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Why do small voting or ranking projects get flagged as spam so easily?
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Tell HN: HN was down
https://cascode.co.uk/products/2ar2-and-2ar3/
https://console.cloud.google.com/marketplace/details/y-combinator/hacker-news?pli=1
https://deja.de.hueve.ar/hn
https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/hacker-news
https://github.com/Aperocky/hnterminal
https://hackernews.onlineornot.com/incidents/yaz-eOJeARBL
https://hackernewsx.com
https://hn.hund.io/
https://news.ycombinator.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46303196
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5229522
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/posts?id=tomhow
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/08/1197955913/doctors-pagers-beepers
https://preview.redd.it/cloudflare-had-a-rough-day-today-and-lot-of-us-have-felt-it-v0-x26encesx02g1.png?auto=webp&s=173af4140ab3770be1fef7abfe5c2bb5a8d6709a
https://www.proginosko.com/leechblock/
https://relevancerecovery.com/habit-vs-addiction/
https://www.soundjay.com/transportation/sounds/train-crossing-bell-train-crossing-fast-01.mp3
https://www.stevenjgarner.com/HN-Down-2025-12-17-07-48-UTC-0600.png
https://x.com/HNStatus
https://x.com/paulg/status/1953289830982664236?s=46
https://xcancel.com/HNStatus
https://xkcd.com/477/
https://ycombinator-status.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbpl3ywNlpA#t=56s
Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell
https://abot.app/
https://accelprompt.xyz
https://aieasypic.com
https://aliveai.app
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1548489778
https://app.soundreads.io/
http://app.soundreads.io/purchase/annual?prefilled_promo_code=HACKER
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/afi-explorer/id1564964107
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/standly-standing-desk-timer/id6502892335
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whenish/id6745035749
https://bewcloud.com
https://brezza.cc
https://brezza.cc/
https://brickranker.com
https://www.budgetsheet.com
http://buzzprintco.etsy.com
https://cadenceguitar.com/
https://canine.sh
https://canine.sh/
https://canine.sh/api-docs
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/atlas-ai-youtube-dubbing/ggkjmkjofkcbaobpohgciabgaocebefc
https://cinequote.net
https://cluesbysam.com
https://codeapprove.com
https://coldcallgym.com
https://compta.libremen.com
https://www.condoally.com/
https://coplay.io/
https://dailychinesestories.com
https://dave-bot.com
https://daylightgoals.com
https://dbpro.app
https://www.deadchefssociety.com/
https://developers.telnyx.com/docs/programmable-fax/send-a-fax-api
https://docs.canine.sh/swagger/page.html
https://doodle.com/en/
https://drawcharts.xyz
https://dreamandcolor.com/
https://www.escape-team.com
https://www.etsy.com/shop/BravinaPrints
https://www.etsy.com/shop/LittleLanternShop
https://ffmpeg-api.com
https://www.filestash.app/smb-client.html
https://www.findboxes.co
https://fivethreeone.app/
https://formester.com/
https://github.com/jhlee0409/claude-code-history-viewer
https://github.com/kx0101/replayer
https://github.com/linjunpop/imessage
https://github.com/mickael-kerjean/filestash
https://github.com/subdavis/workspaces-io
https://hackernewsletter.com/
https://hackylabs.com
https://halflemons.com
https://happybara.io
https://headsnap.io/pricing
https://headsnap.io/privacy
https://humadroid.io
https://www.ironcalc.com
https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/family-employees
https://jacobdoescode.com/technicalc
https://www.jamp-audio.com
https://justfaxonline.com
https://justinjackson.ca/flipping-tables
https://keywordspal.com/blog/building-multi-platform-content-aggregator
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1725424103/summit-training-automated-road-cycling-coaching/description
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lyoc/last-year-of-carbon-the-board-game
https://www.kitecourier.com/pricing
https://leejo.github.io/2025/11/01/print_costs/
https://leetarxiv.substack.com/
https://lgug2z.com/software/komorebi
https://librivox.org/
https://lob.com
https://logicgat.es
https://maheepk.net/projects/dedupx/
https://martiansoftware.com/chatkeeper/
https://meetinghouse.cc
https://mereth.dev/
https://mergecal.org
https://microlandia.city
https://minichord.com/
https://www.minigenitals.com
https://www.n0c0de.com
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25870504
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42373343
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7135833
https://www.nicksypteras.com/blog/cbs-benchmark.html
https://notebooklm-web-importer.com
https://www.numeromoney.com
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-broadband/telecoms-infrastructure/farewell-to-the-fax-machine
https://olly.bot
https://OnlineOrNot.com
https://onlyrecipeapp.com
https://packetriot.com
https://www.pamfax.biz/en/developers/introduction/
https://www.pdfscannerapp.com/
https://www.percento.app
https://pickyour.photos/
https://podlp.com
https://pptxmailmerge.com
https://www.quantiq.live/docs
https://reader.manabi.io
https://receipt-genie.com
https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1ok5zaq/comment/nmgrfnk/
https://renderapp.io/
https://www.repth.com
https://saveforlater.pro
https://www.saviament.com/
https://sec-api.io/docs
https://select.supply/product/computer-engineering-for-big-babies
https://sfxengine.com/
https://shepherd.com/
https://shoppingscraper.com/features
https://www.sideprojectors.com
https://slouchsniper.com
https://smart-notes.xyz
https://smittenstories.com
https://soitis.dev/control-panel-for-twitter
https://soundreads.io/
https://sportsbookapi.com/
https://sschueller.github.io/posts/vbz-fahrgastinformation/
https://stationdisplay.com/
https://stockevents.app
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2250550/Tornado_Research_and_Rescue/
https://superfinecuts.com/
https://techtalksweekly.io/
https://theblue.social
https://theosoti.com/you-dont-need-js/
https://timizer.io
https://tools.dsebastien.net
https://www.tredict.com
https://troviamo.app
https://www.truecast.fr/
https://trypixie.com
https://universymbols.com
https://unli.xyz/diskprices/
https://www.unlistedjobs.com/
https://unrav.io
https://videohubapp.com/
https://videohubapp.com/en/download/
https://videotobe.com
https://wallpunch.net/
https://wheelscreener.com
https://www.youhere.org
https://youtube.com/@parttimelarry
https://zine.baby
What are your predictions for 2026?
https://www.brightlinewest.com/
https://brynet.ca/wallofpizza.html
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17677316
https://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/PDF/Commonality_Variability.pdf
https://eia.languagelatte.com/
https://www.imdb.com/fr/title/tt1798709/
https://moto.pl/MotoPL/7,178770,32479760,minister-bije-na-alarm-chinskie-auta-moga-byc-koniem-trojanskim.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42405149
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42490343
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42490517
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42490692
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46294574
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/japan-ai-wedding/
https://sites.uni.edu/fabos/seminar/readings/plato.htm
Who here is not working on web apps/server code?
https://floxtop.com
https://github.com/BinSquare/ERA
https://ironcore.dev/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46007814
https://terminal.click
https://www.youtube.com/@soncsd
https://youtube.com/watch?v=rJuRTZOE99g
How would you learn to code in 2026?
https://htdp.org
Does anyone understand how Hacker News works?
https://ciechanow.ski/
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BF%E1%BC%B6%CE%B4%CE%B1
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2014/03/07/why-tim-cook-doesnt-care-about-the-bloody-roi/
https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented
https://hitthefrontpage.com/
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20%22you%20personally%22&sort=byDate&type=comment
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=LLM%20hacker%20news&sort=byDate&type=story
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=simonwillison.net%20simonw&sort=byDate&type=comment
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=stave%20off%20by%3Adang&sort=byDate&type=comment
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=curiosity%20optimiz%20by:dang
https://hsu.cy/2025/09/how-to-read-hn/
https://imgur.com/a/kB7MeDz
https://www.legitcontrol.com/
https://lobste.rs
https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/what-i-learned-by-being-1-on-ph-and-top-page-on-hn
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43558671
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45071722
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46303291
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46309399
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46310650
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5092711
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html
https://paulgraham.com/hackernews.html
https://www.righto.com/2013/11/how-hacker-news-ranking-really-works.html
https://xkcd.com/356/
https://xkcd.com/810/
Cloudflare has been broken for 15 hours
https://downdetector.com/status/github/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46328410
Is building a calm, non-gamified learning app a mistake?
https://calmcode.io/
https://couplingcafe.com
https://www.dreaming.com/blog-posts/what-is-comprehensible-input
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suggestopedia
https://koucai.chat
https://learn.mangolanguages.com/
https://morpheem.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46264492
https://snowdayacademy.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-mOy8VUEBk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st6uE-dlunY
How are you LLM-coding in an established code base?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46259553
https://superconductor.dev
Is Stack Overflow Dead?
https://stackoverflow.com/users?tab=moderators
Do you allow vibecoded submissions in your open-source projects?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XZ_Utils_backdoor
If you had to get a non-tech masters degree, what would you go for?
https://masterliberalarts.uchicago.edu/curriculum/
Is RSS Still Alive?
https://lighthouseapp.io/tools/feed-finder
How do teams remember why infrastructure decisions were made?
https://adr.github.io/
https://sre.google/workbook/postmortem-culture/
Etiquette giving feedback on mostly AI-generated PRs from co-workers
https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2001/12/25/getting-things-done-when-youre-only-a-grunt/#:~:text=Strategy%204%20Neutralize%20The%20Bozos
Is anyone using LLM based document processing in production?
https://citellm.com
Memory Safety in C# vs. Rust
https://em-tg.github.io/csborrow/
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux
Should I Open Source Every Product I Build as an Indie Developer?
https://osaasy.dev/
What is the most complex software you've built single handedly?
https://github.com/chrisdunelm/DotNetAnywhere
