Ask Hacker News Weekly

Weekly Ask Hacker News for 2025-07-06 -- 2025-07-12

The 10 highest-rated "Ask HN" (or more generally, submissions without links) on Hacker News in the week ending July 12, 2025 which have not appeared on any previous Ask Hacker News Weekly are:

• Ask HN: Why there is no demand for my SaaS when competition is killing it?
  
• Ask HN: Advice for Starting a Hacker Space?
  
• Ask HN: What old or outdated software have you never found a replacement for?
  
• Ask HN: Any resources for finding non-smart appliances?
  
• Tell HN: I Lost Joy of Programming
  
• Ask HN: What are some cool or underrated tech companies based in Canada?
  
• Co-founder exiting after pivot – what's a fair exit package?
  
• Adobe Is Evil
  
• Google fails to dismiss wiretapping claims on SJ, settles with app users
  
• Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone
  

Weekly Ask Hacker News for 2025-06-29 -- 2025-07-05

The 10 highest-rated "Ask HN" (or more generally, submissions without links) on Hacker News in the week ending July 05, 2025 which have not appeared on any previous Ask Hacker News Weekly are:

• Tell HN: (dictionary|thesaurus).reference.com is now a spam site
  
• Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)
  
• Ask HN: Is the header CSS broken for you?
  
• Ask HN: What's the 2025 stack for a self-hosted photo library with local AI?
  
• Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2025)
  
• Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2025)
  
• Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2025)
  
• 1KB JavaScript Demoscene Challenge Just Launched
  
• Ask HN: How did Soham Parekh get so many jobs?
  
• Ask HN: Worth leaving position over push to adopt vibe coding?
  

Weekly Ask Hacker News for 2025-06-22 -- 2025-06-28

The 10 highest-rated "Ask HN" (or more generally, submissions without links) on Hacker News in the week ending June 28, 2025 which have not appeared on any previous Ask Hacker News Weekly are:

• Ask HN: How to regain the ability to read with focus and learn
  
• I built an app to backup Live Photos from iPhone to external hard drives
  
• Ask HN: How to get rid of Gemini?
  
• Tell HN: Meta developer account suspended
  
• Ask HN: What useful AI tools do you use every day?
  
• Sourcehut Moving to Europe
  
• Ask HN: Anyone using augmented reality, VR, glasses, helmets etc. in industry?
  
• Ask HN: Is anyone else just done with the industry?
  
• The 90% Gravity Problem: Why We Tend to Quit Right Before the Finish Line
  
• Ask HN: What are you actually using LLMs for in production?
  

Weekly Ask Hacker News for 2025-06-15 -- 2025-06-21

The 10 highest-rated "Ask HN" (or more generally, submissions without links) on Hacker News in the week ending June 21, 2025 which have not appeared on any previous Ask Hacker News Weekly are:

• Ask HN: What is the latest on treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer?
  
• Ask HN: Is Firebase Down?
  
• Ask HN: Do you think there's censorship on HN?
  
• Getting free internet on a cruise, saving $170
  
• Ask HN: How to Deal with a Bad Manager?
  
• BMW ConnectedDrive lets me control my returned rental car (Sixt)
  
• Is GitHub Down?
  
• I'm 16 and Trying to Save Coral Reefs with Open-Source Symbiotic Biotech
  
• Ask HN: How can we keep (part of) the web human?
  
• Tell HN: Beware confidentiality agreements that act as lifetime non competes
  

Weekly Ask Hacker News for 2025-06-08 -- 2025-06-14

The 10 highest-rated "Ask HN" (or more generally, submissions without links) on Hacker News in the week ending June 14, 2025 which have not appeared on any previous Ask Hacker News Weekly are:

• How to get started with writing tech video essays
  
• Ask HN: How to learn CUDA to professional level
  
• Ask HN: In 15 years, what will a gas station visit look like?
  
• Ask HN: What cool skill or project interests you, but feels out of reach?
  
• Ask HN: What API or software are people using for transcription?
  
• Tell HN: Help restore the tax deduction for software dev in the US (Section 174)
  
• Everything Is Down
  
• Ask HN: How do I give back to people helped me when I was young and had nothing?
  
• Ask HN: Is ageism in tech still a problem?
  
• Ask HN: What is your fallback job if AI takes away your career?