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Qwen3-Coder writes less secure code when told it's for a US persona

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#8Peak rank
1Days on list
–Score · 7d
Oct 21, 2026First seen

Trending history

Qwen3-Coder writes less secure code when told it's for a US persona was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Oct 21, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 14 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #8 of 30, reached on Oct 21, 16:37 UTC. It dropped off the list after Oct 21, 16:37 UTC.

This page has little history so far; it stays out of search results until the item has trended on two days or has more context.

Rank history

Position on Hacker News · Front page at every check (lower is better).

#1#11#20#30 13:2214:1114:5915:4816:37 Oct 21, 13:22 UTC · #24Oct 21, 13:37 UTC · #23Oct 21, 13:52 UTC · #19Oct 21, 14:07 UTC · #16Oct 21, 14:22 UTC · #14Oct 21, 14:37 UTC · #14Oct 21, 14:52 UTC · #14Oct 21, 15:07 UTC · #13Oct 21, 15:22 UTC · #13Oct 21, 15:37 UTC · #13Oct 21, 15:52 UTC · #13Oct 21, 16:07 UTC · #12Oct 21, 16:22 UTC · #9Oct 21, 16:37 UTC · #8

Last 14 days

Best rank per day (UTC).

Oct 26today

Metric history

Platform metric as reported by Hacker News.

074149225 13:2214:1114:5915:4816:37 Oct 21, 13:22 UTC · 45Oct 21, 13:37 UTC · 69Oct 21, 13:52 UTC · 97Oct 21, 14:07 UTC · 117Oct 21, 14:22 UTC · 132Oct 21, 14:37 UTC · 148Oct 21, 14:52 UTC · 168Oct 21, 15:07 UTC · 181Oct 21, 15:22 UTC · 195Oct 21, 15:37 UTC · 196Oct 21, 15:52 UTC · 201Oct 21, 16:07 UTC · 208Oct 21, 16:22 UTC · 215Oct 21, 16:37 UTC · 225

Questions

Is Qwen3-Coder writes less secure code when told it's for a US persona trending on Hacker News right now?

Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Oct 21, 16:37 UTC, after 1 day of trending.

What is the highest rank Qwen3-Coder writes less secure code when told it's for a US persona reached?

#8 on Hacker News · Front page, on Oct 21, 16:37 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.

How long has Qwen3-Coder writes less secure code when told it's for a US persona been trending?

It was first seen on Oct 21, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (14 checks) since.