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Thank you for the feedback! I wasn't sure if people would be interested in how I made it. But yes I could publish that. I used the Next.js framework because I didn't want to set up an entire backend server in a separate repo. Besides that, I just inspected HackerNews's frontend code in Chrome Dev Tools to copy the simple UI/UX of this magnificent site!

Now I need to learn how to make the site better and gather more people. I am working on deeply nested comments right now and an RSS feed.

I saw your post, and very much appreciated it. Thanks for looking at the project for me.

Very cool - it looks awesome. Can I ask for advice on how you grow a user base?

No :( I am working on adding one right now (tonight). It will probably be up at the latest, by the end of the week (because I have a normal day job - I can only work on this project in the evenings). I'm not sure if you were the person who wrote me via email, but I took the suggestion to heart.

Thank you for your interest

I have no idea to be honest. My plan was to post it here, announce it to my newsletter, and then list it on Product Hunt, and then work on remaining features like recursive comments, and address any feedback I get from users. Do you have any advice on how to grow a webapp?

I will be posting my own posts on it just because I write a weekday newsletter, and so I am constantly searching for more information. I think there's a chance some people may look at my site, because there are many other people who have AI newsletters who need to source their information from somewhere. I suspect many are like me and keep an eye on HackerNews for interesting posts, as well as various subreddits, and Twitter, and other misc. sites.

Thank you! And thanks for the feedback.

I ended up following your suggestion and removed it from the navbar. Thanks again, looks cleaner.

I just checkout emergentminds, and subsequently bookmarked it. I like this guys UI/UX and concept. Thanks for sharing.

Yeah I agree with you. But I have to start somewhere. I thought I would launch this site and learn everything I can from it. Including how to grow it organically. Even if its a failure, I will still know a little more than I did before.

But I realize what you say is true, after all I have pretty much copied HackerNews to the best of my ability, so I'm assuming users will think to themselves, why not just stick to the original HackerNews?

Thanks for this feedback! I will remove it or place it in the contact page. You're right that was sort of a dumb move on my part.

I created the name for my newsletter when I was at a classic car show ("The Ice") in St. Moritz earlier this year. And shortly after that I started the weekday newsletter. Originally this domain just led to a static website that had a single input field where users could subscribe. But I wanted to make the landing page more interactive because I'm trying to build a community.

I appreciate your feedback. Perhaps it wasn't the smartest idea. Only time will tell.

Okay sounds good. Thanks for the feedback! Yes, I just announced it a couple hours ago to my newsletter subscribers. And this is my first promotional post of it on any web platform. I suspect if I keep at it, it may gain some users - maybe not. But either way I'll chalk it up to a learning experience.

Hey! I used Typescript and the Next.js framework. Not to ask stupid questions but what do you mean by the second sentence? Reach out to Paul Graham?

I did send an email out to my subscribers about the new site this morning. My goal is to have a platform that is entirely focused on AI developments, both technical and more general "news". I also want to expand into robotics because I'm starting to pick that up as a hobby.