Best of 2026

The blog posts Hacker News loved most in 2026. 26 posts.

Startups
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State of Show HN: 2025

I downloaded every Show HN post since the site was launched and ran them through a hierarchical topic model. I set out to discover what the Hacker News community finds interesting but in the process I ended up uncovering macro-economic trends, evidence of voting rings/fraud, and subtle shifts in behavior over the…