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Best of Show HN

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A directory of projects and startup launches posted on Hacker News' Show HN, ranked by Hacker News points and comment counts. Entries can be browsed by date (today, yesterday, week, month, year), by year from 2009 to 2026, by topic tags (such as AI, API, CLI, crypto, machine learning, Python, Rust, and many others), and by Y Combinator batch (S18 through S26, W18 through W26). Each listing shows a title, point count, comment count, submission date, author, and a link to the project website. The site also offers a weekly top-5 email digest and is credited to Andrey Azimov.

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