Show HN: A native Hacker News reader with integrated todo/done tracking
(github.com/haojiang99)
A native desktop application for browsing Hacker News with a clean, modern interface. Built with Rust and egui.
A native desktop application for browsing Hacker News with a clean, modern interface. Built with Rust and egui.
Harmonic: Modern Android client for Hacker News
(github.com/SimonHalvdansson)
Harmonic for Hacker News is an Android Hacker News client which is meant to be modern, fast and well thought out. You can find it on Google Play for download.
Harmonic for Hacker News is an Android Hacker News client which is meant to be modern, fast and well thought out. You can find it on Google Play for download.
Optimizing My Hacker News Experience
(reorientinglife.substack.com)
Like many, I try to stay updated on tech news via Hacker News (HN) posts.
Like many, I try to stay updated on tech news via Hacker News (HN) posts.
Ask HN: What's the best advice you ignored and later wished you hadn't?
(ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: What's the best advice you ignored and later wished you hadn't?
Ask HN: What's the best advice you ignored and later wished you hadn't?
You Wouldn't Download a Hacker News
(jasonthorsness.com)
And now I can analyze it with DuckDB. Behold the fraction of total comments and stories referencing key topics over time!
And now I can analyze it with DuckDB. Behold the fraction of total comments and stories referencing key topics over time!
Ask HN: Has anyone else noticed a recent sentiment shift on HN?
(ycombinator.com)
I've frequented HN off-and-on for over a decade now, with some fairly long stretches of inactivity interspersed.
I've frequented HN off-and-on for over a decade now, with some fairly long stretches of inactivity interspersed.
Ask HN: What is the most interesting thing you've learned lately?
(ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: What is the most interesting thing you've learned lately?
Ask HN: What is the most interesting thing you've learned lately?
Tell HN: /active and showdead might lead to a more informative HN experience
(ycombinator.com)
If you go on https://news.ycombinator.com/active instead of the default https://news.ycombinator.com page, the results are very different. In my experience, much more interesting content.
If you go on https://news.ycombinator.com/active instead of the default https://news.ycombinator.com page, the results are very different. In my experience, much more interesting content.
Ask HN: Software Engineers to follow who have a healthy skepticism of AI
(ycombinator.com)
Curious who you all follow for thoughtful, well-balanced takes on AI, particularly in the context of software engineering.
Curious who you all follow for thoughtful, well-balanced takes on AI, particularly in the context of software engineering.
Show HN: HN Watercooler – listen to HN threads as an audio conversation
(onetake-ai.github.io)
This app processes Hacker News threads into audio conversations using ElevenLabs.
This app processes Hacker News threads into audio conversations using ElevenLabs.
Classifying aviation-related posts on Hacker News with SLMs
(skysight.inc)
As an engineer and private pilot, I often find myself enjoying the surprisingly high volume of aviation-related content on Hacker News. About a year and a half ago, I started wondering if language models could be used to answer the question of just how much of Hacker News pertains to aviation.
As an engineer and private pilot, I often find myself enjoying the surprisingly high volume of aviation-related content on Hacker News. About a year and a half ago, I started wondering if language models could be used to answer the question of just how much of Hacker News pertains to aviation.
Ask HN: What's the Most Effective Way You've Improved Focus?
(ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: What's the Most Effective Way You've Improved Focus?
Ask HN: What's the Most Effective Way You've Improved Focus?
Reproducing Hacker News writing style fingerprinting
(antirez.com)
About three years ago I saw a quite curious and interesting post on Hacker News. A student, Christopher Tarry, was able to use cosine similarity against a vector of top words frequencies in comments, in order to detect similar HN accounts — and, sometimes, even accounts actually controlled by the same user, that is, fake accounts used to uncover the identity of the writer.
About three years ago I saw a quite curious and interesting post on Hacker News. A student, Christopher Tarry, was able to use cosine similarity against a vector of top words frequencies in comments, in order to detect similar HN accounts — and, sometimes, even accounts actually controlled by the same user, that is, fake accounts used to uncover the identity of the writer.
Ask HN: Why do DOGE stories never make it to the frontpage?
(ycombinator.com)
This morning I saw a news story that seemed pretty important for tech workers to be aware of [1]. I went to submit, and I was taken to a page where the post was already marked as "flagged" despite having 400+ upvotes in the 4 hours since original submission. However, the post had been flagged, so I was unable to see it on the front page.
This morning I saw a news story that seemed pretty important for tech workers to be aware of [1]. I went to submit, and I was taken to a page where the post was already marked as "flagged" despite having 400+ upvotes in the 4 hours since original submission. However, the post had been flagged, so I was unable to see it on the front page.
Ask HN: What Problem Would You Solve with Unlimited Time and Money? [Apr 2025]
(ycombinator.com)
I love the innovative ideas and unexpected insights from HN citizens. Let’s go deep—what challenge would you tackle if resource was not a problem?
I love the innovative ideas and unexpected insights from HN citizens. Let’s go deep—what challenge would you tackle if resource was not a problem?
Ask HN: Why do some links start out [dead]?
(ycombinator.com)
I posted https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43647126 and the link was [dead] on arrival. I am certain that nobody had time to flag it: the post was dead as soon as I hit Submit and the page refreshed. Why did this happen? Is this some sort of controversial topic detector or source filter?
I posted https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43647126 and the link was [dead] on arrival. I am certain that nobody had time to flag it: the post was dead as soon as I hit Submit and the page refreshed. Why did this happen? Is this some sort of controversial topic detector or source filter?
Hacker News Hug of Deaf
(susam.net)
About three years ago, I set up a tiny netcat loop on one of my Debian servers to accept arbitrary connections from the Hacker News (HN) community.
About three years ago, I set up a tiny netcat loop on one of my Debian servers to accept arbitrary connections from the Hacker News (HN) community.
LLM-hacker-news: LLM plugin for pulling content from Hacker News
(github.com/simonw)
LLM plugin for pulling content from Hacker News
LLM plugin for pulling content from Hacker News
Techniques Hacker News Uses to Create Great Shell Scripts
(nochlin.com)
After publishing my previous article on how I create a great user experience for shell scripts, the Hacker News community provided valuable feedback and suggestions. I've compiled these insights into six additional techniques to further enhance your shell scripts:
After publishing my previous article on how I create a great user experience for shell scripts, the Hacker News community provided valuable feedback and suggestions. I've compiled these insights into six additional techniques to further enhance your shell scripts:
Ask HN: How do you consume HN?
(ycombinator.com)
HN account for majority of my open tabs. With a very dynamic top submissions list, I struggle to keep up with all the content and conversations. I was wondering how do you consume content you're interested in on this site? How do you keep up with topics and conversations?
HN account for majority of my open tabs. With a very dynamic top submissions list, I struggle to keep up with all the content and conversations. I was wondering how do you consume content you're interested in on this site? How do you keep up with topics and conversations?
Ask HN: Does Collapsing an HN Thread in a Popular story spike your CPU use?
(ycombinator.com)
For popular threads with a lot of comments, collapsing a top comment leads to high CPU usage and can cause browsers (I tried in Chrome and Vivaldi) to freeze up.
For popular threads with a lot of comments, collapsing a top comment leads to high CPU usage and can cause browsers (I tried in Chrome and Vivaldi) to freeze up.
Tell HN: Effects of the front page on a non-profit
(ycombinator.com)
A few days ago I posted Vets Who Code[0] on HN[1]. It got put into the second chance pool and made the front page yesterday.
A few days ago I posted Vets Who Code[0] on HN[1]. It got put into the second chance pool and made the front page yesterday.
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.
Open-plan offices offer few pleasures; one of them is snooping on other people’s browsing habits.
Ask HN: Why do text posts have such low contrast?
(ycombinator.com)
I'm curious why this color was chosen.
I'm curious why this color was chosen.