Signal over chronology
HN Radar ranks stories by a lightweight blend of points, comments, freshness, and page-specific context instead of replaying raw feed order.
About HN Radar
A signal layer on top of Hacker News.
HN Radar is built for developers, founders, and technical readers who want to understand what is worth attention, why it matters, and where the best discussion is happening.
Positioning
Not a Hacker News mirror.
The useful product is not the feed itself. It is the selection, organization, short notes, topic lenses, and comment evidence that help a reader decide what to open and what to skip.
- Current surfaces
- 6
- Primary source
- HN API
- Storage today
- Local
- Ad readiness
- Not yet
How HN Radar adds value
Notes and lenses
Daily picks, Show HN launches, Ask HN evidence, and topic pages add short explanatory notes about why a thread may be useful.
Pages that can become references
The roadmap is to preserve daily briefs, weekly watches, Ask HN summaries, and topic trend pages so useful discussion does not vanish with the feed.
Source and attribution
Respect the original source.
Story metadata is fetched from the public Hacker News API. Every story card links to the original source when one exists and to the Hacker News discussion thread.
HN Radar is independent and is not affiliated with Hacker News or Y Combinator.
Editorial standards
What this site should avoid.
- Always link to the original source and the Hacker News discussion.
- Do not present Hacker News submissions or comments as HN Radar's original reporting.
- Prefer selection, organization, notes, and summaries over copied content.
- Keep monetization away from loading, empty, and error states.
- Disclose live-generated pages that are not yet editorially persisted.
Trust pages
Corrections and product feedback
Use the contact page for source corrections, attribution questions, privacy questions, and focused project feedback.
Local-first reader state
The current prototype has no accounts. Saved and hidden stories are stored in this browser through localStorage.
Independent reading aid
HN Radar is independent from Hacker News and Y Combinator, and saved pages should be checked against original sources.
Current limitations
Most pages are still generated live in the browser. The next product step is to store daily snapshots, preserve curated notes, and make selected pages stable enough for search, sharing, and editorial review.
Saved and hidden stories are stored only in this browser through localStorage. There are no accounts, tracking profiles, or server-side personal watchlists in the current prototype.