... doesn't have a public API. But Algolia powers their search. Every night at 2am UTC, our GitHub Actions cron job hits YC's Algolia

... prepping my YC application. I wanted to know: has anyone already done this idea? YC's search gave me nothing useful. So I spent a weekend scraping their Algolia API, built a local database, ran embeddings against my pitch... and found 3 companies that had tried it. Two failed. One pivoted and got acquired. That search saved me from wasting a year. So I shipped it for everyone: https://www.exploreyc.com/validator What would you do with over 6k YC pitches ...

... repos, R&D, models, new frameworks, emerging products - and breaks each one down in three layers: 10-second product info - is it even worth your time? Full breakdown - how to use it, who it's for, Dev/PM/Founder playbooks, competitors, market angles Deep dive - architecture, citations, technical depth for when you really need to go all in There's also an Explore feed (powered by HN Algolia

... enjoyed reading docs from Algolia and Stripe , both are educative and visually stunning. What technical docs recently WOW you the most ...