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Gourav Goyal
Personal blog · gourav.io/blog · on HN as jerrygoyalprogrammingcareer
Gourav Goyal's personal blog at gourav.io covers programming and career. Since 2021, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 78 times, most often “My simple GitHub project went viral”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-12-31, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Posts on coding style, including a functional, else-less approach to avoid nested if-else, and a Next.js cheatsheet. The author also builds open-source browser extensions such as Notion Boost, which HN readers mention.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Gourav - Personal site and blog
Most-linked posts?
- My simple GitHub project went viral3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-04-13
- /notion-boost2 people · 10 mentions · first linked 2021-05-14
- Clone Wars: Open-source clones of popular sites2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-03-11
What Hacker News says?
it's not consistent on a monthly basis but so far i have made $10k from my open source side project and I wrote about that in detail: https://gourav.io/blog/notion-boost
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on “Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell”Submitted I received my first donation on my open-source side project as a story · 404 points
HN discussion> No floating table of contents. I built a browser extension which does this plus many more customizations like full width for all pages, scroll to top button etc. Notion Boost: https://gourav.io/notion-boost
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on “Notion API – public beta”Submitted My simple GitHub project went viral as a story · 332 points
HN discussionI also compiled a list of most useful AHK scripts https://gourav.io/blog/autohotkey-scripts-windows
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on “Show HN: AutoHotkey for Linux”Submitted Clone Wars: Open-source clones of popular sites as a story · 185 points
HN discussionAs author of a Notion browser extension, "everything is block" concept made it significantly easy to understand the notion doc structure and tweak the UI to add multiple customisations on top of it. For instance showing a fixed static ToC, etc. https://gourav.io/notion-boost
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on “The data model behind Notion's flexibility”Submitted Clone Wars as a story · 4 points
HN discussionthat's exactly what I did for my blog and achieved 90+ on lighthouse audit. Google is considering core web vitals to rank pages from this year (may 21). I don't want to rely on an external hosting provider who usually loads tons of tracking code, analytics scripts, irrelevant scripts to hosted sites (looking at you Wix). blog: https://gourav.io/blog repo: https://github.com/GorvGoyl/Personal-Site-Gourav.io/tree/mas.…
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on “Blog with Markdown and Git, and degrade gracefully through time”Submitted Questions to ask yourself every year as a story · 3 points
HN discussionLots of good extensions in this thread. Here are some optional extensions I like: - Twemex - https://twemex.app/ - Adds a really useful sidebar to Twitter. - Recipe Filter - https://github.com/sean-public/RecipeFilter - Focuses recipes front and center on food blogs - Notion Boost - https://gourav.io/notion-boost - Adds a lot of really nice features to Notion - Tampermonkey - https://www.tampermonkey.net/ - Lets you…
Comment linking /notion-boost
on “Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?”Submitted Top AutoHotkey scripts to use Windows like a pro as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI built a fairly simple browser extension that users love to use. Heck, people even paid for it (it's freemium but an open-source project). Now and then, I get an appreciation email from a user, a notification from the chrome web store that someone rated it 5-star, or a new purchase notification from Stripe. Random doses of serotonin make my day. In a nutshell, I love working on it because people find it helpful and…
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on “Ask HN: Have you found something you love to do? If yes how?”Submitted My simple GitHub project went Viral as a story · 2 points
HN discussionWeb Dev | 7 yrs | React, Next.js, Typescript, Node, Tailwind | Ex-founder (CTO) Portfolio & blog: https://gourav.io Résumé/CV: https://gourav.io/cv Location: India (willing to relocate or work remotely) Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes (Canada or EU) Technologies: React, Next.js, Typescript, Javascript (ES6), Node.js, NoSQL, SQL, Tailwind CSS, GCP, Firebase, Figma Email: hey@gourav.io Experience: 7 yrs I am a fu…
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on “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2022)”Submitted How to get a reply from busy people using cold outreach methods as a story · 1 points
HN discussionLocation: India Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Next.js, React, Typescript, Tailwind CSS, GCP, Firebase, Node.js Résumé/CV: https://gourav.io/cv Portfolio & blog: https://gourav.io Email: hey@gourav.io Exp: 7 yrs Work preference: Part-time (20hrs/week) Full-stack web developer and ex-CTO of a funded startup. I have worked for big tech giants as well as startups. Currently bootstrapping my 2nd star…
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on “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2021)”Submitted Handy Git commands for beginners – revert commits, manage PR, reset branch, etc. as a story · 1 points
HN discussionEx-founder (CTO) looking for exciting opportunities. Portfolio & blog: https://gourav.io Résumé/CV: https://gourav.io/cv Location: India (willing to relocate or work remotely) Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes (Canada / EU) Technologies: React, Next.js, Typescript, Javascript (ES6), Node.js, NoSQL, SQL, Tailwind CSS, GCP, Firebase, Figma Email: hey@gourav.io Experience: 6+ yrs About me: I am a full-stack web deve…
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on “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2022)”Submitted Next.js cheatsheet – add debugging, dev url, Tailwind, SEO, analytics, sitemap as a story · 1 points
HN discussionWeb Dev | 7 yrs | React, Next.js, Typescript, Node, Tailwind | Ex-founder (CTO) Portfolio & blog: https://gourav.io Résumé/CV: https://gourav.io/cv Location: India (willing to relocate or work remotely) Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: React, Next.js, Typescript, Javascript (ES6), Node.js, NoSQL, SQL, Tailwind CSS, GCP, Firebase, Figma Email: hey@gourav.io Experience: 7 yrs I am a full-stack web de…
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on “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2022)”Submitted Next.js cheatsheet – add debugging, dev url, Tailwind, SEO, analytics, sitemap as a story · 1 points
HN discussionWeb Dev | React Next.js Typescript Node.js Tailwind | Ex-founder (CTO) Portfolio & blog: https://gourav.io Résumé/CV: https://gourav.io/cv Location: India (willing to relocate or work remotely) Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes (Canada or EU) Technologies: React, Next.js, Typescript, Javascript (ES6), Node.js, NoSQL, SQL, Tailwind CSS, GCP, Firebase, Figma Email: hey@gourav.io Experience: 6+ yrs About me: I am a…
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on “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2022)”Location: India Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: React, Next.js, Typescript, Javascript, Node.js, NoSQL, SQL, Tailwind CSS, GCP, Firebase Résumé/CV: https://gourav.io/cv Portfolio & blog: https://gourav.io Email: hey@gourav.io Experience: 6+ yrs About me: I am a full-stack web developer (React, Typescript, Node.js) and ex-founder (built 2 startups in SaaS and healthtech). I have over 6 years of exp…
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on “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2022)”Location: India Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: React, Next.js, Typescript, Javascript, Node.js, Tailwind CSS, GCP, Firebase Résumé/CV: https://gourav.io/cv Portfolio & blog: https://gourav.io Email: hey@gourav.io Experience: 7+ yrs About me: Full-Stack Web Developer & an Ex-Founder (built 2 startups in SaaS and healthtech space). I've built and shipped multiple products. These products are being…
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on “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2021)”Location: India Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Typescript, Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS, Firebase, Node.js Résumé/CV: https://gourav.io Email: hey@gourav.io Exp: 7 yrs I'm an indie hacker and have built multiple side projects which are being used by thousands pf people worldwide. Currently bootstrapping my 2nd start-up. Meanwhile, looking for part time work to earn side-income.
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on “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2021)”Web Dev | 7 yrs | React, Next.js, Typescript, Node, Tailwind | Ex-founder (CTO) Portfolio & blog: https://gourav.io Résumé/CV: https://gourav.io/cv Location: India (willing to relocate or work remotely) Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: React, Next.js, Typescript, Javascript (ES6), Node.js, NoSQL, SQL, Tailwind CSS, GCP, Firebase, Figma Email: hey@gourav.io Experience: 7 yrs I am a full-stack web de…
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on “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2022)”Web Dev | 7 yrs | React, Next.js, Typescript, Node, Tailwind | Ex-founder (CTO) Portfolio & blog: https://gourav.io Résumé/CV: https://gourav.io/cv Location: India (willing to relocate or work remotely) Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes (Canada or EU) Technologies: React, Next.js, Typescript, Javascript (ES6), Node.js, NoSQL, SQL, Tailwind CSS, GCP, Firebase, Figma Email: hey@gourav.io Experience: 7 yrs About me:…
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on “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2022)”A followup that explains some more of the thinking behind the project: My simple Github project went Viral (2021) https://gourav.io/blog/my-simple-github-project-went-viral
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on “Clone-Wars: 100 open-source clones of popular sites”SEEKING WORK | India | Remote Type of services offered: Web developer, PM, interim CTO, Tech advisor. Technologies: Next.js, React, Typescript, Tailwind CSS, GCP, Firebase, Node.js Résumé/CV: https://gourav.io/cv Portfolio & blog: https://gourav.io Email: hey@gourav.io Exp: 7 yrs Full-stack web developer and ex-CTO of a funded startup. I have worked for big tech giants as well as startups. Currently bootstrapping my…
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on “Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2021)”
