I am considering starting a newsletter+blog on one of the platforms created just for this purpose. Main goals would be to give much more visibility than today to all my activities, not just the newsletter, and of course make some extra money if possible.
After some research, Substack and Beehiiv seem the best candidates, but I am not sure yet, and there may be others.
Ideally, I would need a platform that:
0. supports paid subscriptions
1. supports comments
2. has no *fixed* costs
3. allows *migrating* every post to a personal blog, after a month or so, leaving in the platform just a message like "this post is now available <here>
4. lets me say below each post or email "I also do other stuff, and you can support that other with donations"
IIUC, ONLY Substack checks the first 3 marks, but (even AFTER reading their Publisher Agreement) I am not sure if it allows n. 4 or not.
Every feedback is welcome, including pointers to other platforms that I may have missed!
Thanks!"},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"What's better for newsletter+blog? Substack or Beehiiv?"}},"_tags":["story","author_mfnex","story_34750462","ask_hn"],"author":"mfnex","children":[34752503,34752741,34753303,34767726,34771736,34789561],"created_at":"2023-02-11T07:51:47Z","created_at_i":1676101907,"num_comments":9,"objectID":"34750462","points":6,"story_id":34750462,"story_text":"I am a freelance researcher/author/teacher.
I am considering starting a newsletter+blog on one of the platforms created just for this purpose. Main goals would be to give much more visibility than today to all my activities, not just the newsletter, and of course make some extra money if possible.
After some research, Substack and Beehiiv seem the best candidates, but I am not sure yet, and there may be others.
Ideally, I would need a platform that:
0. supports paid subscriptions
1. supports comments
2. has no *fixed* costs
3. allows *migrating* every post to a personal blog, after a month or so, leaving in the platform just a message like "this post is now available <here>
4. lets me say below each post or email "I also do other stuff, and you can support that other with donations"
IIUC, ONLY Substack checks the first 3 marks, but (even AFTER reading their Publisher Agreement) I am not sure if it allows n. 4 or not.
Every feedback is welcome, including pointers to other platforms that I may have missed!
Thanks!","title":"What's better for newsletter+blog? Substack or Beehiiv?","updated_at":"2024-09-20T13:15:24Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"snotrockets"},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Beehiiv co-founder was able to say unequivocally \"Nazis are banned.\""},"url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://bsky.app/profile/marisakabas.bsky.social/post/3khzirnjjf32a"}},"_tags":["story","author_snotrockets","story_38847163"],"author":"snotrockets","children":[38847190,38847224,38848654],"created_at":"2024-01-02T21:05:32Z","created_at_i":1704229532,"num_comments":3,"objectID":"38847163","points":4,"story_id":38847163,"title":"Beehiiv co-founder was able to say unequivocally \"Nazis are banned.\"","updated_at":"2025-08-14T22:49:06Z","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/marisakabas.bsky.social/post/3khzirnjjf32a"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"ilreb"},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Beehiiv adds Cloudflare AI Crawl Control so writers can block or allow bots"},"url":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"https://siliconangle.com/2026/06/23/beehiiv-adds-cloudflare-ai-crawl-control-writers-can-block-allow-bots/"}},"_tags":["story","author_ilreb","story_48646997"],"author":"ilreb","created_at":"2026-06-23T15:53:26Z","created_at_i":1782230006,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"48646997","points":4,"story_id":48646997,"title":"Beehiiv adds Cloudflare AI Crawl Control so writers can block or allow bots","updated_at":"2026-06-23T16:09:48Z","url":"https://siliconangle.com/2026/06/23/beehiiv-adds-cloudflare-ai-crawl-control-writers-can-block-allow-bots/"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"bcohen123"},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Found to fixed: Beehiiv paywall bypass and leaked JWT token"},"url":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"https://bencohen.substack.com/p/found-to-fixed-beehiiv-paywall-bypass"}},"_tags":["story","author_bcohen123","story_45039295"],"author":"bcohen123","created_at":"2025-08-27T13:18:35Z","created_at_i":1756300715,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"45039295","points":4,"story_id":45039295,"title":"Found to fixed: Beehiiv paywall bypass and leaked JWT token","updated_at":"2026-04-29T13:31:04Z","url":"https://bencohen.substack.com/p/found-to-fixed-beehiiv-paywall-bypass"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"flurly"},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Beehiiv \u2013 The newsletter platform built for growth"},"url":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"https://www.beehiiv.com/"}},"_tags":["story","author_flurly","story_34667056"],"author":"flurly","created_at":"2023-02-05T17:59:19Z","created_at_i":1675619959,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"34667056","points":4,"story_id":34667056,"title":"Beehiiv \u2013 The newsletter platform built for growth","updated_at":"2024-09-20T13:17:01Z","url":"https://www.beehiiv.com/"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"isfttr"},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Complete Guide: How to Integrate Beehiiv with Hugo via Cloudflare Workers"},"url":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"https://www.lucasaguiar.xyz/posts/newsletter-beehiiv-cloudflare-github/"}},"_tags":["story","author_isfttr","story_48029059"],"author":"isfttr","children":[48081485],"created_at":"2026-05-05T21:45:23Z","created_at_i":1778017523,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"48029059","points":3,"story_id":48029059,"title":"Complete Guide: How to Integrate Beehiiv with Hugo via Cloudflare Workers","updated_at":"2026-05-10T06:26:23Z","url":"https://www.lucasaguiar.xyz/posts/newsletter-beehiiv-cloudflare-github/"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"imartin2k"},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"With Beehiiv, Tyler Denk Is Riding the Newsletter Wave"},"url":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"https://www.inc.com/ben-sherry/with-beehiiv-tyler-denk-is-riding-the-newsletter-wave/91022171"}},"_tags":["story","author_imartin2k","story_42452174"],"author":"imartin2k","created_at":"2024-12-18T16:46:45Z","created_at_i":1734540405,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"42452174","points":3,"story_id":42452174,"title":"With Beehiiv, Tyler Denk Is Riding the Newsletter Wave","updated_at":"2024-12-19T05:57:42Z","url":"https://www.inc.com/ben-sherry/with-beehiiv-tyler-denk-is-riding-the-newsletter-wave/91022171"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"josh_wardini"},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Beehiiv.com to 22M ARR from accidental SEO"},"url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://twitter.com/digi_literacy/status/1825600000082194676"}},"_tags":["story","author_josh_wardini","story_41293553"],"author":"josh_wardini","children":[41293554],"created_at":"2024-08-19T18:38:13Z","created_at_i":1724092693,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"41293553","points":3,"story_id":41293553,"title":"Beehiiv.com to 22M ARR from accidental SEO","updated_at":"2024-09-20T17:43:08Z","url":"https://twitter.com/digi_literacy/status/1825600000082194676"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"boeing767"},"story_text":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"I'm looking to start a similar service, can I just use a bulk mailing API like Mailgun?
Is that how it works?"},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Ask HN: How do services like Substack and Beehiiv send email?"}},"_tags":["story","author_boeing767","story_35578178","ask_hn"],"author":"boeing767","children":[35578191,35578352],"created_at":"2023-04-15T06:35:18Z","created_at_i":1681540518,"num_comments":13,"objectID":"35578178","points":2,"story_id":35578178,"story_text":"I'm looking to start a similar service, can I just use a bulk mailing API like Mailgun?
Is that how it works?","title":"Ask HN: How do services like Substack and Beehiiv send email?","updated_at":"2025-02-24T06:30:29Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"marban"},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Newsletter platform beehiiv launches multi-million dollar journalism fund"},"url":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"https://www.axios.com/2024/11/14/beehiiv-newsletter-journalism-fund"}},"_tags":["story","author_marban","story_42143795"],"author":"marban","created_at":"2024-11-15T03:45:05Z","created_at_i":1731642305,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"42143795","points":2,"story_id":42143795,"title":"Newsletter platform beehiiv launches multi-million dollar journalism fund","updated_at":"2024-11-15T04:52:19Z","url":"https://www.axios.com/2024/11/14/beehiiv-newsletter-journalism-fund"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"rosishi"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Hi all,\nI just created Beehiiv newsletter where I plan to share my progress and what I learn while building a mini startup."},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Show HN: I created Beehiiv newsletter to share my Startup story"},"url":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"https://rosishi.beehiiv.com/subscribe"}},"_tags":["story","author_rosishi","story_40895570","show_hn"],"author":"rosishi","children":[40895694],"created_at":"2024-07-07T05:55:39Z","created_at_i":1720331739,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"40895570","points":2,"story_id":40895570,"story_text":"Hi all,\nI just created Beehiiv newsletter where I plan to share my progress and what I learn while building a mini startup.","title":"Show HN: I created Beehiiv newsletter to share my Startup story","updated_at":"2024-09-20T17:27:54Z","url":"https://rosishi.beehiiv.com/subscribe"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"subdomain"},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"When Freemium Is Limiting: My Frustrations with Beehiiv"},"url":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"https://micahblachman.beehiiv.com/p/when-freemium-is-limiting"}},"_tags":["story","author_subdomain","story_47379363"],"author":"subdomain","created_at":"2026-03-14T18:06:56Z","created_at_i":1773511616,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"47379363","points":1,"story_id":47379363,"title":"When Freemium Is Limiting: My Frustrations with Beehiiv","updated_at":"2026-03-14T18:09:59Z","url":"https://micahblachman.beehiiv.com/p/when-freemium-is-limiting"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"valliveeti"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Created a simple tool to solve our own problem of syncing new users from supabase to our beehiiv. Hopefully you also find it useful.
Includes:\nChecks for unsubscriptions to not resubscribe unsubscribed people.\nDry runs to double check the additions we would do.
No immediate plans to extend this with new features."},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Show HN: Sync Supabase Users to Beehiiv"},"url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://emails.lindra.ai"}},"_tags":["story","author_valliveeti","story_45913507","show_hn"],"author":"valliveeti","created_at":"2025-11-13T11:10:56Z","created_at_i":1763032256,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"45913507","points":1,"story_id":45913507,"story_text":"Created a simple tool to solve our own problem of syncing new users from supabase to our beehiiv. Hopefully you also find it useful.
Includes:\nChecks for unsubscriptions to not resubscribe unsubscribed people.\nDry runs to double check the additions we would do.
No immediate plans to extend this with new features.","title":"Show HN: Sync Supabase Users to Beehiiv","updated_at":"2026-03-05T22:58:20Z","url":"https://emails.lindra.ai"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"elsadek"},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"ByteSize, a weekly newsletter by the team at Experts Exchange Beehiiv"},"url":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"https://e-e.beehiiv.com/subscribe"}},"_tags":["story","author_elsadek","story_43977082"],"author":"elsadek","created_at":"2025-05-13T20:03:45Z","created_at_i":1747166625,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"43977082","points":1,"story_id":43977082,"title":"ByteSize, a weekly newsletter by the team at Experts Exchange Beehiiv","updated_at":"2025-05-13T20:06:24Z","url":"https://e-e.beehiiv.com/subscribe"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"mooreds"},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Beehiiv vs. ConvertKit \u2013 the best newsletter software for 2025"},"url":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"https://www.highsignal.io/beehiiv-vs-convertkit-review/"}},"_tags":["story","author_mooreds","story_42865052"],"author":"mooreds","created_at":"2025-01-29T14:10:18Z","created_at_i":1738159818,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"42865052","points":1,"story_id":42865052,"title":"Beehiiv vs. ConvertKit \u2013 the best newsletter software for 2025","updated_at":"2025-01-29T14:15:05Z","url":"https://www.highsignal.io/beehiiv-vs-convertkit-review/"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"RohitLakh"},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Show HN: Poggl \u2013 Cross Promote Content from Beehiiv to Other Social Media"},"url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://poggl.com/"}},"_tags":["story","author_RohitLakh","story_41088047","show_hn"],"author":"RohitLakh","created_at":"2024-07-27T17:29:16Z","created_at_i":1722101356,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"41088047","points":1,"story_id":41088047,"title":"Show HN: Poggl \u2013 Cross Promote Content from Beehiiv to Other Social Media","updated_at":"2024-09-20T17:32:34Z","url":"https://poggl.com/"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"fatfox"},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Beehiiv Acquires Typedream"},"url":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"https://mail.bigdeskenergy.com/p/beehiiv-acquires-typedream"}},"_tags":["story","author_fatfox","story_40789894"],"author":"fatfox","created_at":"2024-06-25T15:34:04Z","created_at_i":1719329644,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"40789894","points":1,"story_id":40789894,"title":"Beehiiv Acquires Typedream","updated_at":"2024-09-20T17:21:01Z","url":"https://mail.bigdeskenergy.com/p/beehiiv-acquires-typedream"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"doener"},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Beehiiv: The Newsletter Platform Built for Growth"},"url":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"https://www.beehiiv.com/"}},"_tags":["story","author_doener","story_40377247"],"author":"doener","created_at":"2024-05-16T11:56:08Z","created_at_i":1715860568,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"40377247","points":1,"story_id":40377247,"title":"Beehiiv: The Newsletter Platform Built for Growth","updated_at":"2024-09-20T17:06:22Z","url":"https://www.beehiiv.com/"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"meetpateltech"},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Beehiiv Raises $12.5M Series A Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners"},"url":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"https://blog.beehiiv.com/p/beehiiv-raises-12-5-series-a-lightspeed-venture-partners"}},"_tags":["story","author_meetpateltech","story_36420729"],"author":"meetpateltech","created_at":"2023-06-21T16:32:25Z","created_at_i":1687365145,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"36420729","points":1,"story_id":36420729,"title":"Beehiiv Raises $12.5M Series A Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners","updated_at":"2024-09-20T14:23:27Z","url":"https://blog.beehiiv.com/p/beehiiv-raises-12-5-series-a-lightspeed-venture-partners"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"liberia"},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Beehiiv \u2013 The newsletter platform built for growth"},"url":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"https://www.beehiiv.com/"}},"_tags":["story","author_liberia","story_34432563"],"author":"liberia","created_at":"2023-01-18T20:27:24Z","created_at_i":1674073644,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"34432563","points":1,"story_id":34432563,"title":"Beehiiv \u2013 The newsletter platform built for growth","updated_at":"2024-09-20T13:01:44Z","url":"https://www.beehiiv.com/"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"japhyr"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"I've been writing on Substack for the last year, and from the beginning I've been aware that I might want to migrate to a different platform at some point. I've been looking into the various alternatives to Substack for a while, and always found it difficult to compare costs across the different platforms. There's just too many variables that factor into the cost, and each platform has a slightly different pricing scheme.
I've also been looking for the chance to try Streamlit, a Python library for making dashboards. Getting started with Streamlit was even easier than I imagined, so I ended up making a dashboard for comparing the costs of hosting a newsletter on each of five platforms: Ghost Pro, Buttondown, beehiiv, Substack, and ConvertKit. You can input the number of subscribers you need to support, the percentage of subscribers with a paid subscription, and the average annual revenue per paid subscriber.
If anyone here is thinking of starting a newsletter, or migrating to a different platform, you might find it helpful. If you've been curious about Streamlit, you might be interested as well. There's a link to the GitHub issue tracker, so if you find anything broken or inaccurate feel free to comment here or open an issue.
One thing that's interesting to see is how differently some of the pricing schemes behave at lower subscriber numbers, and lower annual revenue amounts. Someone with a large following and a large revenue base has a much different set of choices than someone with a small subscriber base and a lower ratio of paid subscribers.
https://nl-compare.streamlit.app"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Show HN: Easily compare the costs of newsletter platforms"},"url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://nl-compare.streamlit.app"}},"_tags":["story","author_japhyr","story_39193306","show_hn"],"author":"japhyr","children":[39197583,39200685,39204987],"created_at":"2024-01-30T17:55:19Z","created_at_i":1706637319,"num_comments":6,"objectID":"39193306","points":21,"story_id":39193306,"story_text":"I've been writing on Substack for the last year, and from the beginning I've been aware that I might want to migrate to a different platform at some point. I've been looking into the various alternatives to Substack for a while, and always found it difficult to compare costs across the different platforms. There's just too many variables that factor into the cost, and each platform has a slightly different pricing scheme.
I've also been looking for the chance to try Streamlit, a Python library for making dashboards. Getting started with Streamlit was even easier than I imagined, so I ended up making a dashboard for comparing the costs of hosting a newsletter on each of five platforms: Ghost Pro, Buttondown, beehiiv, Substack, and ConvertKit. You can input the number of subscribers you need to support, the percentage of subscribers with a paid subscription, and the average annual revenue per paid subscriber.
If anyone here is thinking of starting a newsletter, or migrating to a different platform, you might find it helpful. If you've been curious about Streamlit, you might be interested as well. There's a link to the GitHub issue tracker, so if you find anything broken or inaccurate feel free to comment here or open an issue.
One thing that's interesting to see is how differently some of the pricing schemes behave at lower subscriber numbers, and lower annual revenue amounts. Someone with a large following and a large revenue base has a much different set of choices than someone with a small subscriber base and a lower ratio of paid subscribers.
https://nl-compare.streamlit.app","title":"Show HN: Easily compare the costs of newsletter platforms","updated_at":"2024-09-20T16:19:31Z","url":"https://nl-compare.streamlit.app"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"penaazv"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Is Substack a good option? Is it Beehiiv? Something else?
If you're aware of the pros-cons, it'd be super helpful. Thanks!"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Ask HN: What's the best place to start a newsletter?"}},"_tags":["story","author_penaazv","story_37464463","ask_hn"],"author":"penaazv","children":[37464486,37465521,37465536,37471253],"created_at":"2023-09-11T08:31:54Z","created_at_i":1694421114,"num_comments":12,"objectID":"37464463","points":9,"story_id":37464463,"story_text":"Is Substack a good option? Is it Beehiiv? Something else?
If you're aware of the pros-cons, it'd be super helpful. Thanks!","title":"Ask HN: What's the best place to start a newsletter?","updated_at":"2025-01-02T12:14:52Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"kanhakorgaonkar"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"for buildspace n&w szn 4, ive been working on a newsletter over the last 6 weeks.
it's like the milk road, but for emerging technology: crypto, ai, quantum computing, biotech, gene editing, autonomous vehicles, future of food, 3d/4d printing, clean energy, bcis, and so much more!
happylemon is your smart good-looking techbro friend who sends you an email every morning with everything you need to know about fresh breakthroughs in emerging tech in simple language.
check it out: https://happylemon.beehiiv.com
my motivation for building this is that most people around me aren't even aware of how innovation and tech is making our lives better and how much progress we're making. instead, people are scared of tech. only with consistent, high quality evangelism of technological progress, we will inspire the masses to accelerate and erase doomer mentality.
if you wanna know what's going on in tech, or are interested in the world's biggest problems, you gotta check out happylemon. and pls get your non-tech friends and family to subscribe!"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"A fun daily newsletter on emerging tech"}},"_tags":["story","author_kanhakorgaonkar","story_37480043","ask_hn"],"author":"kanhakorgaonkar","children":[37480135,37480865,37482131,37494006],"created_at":"2023-09-12T12:26:24Z","created_at_i":1694521584,"num_comments":5,"objectID":"37480043","points":6,"story_id":37480043,"story_text":"for buildspace n&w szn 4, ive been working on a newsletter over the last 6 weeks.
it's like the milk road, but for emerging technology: crypto, ai, quantum computing, biotech, gene editing, autonomous vehicles, future of food, 3d/4d printing, clean energy, bcis, and so much more!
happylemon is your smart good-looking techbro friend who sends you an email every morning with everything you need to know about fresh breakthroughs in emerging tech in simple language.
check it out: https://happylemon.beehiiv.com
my motivation for building this is that most people around me aren't even aware of how innovation and tech is making our lives better and how much progress we're making. instead, people are scared of tech. only with consistent, high quality evangelism of technological progress, we will inspire the masses to accelerate and erase doomer mentality.
if you wanna know what's going on in tech, or are interested in the world's biggest problems, you gotta check out happylemon. and pls get your non-tech friends and family to subscribe!","title":"A fun daily newsletter on emerging tech","updated_at":"2024-09-20T15:06:35Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"floydax"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Hey, HN community! I'm excited to share the fifth issue of our AI/ML Weekly Digest. This innovative newsletter uses the power of GPT-4 to analyse and curate the most relevant and exciting AI/ML stories from Hacker News. This week I also share with our subscribers a curated list of resources during my learning journey https://github.com/vlameiras/ai-ml-resources/ GPT-4 scours through the top stories on Hacker News to bring you a concise summary and sentiment analysis of the hottest AI/ML news each week.\nSubscribe & Stay Updated
To get the complete weekly digest delivered straight to your inbox, subscribe now at https://hn-ai-newsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe. You'll receive a comprehensive, easy-to-read summary of the essential AI/ML news and the sentiment analysis for each story. Stay on top of the latest trends, breakthroughs, artificial intelligence and machine learning discussions!
Feel free to leave feedback, questions, or suggestions in the comments. Looking forward to hearing what you think!
Happy reading!"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Show HN: AI/ML Weekly Digest \u2013 Curated by LLM, Summarized and Sentiment-Analyzed"},"url":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"https://hn-ai-newsletter.beehiiv.com/p/last-weeks-ai-highlights-hn-20"}},"_tags":["story","author_floydax","story_37954932","show_hn"],"author":"floydax","children":[37960740,37987332],"created_at":"2023-10-20T11:53:37Z","created_at_i":1697802817,"num_comments":2,"objectID":"37954932","points":5,"story_id":37954932,"story_text":"Hey, HN community! I'm excited to share the fifth issue of our AI/ML Weekly Digest. This innovative newsletter uses the power of GPT-4 to analyse and curate the most relevant and exciting AI/ML stories from Hacker News. This week I also share with our subscribers a curated list of resources during my learning journey https://github.com/vlameiras/ai-ml-resources/ GPT-4 scours through the top stories on Hacker News to bring you a concise summary and sentiment analysis of the hottest AI/ML news each week.\nSubscribe & Stay Updated
To get the complete weekly digest delivered straight to your inbox, subscribe now at https://hn-ai-newsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe. You'll receive a comprehensive, easy-to-read summary of the essential AI/ML news and the sentiment analysis for each story. Stay on top of the latest trends, breakthroughs, artificial intelligence and machine learning discussions!
Feel free to leave feedback, questions, or suggestions in the comments. Looking forward to hearing what you think!
Happy reading!","title":"Show HN: AI/ML Weekly Digest \u2013 Curated by LLM, Summarized and Sentiment-Analyzed","updated_at":"2024-09-20T15:26:16Z","url":"https://hn-ai-newsletter.beehiiv.com/p/last-weeks-ai-highlights-hn-20"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"jmiran15"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"I hope you find these AI breakthroughs and projects as exciting as I do! I'd love to hear your thoughts, opinions, and predictions about these advancements in the comments below. Let's have a lively discussion! \nI'm also excited to announce that I've started a free daily newsletter called "The AI Revolution" to help you stay updated on the latest AI advancements, all in one place. Today's post is just the first issue, and I'm completely open to suggestions for improving tomorrow's newsletter. Your feedback will be invaluable in shaping this resource.\nSubscribe to "The AI Revolution" and never miss an update: https://theairevolution.beehiiv.com/subscribe \nAnd feel free to follow us on Twitter for more recent updates: https://twitter.com/TheAIRevolu\nLooking forward to your thoughts and ideas!"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Show HN: The Coolest advancements in AI this week"},"url":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"https://theairevolution.beehiiv.com/"}},"_tags":["story","author_jmiran15","story_35511536","show_hn"],"author":"jmiran15","children":[35511551,35521513,35523946],"created_at":"2023-04-10T12:35:30Z","created_at_i":1681130130,"num_comments":4,"objectID":"35511536","points":4,"story_id":35511536,"story_text":"I hope you find these AI breakthroughs and projects as exciting as I do! I'd love to hear your thoughts, opinions, and predictions about these advancements in the comments below. Let's have a lively discussion! \nI'm also excited to announce that I've started a free daily newsletter called "The AI Revolution" to help you stay updated on the latest AI advancements, all in one place. Today's post is just the first issue, and I'm completely open to suggestions for improving tomorrow's newsletter. Your feedback will be invaluable in shaping this resource.\nSubscribe to "The AI Revolution" and never miss an update: https://theairevolution.beehiiv.com/subscribe \nAnd feel free to follow us on Twitter for more recent updates: https://twitter.com/TheAIRevolu\nLooking forward to your thoughts and ideas!","title":"Show HN: The Coolest advancements in AI this week","updated_at":"2024-09-20T13:45:58Z","url":"https://theairevolution.beehiiv.com/"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"floydax"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Hey, HN community!\nI'm excited to share the fifth issue of our AI/ML Weekly Digest. This innovative newsletter uses the power of GPT-4 to analyse and curate the most relevant and exciting AI/ML stories from Hacker News.
This week I also share with our subscribers a curated list of resources during my learning journey https://github.com/vlameiras/ai-ml-resources/
GPT-4 scours through the top stories on Hacker News to bring you a concise summary and sentiment analysis of the hottest AI/ML news each week.
Subscribe & Stay Updated
To get the complete weekly digest delivered straight to your inbox, subscribe now at https://hn-ai-newsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe. You'll receive a comprehensive, easy-to-read summary of the essential AI/ML news and the sentiment analysis for each story. Stay on top of the latest trends, breakthroughs, artificial intelligence and machine learning discussions!
Feel free to leave feedback, questions, or suggestions in the comments. Looking forward to hearing what you think!
Happy reading!"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Show HN: AI/ML Weekly Digest \u2013 Curated by LLM, Summarized and Sentiment-Analyzed"},"url":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"https://hn-ai-newsletter.beehiiv.com/p/last-weeks-ai-highlights-hn-9"}},"_tags":["story","author_floydax","story_36812066","show_hn"],"author":"floydax","created_at":"2023-07-21T10:12:02Z","created_at_i":1689934322,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"36812066","points":4,"story_id":36812066,"story_text":"Hey, HN community!\nI'm excited to share the fifth issue of our AI/ML Weekly Digest. This innovative newsletter uses the power of GPT-4 to analyse and curate the most relevant and exciting AI/ML stories from Hacker News.
This week I also share with our subscribers a curated list of resources during my learning journey https://github.com/vlameiras/ai-ml-resources/
GPT-4 scours through the top stories on Hacker News to bring you a concise summary and sentiment analysis of the hottest AI/ML news each week.
Subscribe & Stay Updated
To get the complete weekly digest delivered straight to your inbox, subscribe now at https://hn-ai-newsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe. You'll receive a comprehensive, easy-to-read summary of the essential AI/ML news and the sentiment analysis for each story. Stay on top of the latest trends, breakthroughs, artificial intelligence and machine learning discussions!
Feel free to leave feedback, questions, or suggestions in the comments. Looking forward to hearing what you think!
Happy reading!","title":"Show HN: AI/ML Weekly Digest \u2013 Curated by LLM, Summarized and Sentiment-Analyzed","updated_at":"2024-09-20T14:34:15Z","url":"https://hn-ai-newsletter.beehiiv.com/p/last-weeks-ai-highlights-hn-9"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"hadiaz"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"We launched HeyCloud about 3 months ago, and almost immediately got our first beta customers.
However, most customers are individual developers/devops building small cloud infras. 60% of them use it for learning purposes (mainly learning AWS for now).
I always thought HeyCloud is more suitable for B2B customers, with limited devops resources and actual complexity in their infra. This is where I think the most value we can provide is.
It was until recently, last week, that some B2B companies (mid market cos) started subscribing to test it. My guess is they found me via my newsletter https://heycloud.beehiiv.com/
Tbh, I'm still not sure which path to pursue: stick with individual developers, niche down to educational features, or still shooting for b2b customers.
Will write updates here though ..."},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Show HN: After 3 months, I'm finally getting some interest from B2B customers"},"url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://www.heycloud.ai"}},"_tags":["story","author_hadiaz","story_39334812","show_hn"],"author":"hadiaz","children":[39342002,39347836],"created_at":"2024-02-11T13:21:51Z","created_at_i":1707657711,"num_comments":2,"objectID":"39334812","points":3,"story_id":39334812,"story_text":"We launched HeyCloud about 3 months ago, and almost immediately got our first beta customers.
However, most customers are individual developers/devops building small cloud infras. 60% of them use it for learning purposes (mainly learning AWS for now).
I always thought HeyCloud is more suitable for B2B customers, with limited devops resources and actual complexity in their infra. This is where I think the most value we can provide is.
It was until recently, last week, that some B2B companies (mid market cos) started subscribing to test it. My guess is they found me via my newsletter https://heycloud.beehiiv.com/
Tbh, I'm still not sure which path to pursue: stick with individual developers, niche down to educational features, or still shooting for b2b customers.
Will write updates here though ...","title":"Show HN: After 3 months, I'm finally getting some interest from B2B customers","updated_at":"2025-09-01T00:31:20Z","url":"https://www.heycloud.ai"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"calebmontiveros"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"We're running an AI-immunity challenge where we use publicly available AI tools to complete professors\u2019 trickiest assignments in an hour. Our goal is simply to figure out what AI can and cannot do, so that professors are better informed.
Our last entrant sent in an economics project for "Sex and Gender in the Economy." The assignment requires the student to read a book, formulate an economic hypothesis based on its themes, find five recent economics journal articles to support this hypothesis, and create an annotated bibliography analyzing them.
We used ChatGPT3.5, Consensus.app, Scribbr, ChatPDF, and Sayge to try to complete it. We ran into trouble finding appropriate journal articles (using these publicly available AI alone), as well as analyzing them. The other aspects were no trouble, and we explain why even these tricky aspects will be much less trouble with the AI tools coming down the pike.
Here are our takeaways for professors:
- Professors\u2019 assignments should rely on unique and/or obscure content, and require students to find it and engage with what makes it unique.
- Professors should be thinking about field-specific standards that are challenging for AI tools to meet in completing their assignments.
- Crucially \u2014 and we cannot emphasize this enough \u2014 professors should experiment to see if they can get the latest integrated tools (whether ChatPDF or the paywalled ones) to generate responses that are sufficiently sensitive to their standards to receive good grades on their take-home written assignments. Experimentation is crucial now and will be even more crucial in the coming six months (mind you, we will be doing a lot of this experimentation, so stay tuned here for more updates).
- Professors should make their assignments multi-step, which increases the likelihood that a AI-related snafu is amplified into a problem with respect to their assignments\u2019 rubrics.
- Seemingly, TurnItIn can be circumvented rather easily (though we will address this issue at greater length later this summer when we follow up on our prior post on Winston AI).
https://automated.beehiiv.com/p/failed-plagiarize-economics-project-ai"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"We Failed to \u201cPlagiarize\u201d an Economics Project with AI"}},"_tags":["story","author_calebmontiveros","story_36392726","ask_hn"],"author":"calebmontiveros","children":[36392732,36392734],"created_at":"2023-06-19T16:11:37Z","created_at_i":1687191097,"num_comments":1,"objectID":"36392726","points":3,"story_id":36392726,"story_text":"We're running an AI-immunity challenge where we use publicly available AI tools to complete professors\u2019 trickiest assignments in an hour. Our goal is simply to figure out what AI can and cannot do, so that professors are better informed.
Our last entrant sent in an economics project for "Sex and Gender in the Economy." The assignment requires the student to read a book, formulate an economic hypothesis based on its themes, find five recent economics journal articles to support this hypothesis, and create an annotated bibliography analyzing them.
We used ChatGPT3.5, Consensus.app, Scribbr, ChatPDF, and Sayge to try to complete it. We ran into trouble finding appropriate journal articles (using these publicly available AI alone), as well as analyzing them. The other aspects were no trouble, and we explain why even these tricky aspects will be much less trouble with the AI tools coming down the pike.
Here are our takeaways for professors:
- Professors\u2019 assignments should rely on unique and/or obscure content, and require students to find it and engage with what makes it unique.
- Professors should be thinking about field-specific standards that are challenging for AI tools to meet in completing their assignments.
- Crucially \u2014 and we cannot emphasize this enough \u2014 professors should experiment to see if they can get the latest integrated tools (whether ChatPDF or the paywalled ones) to generate responses that are sufficiently sensitive to their standards to receive good grades on their take-home written assignments. Experimentation is crucial now and will be even more crucial in the coming six months (mind you, we will be doing a lot of this experimentation, so stay tuned here for more updates).
- Professors should make their assignments multi-step, which increases the likelihood that a AI-related snafu is amplified into a problem with respect to their assignments\u2019 rubrics.
- Seemingly, TurnItIn can be circumvented rather easily (though we will address this issue at greater length later this summer when we follow up on our prior post on Winston AI).
https://automated.beehiiv.com/p/failed-plagiarize-economics-project-ai","title":"We Failed to \u201cPlagiarize\u201d an Economics Project with AI","updated_at":"2024-09-20T14:28:42Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"BerkLee19"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"https://unheard-roots.beehiiv.com/p/netflix"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"The Unheard Founding Story of Netflix"}},"_tags":["story","author_BerkLee19","story_36036112","ask_hn"],"author":"BerkLee19","created_at":"2023-05-22T20:12:15Z","created_at_i":1684786335,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"36036112","points":3,"story_id":36036112,"story_text":"https://unheard-roots.beehiiv.com/p/netflix","title":"The Unheard Founding Story of Netflix","updated_at":"2024-09-20T14:10:40Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"floydax"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Hey, HN community!
I'm excited to share the fifth issue of our AI/ML Weekly Digest. This innovative newsletter uses the power of GPT-4 to analyse and curate the most relevant and exciting AI/ML stories from Hacker News.
This week I also share with our subscribers a curated list of resources during my learning journey https://github.com/vlameiras/ai-ml-resources/
GPT-4 scours through the top stories on Hacker News to bring you a concise summary and sentiment analysis of the hottest AI/ML news each week.
Subscribe & Stay Updated
To get the complete weekly digest delivered straight to your inbox, subscribe now at https://hn-ai-newsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe. You'll receive a comprehensive, easy-to-read summary of the essential AI/ML news and the sentiment analysis for each story. Stay on top of the latest trends, breakthroughs, artificial intelligence and machine learning discussions!
Feel free to leave feedback, questions, or suggestions in the comments. Looking forward to hearing what you think!
Happy reading!"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Show HN: AI/ML Weekly Digest \u2013 Curated by LLM, Summarized and Sentiment-Analyzed"},"url":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"https://hn-ai-newsletter.beehiiv.com/p/last-weeks-ai-highlights-hn-5"}},"_tags":["story","author_floydax","story_36002269","show_hn"],"author":"floydax","created_at":"2023-05-19T14:17:01Z","created_at_i":1684505821,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"36002269","points":3,"story_id":36002269,"story_text":"Hey, HN community!
I'm excited to share the fifth issue of our AI/ML Weekly Digest. This innovative newsletter uses the power of GPT-4 to analyse and curate the most relevant and exciting AI/ML stories from Hacker News.
This week I also share with our subscribers a curated list of resources during my learning journey https://github.com/vlameiras/ai-ml-resources/
GPT-4 scours through the top stories on Hacker News to bring you a concise summary and sentiment analysis of the hottest AI/ML news each week.
Subscribe & Stay Updated
To get the complete weekly digest delivered straight to your inbox, subscribe now at https://hn-ai-newsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe. You'll receive a comprehensive, easy-to-read summary of the essential AI/ML news and the sentiment analysis for each story. Stay on top of the latest trends, breakthroughs, artificial intelligence and machine learning discussions!
Feel free to leave feedback, questions, or suggestions in the comments. Looking forward to hearing what you think!
Happy reading!","title":"Show HN: AI/ML Weekly Digest \u2013 Curated by LLM, Summarized and Sentiment-Analyzed","updated_at":"2024-09-20T14:06:32Z","url":"https://hn-ai-newsletter.beehiiv.com/p/last-weeks-ai-highlights-hn-5"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"floydax"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Hey, HN community!
I'm excited to share the third issue of our AI/ML Weekly Digest. This innovative newsletter uses the power of an LLM (Large Language Model) to analyse and curate the most relevant and exciting AI/ML stories from Hacker News.
Our LLM scours through the top stories on Hacker News to bring you a concise summary and sentiment analysis (via emojis) of the hottest AI/ML news each week.
Subscribe & Stay Updated
To get the complete weekly digest delivered straight to your inbox, subscribe now at https://hn-ai-newsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe. You'll receive a comprehensive, easy-to-read summary of the essential AI/ML news and the sentiment analysis for each story. Stay on top of the latest trends, breakthroughs, and artificial intelligence and machine learning discussions!
Feel free to leave feedback, questions, or suggestions in the comments. Looking forward to hearing what you think!
Happy reading!"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Show HN: AI/ML Weekly Digest \u2013 Curated by LLM, Summarized and Sentiment-Analyzed"},"url":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"https://hn-ai-newsletter.beehiiv.com/p/last-weeks-ai-highlights-hn-3"}},"_tags":["story","author_floydax","story_35739937","show_hn"],"author":"floydax","created_at":"2023-04-28T11:25:09Z","created_at_i":1682681109,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"35739937","points":3,"story_id":35739937,"story_text":"Hey, HN community!
I'm excited to share the third issue of our AI/ML Weekly Digest. This innovative newsletter uses the power of an LLM (Large Language Model) to analyse and curate the most relevant and exciting AI/ML stories from Hacker News.
Our LLM scours through the top stories on Hacker News to bring you a concise summary and sentiment analysis (via emojis) of the hottest AI/ML news each week.
Subscribe & Stay Updated
To get the complete weekly digest delivered straight to your inbox, subscribe now at https://hn-ai-newsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe. You'll receive a comprehensive, easy-to-read summary of the essential AI/ML news and the sentiment analysis for each story. Stay on top of the latest trends, breakthroughs, and artificial intelligence and machine learning discussions!
Feel free to leave feedback, questions, or suggestions in the comments. Looking forward to hearing what you think!
Happy reading!","title":"Show HN: AI/ML Weekly Digest \u2013 Curated by LLM, Summarized and Sentiment-Analyzed","updated_at":"2024-09-20T13:59:14Z","url":"https://hn-ai-newsletter.beehiiv.com/p/last-weeks-ai-highlights-hn-3"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"arjun060601"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Hey HN \u2014 solo founder here. I built TheDailyPoop because every morning newsletter reads like a press release with a coffee emoji slapped on top.
TheDailyPoop is a daily news briefing written in a voice I call "The Jester" \u2014 dark, satirical, equal-opportunity roasting. Think if Cards Against Humanity wrote a newspaper. 25 stories every morning, 200-400 words each, no images, no fluff.
Every story gets signature devices:
"Translation:" \u2014 when a CEO says "strategic workforce optimization," we say "4,000 people just got fired over Zoom before Christmas"\n"The Number:" \u2014 one stat so wild it deserves its own moment\n"The Bottom Line:" \u2014 a mic-drop closer for every story\nWe also run 6 daily games built from the headlines \u2014 spot the fake headline, guess who said it (CEO vs. dictator vs. cult leader), rank stories by insanity level.
Stack: Next.js 16, Supabase, Inngest for background jobs/cron, Beehiiv for email, RevenueCat for subscriptions. iOS app in SwiftUI.
The rule: roast the powerful, defend the powerless. CEOs, politicians, billionaires are fair game. We're not partisan \u2014 we roast everyone. The jester serves truth, not teams.
Free newsletter every morning at 7:30 AM ET. Would love feedback on the voice and the product."},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Show HN: TheDailyPoop \u2013 Daily News, but Funny"},"url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://www.thedailypoop.lol/"}},"_tags":["story","author_arjun060601","story_47251573","show_hn"],"author":"arjun060601","children":[47251907,47255055],"created_at":"2026-03-04T18:18:35Z","created_at_i":1772648315,"num_comments":2,"objectID":"47251573","points":2,"story_id":47251573,"story_text":"Hey HN \u2014 solo founder here. I built TheDailyPoop because every morning newsletter reads like a press release with a coffee emoji slapped on top.
TheDailyPoop is a daily news briefing written in a voice I call "The Jester" \u2014 dark, satirical, equal-opportunity roasting. Think if Cards Against Humanity wrote a newspaper. 25 stories every morning, 200-400 words each, no images, no fluff.
Every story gets signature devices:
"Translation:" \u2014 when a CEO says "strategic workforce optimization," we say "4,000 people just got fired over Zoom before Christmas"\n"The Number:" \u2014 one stat so wild it deserves its own moment\n"The Bottom Line:" \u2014 a mic-drop closer for every story\nWe also run 6 daily games built from the headlines \u2014 spot the fake headline, guess who said it (CEO vs. dictator vs. cult leader), rank stories by insanity level.
Stack: Next.js 16, Supabase, Inngest for background jobs/cron, Beehiiv for email, RevenueCat for subscriptions. iOS app in SwiftUI.
The rule: roast the powerful, defend the powerless. CEOs, politicians, billionaires are fair game. We're not partisan \u2014 we roast everyone. The jester serves truth, not teams.
Free newsletter every morning at 7:30 AM ET. Would love feedback on the voice and the product.","title":"Show HN: TheDailyPoop \u2013 Daily News, but Funny","updated_at":"2026-03-05T23:41:37Z","url":"https://www.thedailypoop.lol/"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"subdomain"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Hi HN,
I'm Micah Blachman, the creator of Crosspassion.
Crosspassion aims to be Reddit, but for finding where your interests overlap. If I was interested in, say, mechanical keyboards and type design, I could check the mechanical keyboard/type design community, and look at the latest discoveries of projects that combine both interests. Plus, you get to connect with people who share your exact crosspassion, or interest combination.
I'm not a developer, so I used Lovable for the code. I'm the first to say AI-generated websites and web apps are not a match for the quality of human-created projects, but Crosspassion is still very early-stage.
I'd love feedback on how to improve Crosspassion, and if you're a developer and you have any ideas about how to take the project to the next level, feel free to reach out!
I wrote about the idea behind Crosspassion on my newsletter: https://micahblachman.beehiiv.com/p/crosspassion/, and you can contact me at micah.blachman@gmail.com.
-Micah"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Show HN: Reddit but for finding where your interests overlap"},"url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://crosspassion.lovable.app/"}},"_tags":["story","author_subdomain","story_47114466","show_hn"],"author":"subdomain","created_at":"2026-02-22T20:43:40Z","created_at_i":1771793020,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"47114466","points":2,"story_id":47114466,"story_text":"Hi HN,
I'm Micah Blachman, the creator of Crosspassion.
Crosspassion aims to be Reddit, but for finding where your interests overlap. If I was interested in, say, mechanical keyboards and type design, I could check the mechanical keyboard/type design community, and look at the latest discoveries of projects that combine both interests. Plus, you get to connect with people who share your exact crosspassion, or interest combination.
I'm not a developer, so I used Lovable for the code. I'm the first to say AI-generated websites and web apps are not a match for the quality of human-created projects, but Crosspassion is still very early-stage.
I'd love feedback on how to improve Crosspassion, and if you're a developer and you have any ideas about how to take the project to the next level, feel free to reach out!
I wrote about the idea behind Crosspassion on my newsletter: https://micahblachman.beehiiv.com/p/crosspassion/, and you can contact me at micah.blachman@gmail.com.
-Micah","title":"Show HN: Reddit but for finding where your interests overlap","updated_at":"2026-03-05T23:35:04Z","url":"https://crosspassion.lovable.app/"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"subdomain"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Hi HN! I'm Micah Blachman, a twelve-year-old who runs a weekly newsletter about tech, type design and more. I'm writing my post for this week, and I'd like to know: What's one thing that interested you this week (can be anything!)?
I'm purposely leaving it open-ended to hear what the community comes up with, and I'm looking forward to hearing the inspiration! Oh, and by the way, feel free to subscribe to my newsletter if you haven't already :)
https://micahblachman.beehiiv.com/subscribe"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Ask HN: What's one thing that interested you this week?"}},"_tags":["story","author_subdomain","story_47105450","ask_hn"],"author":"subdomain","created_at":"2026-02-21T22:21:33Z","created_at_i":1771712493,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"47105450","points":2,"story_id":47105450,"story_text":"Hi HN! I'm Micah Blachman, a twelve-year-old who runs a weekly newsletter about tech, type design and more. I'm writing my post for this week, and I'd like to know: What's one thing that interested you this week (can be anything!)?
I'm purposely leaving it open-ended to hear what the community comes up with, and I'm looking forward to hearing the inspiration! Oh, and by the way, feel free to subscribe to my newsletter if you haven't already :)
https://micahblachman.beehiiv.com/subscribe","title":"Ask HN: What's one thing that interested you this week?","updated_at":"2026-03-05T23:34:29Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"digest"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"With the rise of substack, beehiiv and many other newsletter platforms, it seems like everyone is launching newsletters nowadays. I personally subscribe to 10+ but hardly find the time to read them amongst my other emails. I built a newsletter reader that forwards all of your newsletters to Digest, and removes them from your inbox. You can also get a daily email that contains a list of all the newsletters you've received, and pick and choose which ones you want to read."},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Show HN: I built a newsletter reader to declutter your inbox"},"url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://www.usedigest.com/newsletter-reader"}},"_tags":["story","author_digest","story_41630422","show_hn"],"author":"digest","created_at":"2024-09-23T20:53:52Z","created_at_i":1727124832,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"41630422","points":2,"story_id":41630422,"story_text":"With the rise of substack, beehiiv and many other newsletter platforms, it seems like everyone is launching newsletters nowadays. I personally subscribe to 10+ but hardly find the time to read them amongst my other emails. I built a newsletter reader that forwards all of your newsletters to Digest, and removes them from your inbox. You can also get a daily email that contains a list of all the newsletters you've received, and pick and choose which ones you want to read.","title":"Show HN: I built a newsletter reader to declutter your inbox","updated_at":"2024-10-11T20:16:52Z","url":"https://www.usedigest.com/newsletter-reader"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"maschera"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Yesterday I've received an email, presumably from OpenSea. The design is spotless and the "reply-to" field points to "alexa@opensea.com" while the sender is "no-reply-217@mail.beehiiv.com".
It might look legit if you open the email on mobile while doing grocery shopping and are distracted by a million other things.
When you click on Review Offer you'll be sent to "listings-marketplace.com" where you'll find a clone of the OpenSea login page that will try to steal your wallet info.
Here's the email: https://ibb.co/yVYnKY4
Watch out."},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"You've received an offer for your NFT: watch out for this SCAM"}},"_tags":["story","author_maschera","story_39861817","ask_hn"],"author":"maschera","children":[39863679],"created_at":"2024-03-29T08:34:59Z","created_at_i":1711701299,"num_comments":1,"objectID":"39861817","points":1,"story_id":39861817,"story_text":"Yesterday I've received an email, presumably from OpenSea. The design is spotless and the "reply-to" field points to "alexa@opensea.com" while the sender is "no-reply-217@mail.beehiiv.com".
It might look legit if you open the email on mobile while doing grocery shopping and are distracted by a million other things.
When you click on Review Offer you'll be sent to "listings-marketplace.com" where you'll find a clone of the OpenSea login page that will try to steal your wallet info.
Here's the email: https://ibb.co/yVYnKY4
Watch out.","title":"You've received an offer for your NFT: watch out for this SCAM","updated_at":"2024-09-20T16:43:14Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"bloxygen"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"The usage and fear surrounding ChatGPT, a language model developed by AI, aren't as prevalent as you might think, according to a recent poll from Pew Research. Only 18% of Americans have reportedly used ChatGPT. The demographic that uses it the most? Men aged 18-29 that are educated in college, but even that's just a 30-40% usage rate.
Why does this matter?
- ChatGPT has still managed to gain a remarkable level of popularity, despite low usage. This suggests that even though not many people are using it, they are aware of it and its potential capabilities. More people reported using ChatGPT for entertainment or to educate themselves rather than for work.\n- People anticipate AI to have a greater impact on jobs such as software engineers, graphic designers, and journalists. But the expectation is that AI as a whole, not just ChatGPT, will be the driving force behind this.\n- Concern about AI is increasing, not decreasing. 47% of respondents said AI makes them more worried than excited, comparing to 31% last year. This concern seems to rise with the level of AI knowledge one possesses.
Industries unshaken by AI:
- As per the survey, employed individuals who are aware of ChatGPT don't see it drastically affecting their jobs. The sectors like hospitality, entertainment, construction, and manufacturing feel the least threatened.
Stay updated about AI and its influence on different verticals!
Don't miss out on the latest insights, developments, and trajectories of AI. Our free newsletter is all you need to be au fait with the AI world: supercharged-ai.beehiiv.com/subscribe
(source: techcrunch.com/2023/08/28/survey-finds-relatively-few-americans-actually-use-or-fear-chatgpt)"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"ChatGPT usage remains low, suggests Pew Research"}},"_tags":["story","author_bloxygen","story_37303714","ask_hn"],"author":"bloxygen","children":[37303817],"created_at":"2023-08-29T05:02:08Z","created_at_i":1693285328,"num_comments":1,"objectID":"37303714","points":1,"story_id":37303714,"story_text":"The usage and fear surrounding ChatGPT, a language model developed by AI, aren't as prevalent as you might think, according to a recent poll from Pew Research. Only 18% of Americans have reportedly used ChatGPT. The demographic that uses it the most? Men aged 18-29 that are educated in college, but even that's just a 30-40% usage rate.
Why does this matter?
- ChatGPT has still managed to gain a remarkable level of popularity, despite low usage. This suggests that even though not many people are using it, they are aware of it and its potential capabilities. More people reported using ChatGPT for entertainment or to educate themselves rather than for work.\n- People anticipate AI to have a greater impact on jobs such as software engineers, graphic designers, and journalists. But the expectation is that AI as a whole, not just ChatGPT, will be the driving force behind this.\n- Concern about AI is increasing, not decreasing. 47% of respondents said AI makes them more worried than excited, comparing to 31% last year. This concern seems to rise with the level of AI knowledge one possesses.
Industries unshaken by AI:
- As per the survey, employed individuals who are aware of ChatGPT don't see it drastically affecting their jobs. The sectors like hospitality, entertainment, construction, and manufacturing feel the least threatened.
Stay updated about AI and its influence on different verticals!
Don't miss out on the latest insights, developments, and trajectories of AI. Our free newsletter is all you need to be au fait with the AI world: supercharged-ai.beehiiv.com/subscribe
(source: techcrunch.com/2023/08/28/survey-finds-relatively-few-americans-actually-use-or-fear-chatgpt)","title":"ChatGPT usage remains low, suggests Pew Research","updated_at":"2024-09-20T14:56:27Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"elsadek"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"subscribe here https://e-e.beehiiv.com/subscribe?ref=1Vvm0LJ34d"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"ByteSize is to newsletter what a warm fresh croissant is to a morning coffee"}},"_tags":["story","author_elsadek","story_47951755","ask_hn"],"author":"elsadek","created_at":"2026-04-29T17:41:54Z","created_at_i":1777484514,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"47951755","points":1,"story_id":47951755,"story_text":"subscribe here https://e-e.beehiiv.com/subscribe?ref=1Vvm0LJ34d","title":"ByteSize is to newsletter what a warm fresh croissant is to a morning coffee","updated_at":"2026-04-29T17:47:05Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"subdomain"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Hi HN,\nI'm Micah Blachman, the creator of Crosspassion. After posting about my previous version a few days ago, I rebuilt the entire app from the ground using Codex.
Crosspassion aims to be Reddit, but for finding where your interests overlap. If I was interested in, say, mechanical keyboards and type design, I could check the mechanical keyboard/type design community, and look at the latest discoveries of projects that combine both interests. Plus, you get to connect with people who share your exact crosspassion, or interest combination.
I'm not a developer, so I used Codex for the code. I'm the first to say AI-generated websites and web apps are not a match for the quality of human-created projects, but Crosspassion is still very early-stage.
I'd love feedback on how to improve Crosspassion even further, and if you're a developer and you have any ideas about how to take the project to the next level, feel free to reach out!
I wrote about the idea behind Crosspassion on my newsletter: https://micahblachman.beehiiv.com/p/crosspassion/, and you can contact me at micah.blachman@gmail.com.
-Micah"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Show HN: Rebuilt My Social Network with Codex in One Day"},"url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://crosspassion.onrender.com/"}},"_tags":["story","author_subdomain","story_47137522","show_hn"],"author":"subdomain","created_at":"2026-02-24T14:23:56Z","created_at_i":1771943036,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"47137522","points":1,"story_id":47137522,"story_text":"Hi HN,\nI'm Micah Blachman, the creator of Crosspassion. After posting about my previous version a few days ago, I rebuilt the entire app from the ground using Codex.
Crosspassion aims to be Reddit, but for finding where your interests overlap. If I was interested in, say, mechanical keyboards and type design, I could check the mechanical keyboard/type design community, and look at the latest discoveries of projects that combine both interests. Plus, you get to connect with people who share your exact crosspassion, or interest combination.
I'm not a developer, so I used Codex for the code. I'm the first to say AI-generated websites and web apps are not a match for the quality of human-created projects, but Crosspassion is still very early-stage.
I'd love feedback on how to improve Crosspassion even further, and if you're a developer and you have any ideas about how to take the project to the next level, feel free to reach out!
I wrote about the idea behind Crosspassion on my newsletter: https://micahblachman.beehiiv.com/p/crosspassion/, and you can contact me at micah.blachman@gmail.com.
-Micah","title":"Show HN: Rebuilt My Social Network with Codex in One Day","updated_at":"2026-03-05T23:36:21Z","url":"https://crosspassion.onrender.com/"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"quantummint"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"I'm an indie developer building a mobile app to help people build good habits\u2014consistently and with as little friction as possible.
What led me to build this app was hitting a wall myself.
About 6 months ago, I started my solo founder journey.\nThe first two months were great\u2014I was energized and productive.\nBut by month three, things started slipping. I was getting distracted, procrastinating, stuck in my own head.
I tried everything I could to get back on my feet:
* Working at the same time and place to reduce decision fatigue
* Breaking tasks into tiny steps, checking off each one to build momentum
* Pomodoro sessions + tiny rewards (like stretching or a sip of water) to stay focused
* Regular workouts to stabilize energy and mood
* Most importantly: shifting from willpower to systems
I realized: unless actions become automatic, it\u2019s hard to keep going in the long run.
It took me about two months to rebuild a solid daily rhythm.\nThese small habit tweaks had a huge impact\u2014more focus, more clarity, way better output.
Now I\u2019m turning that low-friction, sustainable, anti-procrastination system into a simple, practical app.\nNo fluff, no hype\u2014just one clear goal: make consistency easier.
Still in early development\u2014open to feedback, ideas, or just chats.
If you're into this kind of thing, feel free to subscribe to my newsletter for updates
https://jakezhang.beehiiv.com"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"I'm building a habit app that works without willpower \u2013 here's why"}},"_tags":["story","author_quantummint","story_44836358","ask_hn"],"author":"quantummint","created_at":"2025-08-08T12:46:23Z","created_at_i":1754657183,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"44836358","points":1,"story_id":44836358,"story_text":"I'm an indie developer building a mobile app to help people build good habits\u2014consistently and with as little friction as possible.
What led me to build this app was hitting a wall myself.
About 6 months ago, I started my solo founder journey.\nThe first two months were great\u2014I was energized and productive.\nBut by month three, things started slipping. I was getting distracted, procrastinating, stuck in my own head.
I tried everything I could to get back on my feet:
* Working at the same time and place to reduce decision fatigue
* Breaking tasks into tiny steps, checking off each one to build momentum
* Pomodoro sessions + tiny rewards (like stretching or a sip of water) to stay focused
* Regular workouts to stabilize energy and mood
* Most importantly: shifting from willpower to systems
I realized: unless actions become automatic, it\u2019s hard to keep going in the long run.
It took me about two months to rebuild a solid daily rhythm.\nThese small habit tweaks had a huge impact\u2014more focus, more clarity, way better output.
Now I\u2019m turning that low-friction, sustainable, anti-procrastination system into a simple, practical app.\nNo fluff, no hype\u2014just one clear goal: make consistency easier.
Still in early development\u2014open to feedback, ideas, or just chats.
If you're into this kind of thing, feel free to subscribe to my newsletter for updates
https://jakezhang.beehiiv.com","title":"I'm building a habit app that works without willpower \u2013 here's why","updated_at":"2026-03-05T22:30:36Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"mjbstrategic"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"I exited my business recently, a lean by design operation where internal training always fell through the cracks. We weren\u2019t big enough to afford dedicated L&D teams, and we weren\u2019t small enough for training to be optional. We had dozens of moments where someone would say or discover something useful, and we\u2019d think, \u201cThat should go into a module.\u201d But of course, it never did.
So I\u2019m thinking of building a system called Training on Tap [placeholder name].
Here\u2019s the idea:
You speak to it, literally or figuratively. Paste some raw text, drop a voice note, or talk directly to the app. The system takes what you said and turns it into structured, internal training: modules, quizzes, updates, and certification flows. It\u2019s like a living handbook that builds itself as you run your business.
The goal is to:
Let a single editor/creator control the knowledge stream
Auto-generate simple text-based lessons and follow-up quizzes
Track completions, issue internal certifications, and send follow-ups
Onboard new team members automatically by giving them the full backlog of training modules
Allow management to view organization-wide progress at a glance
Training content evolves over time. Three days after rolling something out, you\u2019ll remember something important you forgot. You just send a voice note or paste in raw text, and the system figures out where it fits, updates the module, and sends a refreshed quiz to everyone who needs it. You never touch a slide deck again.
I\u2019m not building it unless there\u2019s actual demand. So:
Would this solve a real problem for you?
Am I overcomplicating it or missing something obvious?
If this existed, would you put your team on it?
Does it already exist, but in a format not suited to your environment/ecosystem?
If any of this resonates, I\u2019ve got a waitlist up here: https://precision-drops.beehiiv.com/
If enough people are interested, I'm building it, if not I'm moving on.
Thankyou, looking forward to your feedback!"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Would you use a system that turns your raw input into structured team training?"}},"_tags":["story","author_mjbstrategic","story_44720130","ask_hn"],"author":"mjbstrategic","created_at":"2025-07-29T07:18:37Z","created_at_i":1753773517,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"44720130","points":1,"story_id":44720130,"story_text":"I exited my business recently, a lean by design operation where internal training always fell through the cracks. We weren\u2019t big enough to afford dedicated L&D teams, and we weren\u2019t small enough for training to be optional. We had dozens of moments where someone would say or discover something useful, and we\u2019d think, \u201cThat should go into a module.\u201d But of course, it never did.
So I\u2019m thinking of building a system called Training on Tap [placeholder name].
Here\u2019s the idea:
You speak to it, literally or figuratively. Paste some raw text, drop a voice note, or talk directly to the app. The system takes what you said and turns it into structured, internal training: modules, quizzes, updates, and certification flows. It\u2019s like a living handbook that builds itself as you run your business.
The goal is to:
Let a single editor/creator control the knowledge stream
Auto-generate simple text-based lessons and follow-up quizzes
Track completions, issue internal certifications, and send follow-ups
Onboard new team members automatically by giving them the full backlog of training modules
Allow management to view organization-wide progress at a glance
Training content evolves over time. Three days after rolling something out, you\u2019ll remember something important you forgot. You just send a voice note or paste in raw text, and the system figures out where it fits, updates the module, and sends a refreshed quiz to everyone who needs it. You never touch a slide deck again.
I\u2019m not building it unless there\u2019s actual demand. So:
Would this solve a real problem for you?
Am I overcomplicating it or missing something obvious?
If this existed, would you put your team on it?
Does it already exist, but in a format not suited to your environment/ecosystem?
If any of this resonates, I\u2019ve got a waitlist up here: https://precision-drops.beehiiv.com/
If enough people are interested, I'm building it, if not I'm moving on.
Thankyou, looking forward to your feedback!","title":"Would you use a system that turns your raw input into structured team training?","updated_at":"2025-07-29T07:23:08Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"jbarks73"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Hey everyone,
I'm a co-founder of Roundups.ai
Just wanted to gauge the temperature for a "Substack for Products." We initially launched as a content play for bloggers trying to stay relevant in the age of AI with high value content and easy monetization, but with Google killing SEO, unless you have an existing blog and audience, you would have a mountain to climb to realize value from Roundups.
-- What does it do now? What could it do? ---
AI analyzes products and generates guides that influence buying decisions. Creators generate revenue when an audience gains insight and makes purchases.
So, our thinking is that if creators are embracing platforms like Substack and Behiiv where they can own their subscribers and remove SEO as a dependency for growth and engagement, there is market opportunity for a Substack for Product People.
---Why?---
Platforms like Mailchimp and Kit are for marketing funnels, and Substack and Beehiiv are for monetizing "prose" (people who want to monetize writing). Roundups would just hyper focus on product insights and curated recommendations. While you can copy and paste a Roundup into those platforms for distribution right now, those platforms have no content API's. Roundups could facilitate email distribution directly.
It wouldn't have all of the bells and whistles that those other email platforms have, but it doesn't need to. It would serve "Tastemakers" rather than writers. Here are some example use-case scenarios:
1. B2B software influencer -> "Three CRM tools you need right now!" -> broadcast to an email list.\n2. Food influencer on instagram -> "My Top 5 Fav BBQ tools for summer 2025" -> broadcast to an email list\n3 YouTuber toy reviewer -> "The 5 best plush toys for Christmas" -> broadcast to an email list
Obviously, with our existing product and marketplace integrations, it would be easy to facilitate "Sponsored Roundups" from brands, opening up additional monetization for creators beyond affiliate integrations we already have.
Curious to hear thoughts from the community on direction. Thx in advance."},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Ask HN: Substack for Product People?"}},"_tags":["story","author_jbarks73","story_44674514","ask_hn"],"author":"jbarks73","created_at":"2025-07-24T18:46:22Z","created_at_i":1753382782,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"44674514","points":1,"story_id":44674514,"story_text":"Hey everyone,
I'm a co-founder of Roundups.ai
Just wanted to gauge the temperature for a "Substack for Products." We initially launched as a content play for bloggers trying to stay relevant in the age of AI with high value content and easy monetization, but with Google killing SEO, unless you have an existing blog and audience, you would have a mountain to climb to realize value from Roundups.
-- What does it do now? What could it do? ---
AI analyzes products and generates guides that influence buying decisions. Creators generate revenue when an audience gains insight and makes purchases.
So, our thinking is that if creators are embracing platforms like Substack and Behiiv where they can own their subscribers and remove SEO as a dependency for growth and engagement, there is market opportunity for a Substack for Product People.
---Why?---
Platforms like Mailchimp and Kit are for marketing funnels, and Substack and Beehiiv are for monetizing "prose" (people who want to monetize writing). Roundups would just hyper focus on product insights and curated recommendations. While you can copy and paste a Roundup into those platforms for distribution right now, those platforms have no content API's. Roundups could facilitate email distribution directly.
It wouldn't have all of the bells and whistles that those other email platforms have, but it doesn't need to. It would serve "Tastemakers" rather than writers. Here are some example use-case scenarios:
1. B2B software influencer -> "Three CRM tools you need right now!" -> broadcast to an email list.\n2. Food influencer on instagram -> "My Top 5 Fav BBQ tools for summer 2025" -> broadcast to an email list\n3 YouTuber toy reviewer -> "The 5 best plush toys for Christmas" -> broadcast to an email list
Obviously, with our existing product and marketplace integrations, it would be easy to facilitate "Sponsored Roundups" from brands, opening up additional monetization for creators beyond affiliate integrations we already have.
Curious to hear thoughts from the community on direction. Thx in advance.","title":"Ask HN: Substack for Product People?","updated_at":"2025-07-24T18:50:03Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"nicgrev103"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Mailchimp? Email Octopus? Sender? Beehiiv? I'm looking to start an email newsletter and I'm curious what experiences you've had with different providers. Is a custom domain important? Thanks!"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Ask HN: Email newsletters \u2013 what service do you use?"}},"_tags":["story","author_nicgrev103","story_38926323","ask_hn"],"author":"nicgrev103","created_at":"2024-01-09T14:08:34Z","created_at_i":1704809314,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"38926323","points":1,"story_id":38926323,"story_text":"Mailchimp? Email Octopus? Sender? Beehiiv? I'm looking to start an email newsletter and I'm curious what experiences you've had with different providers. Is a custom domain important? Thanks!","title":"Ask HN: Email newsletters \u2013 what service do you use?","updated_at":"2024-09-20T16:02:31Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"hardwaresofton"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Hey HN,
I wrote the Unvalidated Ideas newsletter (https://unvalidatedideas.com) for just over a year -- ~70 editions.
While I have something like 600+ ideas, turns out they're not all good enough to send (actually, more than 50% just weren't good enough!), so I eventually ran out of ideas. I shut down the newsletter, refunded every customer whether partially, and stopped making the paid ideas available.
One thing I promised to do when the newsletter ended was make a compendium of sorts with all the paid content that someone could download (a PDF eBook, essentially) for a fraction of what it would have cost to subscribe to the newsletter that long.
It took me a while (you wouldn't believe how hard it was to go from markdown to decent-looking eBook PDF) but I finally put it together -- the Unvalidated Ideas eBook 2023 Edition is here.
210 ideas, 351 pages all crammed into one eBook. If that sounds like something you'd like, check it out here:
You can also still read the last free edition (and earlier ones!) here:
https://unvalidatedideas.com/editions/latest
It was a great ride (and my first successful newsletter), so it's hard to say goodbye to thousands of subscribers but I'm a strong believer in never selling email addresses (ads maybe, but never the actual email addresses), so the email list is just getting deleted.
For those who care, my stack that served 1000 < x < 2000 subscribers every week:
- Svelte + SvelteKit (i.e. Typescript + NodeJS)\n- Listmonk (https://listmonk.app)\n- SMTP (yup, selfhosted w/ Maddy https://maddy.email)
If/when I do it again (there's a new newsletter which is focused around businesses worth $5k to $50k that are good to buy), I'm going to use Substack/Beehiiv/Ghost, but it was fun to build the stack this time."},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Show HN: 210 Ideas, 351 pages \u2013 the Unvalidated Ideas 2023 Edition eBook"},"url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://unvalidatedideas.com"}},"_tags":["story","author_hardwaresofton","story_38568960","show_hn"],"author":"hardwaresofton","created_at":"2023-12-08T13:46:20Z","created_at_i":1702043180,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"38568960","points":1,"story_id":38568960,"story_text":"Hey HN,
I wrote the Unvalidated Ideas newsletter (https://unvalidatedideas.com) for just over a year -- ~70 editions.
While I have something like 600+ ideas, turns out they're not all good enough to send (actually, more than 50% just weren't good enough!), so I eventually ran out of ideas. I shut down the newsletter, refunded every customer whether partially, and stopped making the paid ideas available.
One thing I promised to do when the newsletter ended was make a compendium of sorts with all the paid content that someone could download (a PDF eBook, essentially) for a fraction of what it would have cost to subscribe to the newsletter that long.
It took me a while (you wouldn't believe how hard it was to go from markdown to decent-looking eBook PDF) but I finally put it together -- the Unvalidated Ideas eBook 2023 Edition is here.
210 ideas, 351 pages all crammed into one eBook. If that sounds like something you'd like, check it out here:
You can also still read the last free edition (and earlier ones!) here:
https://unvalidatedideas.com/editions/latest
It was a great ride (and my first successful newsletter), so it's hard to say goodbye to thousands of subscribers but I'm a strong believer in never selling email addresses (ads maybe, but never the actual email addresses), so the email list is just getting deleted.
For those who care, my stack that served 1000 < x < 2000 subscribers every week:
- Svelte + SvelteKit (i.e. Typescript + NodeJS)\n- Listmonk (https://listmonk.app)\n- SMTP (yup, selfhosted w/ Maddy https://maddy.email)
If/when I do it again (there's a new newsletter which is focused around businesses worth $5k to $50k that are good to buy), I'm going to use Substack/Beehiiv/Ghost, but it was fun to build the stack this time.","title":"Show HN: 210 Ideas, 351 pages \u2013 the Unvalidated Ideas 2023 Edition eBook","updated_at":"2024-09-20T15:52:48Z","url":"https://unvalidatedideas.com"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"floydax"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Hey, HN community! I'm excited to share the fifth issue of our AI/ML Weekly Digest. This innovative newsletter uses the power of GPT-4 to analyse and curate the most relevant and exciting AI/ML stories from Hacker News.\nThis week I also share with our subscribers a curated list of resources during my learning journey https://github.com/vlameiras/ai-ml-resources/
GPT-4 scours through the top stories on Hacker News to bring you a concise summary and sentiment analysis of the hottest AI/ML news each week.
Subscribe & Stay Updated
To get the complete weekly digest delivered straight to your inbox, subscribe now at https://hn-ai-newsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe. You'll receive a comprehensive, easy-to-read summary of the essential AI/ML news and the sentiment analysis for each story. Stay on top of the latest trends, breakthroughs, artificial intelligence and machine learning discussions!
Feel free to leave feedback, questions, or suggestions in the comments. Looking forward to hearing what you think!
Happy reading!"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Show HN: AI/ML Weekly Digest \u2013 Curated by LLM, Summarized and Sentiment-Analyzed"},"url":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"https://hn-ai-newsletter.beehiiv.com/p/last-weeks-ai-highlights-hn-13"}},"_tags":["story","author_floydax","story_37189431","show_hn"],"author":"floydax","created_at":"2023-08-19T14:56:25Z","created_at_i":1692456985,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"37189431","points":1,"story_id":37189431,"story_text":"Hey, HN community! I'm excited to share the fifth issue of our AI/ML Weekly Digest. This innovative newsletter uses the power of GPT-4 to analyse and curate the most relevant and exciting AI/ML stories from Hacker News.\nThis week I also share with our subscribers a curated list of resources during my learning journey https://github.com/vlameiras/ai-ml-resources/
GPT-4 scours through the top stories on Hacker News to bring you a concise summary and sentiment analysis of the hottest AI/ML news each week.
Subscribe & Stay Updated
To get the complete weekly digest delivered straight to your inbox, subscribe now at https://hn-ai-newsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe. You'll receive a comprehensive, easy-to-read summary of the essential AI/ML news and the sentiment analysis for each story. Stay on top of the latest trends, breakthroughs, artificial intelligence and machine learning discussions!
Feel free to leave feedback, questions, or suggestions in the comments. Looking forward to hearing what you think!
Happy reading!","title":"Show HN: AI/ML Weekly Digest \u2013 Curated by LLM, Summarized and Sentiment-Analyzed","updated_at":"2024-09-20T14:54:38Z","url":"https://hn-ai-newsletter.beehiiv.com/p/last-weeks-ai-highlights-hn-13"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"sneha1995"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"12 no-code tools for entrepreneurs and startups.
1. Glide\n2. Make\n3. Senja\n4. Figma\n5. Zapier\n6. Scribe\n7. UUKI\n8. Beehiiv\n9. QuillBot\n10. Webflow\n11. ChatGPT\n12. Gumroad
What would you add?"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"No-code tools for entrepreneurs and startups"}},"_tags":["story","author_sneha1995","story_36149121","ask_hn"],"author":"sneha1995","created_at":"2023-06-01T09:47:06Z","created_at_i":1685612826,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"36149121","points":1,"story_id":36149121,"story_text":"12 no-code tools for entrepreneurs and startups.
1. Glide\n2. Make\n3. Senja\n4. Figma\n5. Zapier\n6. Scribe\n7. UUKI\n8. Beehiiv\n9. QuillBot\n10. Webflow\n11. ChatGPT\n12. Gumroad
What would you add?","title":"No-code tools for entrepreneurs and startups","updated_at":"2024-09-20T14:14:50Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"sneha1995"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"Start your Online Business with $0
1. Build your audience Twitter is Free
2. Website Webflow is Free
3. Store Lemon Squeezy is Free
4. Workspace UUKI is Free
5. Personal assistant ChatGPT is Free
6. Newsletter Beehiiv is Free
What\u2019s your excuse?"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"How to Start your Online Business with $0?"}},"_tags":["story","author_sneha1995","story_36136780","ask_hn"],"author":"sneha1995","children":[36136972],"created_at":"2023-05-31T10:49:06Z","created_at_i":1685530146,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"36136780","points":1,"story_id":36136780,"story_text":"Start your Online Business with $0
1. Build your audience Twitter is Free
2. Website Webflow is Free
3. Store Lemon Squeezy is Free
4. Workspace UUKI is Free
5. Personal assistant ChatGPT is Free
6. Newsletter Beehiiv is Free
What\u2019s your excuse?","title":"How to Start your Online Business with $0?","updated_at":"2024-09-20T14:13:24Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"BerkLee19"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"https://unheard-roots.beehiiv.com/p/canva-2
Link to Unheard Roots issue :)"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"How Canva Was Founded"}},"_tags":["story","author_BerkLee19","story_35901469","ask_hn"],"author":"BerkLee19","created_at":"2023-05-11T13:05:48Z","created_at_i":1683810348,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"35901469","points":1,"story_id":35901469,"story_text":"https://unheard-roots.beehiiv.com/p/canva-2
Link to Unheard Roots issue :)","title":"How Canva Was Founded","updated_at":"2024-09-20T13:56:37Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"armanhq"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Tuition costs have risen 710% since 1983"},"url":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["beehiiv"],"value":"https://statecraft.beehiiv.com/p/student-loan-debt-forgiveness"}},"_tags":["story","author_armanhq","story_36669253"],"author":"armanhq","children":[36669385,36669437,36669460,36669471,36669487,36669502,36669552,36669639,36669643,36669649,36669671,36669703,36669713,36669739,36669749,36669776,36669780,36669807,36669823,36669883,36669928,36669951,36669955,36669970,36670011,36670014,36670018,36670072,36670093,36670110,36670145,36670165,36670205,36670213,36670230,36670236,36670267,36670298,36670299,36670308,36670319,36670329,36670400,36670432,36670480,36670481,36670485,36670499,36670502,36670553,36670592,36670628,36670638,36670697,36670733,36670738,36670751,36670796,36670863,36670947,36670968,36671032,36671033,36671073,36671115,36671122,36671144,36671165,36671215,36671265,36671273,36671314,36671380,36671442,36671723,36671814,36672033,36672034,36672181,36672211,36672213,36672331,36672531,36672657,36672673,36672902,36672955,36673044,36673284,36674010,36674669,36674704,36674879,36675200,36676440,36676468,36679915,36679969,36681730,36683417],"created_at":"2023-07-10T17:03:18Z","created_at_i":1689008598,"num_comments":744,"objectID":"36669253","points":720,"story_id":36669253,"title":"Tuition costs have risen 710% since 1983","updated_at":"2026-02-06T02:44:20Z","url":"https://statecraft.beehiiv.com/p/student-loan-debt-forgiveness"}],"hitsPerPage":50,"nbHits":969,"nbPages":20,"page":0,"params":"query=Beehiiv&tags=story&hitsPerPage=50&advancedSyntax=true&analyticsTags=backend","processingTimeMS":8,"processingTimingsMS":{"_request":{"queue":1,"roundTrip":19},"afterFetch":{"format":{"highlighting":2,"total":2},"merge":{"mergeLoop":{"prepareNextHit":1,"total":1},"total":1},"total":1},"fetch":{"query":5,"total":6},"total":8},"query":"Beehiiv","serverTimeMS":12}