With yet another exciting new release of something reaching the top of HN, I would just like to urge devs to put a description of the project they're actually releasing and a link to the page describing the project in the release announcement.
These announcements could be a valuable touchpoint for you to reach a whole new audience, but I can't remember a single one that starts with something like "exciting new release of NAME, the X that does Y for users of Z. Check out the project home page at https:// for more."
Quite often, the release announcement is a dead end that can't even take me to the project! In this case, the only link is a tiny octocat in the lower left-hand corner, AFAICS.
These announcements could be a valuable touchpoint for you to reach a whole new audience, but I can't remember a single one that starts with something like "exciting new release of NAME, the X that does Y for users of Z. Check out the project home page at https:// for more."
Quite often, the release announcement is a dead end that can't even take me to the project! In this case, the only link is a tiny octocat in the lower left-hand corner, AFAICS.