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kryptogeist · 2017-06-28 18:41:48+00:00

That's really cool! Thanks for making this website, it's absolutely useful, it might save a lot o projects. I can tell that because I have myself posted on Show HN and my submission never made it past the /shownew. Probably because it was not that interesting to HN's audience, but I can imagine how many really cool projects end up buried in there.

iagooar | karma 2774 | avg karma 4.35 · | 2015-05-05 15:03:14

Thanks for sharing, I knew that posting to HN would make some amazing projects pop up :)

codez | karma 313 | avg karma 1.44 · | 2014-02-28 14:58:05

Hey @brador

Thanks for that, it's a cool thing to hear :)

If you have any suggestions I'd like to hear them.

As for searching for projects, it's certainly tough to find them, I'd say HN new page has a lot that get overlooked. Reddit sometimes but harder to find IMO. It would certainly be nice if there was somewhere for people to purely post their projects or if HN had some type of filtering.

How hard could it be to make something like that? Want to give it a go?

@jh3y

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cableshaft | karma 7944 | avg karma 2.34 · | 2016-07-05 17:25:43

Just wanted to thank everyone for posting their stories. I had no idea that Show HN could have that strong of a impact on people's side projects.

I'm working on something right now, but was fully expecting it to not get any attention and just be something fun for me to work on. Now I'm thinking it could probably use a bit more polish, because maybe there is a way for it to gain visibility.

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hack4supper | karma 321 | avg karma 3.73 · | 2018-02-02 17:30:08+00:00

Thanks for making this, like yourself, I have posted my projects on Show HNs about 8 times in the past and didn't receive any feedback.

Edit: Talking about I am gonna post one now.

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Modernnomad84 | karma 44 | avg karma 1.1 · | 2015-12-30 08:59:40

This is so cool. Wish we saw more stuff like this on HN. Also liked the other projects you have listed on your site.

blackice | karma 13 | avg karma 1.08 · | 2016-07-04 17:01:03+00:00

It's nice to see people doing well after posting their projects on HN. Perhaps I should share mine but I don't want to seem spammmy about it :/

dharmatech | karma 608 | avg karma 4.16 · | 2021-04-20 04:45:46

Wow, I feel like posting to HN was worth it just to learn about your project alone. Thanks for sharing!

murtza | karma 847 | avg karma 5.01 · | 2013-07-22 12:02:34+00:00

Exactly. Many "Show HNs" never make it to the homepage, so I launched this subreddit to focus just on sharing and receiving feedback on those type of projects. If you subscribe to r/SideProject, you will be able to keep track of these projects.

drannex | karma 1158 | avg karma 2.9 · | 2022-01-09 08:13:25

This is my project! Very cool to see here on HN. Thanks for sharing it!

billybob255 | karma 291 | avg karma 5.02 · | 2013-07-01 22:23:56

It's a cool project, but HN doesn't seem like the sort of site that would be interested. Not that I'm criticizing you or your post.

mthoms | karma 4270 | avg karma 2.02 · | 2017-02-04 18:31:10

Thanks for sharing your project. It looks interesting. Be sure to let us know when you formally launch with a "Show HN" post.

danlev | karma 172 | avg karma 4.0 · | 2014-06-25 00:44:49+00:00

Wow, thanks so much! I appreciate it! When the site first launched in February, someone submitted it HN and it didn't receive any traction as well. :( Maybe someday!

lessmilk | karma 1142 | avg karma 16.79 · | 2014-02-08 17:41:23+00:00

OP here,

It's awesome to see my website submitted on HN. Let me know if you have any questions about my project.

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marknadal | karma 1606 | avg karma 1.34 · | 2015-08-31 10:24:11+00:00

Just now noticed my project was on HN! Awesome, thanks to whoever submitted it. Will be replying to the comments now.

nsp | karma 1122 | avg karma 3.88 · | 2013-06-11 22:47:20+00:00

Protip: add Show HN: to your submission title - it's the community standard for projects you personally created and will help it get picked up by various aggregators of hn projects.

MinhasKamal | karma 18 | avg karma 0.5 · | 2016-10-16 11:24:25+00:00

I am very new to HN, only learning about things here...

I actually could not understand how to showcase a project. So the the first submission was a mistake. I could not delete it either. So I experimentally posted another.

Thank you a lot for visiting my projects. Your advice was really helpful.

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metadat | karma 19104 | avg karma 3.2 · | 2022-11-12 17:52:22

BTW, only your own project submissions qualify for "Show HN".

vldmrs | karma 20 | avg karma 1.25 · | 2024-04-10 19:24:22

I think that your project is amazing, thank you. Will definitely use it!

p.s. - I think that your project deserves much more attention from HN

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rramadass | karma 3951 | avg karma 1.65 · | 2022-06-20 03:41:01

Great Work! Just browsed through it and it looks quite promising.

I highly encourage you to submit it to HN as a "Show HN: ..." (instead of being buried in a comment) and solicit feedback. Projects like this deserve more and better recognition.

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