PG: The biggest source of stress for me at YC was running HN

Are we at a point where dividing HN into smaller communities is beneficial? I know there are Show HN, Ask HN, Who is Hiring, etc? I want to see a section for DIY/personal projects and maybe even AMAs.

I hope not. I like HN just the way it is. It's a simple text message board with good moderation.

We don't need to pile on more features for the sake of it. There are plenty of communities for DIY projects and AMAs.

Maybe adding more filters at the top is useful, but one of HN's strengths is how flat it is. If it was divided into a ton of subforums it would lead to some core boards receiving the majority of traffic while other ones becoming isolated satellites.

I really like the plain structure, but I also noted that sometimes it is difficult for the small projects to reach the front page. Please remember to go to https://news.ycombinator.com/newest and upvote interesting small projects.

And https://news.ycombinator.com/shownew, which is much less well known. It's linked from https://news.ycombinator.com/show at the top.

This is great. Is there a new for Ask HN and Tell HN as well?

Nope, it's on the list to add that. Ask and Tell are the same though, so this would just be /asknew.