My HN – filter recent top Hacker News by your favorite topics

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My HN lets users filter recent top stories from Hacker News by their favorite topics. The tool helps readers focus on content that matches their interests rather than scrolling through the full feed. It's designed for Hacker News users who want a more customized browsing experience. The service was created in 2019 and provides a straightforward way to narrow down stories based on preferred subject areas.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

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  Hi! 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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