Ask HN: Non AI-obsessed tech forums
17 pointsby nanocat6 hours ago8 comments
  • kirubakaran7 minutes ago
    HN minus AI:

    https://histre.com/hn/?tags=+all-ai

    (Dis: it's mine, but it's free)

  • raw_anon_11112 hours ago
    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 24 batch

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Uy2aWoeRZopMIaXXxY2E...

    On a personal note, I lead cloud + app dev implementations for a consulting company. I’ve had 5 projects since the beginning of last year and they have all involved Amazon hosted LLMs in some form or fashion.

    Every single project I’ve been brought in with at pre sales has also involved Gen AI and/or traditional ML.

    • add-sub-mul-div2 hours ago
      Yes we already know it's omnipresent, that's the point. Some would rather lead in a different direction than follow like NPCs.
      • raw_anon_1111an hour ago
        I too wish the world hadn’t moved on from when I started programming on a 1Mhz Apple //e in 1986 or from my first job as a Fortran and C programmer on DEC Vax and stratus VOS mainframes…

        I also loved programming on these in 2007 using Windows Compact Framework.

        https://weareconker.com/blog/is-windows-ce-still-supported-i...

        But after being in this game for 30 years professionally and after half century of living on this earth, I still haven’t overcome my addictions to food and shelter and while I’m in pretty good shape, I don’t think I could start a successful career by opening an OnlyFans account so instead, I keep up to date on where the industry is…

  • ex-aws-dude2 hours ago
    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?

  • atleastoptimal4 hours ago
    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.
    • bigstrat2003an hour ago
      On the contrary, I don't think productive discussions (or even interesting ones) can be had about AI. We've seen what it has to offer (not much), now we are just waiting for the hype bubble to burst like it did for blockchain and so many other things before.
    • krapp4 hours ago
      ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ There are far fewer posts about "politics" than AI, and they all get flagged ruthlessly even when they have a legitimate tech angle.

      If people don't like AI related content then I encourage them to treat those posts the way they do politics.

  • sepulchrerootan hour ago
    lainchan
  • PaulHoule5 hours ago
    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.
  • kgraves4 hours ago
    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.

    It might as well be called AI news.