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A curated digest of the most interesting Hacker News stories, delivered by email, so readers can skip browsing the site daily. No common caveat appears in the quotes.
14 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 14
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 14 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Curates the most interesting stories
“subscribe to something like Hacker Newsletter that'll pull together the most interesting stories every few days”
Comment from 9 Jul 2026 in “Ask HN: HN frontpage feels boring now?” “HN is a time sink so the newsletter lifts only items worthy of attention to my email.”
Comment from 21 Dec 2025 in “Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell” “Maybe something like https://hackernewsletter.com acts as a good filter for you?”
Comment from 11 Sep 2026 in “Ask HN: Can we please limit the AI news flood?” - Comment from 15 Aug 2026 in “Ask HN: How do you keep up with HN these days?”
Weekly digest saves browsing time
“HN is a time sink so the newsletter lifts only items worthy of attention to my email.”
Comment from 21 Dec 2025 in “Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell” “to be able to get a digest of all the past weeks happenings on a Friday is perfect”
Comment from 22 Dec 2025 in “Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell” “The weekly newsletter is a great way to get the most important information”
Comment from 15 Aug 2026 in “Ask HN: How do you keep up with HN these days?” - Comment from 5 May 2026 in “Ask HN: Where are you getting your AI news from?”
Read consistently for many years
“Still doing https://hackernewsletter.com/ after 15 years thanks to many of you.”
Comment from 18 Dec 2025 in “Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell” “It is great and gives a very good summary of the HN week, I love it!”
Comment from 18 Dec 2025 in “Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell” “I've been reading it every week for many years since I subscribed”
Comment from 23 Dec 2025 in “Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell” - Comment from 20 Dec 2025 in “Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell”
What people said
14 of the 17 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“try to pick a mix with the goal of finding some fun things”
“Maybe something like https://hackernewsletter.com acts as a good filter for you?”
“I find the curation to be top notch.”
“The weekly newsletter is a great way to get the most important information”
“subscribe to something like Hacker Newsletter that'll pull together the most interesting stories every few days”
“I believe that newsletter remain the best way of consuming content”
“for those who don’t have time to stay on HN everyday, might be good.”
“I also run a hacker news curated links newsletter, focused on AI threads”
“I've been reading it every week for many years since I subscribed”
“to be able to get a digest of all the past weeks happenings on a Friday is perfect”
“HN is a time sink so the newsletter lifts only items worthy of attention to my email.”
“This is the only newsletter I want to read every week.”
“It is great and gives a very good summary of the HN week, I love it!”
“Still doing https://hackernewsletter.com/ after 15 years thanks to many of you.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.