jstrieb

9 Show HNs that got attention, 2019 to 2024. 1,481 points in all, 9 with 50 or more.

First
URL Pages (2019)
Best
OFRAK Tetris (472 points)
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Games

2023

OFRAK Tetris

Tetris, but the blocks are ARM instructions that execute in the browser

Loved472 points53 comments

Dev tools

2019

URL Pages

Web pages stored entirely in the URL

Mixed377 points163 comments

Games

2024

Poker Chipper

Allocate poker chips optimally with mixed-integer nonlinear programming

Curious213 points69 comments

Productivity

2023

paperify

Transform any website or eBook into a research paper (no LLM required)

Curious96 points15 comments

Consumer and social

2021

Hackernews-Button

Bloom Filter-based, private HN browsing extension

Loved74 points15 comments

Security and privacy

2020

Link-lock

Distributed app to password-protect URLs

Debated73 points24 comments

Dev tools

2023

Just.sh

compiler that turns Justfiles into portable shell scripts

Debated64 points25 comments

Dev tools

2021

QuickServ

User-friendly web server

Mixed62 points17 comments

Security and privacy

2021

Bookmark Knocking

Hidden Bookmarks Without a Browser Extension

Quiet50 points5 comments

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