HN has a bit more diverse mix of users than r/programming, including a healthy amount of non-technical or semi-technical people, so my suggestion would be givin

HN has a bit more diverse mix of users than r/programming, including a healthy amount of non-technical or semi-technical people, so my suggestion would be giving some context to the project in a blog post rather than only linking to the github page might help. The day and time of your post submission also has an enormous weight on what makes it to the front page. Great article about this from a few years back: http://silverman.svbtle.com/the-best-time-to-post-on-hacker-news http://silverman.svbtle.com/the-best-time-to-post-on-hacker-...