Hacker News

Hacker News
Type of site
News aggregator
Available inEnglish
OwnerY Combinator
Founder(s)Paul Graham, known as pg in the website
URLnews.ycombinator.com
RegistrationOptional, required for posting and voting
LaunchedFebruary 19, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-02-19) as Startup News
Current statusOnline
Written inArc

Hacker News (HN) is a social news website focusing on computer science and entrepreneurship. It is run by the investment fund and startup incubator Y Combinator. In general, content that can be submitted is defined as "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity."[1]

The word hacker in "Hacker News" is used in its original meaning and refers to the hacker culture which consists of people who enjoy tinkering with technology.

  1. ^ Graham, Paul. "Hacker News Guidelines". Archived from the original on 2020-09-16. Retrieved 2019-07-04.