The best Hacker News communities for Dev tools.
Developers evaluating tools and infrastructure. Below are the 2 Hacker News communities Burrow tracks for this niche, ranked by how active they are. Burrow indexes 5 dev tools communities across all eight platforms.
Where builders launch products to a technical, opinionated, high-intent crowd.
Monthly thread mapping which startups are hiring and what they build.
Recent threads from these rooms
A sample of what dev tools are discussing on Hacker News right now.
Tell HN: Onboarding drop-off in week one is harder than it looks
Been wrestling with onboarding drop-off in week one for the last month. Curious how others in Show HN have approached it without overcomplicating things.
Show HN: A tool that helps with annual vs monthly billing
Short update: changed our approach to annual vs monthly billing two weeks ago and the difference is already obvious. Happy to go into detail.
Tell HN: Open source vs paid tiers is harder than it looks
Short update: changed our approach to open source vs paid tiers two weeks ago and the difference is already obvious. Happy to go into detail.
Ask HN: What changed your mind about getting the first technical users?
Been wrestling with getting the first technical users for the last month. Curious how others in Who is Hiring have approached it without overcomplicating things.
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