Subth.ink – write something and see how many others wrote the same
Hey HN, this is a small Haskell learning project that I wanted to share. It's just a website where you can see how many people write the exact same text as you (thought it was a fun idea). It's built using Scotty, SQLite, Redis and Caddy. Currently it's running in a small DigitalOcean droplet (1 Gb RAM). Using Haskell for web development (specifically with Scotty) was slightly easier than I thought, but still a relatively hard task compared to other languages. One of my main friction points was Haskell's multiple string-like types: String, Text (& lazy), ByteString (& lazy), and each library…
Subth.ink – write something and see how many others wrote the same launched on January 19, 2026 with 92 votes, #378 of 14,584 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
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Subth.ink is a website where users can submit text and discover how many other people have written the exact same thing. Built as a Haskell learning project using Scotty, SQLite, Redis, and Caddy, it runs on a minimal DigitalOcean droplet. The creator shares that while Haskell web development proved somewhat more approachable than expected, it presented challenges compared to other languages, particularly around managing multiple string types and monad transformers.
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Hey HN, this is a small Haskell learning project that I wanted to share. It's just a website where you can see how many people write the exact same text as you (thought it was a fun idea). It's built using Scotty, SQLite, Redis and Caddy. Currently it's running in a small DigitalOcean droplet (1 Gb RAM). Using…
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