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nologic01 ◴[] No.37252485[source]
> Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something.

This is one of the more serious pain points I notice (thankfully only occasionally).

Obviously getting some visibility is important for people launching new projects. Sometimes adversarial comments seem to be motivated by commercial rather than technical reasons.

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1. xnx ◴[] No.37262917[source]
My favorite part of "Show HN" is when someone asks: "How is NewSaaS better than 15 year old open source project that has more features and is used by thousands of companies?" It's a great way to learn what's out there.