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• Ask HN: Is there a best date/time to submit projects to HN?

  God forbid you need a new account for your project, make sure there is a way to use/preview your app without creating an account. Check out other "Show HN" comments for why: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastYear&type=show_hn Also "Show HN" posts get a slight advantage because they stay alive a little longer on: https://news.ycombinator.com/show (Currently ~3... - Source: Hacker News / 25 days ago

• Ask HN: How can I advertise my open source project for $0 dollars

  I would change the text on the homepage "StJou - Made for idiots By idiots" and "Let's see how much money you've lost" might be funny but IMHO not appealing for financial data. Have you done a https://news.ycombinator.com/show post for the project? - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

• Hanuman: The Divine Protector (Mobile Game)

  Put Show HN: in front of the title and it'll appear on https://news.ycombinator.com/show where people are more keen to try new things. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

• If you have a Boostrapped SaaS, comment below.. I want to watch some

  The https://news.ycombinator.com/show category is meant for users/founders looking for feedback. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Show HN: I built a micro-SaaS in 30 days – Product of the day on ProductHunt [video]

  Blog posts and videos shouldn't be 'Show HN', they can be normal submissions (https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html (submitted to HN 30 times already though). This submission isn't listed in the https://news.ycombinator.com/show list. That's usually a sign that all upvotes were not counted, for example from sock puppet accounts or were somebody asked others to... - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Is someone travelling from location A to B and can bring a parcel for me?

  This is pretty cool! I like the idea of small platforms to connect people with a specific need. I see why requester would log an entry on the site, but what would make a traveler think "oh, I should go make a post on this website" every time they travel, especially if it's unlikely anyone takes them up on the offer, they might just never do it. It also might be nice if someone could make a recurring/constant post,... - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• Please try this Android app which I created

  HN has a place for this kind of thing[1]. Check out a few of these posts, make one of your own with a descriptive title. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/show. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Slime Molds and the Tokyo Railway System

  Oh, it's just that on Hacker News, if a post is to let others know about a finished work, people usually put "[Show HN]" in the title. Thus, your post would be called: > [Show HN] Slime Molds and the Tokyo Railway System It doesn't matter that much, but including "Show HN" means it will appear on https://news.ycombinator.com/show in addition to the usual HN homepage :). - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Ask HN: Why is HN not categorizing submitted items?

  Histre is a site/browser extension that adds (AI-generated) tags to HN: https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/35904988 HN has a minimal tagging system based on the title: - Ask HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/ask - etc (some people create their own, like "Tell HN", "Thank HN"). - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• I created a SaaS with Htmx with Django back end

  You probably want to add 'Show HN' to the title to be listed on https://news.ycombinator.com/show That's basically the "I've build something, I'm looking for feedback" category of HackerNews. It's better if the title describes the project rather than the programming languages used. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• Doing 23 micro launches instead of just 1 platform

  Hacker News' "Show HN" - Share creations for feedback and discussion. - Source: dev.to / 8 months ago

• Open Source Document Sharing platform built developer-friendly: launches, updates, stats

  Check our story on Hacker News and leave your thoughts on how to make it more user friendly Https://news.ycombinator.com/show. - Source: dev.to / 8 months ago

• My First SaaS: Promptly

  Since you're the creator you can add 'Show HN' to the title. Then the submission will also show up on https://news.ycombinator.com/show There it needs less upvotes and usually gets more feedback. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• I built a tool that ranks GitHub users by location

  Nice. Some ideas: — Add "my location" as an option in the searchbar. — Show results based on the IP right away. — Show a feed of the latest commits by people in a location. The standard convention on HN to show off stuff you made is doing a Show HN[1]. This will get more attention, as it's favored by the algorithm and some people check only the Show HN page and not the main page. [1]: - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• Tolity

  Add 'Show HN' to the title and it will go to the https://news.ycombinator.com/show list. That requires less upvotes to be seen. Near the top there's a link to the rules. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• The (Detailed & Creative) Playbook for More GitHub Stars

  Post the GitHub repository under the “Show HN” tag - Hackernews can be a great place to share your new project with other technical folks. It helps to get others to upvote and comment soon after posting (just don’t share the direct link to your post!). We added a first comment where our CTO explained what we built and inviting others to try it. I don’t know if this comment helped, but I saw a lot of other open... - Source: dev.to / 10 months ago

• MrBeast – #002|Relentless Podcast

  You should check the guidelines: > Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff part of the time, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity. There's an entire "Show HN" part of the site for self-promotion of a project. https://news.ycombinator.com/show You're simply posting your podcast as self-promotion of each episode,... - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• You can buy upvotes on Hacker News

  That's why we have this: https://news.ycombinator.com/show. - Source: Hacker News / 12 months ago

• Ooooh it works! I’m mobile baby!

  Hahahahaha! Somewhere else beats Reddit. It's the Show section on Hackernews (https://news.ycombinator.com/show)! These cats would shiznit on peoples' hardworking all day every day! A lot of folks are sadist AF 🤣. Source: about 1 year ago

• Comments as a service (Component) is a thing now

  Can you add "Show HN" to the title? That requires less upvotes to get attention and will be displayed on a page https://news.ycombinator.com/show where users regularly share feedback on new products (https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html). - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Ask HN: Feedback for Feedback? (May 2023)

  You can use "Show HN" in the submission title for gathering feedback. https://news.ycombinator.com/show (https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html) Example https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35831177 I think the monthly https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring only get a lot of traction because users know when they're posted (some users are waiting for them) and because very few users reply to... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago