Life & fun · February 26, 2012
HackerNews News Recommender
The best ideas are both simple and outlandish.
HackerNews News Recommender launched on February 26, 2012 with 97 votes, #19 of 360 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.
In plain words
HackerNews News Recommender curates and surfaces notable stories from the HackerNews community. It identifies interesting articles and discussions that combine simple concepts with unconventional thinking. The tool is designed for people who want to discover thought-provoking content without manually browsing the full feed. It filters submissions to highlight ideas that stand out for their clarity and originality.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
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My recommendation engine for Hacker News2023 · hn-recommend.julienc.me · ▲314Hi! I’m Julien and I built a recommendation engine for Hacker News. I feel like this website is a gold mine. Every day, I find some very interesting stories about a topic. And sometimes, I want to find other stories covering that same topic but I can’t. Hacker News has years of history of awesome discussion and ressources. Unfortunately, I think HN Algolia isn’t helpful in searching these old threads. As a student, I want to learn a lot from this website. This is why I created HN Recommend. Input a sentence or the URL of an article, and get the most popular and similar posts from Hacker…
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