Over 12% of links posted to Hacker News are Show HN projects now

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Post by oyster143 » Tue, Sep 15, 2026, 1:10 PM UTC

Over 12% of links posted to Hacker News are Show HN projects now
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Re: Over 12% of links posted to Hacker News are Show HN projects now

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Post by qarl » Tue, Sep 15, 2026, 4:44 PM UTC

Let the AI renaissance begin!

Re: Over 12% of links posted to Hacker News are Show HN projects now

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Post by m-hodges » Tue, Sep 15, 2026, 4:46 PM UTC

Remember that "Where's the Shovelware?"¹ post?

¹ https://mikelovesrobots.substack.com/p/wheres-the-shovelware...

Re: Over 12% of links posted to Hacker News are Show HN projects now

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Post by Qem » Tue, Sep 15, 2026, 5:08 PM UTC

Is it just my impression, or programming language posts took a hit. I think I don't see them as often as before.

Re: Over 12% of links posted to Hacker News are Show HN projects now

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Post by r_lee » Tue, Sep 15, 2026, 5:14 PM UTC

Qem wrote: post #4

Is it just my impression, or programming language posts took a hit. I think I don't see them as often as before.

not just those but programming stuff in general I feel like? except for maybe some mini projects which again are kinda Show HN..

Re: Over 12% of links posted to Hacker News are Show HN projects now

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Post by claaams » Tue, Sep 15, 2026, 6:03 PM UTC

r_lee wrote: post #5

Qem wrote: post #4

Is it just my impression, or programming language posts took a hit. I think I don't see them as often as before.

not just those but programming stuff in general I feel like? except for maybe some mini projects which again are kinda Show HN..

Instead we get anthropic and openai system status pages or marketing posts constantly.

Re: Over 12% of links posted to Hacker News are Show HN projects now

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Post by ivanjermakov » Tue, Sep 15, 2026, 6:10 PM UTC

Qem wrote: post #4

Is it just my impression, or programming language posts took a hit. I think I don't see them as often as before.

I see Zig news quite often here. The rest - not so much.

Re: Over 12% of links posted to Hacker News are Show HN projects now

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Post by genxy » Tue, Sep 15, 2026, 6:18 PM UTC

Incase the nav bar is too far away, https://news.ycombinator.com/show

Re: Over 12% of links posted to Hacker News are Show HN projects now

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Post by pjmlp » Tue, Sep 15, 2026, 6:25 PM UTC

Qem wrote: post #4

Is it just my impression, or programming language posts took a hit. I think I don't see them as often as before.

They are now about 5 GL programming languages, pun intended.

Re: Over 12% of links posted to Hacker News are Show HN projects now

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Sep 15, 2026, 7:11 PM UTC

Qem wrote: post #4

Is it just my impression, or programming language posts took a hit. I think I don't see them as often as before.

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