Maker & Dev Communities
Maker and developer communities are where builders share launches, write-ups, and side projects. Posting your project here can earn honest feedback, early users, and the occasional high-authority backlink.
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Show HN your project. A front-page hit is one of the highest-signal launches on the web. Links are nofollow but the traffic is real.
Active subreddit for launching side projects. Nofollow, but a hit thread drives real, engaged traffic.
Write a launch post or tutorial for a large developer readership. Canonical-friendly and indexes fast.
Community of designers and makers. Share work and launches for feedback and reach.
Post your product and milestones to a community of founders. Great for feedback, accountability, and a profile backlink.
Publish your tech stack and tools. Developer audience and a profile link; good fit for dev-facing products.
Developer blogging platform with custom-domain blogs. Good for technical content marketing.
Invite-only, high-signal computing community. Quality-gated, so submissions need genuine technical merit.
Launch platform for developer tools, run by the Hacker News-adjacent dev community.