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Trending fastest today

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The following words are currently trending on Hacker News based on mentions in posts and comments in the last 24 hours.

open-sourced

+15700%

158 mentions

microduck

+15400%

155 mentions

stars

+2171%

159 mentions

planets

+2100%

22 mentions

fortress

+2100%

22 mentions

macs

+1900%

20 mentions

trackers

+1600%

17 mentions

medication

+1600%

17 mentions

station

+1500%

16 mentions

Most discussed today

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The terms with the most mentions in posts and comments in the last 24 hours.

ai

+28%

726 mentions

code

-6%

321 mentions

go

+3%

316 mentions

problem

+3%

242 mentions

software

+26%

240 mentions

system

+6%

234 mentions

local

+106%

225 mentions

open

+23%

220 mentions

data

+0%

220 mentions

Trending this week

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The following words are currently trending on Hacker News based on mentions in posts and comments in the last 7 days.

anubis

+4050%

83 mentions

casey

+3100%

32 mentions

podman

+3100%

32 mentions

bambu

+3000%

62 mentions

jxl

+2600%

27 mentions

pluto

+2550%

53 mentions

crows

+2400%

25 mentions

nostr

+2300%

48 mentions

prusa

+2300%

24 mentions

Most discussed this week

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The following words are currently trending on Hacker News based on mentions in posts and comments in the last 7 days.

ai

-6%

4.7K mentions

go

-6%

2.6K mentions

code

-20%

2.2K mentions

data

-12%

2.0K mentions

problem

+1%

1.9K mentions

model

-10%

1.7K mentions

system

-2%

1.7K mentions

open

+10%

1.6K mentions

software

-11%

1.5K mentions

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