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Hacker News Throwback Machine

Marketing and content teams that look for recurring themes in tech news and want a daily digest in Telegram.

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hacker-news-throwback-machine-see-what-was-hot-on-this-day-every-year.json

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What it does

An n8n workflow that runs daily and collects Hacker News front-page headlines for the same date in every year since 2007. Google Gemini groups the headlines into themes and spots trends. It then sends a Markdown summary to Telegram.

Use cases

  1. 01Spot themes that come back year after year
  2. 02Get a daily digest of tech headlines
  3. 03Find past stories for a retrospective post

Connects

HTTP Request · Telegram · Code · HTML · Basic LLM Chain · Google Gemini Chat Model

Questions about
Hacker News Throwback Machine.

What is Hacker News Throwback Machine used for?

Marketing and content teams that look for recurring themes in tech news and want a daily digest in Telegram. An n8n workflow that runs daily and collects Hacker News front-page headlines for the same date in every year since 2007. Google Gemini groups the headlines into themes and spots trends. It then sends a Markdown summary to Telegram.

How do I import Hacker News Throwback Machine into n8n?

Copy the workflow JSON from this page and paste it onto the n8n canvas with Ctrl+V or Cmd+V. Then connect your credentials in each node.

Is Hacker News Throwback Machine safe to use?

It passed our automatic scan for credential theft, hidden instructions and risky install commands. Third party open source software. Sabemos AI does not maintain it. Check the code and permissions before you connect it to company data.