I built a site that shows every world event you lived through
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HN · launched Apr 10, 2026 · 10 upvotes (top 41%) · 0 views
Niche: digital history and reference archives · 150 launches, 6 in the last 7 days ▼ -57% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Content generation
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 150 launches in digital history and reference archives →
Could you build this?
Yes The core application is a web timeline that filters a static or lightly queried dataset of historical events based on an entered birth date.
Discussion
6 comments analyzed.
Concerns raised: Birthdate selector UX confusing - year chips unclear, button stays disabled without exact date, AI story forced on users - some prefer to skip straight to timeline/record view, Navigation unclear between report and record sections, hard to return to birthday input
Feature requests: Skip/bypass button to go directly to timeline without reading AI story, Quick "Your story" button in header to return to report, "New report" button to easily input different birthdays for family members
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 254 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #101 of 255 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 160 days after the earliest competitor.
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