Life & fun · February 12, 2023
HN Pop-Up – Hover on HN Username to See Their Profile
HN Pop-up lets you quickly glance at a user's profile without leaving the page you're on. You can quickly see a user's bio, karma and account age - mudulo/hnpopup
HN Pop-Up – Hover on HN Username to See Their Profile launched on February 12, 2023 with 17 votes, #1,319 of 3,829 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.
In plain words
HN Pop-Up is a browser extension that displays user profile information when hovering over usernames on Hacker News. The tool is designed for Hacker News readers who want quick access to user details without navigating away from discussions. It streamlines the process of learning about other commenters by showing their profile data on demand, making it easier to assess contribution history and credibility within conversations.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
Does a similar job
all alternatives →- MHMarkdown HN profiles at {user}.at.hn2024 · at.hn · ▲459
Very opportunistic toy project as I saw the domain was up for grabs: 'at.hn' is a little site where people can have their own subdomains for whatever their HN username is (opt-in only by adding a slug to your bio). It doesn't really do much. Just shows your HN bio rendered as markdown plus meta stuff. I'm thinking of adding an aggregated user listing on the homepage so people can explore profiles. There's a bunch of interesting people on HN but discoverability is a bit longwinded. I'm wondering what other features people want. Otherwise shall likely leave it as-is. I remember hnbadges was a…
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