Hacker News Reader

I used to visit it occasionally, mostly just to catch up on what people were building and maybe find something interesting every now and then. It was kind of like what StumbleUpon was back in the day, just random exploration of things people made. I almost never signed up for any product, though.

Back before PH was sold, I was on it every day. Between the acquisition, crypto project astroturfing, and AI hellscape; it's now pretty meaningless.

People have the delusion that they can launch a product there. I mean, you can, but you still have to do the 99% of the work it takes to get your product in front of the person who wants it.