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Hacker News is one of the best sources for tech, startups, and programming content. But it's also a time sink. You open it to check one thing and end up reading comment threads for an hour.
A Hacker News email digest solves this. You get the top stories — curated by the HN community's voting system — delivered to your inbox once a day. Read the headlines, click what interests you, skip the rest. Five minutes instead of fifty.
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What's in your HN digest
Top Stories
The highest-voted stories from the HN front page, ranked by community upvotes. The best content rises to the top.
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The AI/ML Digest
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Get HN in Your Inbox — FreeFrequently asked questions
Does Hacker News have an email newsletter?
Hacker News itself doesn't send email digests. But tools like Digest monitor the HN front page and send you the top stories as a daily email. It's the newsletter HN never built.
How is this different from TLDR?
TLDR is a great newsletter, but it's one person's curation. Digest pulls directly from Hacker News's community-voted front page, so the curation is algorithmic and community-driven. Plus, you can combine HN with any other source — Reddit, X/Twitter, RSS, and more.
Can I get Show HN and Ask HN posts too?
Digest pulls the top stories from the HN front page, which naturally includes the most popular Show HN, Ask HN, and regular posts. The HN community does the filtering for you.
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