Ask Hacker News Weekly

Weekly Ask Hacker News for 2025-02-09 -- 2025-02-15

The 10 highest-rated "Ask HN" (or more generally, submissions without links) on Hacker News in the week ending February 15, 2025 which have not appeared on any previous Ask Hacker News Weekly are:

• Ask HN: Are AI dev tools lowering the barrier to entry for creating software?
  
• Ask HN: Finding interesting work if disenchanted with \"big tech\" & \"VC-backed\"
  
• Ask HN: Physics PhD at Stanford or Berkeley
  
• Ask HN: What intelligent forums exist outside of HN?
  
• Ask HN: What's the best implementation of Conway's Game of Life?
  
• Ask HN: Former employees' RSUs at risk after startup's IPO
  
• Chrome does not have any way to stop video auto play?
  
• LinkedIn is the worst social media I've ever seen
  
• Ask HN: Is anybody building an alternative transformer?
  
• Ask HN: What country would you like to relocate to and why?
  

Weekly Ask Hacker News for 2025-02-02 -- 2025-02-08

The 10 highest-rated "Ask HN" (or more generally, submissions without links) on Hacker News in the week ending February 08, 2025 which have not appeared on any previous Ask Hacker News Weekly are:

• Ask HN: Is onboard audio still good enough compared to dedicated Sound Cards?
  
• Ask HN: Promoted, but Career Path Derailed
  
• Ask HN: What is interviewing like now with everyone using AI?
  
• Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2025)
  
• Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2025)
  
• Ask HN: Who wants to be fired? (February 2025)
  
• Ask HN: Do you know travel blogs that have animated SVG maps of their travels?
  
• Please help me find better blogs to read
  
• Tell HN: Cloudflare is blocking Pale Moon and other non-mainstream browsers
  
• Ask HN: Is Godaddy Running a Scam?
  

Weekly Ask Hacker News for 2025-01-26 -- 2025-02-01

The 10 highest-rated "Ask HN" (or more generally, submissions without links) on Hacker News in the week ending February 01, 2025 which have not appeared on any previous Ask Hacker News Weekly are:

• Ask HN: Why are banks charging so many fees for accounts and cards?
  
• Ask HN: Anyone else find LLM related posts causing them to lose interest in HN
  
• Ask HN: How to learn AI from first principles?
  
• Over engineered cars are pushing technicians away
  
• Ask HN: Would you still choose Ruby on Rails for a startup in 2025?
  
• Ask HN: To LinkedIn Am I Just Collateral Damage of a Barely Functioning System
  
• Ask HN: Are YC startups *actually* hiring?
  
• Ask HN: AI bots everywhere – does anyone have a good whitelist for robots.txt?
  
• I'm semi homeless and Google's forced update on the Pixel 4a ruined it
  
• Ask HN: Are you tired of all LLM posts on HN?
  

Weekly Ask Hacker News for 2025-01-19 -- 2025-01-25

The 10 highest-rated "Ask HN" (or more generally, submissions without links) on Hacker News in the week ending January 25, 2025 which have not appeared on any previous Ask Hacker News Weekly are:

• Ask HN: Seeking device to normalize audio output for consistent volume levels
  
• Ask HN: Which RSS reader do you use?
  
• Ask HN: Is anyone making money selling traditional downloadable software?
  
• I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney, who does work for YC and startups. AMA
  
• Ask HN: Can we just admit we want to replace jobs with AI?
  
• Ask HN: How are you preparing for PEPPOL?
  
• Ask HN: Organize local communities without Facebook?
  
• Ask HN: Is anyone doing anything cool with tiny language models?
  
• Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today
  
• Ask HN: Why buy domains and 301 redirect them to me?
  

Weekly Ask Hacker News for 2025-01-12 -- 2025-01-18

The 10 highest-rated "Ask HN" (or more generally, submissions without links) on Hacker News in the week ending January 18, 2025 which have not appeared on any previous Ask Hacker News Weekly are:

• Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2024
  
• Ask HN: Work on robotics or agents?
  
• Ask HN: How to approach first days on a new job as a senior PM?
  
• Tell HN: I'm a programmer who bought a typewriter
  
• Ask HN: Am I the only one here who can't stand HN's AI obsession?
  
• Ask HN: How do you prevent the impact of social media on your children?
  
• Ask HN: Is maintaining a personal blog still worth it?
  
• Google.com search now refusing to search for FF esr 128 without JavaScript
  
• Ask HN: How can I realistically change careers?
  
• Ask HN: Has anyone tried alternative company models (like a co-op) for SaaS?