I agree. I'm okay with people promoting their stuff as long as it fits in the discussion and has proper disclosure that it's their project. But it's not very nice when almost every post is like this:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16961492

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18032223

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16400684