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Show HN Guidelines

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On topic: things people can run on their computers or hold in their hands. For hardware, you can post a video or detailed article. For books, a sample chapter is ok. Off topic: blog posts, sign-up pages, newsletters, lists, and other reading material. Those can't be tried out, so can't be Show HNs. Make a regular submission instead. The project must be something you've worked on personally and which you're around to discuss. See these tips about how to present your work. A Show HN needn't be complicated or look slick. The community is comfortable with work that's at an early stage. Please make it easy for users to try your thing out, ideally without barriers such as signups or emails. You'll get more feedback that way. If your work isn't ready for users to try out, please don't do a Show HN. Once it's ready, come back and do it then. Don't post landing pages or fundraisers. To post, submit a story whose title begins with "Show HN". Every Show HN appears on shownew. Once it clears a sma

Show HN Show HN is for something you've made that other people can play with. HN users can try it out, give you feedback, and ask questions in the thread. On topic: things people can run on their computers or hold in their hands. For hardware, you can post a video or detailed article. For books, a sample chapter is ok. Off topic: blog posts, sign-up pages, newsletters, lists, and other reading material. Those can't be tried out, so can't be Show HNs. Make a regular submission instead. The project should be non-trivial. Don't post quickly-generated one-offs; anybody can do that now. Share…

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