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Ask HN: Where do you find things worth reading?

bakibab — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 21:36:58 +0000

There’s more good writing and reporting available than ever, but I’m finding it harder to discover the stuff that’s actually worth reading.

What are your goto sources for finding interesting things to read about your interests? Could be websites, newsletters, RSS feeds, blogs, Substacks, authors, apps, or anything else.

A few I check regularly:

- Hacker News

- Rest of World: https://restofworld.org/

- Substack: mostly following individual authors/publications rather than browsing the feed

I’m especially interested in sources that have helped you discover writers or publications you wouldn’t have found otherwise.

What do you read, and how did you find it?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49404106

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Where are people finding GPU capacity?

adilhafeez — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 20:50:02 +0000

Is it just me or is GPU capacity surprisingly hard to find right now , even in Spot pools? I’ve been trying to get H100s and the Spot pools I’ve checked are pretty much always full.

I ended up trying MI350/MI355s on DigitalOcean Spot and have been running them for about a week without getting interrupted. Curious if anyone else has tried them? How often are you actually getting reclaimed?

Also, where are you guys finding capacity these days?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49403759

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Ask HN: What's your daily driver keyboard?

robbiet480 — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 19:06:47 +0000

Inspired by the thread about typ.ing [0] and people talking about their setup, I wondered what HN users are using for their daily driver keyboard.

Please list the model, switches, keycaps, layout and any other details you think relevant.

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49346854

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49402769

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Ask HN: Is it time to run the LLM engines on the CPU?

roschdal — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 18:46:52 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49402551

Points: 3

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ChatGPT Needs a Better Memory

soorajsanker — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:42:45 +0000

ChatGPT needs a better memory, it just try to connect every question with what is there in the memory!!

Not only when it is relevant

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49401956

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Ask HN: At what point does "clean architecture" become technical debt?

kiops — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 16:37:36 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49401374

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Ask HN: If you dislike AI, why don't you prove it?

SuboptimalEng — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 16:28:27 +0000

I've seen so many people who absolutely hate AI, and want AI companies to fail, but then 2 seconds later, open up the coding tool made by frontier labs and willingly hand them money.

Just recently convinced one of them to move away from the frontier lab lock-in to OpenCode and switch between models. Not saying they need to switch to non-frontier models immediately, but this approach lets them easily switch to open source when the time is right.

Why don't more people do this? And shouldn't companies that use AI heavily also suggest this approach?

To be clear, I like AI, and use it all the time, but I use it in a way that allows me to easily switch models and not get locked-in.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49401293

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DeepSeek API: weekend usage now billed at off-peak rates all day

saprolino — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 14:59:25 +0000

Just got a letter, also see https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing :

> Effective 00:00 (Beijing Time) on Sunday, August 23, 2026, we will adjust our peak/off-peak billing rules, with off-peak rates applying throughout the day on weekends (Saturdays and Sundays, Beijing Time).

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49400455

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Ask HN: Why do devs still respect YC/HN?

LowTechHN — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 14:35:39 +0000

After the layoffs, the DEI, and everything else.

They took your whole identity and career and gave it to others directly at your expense.

They laid off most of you, they promote their AI software here daily.

Why do you put up with the abuse? Why do you beg for recognition on HN and beg for jobs at YC companies?

They shit on you - why do you stay?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49400205

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Ask HN: Who's Building Small and Simple?

8by3 — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 13:55:59 +0000

Looking for people and projects who are building alternatives to the big is better status quo. Bootstrapped, community driven, people sized. Both tech and non tech alike. Ideally put details in survey (https://werkr.co.za/s/SFMyNTY.g2gDaAJhA3cDbmlsbgYAaXDBKaABYgABUYA.TGqjlF9IVAXGq92nWTLax4mU-WShbUVQrS4NIrjnpdA) otherwise respond here.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49399789

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Ask HN: Is there an anti-mosquito system that actually works?

simonebrunozzi — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 13:45:03 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49399687

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Does herdr worth it? Harnesses like pi ship most of these features

abeauvois — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:45:53 +0000

What's the gap it fills that they don't? Agent Mutliplexing (per tab) is already implemented in claude code, codex, pi (with plugins), ...

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49399188

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How do ecommerce businesses handle reconciliation?

risly — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:41:36 +0000

I'm building a small prototype for ecommerce reconciliation.

The idea is simple: connect Shopify/payment providers/accounting software, match the numbers, and explain why something doesn't match.

I'm curious how ecommerce businesses and accountants handle this today.

What is the most frustrating part of the process for you?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49399160

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Im 18 and building my startup and this is what I feel

ritupatil2008 — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 11:09:53 +0000

Hi My name is ritu and ive built an autoML tool. The intention of this post to let people know about my journey because im tired to express my self to chatGPT. I am women in tech, majority of women are in biology , i was about to but i took u turn and chose IT idk why i mean i had PCB in higher secondary and i decided to choose a tech degree so i can build my startup. things are bit frustrating for me because im young, inexperienced, exhausted. People now started glorifying young builders but if you are one of them you know how tense it is for your age. i stay in my room 24/7, no friends, online degree no human exposer, just me my work, study and instagram reels , btw i create content too but as u know late teens you still have those stupid acnes which makes me feel insecure and i just dont shoot my reels its been a month i guess since i last posted, i dont have anyone to talk about whats going on with me , no partner, no friend, feels like a volcano ready to explodes, one of my follower was feeling same that we are stuck, marketing product getting customers without guide isnt easy neither we can turn back and study, get a job , we are stuck in the middle dont know what to do ? i see other young founders getting funding, users , at the other side people landing jobs , internships , great scores, some are enjoying their collage life with friends. i sometimes just feel very sad about my life idk where my path will lead me

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49398505

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What's the best open source Wispr alternative?

-house — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 11:07:04 +0000

Please share, I'm on iOS and feel like the in-house speech-to-text is disappointing, to say the least.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49398490

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Continue coding agent is dead. Alternatives?

roscas — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 10:40:13 +0000

It was nice to use on vscode with offline Ollama but today notices it is not updated anymore. So, alternatives you use?

From github:

"Note: The continuedev/continue repository is no longer actively maintained and is read-only for all users."

From continue.dev:

"Continue has joined Cursor Continue was acquired by Cursor. Our mission was always to ensure developers are amplified, not automated, and that commitment carries on in the work ahead.

It was an honor to build with the Continue community. Thank you to each and every one of you who helped us create a pioneering open-source coding agent.

What we built together pushed the boundaries of what AI developer tooling could be, and our open-source codebase remains freely available as a foundation for others."

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49398366

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Ask HN: Is there a "knowledge base" of expert insights for Claude?

iosifnicolae2 — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 08:52:16 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49397880

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Ask HN: Why does the US government search through people's phones at the border?

roschdal — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 07:27:04 +0000

Seems scary, tyrannical and totalitarian to me.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49397441

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Ask HN: What is the evidence for a stock market bubble in AI?

roschdal — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 06:07:48 +0000

Should the circular cash flows between the top AI companies, Nvidia, Anthropic, Openai, Google and Meta, be banned because of the systemic risks to the global economy?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49397022

Points: 10

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Void Tools API – Blockchain Tools for AI Agents (Pay in Void Tokens)

void_protocol — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:40:37 +0000

I built an API for AI agents that provides blockchain tools paid in VOID tokens.

Tools: - Contract Checker (1 VOID) — Verify if contract is safe - New Contracts (5 VOID) — Real-time proxy scanner on Base - Price Oracle (FREE) — VOID price feed - RPC Proxy (1 VOID) — 10 rotating RPC pools

No registration, no KYC. Pay-as-you-go.

API: http://72.56.250.235:8767/ Docs: https://dolar333-oss.github.io/void-protocol/agent.json

Built for autonomous AI agents on Arbitrum.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49396884

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