Daily Hacker News Time Capsule: AI-Powered Tech Trend Analysis
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Uncover the evolution of technology with a daily, AI-powered digest of Hacker News headlines. This workflow scrapes historical front pages for the same day across multiple years, then uses Google Gemini to categorize and analyze tech trends, delivering a structured Markdown report directly to you.
About This Workflow
Ever wondered how the tech landscape has shifted on a specific date over the years? Manually sifting through archives is tedious, but this n8n workflow makes it effortless. It automatically fetches Hacker News front-page headlines for today's date, spanning back to 2007, and then hands the raw data to Google Gemini 1.5 Pro. The powerful LLM acts as your personal tech historian, analyzing, categorizing, and summarizing key headlines, identifying emerging trends, and reflecting on the technological evolution. Get a unique daily lookback into the past, delivered in an easy-to-read Markdown format, without writing a single line of code yourself.
Key Features
- Automated Daily Insights: Schedule to run daily and receive a fresh historical analysis of Hacker News headlines.
- Multi-Year Data Collection: Automatically scrapes Hacker News front pages for the same calendar day across many years (2007 to present).
- AI-Powered Trend Analysis: Leverages Google Gemini 1.5 Pro to intelligently categorize headlines, identify key themes, and highlight long-term tech trends.
- Structured Markdown Output: Generates a clean, readable report with themed sections, years, headlines, and original source links.
- Built-in Rate Limiting: Safely scrapes Hacker News with a 3-second delay between requests to avoid IP blocking.
How To Use
- Configure Schedule Trigger: Set the
Schedule Triggernode (ID:18cba750-aef5-451d-880f-2c12d8540d78) to your preferred daily execution time. It's currently set for 9 PM UTC. - Add Google Gemini Credentials: In the
Google Gemini Chat Modelnode (ID:b5a97c2a-0c3b-4ebe-aec5-7bca6b55ad4c), click on 'Credentials' and select or create your Google Gemini (PaLM) API account. You'll need an API key from Google Cloud. - Review LLM Prompt (Optional): The
Basic LLM Chainnode (ID:6ea4e702-1af8-407b-b653-964a51db1c2) contains the detailed instructions for the AI. You can customize this prompt to refine the analysis or change the output format if needed. - Execute Workflow: Run the workflow manually to test, or let the schedule trigger automate the process. The output will be the Markdown content generated by the LLM, ready for further processing (e.g., sending to email, saving to a file, etc.).
Apps Used
Workflow JSON
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"id": "2185bf21-477d-4085-a0c1-56c90ecbad74",
"name": "Daily Hacker News Time Capsule: AI-Powered Tech Trend Analysis",
"nodes": 19,
"category": "Personal",
"status": "active",
"version": "1.0.0"
}Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.
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