The Best Hacker News Posts of 2025

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Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year mahadk.com · JustSkyfall · 18 Sep 2025

3.4k pts 1.5k comments

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Show HN: Gemini Pro 3 imagines the HN front page 10 years from now dosaygo-studio.github.io · keepamovin · 9 Dec 2025

3.3k pts 965 comments

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Show HN: I made an open-source laptop from scratch byran.ee · byran · 22 Jan 2025

3.2k pts 323 comments

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Stimulation Clicker neal.fun · meetpateltech · 6 Jan 2025

3.1k pts 589 comments

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Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android 9to5google.com · kotaKat · 25 Aug 2025

3.1k pts 2.3k comments

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Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting bbc.com · yakkomajuri · 28 Feb 2025

2.9k pts 5k comments

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Steam Machine store.steampowered.com · davikr · 12 Nov 2025

2.9k pts 1.5k comments

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We're bringing Pebble back repebble.com · erohead · 27 Jan 2025

2.8k pts 738 comments

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Keep Android Open keepandroidopen.org · LorenDB · 29 Oct 2025

2.7k pts 889 comments

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Size of Life neal.fun · eatonphil · 10 Dec 2025

2.6k pts 277 comments

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What an unprocessed photo looks like maurycyz.com · zdw · 28 Dec 2025

2.5k pts 409 comments

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Tell HN: Help restore the tax deduction for software dev in the US (Section 174) dang · 9 Jun 2025

2.4k pts 907 comments

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Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues cloudflarestatus.com · imdsm · 18 Nov 2025

2.4k pts 1.7k comments

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My AI skeptic friends are all nuts fly.io · tabletcorry · 2 Jun 2025

2.4k pts 2.8k comments

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U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat theatlantic.com · _tk_ · 24 Mar 2025

2.3k pts 1.3k comments

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AWS multiple services outage in us-east-1 health.aws.amazon.com · kondro · 20 Oct 2025

2.2k pts 2.1k comments

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Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today paraschopra · 23 Jan 2025

2.2k pts 396 comments

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Uv is the best thing to happen to the Python ecosystem in a decade emily.space · todsacerdoti · 29 Oct 2025

2.2k pts 1.3k comments

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Anthropic acquires Bun bun.com · ryanvogel · 2 Dec 2025

2.2k pts 1.1k comments

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A WebGL game where you deliver messages on a tiny planet messenger.abeto.co · thecupisblue · 27 Sep 2025

2.1k pts 338 comments

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Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Claude Code anthropic.com · bakugo · 24 Feb 2025

2.1k pts 963 comments

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Open models by OpenAI openai.com · lackoftactics · 5 Aug 2025

2.1k pts 876 comments

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Fire destroys S. Korean government's cloud storage system, no backups available koreajoongangdaily.joins.com · ksec · 5 Oct 2025

2.1k pts 933 comments

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We should have the ability to run any code we want on hardware we own hugotunius.se · K0nserv · 31 Aug 2025

2.1k pts 1.2k comments

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GPT-5 openai.com · rd · 7 Aug 2025

2.1k pts 2.5k comments

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Beginning January 2026, all ACM publications will be made open access dl.acm.org · Kerrick · 18 Dec 2025

2k pts 239 comments

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Claude 4 anthropic.com · meetpateltech · 22 May 2025

2k pts 1.2k comments

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Backing up Spotify annas-archive.li · vitplister · 20 Dec 2025

2k pts 701 comments

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What if we made advertising illegal? simone.org · smnrg · 5 Apr 2025

2k pts 1.4k comments

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uBlock Origin is no longer available on the Chrome Store chromewebstore.google.com · non- · 10 Mar 2025

2k pts 987 comments

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Tell HN: Merry Christmas basilikum · 24 Dec 2025

2k pts 429 comments

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Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads timsh.org · apokryptein · 2 Feb 2025

2k pts 607 comments

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Docs – Open source alternative to Notion or Outline github.com · maelito · 16 Mar 2025

2k pts 454 comments

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CVE program faces swift end after DHS fails to renew contract [updated] csoonline.com · healsdata · 16 Apr 2025

1.9k pts 1.1k comments

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Steam Frame store.steampowered.com · Philpax · 12 Nov 2025

1.9k pts 698 comments

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Redis is open source again antirez.com · antirez · 1 May 2025

1.9k pts 789 comments

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US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China, 20% on EU bbc.com · belter · 2 Apr 2025

1.9k pts 3.6k comments

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Getting forked by Microsoft philiplaine.com · phillebaba · 21 Apr 2025

1.9k pts 998 comments

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Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon twitter.com · Ozarkian · 22 Jan 2025

1.9k pts 2.2k comments

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Valve releases Team Fortress 2 code github.com · davikr · 18 Feb 2025

1.9k pts 387 comments

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DeepSeek-R1 github.com · meetpateltech · 20 Jan 2025

1.8k pts 663 comments

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A 10x Faster TypeScript devblogs.microsoft.com · DanRosenwasser · 11 Mar 2025

1.8k pts 907 comments

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Tell HN: Announcing tomhow as a public moderator dang · 2 Apr 2025

1.8k pts 462 comments

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“A calculator app? Anyone could make that” chadnauseam.com · pie_flavor · 16 Feb 2025

1.8k pts 430 comments

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Middle-aged man trading cards go viral in rural Japan town tokyoweekender.com · PaulHoule · 7 Apr 2025

1.8k pts 403 comments

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Our investigation into the suspicious pressure on Archive.today adguard-dns.io · immibis · 15 Nov 2025

1.8k pts 443 comments

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I've acquired a new superpower danielwirtz.com · wirtzdan · 10 Jan 2025

1.8k pts 557 comments

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Space Elevator neal.fun · kaonwarb · 20 Oct 2025

1.8k pts 403 comments

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LLM Inevitabilism tomrenner.com · SwoopsFromAbove · 15 Jul 2025

1.8k pts 1.6k comments

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Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row bbc.com · helsinkiandrew · 21 Feb 2025

1.8k pts 1.1k comments

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How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM blog.pixelmelt.dev · pixelmelt · 16 Oct 2025

1.8k pts 513 comments

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Mistral OCR mistral.ai · littlemerman · 6 Mar 2025

1.8k pts 417 comments

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Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros about.netflix.com · meetpateltech · 5 Dec 2025

1.8k pts 1.4k comments

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Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help hey.paris · parisidau · 13 Dec 2025

1.8k pts 1k comments

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Gemini 3 blog.google · preek · 18 Nov 2025

1.7k pts 1.1k comments

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AWS CEO says using AI to replace junior staff is 'Dumbest thing I've ever heard' theregister.com · JustExAWS · 21 Aug 2025

1.7k pts 744 comments

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The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE wired.com · medler · 2 Feb 2025

1.7k pts 3k comments

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Inside CECOT – 60 Minutes [video] archive.org · lawlessone · 23 Dec 2025

1.7k pts 549 comments

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Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones ericmigi.com · griffinli · 18 Mar 2025

1.7k pts 1.1k comments

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Two new PebbleOS watches ericmigi.com · griffinli · 18 Mar 2025

1.7k pts 525 comments