Interestingly, things like domain name registrations and new github repositories didn't have the an inflection point in recent years [0]. This means it's almost certainly that a greater portion of new projects are getting submitted as Show HN, not that there's more new projects overall.
Interestingly, things like domain name registrations and new github repositories didn't have the an inflection point in recent years [0]. This means it's almost certainly that a greater portion of new projects are getting submitted as Show HN, not that there's more new projects overall.
[0] https://mikelovesrobots.substack.com/p/wheres-the-shovelware...
Really suprising result that new public Github repositories haven't increased much. I wonder what actually caused the downtrend?
I'd be curious to see this article updated in a few months; post Opus 4.5 and other model updates we had towards the end of 2025.
Has anyone analyzed what is the proportion of AI-related submissions over time in HN?
Here is something like that https://beuke.org/hn-ai-coverage/