Re:Ask HN: What are the best ways to promote any opensource ...
by MinhasKamal on Sunday October 16, 2016 @07:24AM
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I am very new to HN, only learning about things here...
I actually could not understand how to showcase a project. So the the first submission was a mistake. I could not delete it either. So I experimentally posted another.
Thank you a lot for visiting my projects. Your advice was really helpful.
Usually, in HN, don't make a small comment about your own submission. Reply to the questions in the threads, but try not to write a new comment. (Sometime it's a good idea to make a comment.)
Both projects you have submitted look like things that a good antivirus should detect and block. Do you have a project that is less controversial?
You submitted two projects in one day. If your plan was to continue submitting two projects each day, then I think it's too much. If your plan was to submit only one project per week, then I think it's ok.
I prefer an blog post about some interesting detail or technical problem of you project than a direct link to github. Both projects have a good readme.md, but a long blog post is usually better to get attention here. (But not too ling.)