Lobste.rs is now running on SQLite • Hacker News Board

xgbi wrote: post #28

sgt wrote: post #13

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What's lobster.rs, some kind of Temu HN? Or is it the real deal?

Way more technical, way smaller. HN is a lot more wide in terms of audience and subjects, Lobsters is mainly programming. I love it.

I'll give it a shot.

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Post by rickcarlino » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 10:07 PM UTC

grebc wrote: post #8

tetris11 wrote: post #2

Oh wow. Off-topic but quite refreshing to see a site not absolutely plastered in AI posts

HN is increasingly bot central, I kind of assume 80% of the respondents are artificial. Lobsters still got a pulse, largely.

Invitation-only is the future of online communities. Lobsters still has a pulse because you need to know someone to get in and it’s a bad look if you invite annoying people.

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Post by xtracto » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 10:09 PM UTC

Aurornis wrote: post #25

tetris11 wrote: post #2

Oh wow. Off-topic but quite refreshing to see a site not absolutely plastered in AI posts

Lobste.rs is very anti-AI. They force any LLM topic to be tagged with “vibecoding” even when the majority of LLM posts are not about vibecoding. AI posts are usually the most commented on. Linus Torvalds’ comments saying that LLMs are actually useful is still on the front page, tagged as vibecoding, and has a lot of comments from people mostly disagreeing with him. Lobste.rs is more of a monoculture than Hacker News.…

I dont remember why I was kind of barred from lobsters , but I applaud all this behavior you mentioned. In the end, that's how normal clickes of friends/interest groups form (or formed 30 years ago in real life.)

If you got into my group of death metal people, and suddenly started talking about Oasis... we would invite you to get out haha.

Same with patriots.win . They may be a group of right wing biggots, but hey, they did their platform and are happy talking there.

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Post by abofh » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 10:11 PM UTC

I hope it's profitable, because this feels like engineering for engineering sake and not actually improving the product in a way that draws customers.

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Post by jdw64 » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 10:12 PM UTC

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Post by dprkh » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 10:12 PM UTC

dgellow wrote: post #30

gspr wrote: post #10

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It's a wonderful place. It feels like HN, but with the Silicon Valley attitude dialed way way way down, and with a much narrower scope (politics, economics and entrepreneurship are all off-topic, for example).

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If still relevant, you can email me and I will send you an invite. My email is dprkh at fastmail dot com