news.ycombinator.com• Jan 28, 2026• 1 min read
Ask HN: How to Built an Active CommunityI have built the Tech Content Platform Insidestack (https://insidestack.it) as a new side hustle with currently over 1000 popular RSS Feeds from independent tech experts, tech media houses and Big Tech.The site has some nice features like - Semantic search with text embedding - You can block / follow feeds - You can bookmark and comment articlesThe longterm goal is that any user can build customised feeds by defining interests (which translate into search vectors).I think the site has clean, modern design and is also quite efficient. (warning not vibe-coded). It is fully self-hosted from frontend, backend, database and email.The costs are extremely low currently, I spend less than €20 / month. I want to offer this as completely free service, not even requiring registration, except for creating customised feeds.My question is what is the best strategy to build an active community. I was thinking of open sourcing the feeds to get some attention. But this would be yet another awesome list