HN Top 10 — August 24, 2026
Today’s Top 10 on Hacker News
1. Everything I own, owned
⭐ 981 💬 275 👤 schlarpc 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “Everything I own, owned” on Hacker News. Submitted by schlarpc. Links to content on schlarp.com.
2. I were 17, I’d learn how to build LLMs from scratch
⭐ 162 💬 238 👤 bilsbie 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “I were 17, I’d learn how to build LLMs from scratch” on Hacker News. Submitted by bilsbie. Links to content on twitter.com.
3. FDA clears blood test to aid evaluation for Alzheimer’s disease
⭐ 61 💬 17 👤 dabinat 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “FDA clears blood test to aid evaluation for Alzheimer’s disease” on Hacker News. Submitted by dabinat. Links to content on medicine.washu.edu.
4. OCR It – pull text out of un-copyable documents for your LLM
⭐ 49 💬 11 👤 thiagolima 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “OCR It – pull text out of un-copyable documents for your LLM” on Hacker News. Submitted by thiagolima. Links to content on github.com.
5. Anthropic’s best AI model struggles to attract users as cheaper tools thrive
⭐ 548 💬 485 👤 naves 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “Anthropic’s best AI model struggles to attract users as cheaper tools thrive” on Hacker News. Submitted by naves. Links to content on ft.com.
6. Executable Is a SQLite Database
⭐ 105 💬 14 👤 setheron 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “Executable Is a SQLite Database” on Hacker News. Submitted by setheron. Links to content on fzakaria.com.
7. Fast drilldown dashboards from a single Parquet file
⭐ 19 💬 0 👤 v3gas 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “Fast drilldown dashboards from a single Parquet file” on Hacker News. Submitted by v3gas. Links to content on hamiltonulmer.com.
8. How I find problems to solve as a staff engineer
⭐ 424 💬 132 👤 vanpra 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “How I find problems to solve as a staff engineer” on Hacker News. Submitted by vanpra. Links to content on lalitm.com.
9. Andreessen Horowitz is investing billions into a bleak future
⭐ 189 💬 60 👤 reasonableklout 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “Andreessen Horowitz is investing billions into a bleak future” on Hacker News. Submitted by reasonableklout. Links to content on modelrepublic.org.
10. I built a low-latency AI companion that plays Skyrim with me
⭐ 177 💬 36 👤 pantelisk 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “I built a low-latency AI companion that plays Skyrim with me” on Hacker News. Submitted by pantelisk. Links to content on pantel.is.