HackerNoon Decoded

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Discover the stories that dominated HackerNoon, meet the top writers who captivated our readers, explore the most popular tags, and celebrate the standout readers who shaped our community. Let’s dive into the best of 2024!

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  I made Google Trends for Hacker News by indexing 18 years of commentsJun 2026 · hackernewstrends.com · ▲822

  Search 18 years of Hacker News and chart how any topic, tool, or person trended. Overlay terms to compare their rise and fall across 45M posts and comments.

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  HackerNoon Mobile App2023 · ▲111

  Join the journey of tech discovery: read & listen on the go!

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  GitNews Web2019 · ▲265

  Trending repositories from GitHub, HackerNews & Reddit

• TB
  Top books mentioned in comments on Hacker News2016 · hackernewsbooks.com · ▲463
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  Hackevents2016 · ▲188

  The world's largest hackathon search engine 🚀

• HN
  Hacker News Year in Review: 20232024 · public.tableau.com · ▲89

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  Browzer▲432

  Put your technical content on autopilot

  Growth · 19d ago · trybrowzer.com

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  WorldMap.lol▲197

  Put your startup on the map. Literally.

  Growth · 18d ago · worldmap.lol

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  Screen Studio 3.0▲1,832

  Beautiful screen recordings with instant shareable links

  Growth · 2025 · screen.studio

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  Tana▲1,665

  Put your notes to work with voice and AI

  AI · 2025 · tana.inc

• IG
  I got laid off from Meta and created a minor hit on Steam▲1,581

  I was at FB/Meta from late 2013 to early 2023, mostly working in the compiler/runtime spaces. I got hit in the spring 2023 layoff wave. I immediately started making games in my newfound free time (a lifelong interest, and I even worked in AA(A?) back ca. ~2000), and in October 2023 I stumbled upon the idea of a roguelike pachinko/plinko game inspired by Luck Be A Landlord. Things snowballed quickly, I started talking to publishers, then worked like crazy through all of 2024, almost the hardest I've ever worked in my career, and launched the game in December 2024. It's sold…

  Work · 2025

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  Tanka▲1,410

  AI Messenger with smart reply & long term memory for teams

  AI · 2025 · tanka.ai

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  Tool Finder▲1,327

  Your shortcut to better software

  AI · 2025 · toolfinder.com

• IB
  I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass▲1,203

  i wanted to change the habit of reaching for my phone in the morning and doomscrolling away an hour so i built an app to help me. now i have to literally touch grass before accessing my most distracting apps the app is built in swiftui, uses the screen time apis provided by apple and google vision to recognise grass or not i'd love to get your thoughts on the concept.

  Life & fun · 2025 · touchgrass.now