Cursor Directory · directory of Cursor AI rules
Post the launch on Hacker News
Reached the front page; YouTubers then covered it unpaid
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What they did
In the launch week, also posted Cursor Directory on Hacker News. It reached the front page, and many YouTubers then featured it in their videos.
What happened
Front page of Hacker News; widespread YouTuber coverage followed.
- Stage
- launch
This shipped together with other changes, so the result can't be credited to this alone.
“But then I also posted on Hacker News. We ended up on the on the front page, and a lot of YouTubers started to cover uh Cursor Directory into their uh videos.”
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