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Hacker News
A news and discussion website owned by the startup investor Y Combinator: users post links and vote on them, and founders post their products there to get early visitors.
Who uses it, and for what
One row per story. The grade is for the claim that the business uses this tool, not for its revenue.
| Story | What it does there | When | Cost stated | Grade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Screenshot to Code | The Show HN launch on 16 November 2023 reached the front page with 358 points; a second Show HN in March 2024 showed video to code. | since November 2023 | B | Hacker News, 16 November 2023: Show HN: Convert any screenshot into clean HTML code using GPT Vision (OSS tool) | |
| SiteGPT | A Show HN post two days after launch reached the front page and brought visitors. Show HN | C | Starter Story, 8 October 2023: How my AI side project grew to $15K MRR in just a few months | ||
| Postiz | Show HN posts at the launch in August 2024 and for later releases. Show HN | C | Show HN, 30 August 2024: Postiz, open-source social media scheduling tool | ||
| Neural Frames | Show HN post of 15 January 2023 reached number 6 and overloaded the servers. | C | Starter Story, 16 November 2023: How A Doctorate In Physics Built An AI Video Generation Tool [$17K MRR] | ||
| LLM Gateway | Luca Steeb posted a response-time benchmark against OpenRouter there. | C | A public page outside the story's source list | ||
| FounderPal | One of the sites where each new free tool is launched. | C | No Code Exits, 27 September 2024: How Dan Kulkov grew FounderPal to $100,000 revenue with free tools | ||
| Laper | Listed by the seller as a marketing channel. | C | TrustMRR profile of Laper, revenue read from Stripe by API key |
Grade A: the tool's maker or a payment processor confirms the use. Grade B: an independent report, or the tool is visible in public code. Grade C: the founder or the company says so.
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