SaaS & Software·Aug 3, 2026

Show HN: Hacker News with AI stories filtered out

Hi folks, I've noticed that a lot of people here seem exhausted by the amount of AI news on the front page. I shared hcker.news here a year ago and it has since gained a ton of filtering features, including a dedicated AI filter, so I figured I should tell more people about it. The filter works in three passes: 1. Known AI-related keywords and domains are filtered automatically. 2. An agent reviews the remaining articles and removes those it identifies as AI-related. 3. I make the call on uncertain cases. You can also exclude GitHub repos posted to HN that show signs of AI authorship. The filter checks: - Commit messages for agent attribution - Contributors for known coding agents - Repository files for agent instructions and configs People here have been asking for some version of this for a while: - Ask HN: Has anyone built "HN front page, with all AI stories filtrered out"? - - We need tech news sources which exclude AI - - Ask HN: Another "Hacker News" with less AI and more human-focused hacking news? - - And many more: 47672065, 48039702, 48202486, 48935613, 49037377, 48417916, 47522856, 47857461 No filter will be perfect, but this is as good as it gets. lmk what you think. Cheers. More links: Original Show HN: If you only want AI stories: RSS: A github-only non-AI feed: Comments URL: Points: 6 # Comments: 1

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Hi folks, I've noticed that a lot of people here seem exhausted by the amount of AI news on the front page. I shared hcker.news here a year ago and it has since gained a ton of filtering features, including a dedicated AI filter, so I figured I should tell more people about it. The filter works in three passes: 1. Known AI-related keywords and domains are filtered automatically. 2. An agent reviews the remaining articles and removes those it identifies as AI-related. 3. I make the call on uncertain cases. You can also exclude GitHub repos posted to HN that show signs of AI authorship. The filter checks: - Commit messages for agent attribution - Contributors for known coding agents - Repository files for agent instructions and configs People here have been asking for some version of this for a while: - Ask HN: Has anyone built "HN front page, with all AI stories filtrered out"? - - We need tech news sources which exclude AI - - Ask HN: Another "Hacker News" with less AI and more human-focused hacking news? - - And many more: 47672065, 48039702, 48202486, 48935613, 49037377, 48417916, 47522856, 47857461 No filter will be perfect, but this is as good as it gets. lmk what you think. Cheers. More links: Original Show HN: If you only want AI stories: RSS: A github-only non-AI feed: Comments URL: Points: 6 # Comments: 1

  • Hi folks, I've noticed that a lot of people here seem exhausted by the amount of AI news on the front page.
  • I shared hcker.news here a year ago and it has since gained a ton of filtering features, including a dedicated AI filter, so I figured I should tell more people about it.
  • Known AI-related keywords and domains are filtered automatically.
  • You can also exclude GitHub repos posted to HN that show signs of AI authorship.
  • More links: Original Show HN: If you only want AI stories: RSS: A github-only non-AI feed: Comments URL: Points: 6 # Comments: 1

Hi folks, I've noticed that a lot of people here seem exhausted by the amount of AI news on the front page. I shared hcker.news here a year ago and it has since gained a ton of filtering features, including a dedicated AI filter, so I figured I should tell more people about it. The filter works in three passes: 1. Known AI-related keywords and domains are filtered automatically. 2. An agent reviews the remaining articles and removes those it identifies as AI-related. 3. I make the call on uncertain cases. You can also exclude GitHub repos posted to HN that show signs of AI authorship. The filter checks: - Commit messages for agent attribution - Contributors for known coding agents - Repository files for agent instructions and configs People here have been asking for some version of this for a while: - Ask HN: Has anyone built "HN front page, with all AI stories filtrered out"? - - We need tech news sources which exclude AI - - Ask HN: Another "Hacker News" with less AI and more human-focused hacking news? - - And many more: 47672065, 48039702, 48202486, 48935613, 49037377, 48417916, 47522856, 47857461 No filter will be perfect, but this is as good as it gets. lmk what you think. Cheers. More links: Original Show HN: If you only want AI stories: RSS: A github-only non-AI feed: Comments URL: Points: 6 # Comments: 1

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