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Hacker News Monitor

Get the best of Hacker News without the distraction

A curated daily digest of the most interesting Hacker News stories with key takeaways

Edit the prompt below to customize. Set up in 2 minutes.

Ideas for tweaks

  • Change the number of stories included (e.g., top 5, or all with 200+ points)
  • Filter for specific topics like 'AI', 'security', or 'databases'
  • Include posts from "Ask HN" and "Show HN"
  • Change the delivery time or frequency (e.g., morning and evening digests)

How it works

Example output
Sent to Slack

HN Daily Digest - AI Tooling Reality, Security Fails, Code Philosophy

  • Critical IoT security fail in "AI-powered" earbuds - IKKO ActiveBuds expose hardcoded OpenAI API keys, customer data via IMEI enumeration, and run DOOM. HN discusses broader IoT security negligence and questions if Chinese manufacturers deliberately include backdoors vs incompetence (Exploiting IKKO Activebuds | HN | 538pts)
  • "Writing code was never the bottleneck" - LLMs solve wrong problem by accelerating code generation while real bottlenecks remain in reviews, testing, and coordination. HN debates whether AI makes reviewing harder, with split opinions on junior dev impact and agreement that human judgment remains irreplaceable (Writing Code Was Never the Bottleneck | HN | 519pts)
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP) critique - Engineer argues code generation beats MCP tools, demonstrates blog conversion using LLM scripts over inference-heavy tool calls. HN consensus: MCP overengineered for simple tasks, better suited for complex integrations (Tools: Code Is All You Need | HN | 95pts)

Who it's for

Tech Leaders, Product Managers, Engineers, Founders, VCs, Tech Marketers

Why you need it

Stay current on tech trends without spending hours browsing. Get the signal without the noise.

Runs

Hourly checks, daily digest at 4pm

Sources

Hacker News top stories + comment insights

Integrations needed

Slack (optional)

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