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Only about 20% of front-page links are related to AI. I think it's impossible to have a productive discussion on the tech industry nowadays without AI in context.
https://histre.com/hn/?tags=+all-ai
(Dis: it's mine, but it's free)
I don't think its possible, you're just going to have to wait for the hype to die down like any hype wave When's the last time you saw blockchain on the front page?
Try lobsters and probably Reddit which have a hard stance against AI. You're right in HN heading down the path in favouring slop, constant posts and startups about AI with now 'influencers' (simonw in particular) aggressively posting and shilling AI. With the moderators knowing that these 'influencers' and their kind violate the HN guidelines every day by purposefully linking back to their site for farming backlinks.…
Try lobsters and probably Reddit which have a hard stance against AI. You're right in HN heading down the path in favouring slop, constant posts and startups about AI with now 'influencers' (simonw in particular) aggressively posting and shilling AI. With the moderators knowing that these 'influencers' and their kind violate the HN guidelines every day by purposefully linking back to their site for farming backlinks.…
HN minus AI: https://histre.com/hn/?tags=+all-ai (Dis: it's mine, but it's free)
I’m more interested in forums that attract a crowd much more measured and skeptical about AI, though - I know there are a lot of you here at HN (like me)
Asking to have a tech forum in 2026 that doesn’t discuss AI is about as much of a Luddite as asking about having tech forum anytime in the past 25 years that doesn’t discuss the internet or the 15 that doesn’t discuss mobile. Absolutely everything in tech is touched by AI/ML in 2026 except micro controllers/embedded systems On another note - YC 25 batch https://www.extruct.ai/data-room/ycombinator-companies-s25/ YC 2…
By the way, have you seriously never written[1] so much as a single backup script to back up a personal system? You only use GUI backup software?
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46634535#:~:text=As%20f...
If you are feeling overwhelmed with slop posts about ai, camp on the new page and upvote any halfway decent story about something else. Many of us would thank you if they knew.
Asking to have a tech forum in 2026 that doesn’t discuss AI is about as much of a Luddite as asking about having tech forum anytime in the past 25 years that doesn’t discuss the internet or the 15 that doesn’t discuss mobile. Absolutely everything in tech is touched by AI/ML in 2026 except micro controllers/embedded systems On another note - YC 25 batch https://www.extruct.ai/data-room/ycombinator-companies-s25/ YC 2…
There are plenty of tech forums that don't discuss AI. I think your confusion might be the result of you equating tech with "writing code for employers." By the way, have you seriously never written[1] so much as a single backup script to back up a personal system? You only use GUI backup software? [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46634535#:~:text=As%20f...
1. To access the internet
2. To download music from Napster and later iTunes and to create mix CDs and later for my iPod
3. To mix music with CoolEdit (bought by Adobe as Adobe Audition) - I was a fitness instructor and created my own 32 bpm beat synchronized music
4. As a home media theater PC (Mac Mini + Front Row) and later a media server (Plex)
My backup was running BackBlaze. When we moved and I decided Plex + bit torrent wasn’t worth the hassle, I did a one time “aws s3 -sync…” and copied my 2TB of media to AWS S3 Glacier Deep Archive in my personal account. I’ve opened my personal computer - that I only bought for a one time contract for a former CTO/friend when I was between jobs for a month.