I analyzed 10 years of Hacker News data (2016-2025) to track Show HN submission trends.<p>- Show HN posts went from ~900/month (2016-2019) to 3,315 in Dec 2025<p>- Share of all stories: 2.4% (2016) → 12.8% (Dec 2025)<p>- Notable spikes: COVID-19 (2020), AI boom (2023), and accelerating growth through 2024-2025<p>Data source: HackerBook (144k Show HN posts / 3.4M total stories)
Does anyone else ever blank out when trying to write a birthday message? You open the chat, fingers hover over the keyboard, and… nothing. You end up typing “Happy Birthday!” and feel like you phoned it in.I did. All the time. As someone more comfortable writing code than prose, I found it awkward. Last month, I needed a witty message for my brother (who has a very specific sense of humor) and a respectful one for a mentor I admire. I was stuck.So over a couple of weekends, I built HappyWish for
Hey everyone,I usually use sparrow for monitoring on desktop, but I wanted a simple way to check my Bitcoin balance on my phoneI didn’t want to expose xpubs or use a mobile wallet that also handles transactions. I was just looking for something watch-onlySo I built BitScout, a small tool that lets me add Bitcoin addresses and see their combined balance and transactionsThere are no ads, no accounts, and no analytics. Addresses stay on the device. Each one is checked separately using the mempool A
I'm a developer from Mexico. I wanted to create programming courses in Spanish for Latin America, where quality tech education is expensive or English-only. Instead of spending a year writing content, I used Claude Code to build the entire platform — code, lesson content, everything. The result: - 6 complete courses: Tech Fundamentals, Frontend (React/TS), Backend (Java/Spring), Auth, DevOps (Docker/K8s/Terraform), and Cloud (AWS/GCP) - 220+ interact
Hey HN, I’m the founder of SyncAI.Previously, I was building internal tools for a fintech startup. We tried using GPT-4 Vision and various OCR APIs to automate our Accounts Payable. They worked great for ~90% of documents.The problem was the other 10%: crumpled receipts, handwritten delivery notes, or invoices with weird layouts. In fintech, a 90% success rate isn’t automation; it’s a liability. We spent more time fixing the AI’s hallucinations than if we had just typed it manually.I realized th
I built proc because I was tired of: - Googling "how to find process using port" every time - The cognitive load of lsof -i :3000 | grep LISTEN | awk '{print $2}' - Forgetting which flag does what in ps auxproc uses natural patterns: proc on :3000 # What's on port 3000? proc kill node # Kill all Node processes proc ps --in # Processes in this directory proc tree -a 1234 # Where did this process come from?Written in Rust, works on macOS/Linux/
Just got an email about it. I pay for Kagi now instead, but I did really like Phind at the beginning.
Hi Hacker News,First post, hope it's all a-ok!My partner and I had a baby this year. For their first birthday my partner wanted to print a big (a0) sized square of 365 photos one photo per day, in order. All existing solutions (including Canva) either crashed or outputted a very small, non-print friendly file.So I made her one.* You give it a folder of photos. * It sorts them by EXIF date. * It lays them out in a square grid. * It reserves a center space for a title. * It outputs a print-re
A friend suggested that I join them in a VR/XR business, It’s not actually a formal business yet, the company hasn’t even been legally established, but they have developed a solution. He told me that three people have contacted him about buying the solution, and one wanted a partnership (though they didn’t want to pay all the fees). They haven’t done any marketing yet, but users are finding the website online.I’ll join anyway, but I want to know what the market value is and what really make
University of Southampton provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. At the end of one of the largest summits at the United Nations headquarters in New York, government representatives from ...
With global development goals falling short and resources dwindling, nations and philanthropists must abandon the ...
This meditative short film, Ante Meridiem, quietly explores the passage of time through nature from a single, steady viewpoint over a six-month period. Through a series of 184 continuous images, captured in the early morning hours from March to August 2021 in the Crazy Mountain Range, Shields Valley, Montana, USA, the film invites a contemplative reflection on the power and beauty of nature, accompanied by an originally composed musical score. Each morning, a single photograph was taken to repre
Tonally absurd and richly colorful, In the Beginning is a short film directed by Ala Nunu and co-produced with Cola Animation (Portugal) and Yellow Tapir (Poland). Through bold visual storytelling and dark humor, the film weaves together three true stories that portray the human need to control the narrative. From a doomed space probe releasing tardigrades on the moon, to mythical interpretations of birds of paradise, to the abandonment of hamsters during Covid-era Hong Kong.
Artist Lisa Fingleton was commissioned to draw ‘The Sandwich Project’ live in situ in the gallery. This large scale drawing traces the journey of a BLT (Bacon, Lettuce & Tomato) sandwich around the world through the ingredients. Fingleton lives on a farm in Kerry and grows most of her own food. A few year ago, she was hungry while installing an exhibition. She picked up a BLT sandwich in a petrol station and while she was eating, she read the packaging. She couldn’t believe that there were ove
Produzido em 2020, durante o isolamento social da pandemia de COVID-19, este curta-metragem é uma realização familiar que une a arte milenar japonesa à reflexão existencial. O projeto propõe o "fazer artístico" como uma ferramenta de conexão geracional e equilíbrio emocional. A obra utiliza a transformação do papel como metáfora para a jornada humana. Ao dar forma a quatro personagens simbólicos, o filme nos ensina sobre a nossa própria capacidade de adaptação: Tsuru: A busca por saúde, longev
During the COVID-19 lockdown we had a mini impossible workshop focused on making a diorama of a crucible moment in our lives. One of them was the Oh No! Globe. Earth on one side of a snow globe, the Virus on the other. Turn the globe over and teeny little skull and cross bones rain down on the Earth. Or turn the other way and death rains down the the virus.
Coming out of Covid, most investors expected small caps to lead. That is how equity cycles usually work. Smaller companies respond faster to recoveries and benefit more when financial conditions ease. That did not happen. Since the Covid, large companies have outperformed small caps through stimulus, inflation, aggressive interest rate rises and now the early phase of easing. At this point, it is difficult to argue this is just a matter of timing. The shock that reset the cycle was Covid. It c
Ryan Cantu, Director of Major Projects with Wilmot Modular, explains why you should highly consider our custom modular buildings to increase usable space on your site. It was our pleasure to work with the Hope House, a treatment center located in Crownsville, MD to quickly provide them with additional space so they may continue providing the critical care that is desperately needed in the community. The opioid epidemic does not stop, even in a global pandemic. Their treatment centers are open
In this episode of the Listen Up Homebuyers! podcast, host Victoria Ray Henderson talks with Ramez Fahmy about the implications of President Trump's announcement regarding a $200 billion investment in mortgage-backed securities. This decision is aimed at lowering mortgage rates, but what does it mean for prospective homebuyers and the housing market? Let’s break down the conversation to provide valuable insights. As the housing market continues to evolve, recent policy changes are reshaping the
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