Make Things and Show Them(blog.ycombinator.com)
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Make Things and Show Them
http://blog.ycombinator.com/make-things-and-show-them
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Replies to an Ask HN post almost four years ago were instrumental in gathering feedback and cementing the direction for my then fledgling site. A bit later it went from side project to full-time work, so I always keep an eye out for Tell HN and Ask HN posts.
I found out that I had the “first” Show HN post this morning when someone mentioned it on Slack. It's nice to think I might have some small footnote in a bit of Hacker News history.
Actually, about 5 months before I posted “Show and Tell HN”, I posted a link called “Show and Tell YC” (the link and domain is now owned by someone else, but the original post is at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=237544).
As lbrandy said, it was a play on the “Ask HN” or “Ask YC” posts going around at the time.
Actually, about 5 months before I posted “Show and Tell HN”, I posted a link called “Show and Tell YC” (the link and domain is now owned by someone else, but the original post is at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=237544).
As lbrandy said, it was a play on the “Ask HN” or “Ask YC” posts going around at the time.
I love how just the introduction of the new section has already triggered a chain reaction of Show posts. I guess people are taking the chance to show what they have done (and maybe never shown to anyone). Good job!
Really glad to see this! The 'Show HN' posts were one of the main reasons I started Hacker Newsletter (http://hackernewsletter.com) four years ago and from the very first issue it has been one of the most popular sections.
Off topic, but #999 on #FFF (author title and background color, respectively) fails the WAG guidelines for color contrast.
Awesome. Is there an RSS channel for Show HN only?
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Title reminds me of 'Do Things, Tell People' http://carl.flax.ie/dothingstellpeople.html
I was thinking of "make something people want" and "move fast and break things". But you're right, that's another. No claims to originality here.
I've noticed a marked change for the better since dang came aboard. Links are generally more informative with less controversy and comments are overall good and nice with less flaming trolls. Just great to see the efforts really paying off for a fantastic community. Thanks Dan!
I think the mods are influencing the frontpage a bit more than before, with good mods this is working really well.
If you want to know what it feels like when a Show HN post takes off, check out this blog post I wrote a while back: https://web.archive.org/web/20121030145412/http://blog.akshe...
I have yet to reproduce that initial success we had with Akshell with StartHQ (https://starthq.com), my latest venture, but maybe that's for the better. Steady growth beats riding a roller coaster any day.
I have yet to reproduce that initial success we had with Akshell with StartHQ (https://starthq.com), my latest venture, but maybe that's for the better. Steady growth beats riding a roller coaster any day.
I propose we have an "Ask me" to follow reddit's great success with such posts.