Ask HN: Are we having a substantial increase of "Show HN" since LLM aided coding

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Post by mdp2021 » Mon, Jul 27, 2026, 6:27 AM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Are we having a substantial increase of "Show HN" since LLM aided coding

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Post by mdp2021 » Mon, Jul 27, 2026, 6:30 AM UTC

Probably a question more direct for moderators and all which used the APIs in a way that allows building stats.

I had this hunch (i.e. are we having a substantial increase of "Show HN" submissions since the feasibility of LLM aided coding) looking at some Show HN that may have looked like "big leisurely projects achieved in little time".

Re: Ask HN: Are we having a substantial increase of "Show HN" since LLM aided coding

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Post by rfarley04 » Mon, Jul 27, 2026, 6:47 AM UTC

Yes we are. I wrote about it last July:

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44463249

And there have been some other attempts to quantify it:

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47864393 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47045804 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47039478

Re: Ask HN: Are we having a substantial increase of "Show HN" since LLM aided coding

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Post by krapp » Mon, Jul 27, 2026, 10:21 AM UTC

A rise in quantity and a drop in quality.

Re: Ask HN: Are we having a substantial increase of "Show HN" since LLM aided coding

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Post by gysakai » Mon, Jul 27, 2026, 10:53 AM UTC

mdp2021 wrote: post #2

Probably a question more direct for moderators and all which used the APIs in a way that allows building stats. I had this hunch (i.e. are we having a substantial increase of "Show HN" submissions since the feasibility of LLM aided coding) looking at some Show HN that may have looked like "big leisurely projects achieved in little time".

For me, Ai has been useful for getting side projects I'd been meaning to publish for ages over the finish line. Probably not onthe scale you mean, though.