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100 results · ranked by points

ProductpointsLaunch Intel pre-computed prediction score. How likely this product was to succeed based on its text alone. Orange = predicted positive, grey = predicted negative.
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Th
This up votes itself
3,531
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I made an open-source laptop from scratch
3,237
3
If
If YouTube had actual channels
2,741
4
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A retro video game console I've been working on in my free time
2,690
5
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Redbean – Single-file distributable web server
1,998
6
No
Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years
1,943
7
I
I may have created a new type of puzzle
1,859
8
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An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations
1,779
9
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I 3D scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza
1,752
10
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Elevators
1,680
11
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Web Design in 4 minutes
1,624
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I made a site where you practice typing by retyping entire novels
1,589
13
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I got laid off from Meta and created a minor hit on Steam
1,581
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I'm an airline pilot – I built interactive graphs/globes of my flights
1,539
15
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Airmash – Multiplayer Missile Warfare HTML5 Game
1,535
16
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Beeper Mini – iMessage client for Android
1,521
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Ca
Can’t afford Bloomberg Terminal? No prob, I built the next best thing
1,422
18
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GPT-4-powered web searches for developers
1,401
19
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I built a Rotten Tomatoes-style platform for durable products
1,392
20
Me
Meteor, a realtime JavaScript framework
1,386
21
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Obsidian Canvas – An infinite space for your ideas
1,380
22
40
40k HN comments mentioning books, extracted using deep learning
1,359
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I'm building an open-source Amazon
1,335
24
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Portable Secret – How I store my secrets and communicate privately
1,290
25
Be
Bel
1,288
26
So
Sorting Two Metric Tons of Lego
1,264
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SHA-256 explained step-by-step visually
1,241
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Looptap – A minimal game to waste your time
1,241
29
Wa
Wave function collapse algorithm
1,226
30
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Imba – I have spent 7 years creating a programming language for the web
1,216
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Spot the Drowning Child
1,215
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Ma
Make your site’s pages instant in one minute
1,214
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I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass
1,203
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Lo
Lofi.cafe
1,192
35
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Privacy-focused, ad-free, non-tracking torrent search engine
1,183
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We built an end-to-end encrypted alternative to Google Photos
1,180
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Six Degrees of Wikipedia
1,176
38
Ma
Make a programmable mirror
1,172
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Alacritty, a GPU-accelerated terminal emulator written in Rust
1,170
40
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Boring Report, a news app that uses AI to desensationalize the news
1,166
41
A
A friend and I spent 6 years making a simulation game, finally released
1,157
42
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Trading cards made with e-ink displays
1,149
43
In
InstantDB – A Modern Firebase
1,145
44
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I made a web game called Almost Pong
1,135
45
I
I built a(nother) house optimized for LAN parties
1,117
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A
A visual guide to the most popular CSS properties
1,117
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I
I wrote my own RTS game engine in C
1,102
48
Ge
Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project
1,100
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Ne
New AI edits images based on text instructions
1,098
50
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Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family
1,097
51
Op
Open Hunt – an open and community-run alternative to Product Hunt
1,093
52
Ob
Obsidian – A knowledge base that works on local Markdown files
1,087
53
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RoughJS – Create hand-drawn graphics using JavaScript
1,087
54
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I taught my little brother JS, and he made this videogame in a week
1,079
55
My
My wife is pregnant; naturally I made a baby-name app to prepare
1,077
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I'
I'm 12, learning JS, and wrote Wolfram's cellular automaton in Node
1,072
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Ma
Markov chains explained visually
1,070
58
We
Web browser to help programmers think clearly
1,070
59
He
Heynote – A dedicated scratchpad for developers
1,063
60
I
I made a puzzle game that gently introduces my favorite math mysteries
1,054
61
Ti
Tinder but it's only pictures of my wife and I can only swipe right
1,030
62
On
OneBody Church Directory software I've been hacking on for 7 years
1,020
63
ht
htmz – a low power tool for HTML
1,020
64
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I got hacked, felt paranoid, made an app – GlassWire
1,013
65
Ge
Generating fantasy maps – an interactive exploration
1,004
66
Wo
Workout.lol – a web app to easily create a workout routine
993
67
I'
I'm 48 and finally learning how to be a game developer
985
68
I
I built a hardware processor that runs Python
983
69
I
I made a modern web UI for Wikipedia
979
70
A
A basketball hoop to maximize shots that go in [video]
971
71
I
I made a privacy-first minimalist Google Analytics
968
72
Br
Browsh – A modern, text-based browser
967
73
I
I made a website to find best bus seat to avoid the sun while traveling
963
74
Be
Beeper – All Your Chats in One App
962
75
Th
This Word Does Not Exist
956
76
XK
XKCD-inspired StackSort
948
77
Ed
EdgeDB 1.0
947
78
Wa
Warp, a Rust-based terminal
946
79
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I made an alternative platform for professional profiles
938
80
Ha
Hacker News user blogroll
937
81
Dr
Draw a fish and watch it swim with the others
935
82
Su
Sublime Merge – A Git client from the makers of Sublime Text
935
83
iF
iFixit created a new USB-C, repairable soldering system
928
84
I
I built an AI that turns GitHub codebases into easy tutorials
923
85
I
I wrote a book about Go
919
86
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Open-source engine running Gemma 4 26B in 2 GB RAM on any M-series Mac
919
87
Yo
Your Social Media Fingerprint (maybe NSFW)
911
88
Pr
Primitive Pictures
894
89
I
I made a new sensor out of 3D printer filament for my PhD
886
90
Lo
Lorem Picsum – Lorem Ipsum but for photos
880
91
Lo
Long Range E-Bike
876
92
My
My embarrassing personal website from the 90s
867
93
iP
iPod.js – An online iPod that connects to Spotify and Apple Music
866
94
I
I wrote a free eBook about many lesser-known/secret database tricks
865
95
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I was curious about spherical helix, ended up making this visualization
865
96
Ha
Hacker News Classics
864
97
Se
See a Satellite Tonight. No Telescope Required
863
98
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Use Their ID – Use your local UK MP’s ID for the Online Safety Act
862
99
6
6 months ago I quit my job to pursue indie dev. Here is our first game
858
100
LL
LLMs can generate valid JSON 100% of the time
854