323. Best resources on webapp security?

165 points by zipfle on 08-Aug-2015 | 42 comments

324. How do security researchers know where to look for vulnerabilites?

164 points by vedanshbhartia on 29-May-2018 | 30 comments

325. Best office chair for home office work?

163 points by vuln on 06-Jul-2019 | 137 comments

326. What are your favorite algorithms?

163 points by EFruit on 29-Jan-2017 | 89 comments

327. How do I improve our data infrastructure?

163 points by remilouf on 20-Apr-2019 | 104 comments

328. What was your experience using a graph database?

161 points by tiuPapa on 31-Dec-2018 | 93 comments

329. Cheap, hackable e-reader?

161 points by 0942v8653 on 13-Mar-2017 | 57 comments

330. Why is software quality always decreasing?

161 points by timhrothgar on 11-Jan-2022 | 159 comments

331. What's Your CI/CD Workflow for Your Machine Learning Projects?

160 points by swyea on 06-Mar-2018 | 30 comments

332. How would you implement a verifiable open-source web application?

160 points by gvido on 19-Mar-2015 | 83 comments

333. How do you backup your files without depending on a third party service?

160 points by sbjs on 24-Jul-2018 | 107 comments

334. How come there is no example code for B2B-SaaS apps?

159 points by node-bayarea on 02-May-2020 | 90 comments

335. Is there an open source equivalent to Palantir?

159 points by ljw1001 on 26-Jan-2017 | 45 comments

336. Assistive Devices for recently quadriplegic dad

158 points by throwawaysci on 21-Jun-2017 | 35 comments

337. How are you building cross-platform (mobile and browser) apps?

158 points by aosaigh on 21-May-2018 | 82 comments

338. What API do you wish you had while building your product?

157 points by afinemonkey on 09-Jul-2017 | 141 comments

339. Alternatives to Yubikey?

157 points by eekthecat on 12-Jun-2017 | 86 comments

340. How do you explain the sloppiness of modern software?

157 points by etamponi on 01-Feb-2022 | 242 comments

341. What stack would you use to build a CRUD web app on the JVM today?

157 points by networked on 30-Sep-2015 | 207 comments

342. Why is there no good open-source LMS?

157 points by seestraw on 19-Nov-2021 | 159 comments

343. Is TDD/BDD hampering your startup's agility?

156 points by bdclimber14 on 20-Feb-2011 | 122 comments

344. Which developing nations have interesting tech stories at the moment?

156 points by carlmungz on 12-May-2017 | 119 comments

345. How do you document and keep tabs on your infrastructure as a sysadmin?

156 points by redsec on 07-Mar-2018 | 65 comments

346. What startups are working on hard, technically challenging problems?

155 points by mtae on 21-Mar-2015 | 170 comments

347. What's the worst Oracle can do to OpenJDK?

155 points by yaanoncoward on 04-Sep-2017 | 82 comments

348. What is the state of C++ vs. Rust?

154 points by manaskarekar on 19-Oct-2016 | 154 comments

349. Is anyone working on an open hardware 3G/4G dongle?

153 points by marto1 on 08-Aug-2021 | 39 comments

350. To everybody who uses MapReduce: what problems do you solve?

153 points by valevk on 10-Nov-2013 | 120 comments

351. How can I quickly trim my AWS bill?

151 points by danicgross on 11-Jul-2020 | 131 comments

352. Low-maintenance alternatives to Gmail?

151 points by livingpunchbag on 03-Jul-2018 | 149 comments

353. Why are you programming your hobby projects in a niche language?

150 points by Decabytes on 26-Feb-2022 | 162 comments

354. What ML platform are you using?

149 points by speedylight on 13-Mar-2022 | 83 comments

355. Please review my webapp: Da Button Factory - create shiny buttons

149 points by palsecam on 08-Mar-2009 | 92 comments

356. Why isn't there a standard network audio protocol?

149 points by armagon on 14-Apr-2022 | 147 comments

357. What are examples of GitHub repositories with high code quality?

147 points by baccheion on 01-May-2016 | 106 comments

358. Where is the Django community?

147 points by ciniglio on 18-Jul-2011 | 155 comments

359. Which self-hosted solutions are you using?

147 points by mohitmun on 26-Jul-2018 | 96 comments

360. Why do you use Rust, when D is available?

147 points by crazypython on 11-Jun-2020 | 255 comments

361. OCR framework for extracting formatted text?

146 points by crocodiletears on 22-May-2020 | 42 comments

362. “Git” for Microsoft Office?

145 points by toyg on 20-May-2020 | 139 comments

363. What are you currently building?

145 points by _1tan on 03-Jan-2016 | 234 comments

364. What are some examples of well-designed personal sites?

145 points by orbOfOrthanc on 08-Dec-2019 | 93 comments

365. Why is Docker so popular in comparison to other containerization tech?

144 points by justaj on 23-Dec-2017 | 103 comments

366. Front-end “design patterns”?

144 points by blawa on 07-Mar-2015 | 61 comments

367. Ask HN (again): What is the best affordable programmable drone?

143 points by nanospeck on 26-Apr-2017 | 52 comments

368. How do you monitor your websites?

143 points by skies on 24-Oct-2018 | 100 comments

369. Any Pebble Alternatives?

143 points by guzik on 29-Dec-2019 | 80 comments

370. How to quickly animate system sketches and 2D diagrams?

142 points by pbowyer on 10-Mar-2022 | 62 comments

371. How do you keep track of releases/deployments of dozens micro-services?

142 points by Kunix on 20-Apr-2021 | 135 comments

372. What do you think will come after Kubernetes?

141 points by spIrr on 14-May-2021 | 170 comments

373. Best Lego Mindstorms alternative for fun programming projects?

141 points by crypto-jeronimo on 23-Jul-2018 | 59 comments

374. What's your backup solution?

140 points by SnowingXIV on 20-Nov-2016 | 145 comments

375. What good alteratives are there to Google News?

140 points by cpncrunch on 09-Jul-2017 | 112 comments

376. How prevalent is non-cookie-based web tracking today?

140 points by ryeguy_24 on 03-Nov-2019 | 63 comments

377. When has switching the language/framework made an important difference?

140 points by banashark on 18-Jul-2017 | 146 comments

378. Why Haven't GUI Front End Editors Caught On?

139 points by beaconstudios on 10-Feb-2017 | 133 comments

379. What low-code “dashboarding“ SaaS would you recommend in 2021?

139 points by timothep on 30-Dec-2020 | 69 comments

380. What's the most elegant piece of code you've seen?

139 points by mc42 on 31-Jan-2016 | 88 comments

381. Could you share your general purpose development contracts?

138 points by microman on 31-Jan-2015 | 51 comments

382. Is hydrogen likely to be a major source of power in the next 10 years?

138 points by eigenvalue on 23-Sep-2020 | 211 comments

383. Why TensorFlow instead of Theano for deep learning?

138 points by DrNuke on 17-Jun-2017 | 49 comments

384. How to handle 50GB of transaction data each day? (200GB during peak)

137 points by NietTim on 23-Feb-2016 | 78 comments

385. Please recommend a router without need for a cloud account

137 points by hnthrowaway0315 on 27-Dec-2021 | 198 comments

386. How do you secure your Mac?

137 points by jorangreef on 17-Apr-2019 | 69 comments

387. Best practices for log format?

137 points by user101010101 on 27-Apr-2017 | 61 comments

388. Ultrabook for programming?

137 points by drKarl on 20-Jan-2017 | 162 comments

389. What RSS Reader do you use?

137 points by mettamage on 02-Oct-2020 | 259 comments

390. Do you keep a personal knowledge repository?

136 points by lethologica on 25-May-2019 | 123 comments

391. What are you using to replace shared iCloud Photos albums?

136 points by privacyisntdead on 12-Aug-2021 | 107 comments

392. What data structure does our brain use?

135 points by Aarvay on 08-Oct-2011 | 78 comments

393. Docker, Kubernetes, Openshift, etc – how do you deploy your products?

135 points by BloodKnight9923 on 01-Feb-2017 | 114 comments

394. Alternatives to Vagrant for development environments?

135 points by purephase on 23-Apr-2017 | 100 comments

395. Best monitoring system?

135 points by mspaulding06 on 22-Jul-2016 | 121 comments

396. Can build CRUD apps, what now?

135 points by evnix on 04-Apr-2021 | 83 comments

397. What device do you use to read academic papers with?

135 points by jingwen on 07-Feb-2017 | 138 comments

398. How do you like developing on an M1 Mac so far?

135 points by robotcookies on 16-Jan-2021 | 130 comments

399. Which algorithms based on biological ideas do you know?

135 points by labarilem on 08-Apr-2022 | 84 comments

400. Where do you host your webapp?

135 points by kr1 on 01-Aug-2010 | 135 comments

401. Is Dell XPS Developer Edition a Good Replacement of Macbook Pro?

135 points by kornakiewicz on 28-Oct-2016 | 105 comments

402. What are some great “Free” services provided by IBM, Amazon, etc.?

134 points by behnamoh on 11-Apr-2017 | 51 comments

403. In a microservice architecture, how do you handle managing secrets?

134 points by kkamperschroer on 18-Jan-2016 | 57 comments

404. Where are the Beautiful clean HTML/CSS templates?

134 points by magicseth on 24-Nov-2020 | 49 comments

405. Best Centralized Backup Solution

133 points by bkgh on 16-Dec-2018 | 67 comments

406. Anyone here use a Hackintosh as one of their main machines?

132 points by peruvian on 12-Aug-2016 | 146 comments

407. What is a modern Java environment?

132 points by smorgusofborg on 29-Mar-2022 | 152 comments

408. Why are supercomputers all running Linux and not BSD?

132 points by dbosch on 16-Nov-2017 | 77 comments

409. Ask HN (again): What is the best affordable programmable drone?

131 points by ph0rque on 09-Jan-2016 | 44 comments

410. Production Prolog in 2020?

131 points by timxor on 19-May-2020 | 70 comments

411. Ask HN Emacs Users: What's in your .emacs file?

131 points by grizzydot on 01-Sep-2010 | 61 comments

412. Is all programming constantly changing or just front-end JavaScript?

131 points by saltcod on 01-Apr-2019 | 132 comments

413. What's your startup's analytics setup?

131 points by malandrew on 28-Oct-2012 | 66 comments

414. What are the best developer conferences in 2016?

129 points by jakemor on 03-Jan-2016 | 65 comments

415. Best setups to avoid availability outages on AWS

128 points by richardv on 30-Jun-2012 | 33 comments

416. Is there a whole universe of Chinese software that we don't see?

127 points by thinkloop on 10-Jun-2020 | 71 comments

417. What Vim Plugins do you use?

127 points by bitboxer on 10-Aug-2010 | 48 comments

418. Why don't PCs have better entropy sources?

127 points by bloopernova on 01-Apr-2022 | 132 comments

419. Server-side web apps – is the database still a bottleneck?

127 points by vanilla-almond on 07-Jun-2019 | 112 comments

420. What's your backup setup?

127 points by iansowinski on 21-Feb-2017 | 156 comments

421. How do you back up your site hosted on a VPS such as Digital Ocean?

127 points by joeclef on 09-Oct-2016 | 87 comments

422. What DB to use for huge time series?

126 points by BWStearns on 25-Sep-2014 | 130 comments

423. How do you install developer tools on a fresh system?

126 points by fratlas on 20-Jun-2016 | 124 comments

424. Show me your Half Baked project

126 points by dholowiski on 23-Oct-2010 | 304 comments

425. A tool for writing English that checks “popularity” of used sentences?

126 points by twa927 on 20-Oct-2016 | 48 comments

426. As a developer what are your aha moments?

125 points by greenleaf3 on 07-Sep-2020 | 184 comments

427. Best IRC channels?

125 points by dakrisht on 01-Feb-2014 | 91 comments

428. What is the cheapest way to make a website?

125 points by protabot on 02-Jun-2020 | 92 comments

429. What is the emerging state of the art in fuzzing techniques?

125 points by hwhatwhatwhat on 12-Jul-2016 | 53 comments

430. Disappointed by the new Macbook, what alternatives do we have?

124 points by Maran on 31-Oct-2016 | 140 comments

431. Gmail alternatives?

124 points by Maro on 12-Feb-2010 | 137 comments

432. Will front end development ever move away from JavaScript?

124 points by js-fiend on 12-Mar-2017 | 237 comments

433. Is anyone using Watson in their business?

124 points by WorksOfBarry on 11-Oct-2017 | 50 comments

434. Open Source alternatives to Disqus?

124 points by pvorb on 29-Nov-2013 | 71 comments

435. What SaaS customer service tools does your startup use?

124 points by sedzia on 10-Mar-2017 | 82 comments

436. Any C programming Postgres wizards willing to port 460 lines of code?

124 points by andrewstuart on 05-Jul-2015 | 81 comments

437. What's the best company to buy SSL certificates from?

124 points by cioc on 06-Feb-2012 | 70 comments

438. JavaScript Dev Tools

123 points by benjaminwootton on 04-Feb-2012 | 77 comments

439. Is Ruby on Rails still worth learning?

123 points by bizkitgto on 15-Oct-2018 | 85 comments

440. What kind of online tools are you using, missing or can be improved?

123 points by s-xyz on 02-Jan-2022 | 115 comments

441. How should I back up data on devices if I'm not smart?

123 points by bloqs on 05-Oct-2021 | 133 comments

442. What's in your .vimrc file?

123 points by Xichekolas on 01-Oct-2009 | 67 comments

443. Which plants can be planted indoors and easily maintained?

123 points by gymshoes on 11-Oct-2018 | 75 comments

444. Alternatives to 1Password

123 points by vasachi on 13-Mar-2022 | 176 comments

445. What would you do with unmetered 10gig?

123 points by linsomniac on 10-Jun-2020 | 176 comments

446. Companies of one, what is your tech stack?

123 points by ecmascript on 20-Sep-2019 | 112 comments

447. What new or hot technology do you recommend learning?

122 points by toddkazakov on 26-Dec-2014 | 135 comments

448. Cheap dedicated hosting options for side projects

122 points by webtechgal on 06-Jul-2016 | 117 comments

449. What are real-life useful use-cases for blockchain (not currencies)?

122 points by laurensr on 24-Oct-2020 | 285 comments

450. The most useful Mac keyboard shortcuts?

122 points by yesenadam on 06-Aug-2019 | 135 comments

451. Why use Docker and what are the business cases for using it?

122 points by dmarg on 30-Jun-2015 | 131 comments

452. What do you use tools like IFTTT or Zapier for?

122 points by thewarpaint on 16-Feb-2020 | 54 comments

453. What are the pros / cons of using monorepos?

121 points by factorialboy on 08-Oct-2020 | 95 comments

454. What's in your .emacs file?

121 points by procrastinatus on 01-Oct-2009 | 52 comments

455. When is federation a better solution than decentralization?

121 points by chatmasta on 28-May-2018 | 77 comments

456. Anyone Using CockroachDB in Production?

121 points by sergiotapia on 18-Jul-2019 | 47 comments

457. Are there any purely keyword-based search engines with no NLP?

121 points by John_KZ on 25-Mar-2018 | 80 comments

458. Programs that wasted you 100 hours?

121 points by lioeters on 13-Apr-2020 | 255 comments

459. Does Java need a modern Java UI toolkit for desktop/web?

120 points by jeffreportmill1 on 24-Mar-2022 | 175 comments

460. How are you using unikernels?

120 points by austinjp on 27-May-2021 | 34 comments

461. How do you build applications that require zero maintenance?

119 points by totalperspectiv on 08-Oct-2019 | 95 comments

462. What tools have most helped your day-to-day productivity?

119 points by cadeljwatson on 10-Mar-2018 | 105 comments

463. What extensions/packs of VS Code are must for web/developers to install?

119 points by philonoist on 19-Nov-2021 | 116 comments

464. How PostgreSQL source code is 3x shorter than MySQL's one?

119 points by mcsoft on 17-Oct-2020 | 36 comments

465. Why aren't there any real alternatives to Electron?

119 points by tentacleuno on 26-Mar-2022 | 228 comments

466. What language/framework do you plan to use in your next project?

119 points by gkya on 27-Jul-2017 | 257 comments

467. Any web startups using Java?

119 points by Veera on 23-Nov-2010 | 160 comments

468. What do you do on an Android phone that cannot be done on an iPhone?

118 points by belltaco on 01-Jul-2019 | 226 comments

469. What would you like to see in Ubuntu 11.10, Oneiric Ocelot?

118 points by jasoncwarner on 14-Mar-2011 | 170 comments

470. All of you working with Big Data, what is your Data?

117 points by sysk on 24-Jan-2015 | 94 comments

471. STEM toy for a 3 years old?

117 points by spapas82 on 03-Mar-2020 | 140 comments

472. What's the best way to secure your workstation?

117 points by bccdee on 28-Nov-2021 | 88 comments

473. Best Python web framework

116 points by benohear on 28-Mar-2012 | 105 comments

474. Google Drive/Office 365 alternatives

116 points by nanna on 07-Sep-2020 | 119 comments

475. What do you use?

116 points by jesusabdullah on 08-Nov-2010 | 124 comments

476. How do you deal with atomicity in microservice environments?

116 points by c89X on 28-Nov-2019 | 40 comments

477. Best language to share code between an Android and iOS app?

116 points by mevorah on 25-Oct-2019 | 117 comments

478. What metrics do you pay attention to?

115 points by DerekBickerton on 11-Nov-2021 | 78 comments

479. What is your most impressive hackathon project?

115 points by Windson on 25-May-2017 | 86 comments

480. Why isn't there a modern MS Access clone?

115 points by Norther on 14-Sep-2017 | 111 comments

481. What kind of projects should I build for a front-end portfolio?

115 points by Calist0 on 28-Aug-2016 | 57 comments

482. What are your other favorite communities other than Hacker News?

115 points by burtonator on 27-May-2019 | 99 comments

483. Why are ISO standards so expensive?

115 points by spiffistan on 13-Jun-2019 | 86 comments

484. What tools do you use for data munging and merging?

114 points by hellectronic on 13-Jan-2020 | 72 comments

485. What are successful projects that started as prototyped hypotheses?

114 points by vlaaad on 02-Dec-2019 | 43 comments

486. Are there any substantial examples of blockchain solving a real problem?

114 points by louwrentius on 19-Apr-2020 | 182 comments

487. Which developer laptop should I buy?

114 points by tapan_pandita on 20-Jan-2013 | 112 comments

488. How do you version your data?

114 points by webmaven on 20-Feb-2017 | 55 comments

489. Best Stripe Alternatives?

114 points by ceffio on 16-Mar-2020 | 50 comments

490. What are some niche or alternative news aggregators worth checking out?

114 points by crocodiletears on 16-Aug-2019 | 60 comments

491. What are some other general link aggregators aside from HN?

114 points by hidden-spyder on 23-Sep-2021 | 62 comments

492. I'm just a programmer worried about climate change, how can I help?

114 points by y3k on 29-Oct-2018 | 94 comments

493. What are the best web tools to build basic web apps as of October 2016?

114 points by arikr on 23-Oct-2016 | 82 comments

494. Is there any open source tool for creating simple CRUD Apps?

114 points by aswinmohanme on 21-May-2020 | 51 comments

495. Tool for self-hosting your own Facebook profile after downloading it?

113 points by camillomiller on 28-Dec-2018 | 42 comments

496. Does anyone use an alternative to a password manager?

113 points by BinaryIdiot on 02-Jan-2018 | 241 comments

497. What will become possible by 2025 in your field of expertise?

113 points by vagab0nd on 17-Nov-2019 | 125 comments

498. What is the best way to promote your new fancy web application?

113 points by nocivus on 23-Oct-2008 | 25 comments

499. Does anyone know of the whereabouts of the source code of FlexOS/386?

112 points by andrewstuart on 18-Jan-2022 | 34 comments

500. Good countries for American expats

112 points by gregd on 18-Jul-2014 | 121 comments

501. Best Developer Linux Laptop?

111 points by khandelwal on 13-Oct-2010 | 272 comments

502. What are some problems solved in unrelated domains?

111 points by themantri on 19-Oct-2020 | 90 comments

503. How do you search large codebases before adding a feature or fixing bug?

111 points by mohanmca on 27-Mar-2022 | 82 comments

504. Is back end dev generally easier than front end?

111 points by mouzogu on 24-Nov-2021 | 174 comments

505. What Go framework for web API are you using in production?

110 points by srameshc on 07-Sep-2017 | 63 comments

506. What are your experiences with Svelte (JS framework)

110 points by melleb on 28-Oct-2019 | 101 comments

507. How do big web sites roll out new versions?

110 points by Bluem00 on 27-Dec-2008 | 44 comments

508. What are some good methods to prove current time?

110 points by sigmaprimus on 11-Oct-2020 | 66 comments

509. What kind of side projects are you working on?

110 points by gembird on 26-Nov-2013 | 122 comments

510. What's the Hacker News of hardware?

110 points by EXueBRJ9d on 15-Apr-2017 | 46 comments

511. What excites you today (technologically speaking)?

110 points by botolo on 10-Oct-2021 | 120 comments

512. What do you love/hate about terminals? Would you change them?

109 points by terminal-survey on 27-Dec-2017 | 200 comments

513. Best tech for a web site 2018? (PHP, Rails, Django, Node, Go, etc.)?

109 points by drudru on 13-Nov-2017 | 116 comments

514. Best privacy preserving alternatives to Apple products?

109 points by Engineering-MD on 06-Aug-2021 | 62 comments

515. What Android apps do you use?

109 points by riams on 02-Oct-2011 | 94 comments

516. Who's using Clojure, and to do what?

109 points by udkl on 09-May-2017 | 49 comments

517. Django Deploy Recommendations

109 points by juanefren on 23-Oct-2010 | 38 comments

518. What are some good sources of climate data to analyze?

108 points by rpeden on 30-Aug-2017 | 40 comments

519. Advice on Colocating Servers?

108 points by exabrial on 19-Nov-2021 | 88 comments

520. Where do you see web and desktop apps in 5 years?

108 points by OedipusRex on 27-Oct-2014 | 97 comments

521. Have you had any real benefits from apps like Headspace, Fabulous, etc?

108 points by thyrox on 10-Apr-2022 | 96 comments

522. What are your best shell scripts that you use?

108 points by JadoJodo on 31-Dec-2019 | 60 comments

523. Review Clusterify.com - small coding project meetups - creators met on HN

108 points by aneesh on 18-Feb-2009 | 59 comments

524. How do you keep track of releases/deployments of dozens micro-services?

108 points by vladholubiev on 17-Jan-2018 | 52 comments

525. Is it practical to create a software-controlled model rocket?

107 points by ph0rque on 16-Feb-2019 | 77 comments

526. Best Monitor Around $300 for Dev Work?

107 points by thebiglebrewski on 12-Dec-2016 | 83 comments

527. Do you use Purism, PinePhone, or Fairphone?

107 points by istingray on 13-Aug-2021 | 53 comments

528. Can use the #1 supercomputer for any project I want. What should it be?

107 points by Xcelerate on 11-Jan-2013 | 91 comments

529. Does anyone use keyboard/mouse extra buttons for coding?

107 points by matt_s on 26-Jul-2021 | 155 comments

530. Can anyone recommend some fulfillment alternatives to Amazon?

106 points by newyearnewyou on 06-Dec-2016 | 39 comments

531. Best uses for Amazon Echo?

106 points by leesalminen on 25-Dec-2016 | 70 comments

532. Simple tools/hack for small project management

106 points by waqasaday on 07-Feb-2018 | 83 comments

533. Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp

106 points by op on 22-May-2009 | 78 comments

534. How do you security-audit external software using NPM packages?

106 points by BjornW on 02-Nov-2021 | 82 comments

535. Where can I find “unsolved problems” for various industries?

106 points by matthuggins on 07-Aug-2015 | 68 comments

536. Should I learn Bootstrap 3 or 4 at this moment?

106 points by utt on 27-Dec-2016 | 108 comments

537. What hosting do you use for personal projects?

106 points by j_baker on 19-Dec-2009 | 126 comments

538. What are the technical justifications for keeping .DS_Store?

106 points by kaptain on 26-Jun-2020 | 91 comments

539. Who's using Clojure, and to do what?

106 points by gregschlom on 22-Jun-2010 | 70 comments

540. Who is using the .NET stack for their startup?

105 points by nirajs on 02-Nov-2014 | 96 comments

541. What's the most important piece of code you've written?

105 points by jessehorne on 14-Jan-2019 | 108 comments

542. Alternate Email hosting to G Suite

105 points by mrbonner on 29-Jan-2022 | 149 comments

543. Best practices for editing remote code locally?

105 points by E_Evan on 11-Apr-2022 | 177 comments

544. How to self-host comments on your otherwise static blog?

104 points by abdullahkhalids on 06-May-2020 | 51 comments

545. What are some alternatives to Google maps?

104 points by skies on 30-Sep-2018 | 68 comments

546. What would you want in an ideal web browser?

104 points by mod50ack on 17-Aug-2015 | 241 comments

547. What's are your personal automations?

104 points by iameoghan on 11-Dec-2020 | 155 comments

548. Alternatives to HN less web-focused and more technical/professional?

104 points by kluck on 22-Jul-2015 | 100 comments

549. please review our online load testing service - loadimpact.com

104 points by rlonn on 20-Feb-2009 | 100 comments

550. What are the most fun-to-play-with open source deep learning projects?

104 points by jonplackett on 05-Oct-2020 | 23 comments

551. If you use keybase.io regularly, for what do you primarily use it?

104 points by twitchax on 12-Dec-2016 | 59 comments

552. What technology is “cutting edge” in 2022?

104 points by MathCodeLove on 24-Jan-2022 | 121 comments

553. Please Review My Project (JS Game Engine)

103 points by itsmin on 09-Dec-2009 | 50 comments

554. Your code editor, black on white or white on black?

103 points by tbassetto on 20-Dec-2011 | 116 comments

555. Tools you use for remote working?

103 points by d0m on 14-Dec-2013 | 66 comments

556. How do you handle/maintain local Python environments?

103 points by PascLeRasc on 23-Sep-2019 | 95 comments

557. Best Firefox phone to get?

102 points by vijayr on 27-Apr-2014 | 47 comments

558. Where do you find weird and wonderful future tech nowadays?

102 points by scottlilly on 10-Dec-2021 | 52 comments

559. Music while coding

102 points by qixxiq on 18-Jul-2010 | 171 comments

560. Which Wiki or internal documentation tools do you use?

102 points by sdedovic on 10-Jan-2019 | 76 comments

561. What highly scalable thing have you built with Go?

102 points by jonathan-kosgei on 02-Jul-2018 | 75 comments

562. What are your impressions of the HoloLens so far?

101 points by rmccoy6435 on 13-Apr-2017 | 116 comments