Show HN
A dedicated section on Hacker News for presenting work by individuals or small teams, published with the prefix 'Show HN:'. By community convention, authors provide an accessible link and respond to technical questions. It is regarded as a form of technical demonstration to the developer community.
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Projects that can get more than 200 points on the Hacker News Show HN section usually either solve a real problem for developers or have sufficiently strong virality.
"Show HN" is a section in the Hacker News community specifically for showcasing new work by individuals or teams; users post with the title "Show HN: project name" along with a project link and a brief introduction.
RainbowSay was posted in the Show HN section of Hacker News, with the tagline "Learn, teach, research languages live with shows you love."
Show HN's point algorithm is not a simple accumulation, and a small number of early votes may correspond to a displayed value of around 4 points.
Corgi is a new project positioned as an agent and terminal multiplexer for AI agents, posted in the Show HN section of Hacker News.
A project titled 'Show HN: We had AI write a wiki from 45k Enron emails, every fact cited' appeared on Hacker News.
A developer launched a project on Hacker News called "Show HN: AI-built browser games, collected in one place," presenting AI-generated browser mini-games together in one place.
The Show HN project "Qwen3-4B with the AI writing tics trained out" removes stock phrases and verbal tics from AI writing by fine-tuning the Qwen3-4B model.
Strot is a project showcased in the Show HN section of Hacker News that proposes compiling an LLM's intent once so that the decision logic can then run locally and permanently without repeatedly calling the model.
A project titled "500 clocks in one 6.3 MB HTML file by Opus 5.5" drew attention from the developer community in the Show HN section of Hacker News.
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Show HN是Hacker News的一个特定帖子类型，允许创作者向社区展示正在构建的项目原型以获取早期反馈
65%VerifiedHacker News 的 Show HN 板块是 Y Combinator 旗下科技社区提供的展示频道，供独立开发者呈现产品和实验性项目
65%UnverifiedProjects that can get more than 200 points on the Hacker News Show HN section usually either solve a real problem for developers or have sufficiently strong virality.
50%Unverified"Show HN" is a section in the Hacker News community specifically for showcasing new work by individuals or teams; users post with the title "Show HN: project name" along with a project link and a brief introduction.
50%UnverifiedShow HN's point algorithm is not a simple accumulation, and a small number of early votes may correspond to a displayed value of around 4 points.
50%UnverifiedCorgi is a new project positioned as an agent and terminal multiplexer for AI agents, posted in the Show HN section of Hacker News.
50%UnverifiedStrot is a project showcased in the Show HN section of Hacker News that proposes compiling an LLM's intent once so that the decision logic can then run locally and permanently without repeatedly calling the model.
50%UnverifiedFakeipedia is a platform for building encyclopedias for fictional worlds, and it was posted in the Show HN section of Hacker News.
50%UnverifiedThe comments a project receives on Show HN often determine whether it can attract early users, contributors, or even investment.
50%UnverifiedThe evolution of the "Show HN" section on Hacker News is manifested as follows: earlier it leaned more toward technical demonstrations, and now more and more post titles are written directly as "I built this for myself" or "I made this to scratch an itch".
50%UnverifiedProjects on Show HN, because Hacker News readers are mostly engineers and technology enthusiasts, tend to lean toward tools, open-source software or experimental ideas.
50%UnverifiedGuitoro is a project published in the Show HN section of Hacker News, whose core concept is to turn a computer keyboard into the strings of a virtual guitar, letting users play the guitar by striking the keyboard.
50%UnverifiedOpen-source tools such as Tailwind CSS and Excalidraw both made their debut in the form of Show HN.
50%UnverifiedHardware Show HN posts typically receive lower initial traction than pure software projects because hardware reproduction costs are higher and evaluation requires more time to get started.
50%UnverifiedA score of 164 is a considerably popular level for Show HN.
50%UnverifiedShow HN's audience consists primarily of engineers and technical founders, and comment section discussions tend to go deep into architectural details, performance data, and code implementation, unlike Product Hunt.
50%UnverifiedShow HN post titles must begin with 'Show HN:' and the author must actively respond to feedback in the comments section.
50%UnverifiedThe HN community is known for its high technical standards and rigorous comment quality; a Show HN project that receives a significant number of comments and discussions early on often indicates it has touched on a real technical pain point or demonstrated a differentiated idea.
50%UnverifiedAuthors of Show HN posts typically participate in the comment section themselves to answer questions, creating a direct developer-to-developer communication scenario.
50%UnverifiedHacker News's Show HN is a submission tag designed specifically for creators to showcase their own work, and the submitter is usually the project author.
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