Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)
by argee on Sunday June 14, 2026 @12:35PM
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> It sends me an email once a story hits a certain number of upvotes per minute
So do you get one email per-story that fits this criteria? Or is it some kind of roll-up?
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)
by davidbarker on Sunday June 14, 2026 @12:43PM
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Typically one email per story.
It checks every 5 minutes, and if more than one story happens to meet the criteria during that 5 minute bucket then it'll put them into one email (so the "hiring" checks appear in one email). But in reality because it's rare that 2 stories will trend within the same 5 minute bucket it ends up being one email per story.
It sends me an email once a story hits a certain number of upvotes per minute, so it's useful for keeping track of breaking news.
It'll also soon allow you to get alerted to specific words or phrases in titles. (I have one set up so the monthly hiring threads notify me as soon as they appear.)
https://hnalerts.com