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1. 1BO
   Best of Show HN▲249

   2019 · bestofshowhn.com

2. 2QA
   Q&A for HN users▲142

   2012 · askolo.com

3. 3HU
   HN Update – Hourly news broadcast of top HN stories▲644

   I feel like it was inevitable, with the recent buzz around NotebookLM. I'm just surprised that it hasn't been done yet.

   2024 · hnup.date

4. 4TH
   Timeless HN – random good HN stories from the past▲24

   2020 · thn.rakhim.org

5. 5WI
   When is good time to submit a story on HN?▲269

   2011 · hnpickup.appspot.com

6. 6MB
   Meta book recommendations from Ask HN threads▲273

   2020 · mapfilterfold.com

7. 71T
   10HN – Top articles from HN served every morning and every evening▲29

   2015 · top10.pancik.com

8. 8LT
   Listen to HN on the go in a radio format▲38

   2017 · hackerwave.com

9. 9HI
   HN In Your Terminal▲67

   2013 · github.com

10. 10HF
    HN Follow – Follow Your Friends on HN▲76

    2014 · hn-follow.desh.es

11. 11HM
    Help me launch a weekly HN podcast▲105

    2012 · hnpod.com

12. 12BO
    Best of HN this week, in audio▲15

    2019 · listle.io

13. 13HR
    HN Recommends – Curated recommendations from Hacker News▲9

    2018 · hnrecommends.com

14. 14HE
    HNfavorites – Explore the community's favorite content▲80

    2017 · hnfavorites.com

15. 15IM
    I measured the half-life of 41,301 Show HN launches. It's 7 hours▲37

    I scraped every Show HN from the last 12 months (41,301 posts) plus the full comment tree of every launch with 10+ comments, ~100k comment timestamps, all from the Algolia HN API. The median launch gets 2 points and 0 comments. For launches that do get traction, half the comments they'll ever get arrive within 7.2 hours and 90% within 26, and the top decile decays on the same clock as everyone else. Vote timestamps aren't public, so comment timing is the attention proxy; caveats are in the post. Everything reproduces from the repo with one command…

    Jul 2026 · jonno.nz

16. 16NS
    Not sure what to read next? Here's a list of most mentioned books on HN▲14

    2012 · hntopbooks.com

17. 17HW
    HNWatch – Watch HN, filter stories, get e-mail alerts▲18

    2017 · github.com

18. 18GT
    Guide to upcoming HN meetups worldwide. Have we missed any?▲39

    2012 · lanyrd.com

19. 19HR
    HN Reads – the books of hacker news▲33

    2015 · hnreads.com

20. 20BT
    Best time for submitting to HN▲5

    2017 · research.patico.pro

21. 21SO
    Some of the best HN comments of all-time▲18

    2016 · perfil.med.br

22. 22HS
    HN-Stats▲9

    2015 · newscombinator.com

23. 23MH
    More HN▲17

    2020 · github.com

24. 24SP
    Summarizing popular HN articles▲19

    2011 · skimthat.com

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