Was going to say - it would be fascinating to go a step further and have Gemini simulate the actual articles. That would elevate this to level of something like an art piece. Really enjoyed this, thank you for posting it.

I'm going to go ask Claude Code to create a functional HyperCard stack version of HN from 1994 now...

Edit: just got a working version of HyperCardHackerNews, will deploy to Vercel and post shortly...

Here is the working version: https://hyper-card-hacker-news.vercel.app

Enjoy!

I also asked Opus 4.5 to make a "1994 style readme page" for the GitHub: https://github.com/benjaminbreen/HyperCardHackerNews

I think it's perfect as it is, trying to expand the headlines into articles would belabour the joke too much.

First let’s have it create maybe 100 more entries, then have people vote on which are the best 30, THEN put all the effort into creating all the fake articles and discussions. As good as the current 30 are, maybe the set could still be made twice as good. And have a set of short “explain xkcd”-style entries somewhere so people can read up on what the joke is, when they miss a specific one. Then send it to The Onion and let them make a whole business around it or something.

Definitely one of the best HN posts ever. I mean come on!:

FDA approves over-the-counter CRISPR for lactose intolerance (fda.gov)

You are a sick, sick man, but you have taste.

I didn't even try to click through to the articles, so I was just disappointed I couldn't read the comments.