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Top of Year 2023

1. Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of IoT security updates
   (5 Sep 2023 | 3387 points | Comments)

2. Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
   (27 Apr 2023 | 1901 points | Comments)

3. Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?
   (3 Jul 2023 | 1014 points | Comments)

4. Ask HN: Is it just me or GPT-4's quality has significantly deteriorated lately?
   (31 May 2023 | 947 points | Comments)

5. Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell
   (27 Jan 2023 | 934 points | Comments)

6. Ask HN: How do I train a custom LLM/ChatGPT on my own documents in Dec 2023?
   (25 Dec 2023 | 800 points | Comments)

7. Ask HN: What's the best lecture series you've seen?
   (31 Jan 2023 | 777 points | Comments)

8. Ask HN: Do you hate software engineering but love programming?
   (13 Jan 2023 | 760 points | Comments)

9. Ask HN: What is new in algorithms and data structures these days?
   (10 May 2023 | 737 points | Comments)

10. Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?
    (27 Jul 2023 | 711 points | Comments)

11. Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you realized is wrong?
    (30 Jan 2023 | 691 points | Comments)

12. Ask HN: How do you not take criticism of your work personally?
    (24 May 2023 | 667 points | Comments)

13. Ask HN: How do you test SQL?
    (31 Jan 2023 | 663 points | Comments)

14. Ask HN: Can someone ELI5 transformers and the “Attention is all we need” paper?
    (17 May 2023 | 644 points | Comments)

15. Ask HN: How are you using GPT to be productive?
    (25 Mar 2023 | 629 points | Comments)

16. Ask HN: Math books that made you significantly better at math?
    (19 Jan 2023 | 619 points | Comments)

17. Ask HN: I'm 40 and feel my mental ability declining. Programming seems harder.
    (10 Jan 2023 | 596 points | Comments)

18. Ask HN: Concepts that clicked only years after you first encountered them?
    (1 Jan 2023 | 579 points | Comments)

19. Ask HN: Why did Python win?
    (29 Aug 2023 | 578 points | Comments)

20. Ask HN: What side projects landed you a job?
    (3 Dec 2023 | 576 points | Comments)

21. Ask HN: How do you deal with information and internet addiction?
    (8 Feb 2023 | 573 points | Comments)

22. Ask HN: Is anyone using PyPy for real work?
    (31 Jul 2023 | 573 points | Comments)

23. Ask HN: Did anyone else lose their marbles?
    (6 Feb 2023 | 568 points | Comments)

24. Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit
    (12 Jun 2023 | 547 points | Comments)

25. Ask HN: How do you trust that your personal machine is not compromised?
    (15 Jan 2023 | 541 points | Comments)

26. Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?
    (14 Apr 2023 | 530 points | Comments)

27. Ask HN: What are good books/blogs to read for a first time CTO?
    (29 Dec 2023 | 523 points | Comments)

28. Ask HN: What's on your home server?
    (6 Jan 2023 | 519 points | Comments)

29. Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022
    (6 Jan 2023 | 514 points | Comments)

30. Ask HN: What has your personal website/blog done for you?
    (15 Mar 2023 | 513 points | Comments)

31. Ask HN: Strategies for working with engineers that are too smart?
    (12 Jan 2023 | 509 points | Comments)

32. Ask HN: Any hardware startups here?
    (4 Jul 2023 | 509 points | Comments)

33. Ask HN: What was the outcome of Reddit blackout?
    (26 Nov 2023 | 507 points | Comments)

34. Ask HN: Where to find open-source house plans?
    (23 Aug 2023 | 506 points | Comments)

35. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2023)
    (1 Dec 2023 | 502 points | Comments)

36. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2023)
    (1 Nov 2023 | 494 points | Comments)

37. Ask HN: Why Is Everything Declining?
    (28 Jan 2023 | 483 points | Comments)

38. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2023)
    (1 Aug 2023 | 479 points | Comments)

39. Ask HN: Where have you found community outside of work?
    (30 May 2023 | 478 points | Comments)

40. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)
    (2 Oct 2023 | 475 points | Comments)

41. Ask HN: Books that teach programming by building a series of small projects?
    (17 Jan 2023 | 473 points | Comments)

42. Ask HN: What's your favorite illustration in computer science?
    (10 Jan 2023 | 461 points | Comments)

43. Ask HN: Why did medium.com "fail"?
    (10 Feb 2023 | 461 points | Comments)

44. Ask HN: What would be your stack if you are building an MVP today?
    (26 Jan 2023 | 459 points | Comments)

45. Ask HN: Where can I find a primer on how computers boot?
    (20 Mar 2023 | 457 points | Comments)

46. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2023)
    (2 Jan 2023 | 456 points | Comments)

47. Ask HN: Why are toggle switches replacing checkboxes? Isn't on/off less obvious?
    (19 Jan 2023 | 445 points | Comments)

48. Ask HN: What's your "it's not stupid if it works" story?
    (22 Dec 2023 | 441 points | Comments)

49. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2023)
    (1 Mar 2023 | 440 points | Comments)

50. Ask HN: Any interesting books you have read lately?
    (17 Aug 2023 | 439 points | Comments)

51. Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell
    (22 Jan 2023 | 436 points | Comments)

52. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2023)
    (1 Feb 2023 | 434 points | Comments)

53. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2023)
    (3 Jul 2023 | 421 points | Comments)

54. Ask HN: Why did Visual Basic die?
    (11 Sep 2023 | 420 points | Comments)

55. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2023)
    (3 Apr 2023 | 418 points | Comments)

56. Ask HN: How many of you are open to Piracy again?
    (5 Jan 2023 | 416 points | Comments)

57. Ask HN: PG's 'Do Things That Don't Scale' manual examples?
    (25 Oct 2023 | 412 points | Comments)

58. Ask HN: Has anyone worked at the US National Labs before?
    (17 Jan 2023 | 410 points | Comments)

59. Ask HN: What are some of the best university courses available online for free?
    (12 Apr 2023 | 399 points | Comments)

60. Ask HN: Are people in tech inside an AI echo chamber?
    (3 Jul 2023 | 398 points | Comments)

61. Ask HN: Who needs help this holidays?
    (1 Dec 2023 | 398 points | Comments)

62. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2023)
    (1 Sep 2023 | 397 points | Comments)

63. Ask HN: What were the papers on the list Ilya Sutskever gave John Carmack?
    (3 Feb 2023 | 396 points | Comments)

64. Ask HN: Show me your half baked project
    (12 Oct 2023 | 395 points | Comments)

65. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2023)
    (1 Jun 2023 | 394 points | Comments)

66. Ask HN: IP cameras that don't require an app or internet?
    (23 Jun 2023 | 389 points | Comments)

67. Ask HN: Why do many CS graduates lack foundational knowledge?
    (20 Mar 2023 | 386 points | Comments)

68. Ask HN: Laid off folks, are you getting hired?
    (9 Feb 2023 | 384 points | Comments)

69. Ask HN: Share your favorite software blog posts of 2023
    (25 Dec 2023 | 383 points | Comments)

70. Ask HN: Has anyone gotten complete, permanent relief from tinnitus?
    (12 Oct 2023 | 382 points | Comments)

71. Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with your computer?
    (3 Apr 2023 | 377 points | Comments)

72. Ask HN: What's the coolest physical thing you've made?
    (7 Aug 2023 | 377 points | Comments)

73. Ask HN: Programming Courses for Experienced Coders?
    (29 Dec 2023 | 377 points | Comments)

74. Ask HN: What do you talk about in 1-on-1s with your managers?
    (10 Jan 2023 | 374 points | Comments)

75. Ask HN: What apps have you created for your own use?
    (13 Dec 2023 | 374 points | Comments)

76. Ask HN: Has anyone started over outside of tech?
    (3 Mar 2023 | 373 points | Comments)

77. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2023)
    (1 May 2023 | 370 points | Comments)

78. Ask HN: What are you passionate about at the moment?
    (6 Nov 2023 | 370 points | Comments)

79. Ask HN: Is anyone successfully self-hosting Firefox Sync?
    (6 Feb 2023 | 366 points | Comments)

80. Ask HN: Daily practices for building AI/ML skills?
    (14 Dec 2023 | 366 points | Comments)

81. Ask HN: Is TypeScript worth it?
    (12 Jan 2023 | 365 points | Comments)

82. Ask HN: Are you tired of reading ChatGPT headlines?
    (4 Feb 2023 | 364 points | Comments)

83. Ask HN: How do you approach a problem you are not sure has a solution?
    (24 May 2023 | 364 points | Comments)

84. Ask HN: Suing Facebook in small claims?
    (5 May 2023 | 359 points | Comments)

85. Ask HN: Why does Apple refuse to add window snapping to macOS?
    (17 Jun 2023 | 357 points | Comments)

86. Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office?
    (5 Feb 2023 | 356 points | Comments)

87. Ask HN: How to get an accessibility tester job as a blind programmer?
    (1 Mar 2023 | 352 points | Comments)

88. Ask HN: Is it time to resurrect a Usenet clone?
    (9 Jun 2023 | 352 points | Comments)

89. Ask HN: Which recent research paper blew your mind?
    (24 Jul 2023 | 347 points | Comments)

90. Ask HN: How do ADHD people cope on here?
    (23 Jan 2023 | 342 points | Comments)

91. Ask HN: What is the morale like inside Reddit, as an employee?
    (21 Jun 2023 | 342 points | Comments)

92. Ask HN: Small scripts, hacks and automations you're proud of?
    (12 Mar 2023 | 332 points | Comments)

93. Ask HN: Best UI design courses for hackers?
    (10 Dec 2023 | 332 points | Comments)

94. Ask HN: What's the best self hosted/local alternative to GPT-4?
    (31 May 2023 | 328 points | Comments)

95. Ask HN: What is your policy regarding smartphones for your children?
    (1 Sep 2023 | 325 points | Comments)

96. Ask HN: Tools to learn music theory?
    (23 Mar 2023 | 321 points | Comments)

97. Ask HN: What's with the DIY state of the art long-range Wi-Fi?
    (29 Jan 2023 | 319 points | Comments)

98. Ask HN: How should I setup a phone for a newly blind relative?
    (24 Nov 2023 | 319 points | Comments)

99. Ask HN: Is GitHub down?
    (29 Jun 2023 | 306 points | Comments)

100. Ask HN: What books helped you in your entrepreneurship journey?
     (15 Mar 2023 | 303 points | Comments)