Show HN: HackerPapers – 3,314 arXiv papers and the HN conversations behind them
Category: other
Tags: arxiv, hacker-news, curation, research, data-visualization
Score: 4.7/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 4, Documentation: 3, Utility: 5)
HackerPapers aggregates 3,314 arXiv papers shared on Hacker News and ranks them by the number of distinct commenters, linking each paper to its original HN discussion. It's a niche but interesting curation tool for discovering research papers that sparked community conversation, though the implementation appears to be a static data site with limited documentation.
Target audience: researchers, data engineers, and curious developers interested in community-curated academic content
Repository: https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de
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