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  1. Ask HN: I'm an incoming freshman to college for a CS major, what should I know?
    (187 points | Comments)

  2. Ask HN: Am I the longest-serving programmer – 57 years and counting?
    (2634 points | Comments)

  3. Ask HN: Best books under 200 pages for developers?
    (551 points | Comments)

  4. Ask HN: I'd like to learn vocals, any suggestion on how I can do this?
    (229 points | Comments)

  5. Ask HN: Any job boards and age-friendly companies for older developers?
    (452 points | Comments)

  6. Ask HN: Has anybody shipped a web app at scale with 1 DB per account?
    (410 points | Comments)

  7. Ask HN: Examples of great ‘productized consulting’ landing pages?
    (229 points | Comments)

  8. Ask HN: Did Reddit ever end up giving equity to any of its users?
    (112 points | Comments)

  9. Ask HN: If you could work remote where would you live?
    (355 points | Comments)

  10. Ask HN: Looking for side project ideas
    (310 points | Comments)

  11. Ask HN: Who regrets choosing Elixir?
    (328 points | Comments)

  12. Ask HN: How do you brand yourself as a freelancer?
    (269 points | Comments)

  13. Ask HN: What startup/technology is on your 'to watch' list?
    (1006 points | Comments)

  14. Ask HN: What collaborative whiteboard are you using?
    (314 points | Comments)

  15. Ask HN: OCR framework for extracting formatted text?
    (146 points | Comments)

  16. Ask HN: Do you still use MongoDB?
    (195 points | Comments)

  17. Ask HN: Is there any open source tool for creating simple CRUD Apps?
    (114 points | Comments)

  18. Ask HN: Ways to generate income when you're at home without pay?
    (386 points | Comments)

  19. Ask HN: My mother has shaky hands – guidance on iPhone accessibility settings?
    (106 points | Comments)

  20. Ask HN: Why isn’t visual programming a bigger thing?
    (185 points | Comments)

  21. Ask HN: “Git” for Microsoft Office?
    (145 points | Comments)

  22. Ask HN: Production Prolog in 2020?
    (131 points | Comments)

  23. Ask HN: Best resources to understand enterprise networking and security?
    (103 points | Comments)

  24. Ask HN: Production Lisp in 2020?
    (222 points | Comments)

  25. Ask HN: Your must-read HN post?
    (169 points | Comments)

  26. Ask HN: How long has Google been censoring YouTube comments critical of China?
    (324 points | Comments)

  27. Ask HN: Dear open source devs how do you sustain yourself
    (409 points | Comments)

  28. Ask HN: What interesting stuff are you browsing?
    (190 points | Comments)

  29. Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps?
    (524 points | Comments)

  30. Ask HN: What is your learning strategy?
    (234 points | Comments)

  31. Ask HN: What are some hard-tech blogs that you follow?
    (126 points | Comments)

  32. Ask HN: Is there a search engine which excludes the world's biggest websites?
    (578 points | Comments)

  33. Ask HN: What is the point of “© 2020 CompanyName” in website footers?
    (209 points | Comments)

  34. Ask HN: Dark mode for HN please?
    (780 points | Comments)

  35. Ask HN: Best resources for non-technical founders to understand hacker mindset?
    (115 points | Comments)

  36. Ask HN: What programming skills are required by HFT or Trading firms
    (217 points | Comments)

  37. Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?
    (1336 points | Comments)

  38. Ask HN: I've been promoted to Architect. What do I need to learn/do to excel?
    (373 points | Comments)

  39. Ask HN: Mind bending books to read and never be the same as before?
    (961 points | Comments)

  40. Ask HN: How to stop anxiety from too many choices?
    (287 points | Comments)

  41. Ask HN: What are the other websites you visit daily?
    (133 points | Comments)

  42. Ask HN: What are your favorite developer-efficiency tips?
    (566 points | Comments)

  43. Ask HN: Keybase Alternatives?
    (726 points | Comments)

  44. Ask HN: Do you ever go back and admire a piece of code you wrote?
    (257 points | Comments)

  45. Ask HN: How to self-host comments on your otherwise static blog?
    (104 points | Comments)

  46. Ask HN: Name one idea that changed your life
    (1084 points | Comments)

  47. Ask HN: Is your company sticking to on-premise servers? Why?
    (779 points | Comments)

  48. Ask HN: Any good FOSS alternative to Google's reCAPTCHA?
    (241 points | Comments)

  49. Ask HN: I work for AWS. How do I encourage change for Amazon warehouse workers?
    (320 points | Comments)

  50. Ask HN: How to be fluent in functional language speak?
    (103 points | Comments)

  51. Ask HN: Did Google turn off IMAP access for good over the weekend?
    (143 points | Comments)

  52. Ask HN: No formal software education – is there hope for me?
    (143 points | Comments)

  53. Ask HN: How do you manage self-study?
    (666 points | Comments)

  54. Ask HN: Why can't I send faxes from my phone?
    (218 points | Comments)

  55. Ask HN: How come there is no example code for B2B-SaaS apps?
    (159 points | Comments)

  56. Ask HN: Intellectually simulating Podcasts/conversations/Talk
    (196 points | Comments)

  57. Ask HN: Learning the business-side of things as a developer?
    (211 points | Comments)

  58. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2020)
    (549 points | Comments)

  59. Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2020)
    (191 points | Comments)