r/hackernews is a subreddit with 102k members. The most common kinds of discussions are news and ideas, and the community frequently discusses ask hn, new, job, software, and looking for a co founder.
A mirror of the front page of Hacker News.
Popular Themes in r/hackernews
#1
News
: "OpenSSH 10.6p2 has been released with a workaround for a critical vulnerability"
21 posts
#2
Ideas
: "A wave of plastic-free coffee pods and machines"
12 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Show HN: I built a tool that prices a prebuilt PC part by part"
3 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "So my ISP was hijacking my DNS"
2 posts
#5
Advice Requests
: "Is Curiosity Good for Us?"
2 posts
#6
Self-Promotion
: "Launch HN: Rivet (YC W23) – Scale and Orchestrate Agents on S3"
2 posts
#7
Opportunities
: "Bild AI (YC W25) Is Hiring Founding Product Engineers"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/hackernews
#1
Ask Hn
10 posts
#2
New
6 posts
#3
Job
4 posts
#4
Software
4 posts
#5
Looking For A Co Founder
4 posts
#6
Cofounder
4 posts
#7
Book
3 posts
#8
Algorithms
2 posts
#9
Tools
2 posts
#10
Engineering
1 post
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Last updated: November 5, 2026