Hacker News with Generative AI: Hacker News

The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News (2019) (newyorker.com)
Open-plan offices offer few pleasures; one of them is snooping on other people’s browsing habits.
Moderation, Hacker News, Work, Social Media
20 points by flypunk 4 hours ago | 1 comments
Ask HN: Why do text posts have such low contrast? (ycombinator.com)
I'm curious why this color was chosen.
User Interface, Design, Hacker News
9 points by Buildstarted 1 day ago | 5 comments
Ask HN: Could you help me find an old post? (ycombinator.com)
I remember there was an old but popular post on HN front page about a failed startup project. The project is about distilling biology science. The conclusion was that there is no money in science distillation.
Hacker News, Startups, Science, Business
6 points by billconan 1 day ago | 1 comments
Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2025) (ycombinator.com)
Share your information if you are looking for work. Please use this format:
Job Seeking, Hiring, Hacker News
23 points by whoishiring 1 day ago | 162 comments
Ask HN: What are your contrarian views? (ycombinator.com)
Asked the same question a few years ago [0], sparked some great threads. Time for an update!
Hacker News, Community, Opinions, Technology, Controversial
10 points by davnicwil 7 days ago | 11 comments
The highest-ranking personal blogs of Hacker News (refactoringenglish.com)
The highest-ranking personal blogs of Hacker News
Hacker News, Blogging, Personal Websites, Lists, Rankings
484 points by sharjeelsayed 8 days ago | 128 comments
Who's this dick bschmidt711 that's spamming HN? (ycombinator.com)
Title says it all
Hacker News, Community, Spam
18 points by nevster 12 days ago | 13 comments
Ask HN: Where do you browse and chat outside of here? (ycombinator.com)
I used to really enjoy reddit but find it toxic and too “mainstream” recently so I moved to Lemmy but it’s quiet and kept a lot of redditism. I’ve been enjoying reading HN daily but want to read more than 20-30 top posts. I like the general kind attitude and professionalism as well as the interesting topics.
Social Media, Online Communities, Discussion Forums, Reddit, Hacker News
46 points by oceanhaiyang 15 days ago | 83 comments
Ask HN: Does legal tax evasion work for regular people? (ycombinator.com)
Tax Law, Personal Finance, Legal Advice, Hacker News
8 points by o1o1o1 19 days ago | 45 comments
Show HN: Popularity Contest, the highest-ranking personal blogs of HN (refactoringenglish.com)
The highest-ranking personal blogs of Hacker News
Hacker News, Personal Blogs, Community
19 points by mtlynch 20 days ago | 0 comments
Tell HN: US Government is surveilling HN (ycombinator.com)
According to Jospeh Cox at 404media [0], who today published leaked documents from an American surveillance-tech company, "ShadowDragon", I thought it may be of interest to HN that "YCombinator" is named [1] as a target.
Surveillance, Government, Technology, Privacy, Hacker News
22 points by perihelions 21 days ago | 13 comments
Hacker News now runs on top of SBCL (2024) (reddit.com)
The production website of Hacker News now runs on top of SBCL (I've got the confirmation from one of the moderators). It uses Clarc, an Arc implementation in CL.
Programming, Lisp, Hacker News
10 points by tosh 26 days ago | 1 comments
Ask HN: Do you also see only one post per page? (ycombinator.com)
For about 5 minutes, I could only see one post per page. It seems back to normal now.
Hacker News, Website Issues, User Experience
6 points by antfarm 27 days ago | 4 comments
What I've Learned from Hacker News (2009) (paulgraham.com)
Hacker News was two years old last week. Initially it was supposed to be a side project—an application to sharpen Arc on, and a place for current and future Y Combinator founders to exchange news. It's grown bigger and taken up more time than I expected, but I don't regret that because I've learned so much from working on it.
Startup Culture, Hacker News, Learning, Personal Reflections
5 points by Freedom2 29 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: What less-popular systems programming language are you using? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: What less-popular systems programming language are you using?
Programming Languages, Systems Programming, Hacker News
287 points by fuzztester 32 days ago | 448 comments
How Not to Launch on Hacker News (threekindwords.com)
One of my blog posts was picked up on Hacker News, and overnight my humble postcard vending machine on the internet got a whole lot more traffic than I expected. And just when everything was set to take off, the machine got jammed, right at my big moment. Here’s a post-mortem of what went down and how I fixed it while still managing to be there for my kid’s birthday.
Hacker News, Software Development, Website Traffic, Blog Posts
15 points by threekindwords 33 days ago | 1 comments
AK HN: Is the Era of Hackers/Startups Over? (ycombinator.com)
As a longtime HN user. I've noticed a drastic shift in the last few years in the industry. The glamour of a "hot startup" has gone away in lieu of the inevitably of big corporations and big platforms. Being a programmer doesn't seem as desirable or command nearly the respect that it did just a decade ago.
Startups, Hacker News, Tech Industry, Tech Culture, Job Market
11 points by legitster 33 days ago | 11 comments
Ask HN: Do you feel like HN still embodies the hacker culture? If yes/no, why? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: Do you feel like HN still embodies the hacker culture? If yes/no, why?
Hacker News, Culture, Community, Technology, Opinion
10 points by amarcheschi 35 days ago | 17 comments
See the submissions you have flagged (maybe accidentally) (ycombinator.com)
Please log in.
Hacker News, User Interface, Flagging, Moderation
98 points by superasn 38 days ago | 80 comments
Tell HN: Five random IndieWeb blog links on your terminal (ycombinator.com)
Hello HN! I believe some of you might have come across this pretty interesting post about discovering IndieWeb blogs, one blog at a time: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43139953>
IndieWeb, Blogging, Web Development, Community, Hacker News
54 points by susam 39 days ago | 12 comments
Show HN: Preview Your HN Post Before Posting (Because I Messed Up Mine) (blancotech.com)
This is a normal paragraph.
Hacker News, Web Development, User Experience, Software
5 points by blancotech 40 days ago | 0 comments
Rust, C++, and Python trends in jobs on Hacker News (February 2025) (wojtczyk.de)
How are Rust, C++, and Python trending on Hacker News in the job market?
Rust, Programming Languages, Job Market, Data Analysis, Hacker News
111 points by wojtczyk 42 days ago | 93 comments
Show HN: Hacker News with AI-generated summaries (vercel.app)
Hacker News, AI, Summaries
19 points by spicy_ranch 43 days ago | 10 comments
Ask HN: Why was my post on cybersecurity flagged? (ycombinator.com)
Earlier I submitted a story about elections and cybersecurity, it got several dozen upvotes, and then was quickly flagged.
Hacker News, Cybersecurity, Moderation, Voting
12 points by CalRobert 45 days ago | 11 comments
Ask HN: Can we get a HN background color (dark mode) (ycombinator.com)
Hi there, loving the ability to change my topbar pink, but I also would love to browse my favorite website late at night without the bright flashes.
Hacker News, User Interface, Dark Mode
48 points by tasoeur 45 days ago | 24 comments
Show HN: Hackyournews.com v2 (ycombinator.com)
A year and a half after I published https://HackYourNews.com, I've rewritten it to be neater and added support for more news sources.
Web Development, Hacker News, News Aggregators
27 points by ukuina 46 days ago | 14 comments
Show HN: HackerVoice – An Experimental AI Podcast Covering Hacker News (vercel.app)
Every day (0 16 * * * on UTC), an LLM-powered host covers the top five trending topics from HackerNews in a fully automated podcast.
Hacker News, Artificial Intelligence, Podcasts, Automation
7 points by gorillatatsu 48 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: Is the threshold for flagging submissions on HN too low? (ycombinator.com)
I see highly upvoted stories such as https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43035977 getting hidden away because they get flagged, even though the article and discussion are quite sensible.
Hacker News, Community, Moderation, User Experience
16 points by cbg0 48 days ago | 4 comments
Ask HN: Why? (ycombinator.com)
Hacker News, Community, Discussion
31 points by TheAlchemist 54 days ago | 43 comments
Ask HN: Is it worth it to post on the 'Who Wants To Be Hired' thread? (ycombinator.com)
Title. I see many people posting but would like to hear if people really get jobs this way?
Hiring, Job Search, Hacker News, Community, Networking
27 points by rubenvanwyk 54 days ago | 16 comments