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HN · launched Aug 25, 2026 · 6 upvotes (top 69%) · 0 views
Niche: startup directories and launch platforms · 249 launches, 20 in the last 7 days ▼ -35% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Marketplace
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes This is a simple content and community directory listing failed startups and post-mortems, easily built with a basic web framework, database, and submission forms.
Discussion
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 414 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #293 of 415 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 300 days after the earliest competitor.
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- Speartip.eu · hn · 2026-09-17 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- FounderTube · ph · 2026-11-11 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- Venture Trail · ph · 2026-09-11 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- StillUpTo · hn · 2026-07-03 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- Should I kill my side project? · hn · 2026-01-21 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Launch Party · hn · 2026-05-10 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- Data center development is broken. We fix that. · yc · 2026-09-04 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.44
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