r/hackernews is a subreddit with 99k members. The most common kinds of discussions are news and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses ai, technology, programming, security, and hate, and they frequently recommend/review web framework.
A mirror of the front page of Hacker News.
Popular Themes in r/hackernews
#1
News
: "Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI"
15 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection"
9 posts
#3
Money Talk
: "The memory shortage is causing a repricing of consumer electronics"
4 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone"
3 posts
#5
Advice Requests
: "Mozilla to UK regulators: VPNs are essential privacy and security tools"
3 posts
#6
Ideas
: "DeepSeek-V4-Flash means LLM steering is interesting again"
1 post
#7
Opportunities
: "We've made the world too complicated"
1 post
#8
Self-Promotion
: "I made a million dollar product from my dorm room (2025)"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/hackernews
#1
Ai
: "Steve Wozniak cheered after telling students they have Ai – actual intelligence"
58 posts
#2
Technology
: "Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google anymore"
49 posts
#3
Programming
: "Nobody cracks open a Programming book anymore"
28 posts
#4
Security
: "Security researcher says Microsoft built a Bitlocker backdoor, releases exploit"
27 posts
#5
Hate
19 posts
#6
Software
: "Software engineering may no longer be a lifetime career"
16 posts
#7
Worst
15 posts
#8
: "Google officially announces that ads will be included in AI Mode search results"
14 posts
#9
Data
: "I Put a Datacenter GPU in My Gaming PC for £200"
14 posts
#10
Coding
: "Programmers will document for Claude, but not for each other"
12 posts
Products Discussed in r/hackernews
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1 review
#1
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5.0★ from 1 review
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Last updated: June 7, 2026