Show HN: Superblocks AI – AI coding assistant for internal apps - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36495680 - June 2023 (62 comments)
Of course, you can, as you point out, post outside Show HN but the same applies - the promotional effect has to be a consequence of interestingness so if you focus on interestingness, you get both and everyone wins.
I wonder if there's a lack of discoverability of HN rules for lots of folks or if I'm just too dense to personally figure it out.
As I've never posted one of these topics myself, is there some process hijacking in place that will divert folks to the specific applicable rules when they preface their subject with specific keywords?
The most important other links are https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html, both of which are linked in the footer of every HN page.
Specifically I was wondering where the rules are for things like Tell HN, Ask HN, or Launch HN (which I think is reserved for Y Combinator companies right?).
However in reviewing the guidelines again which you've kindly pulled out of the footer for me, I'm now noticing I should explicitly not be asking you questions here and should instead be asking through the email address. My apologies.
Re Launch HNs - yes, that's for YC startups - here's a link to the instructions I send founders, in case it's of interest: https://news.ycombinator.com/yli.html.
And while I'm at it, here's what we send them about HN job ads: https://news.ycombinator.com/jobguide.html.