> How does HN remain the coolest place to talk about the coolest tech?

Maybe if people did Show HN for projects that are useful for something? Or at least fun?

There's a disease on HN related with the latest fad:

- (now) "AI" projects

- (now) X but done with "AI"

- (now) X but vibecoded

- (less now, a lot more in the recent past) X but done in Rust

- (none now, quite a few in a more distant past) X but done with blockchain

If the main quality of the project is one of the above, why would it attract interest?

The thing in show HN has to do something to raise interest. If not even the author/marketer thinks it does something, why would anyone look at it?