My very first side project, a real-time API for the World Cup built on a scraper, went to the frontpage. Obviously it hasn't seen as much traffic since then as

My very first side project, a real-time API for the World Cup built on a scraper, went to the frontpage. Obviously it hasn't seen as much traffic since then as it was a very time limited thing, but it was fun to have a side project on the front page. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7907070 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7907070 I submitted a Show HN the other day for a natural language chatbot that gives harm reduction info about drugs and it pretty much went nowhere fast. Got way more traffic from being on the front page of reddit r/drugs (and arguably a more useful demographic) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14690658 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14690658 To the people asking, I definitely think there is a high amount of luck getting anything on the front page of HN. Just has to be right time, right place, but it's inspiring to read about people who have seen their businesses launch, in part, from that brief exposure.