I'm sure it's not new, it just seems to me to be flaring up recently.

A truly motivated individual is likely to realize that this question is Googleable and will find tons of information.

Agreed. And there are many other HN-related routes too - I've had great responses asking questions of HNOfficeHours individuals.

Making a nice resource, perhaps with some HN flavored info, would be really great were it to be referenced.

Do you think a compilation would be referenced enough to make it worthwhile? Sounds like a valuable side project if it would actually be used.