HN Algolia Search Monitor

Watch the full Hacker News history via the Algolia search API for brand mentions, topic surges, and old-thread re-discovery. Different from #21 (HN Monitor on live feeds); this is full-history search.

Built 2026-05-03 as Demo #33.

Run

. ~/freelance/.venv/bin/activate
cd ~/freelance/portfolio_demos/hn_algolia_search
python monitor.py --reset
python monitor.py --once

Result

• 90 historical HN stories tracked across 3 brand queries (Anthropic, OpenAI, Hugging Face) ✅
• Idempotent re-run, 4 simulated point deltas detected ✅
• Use cases: PR teams (catch brand mentions in real time), competitive intel, viral-thread lead-gen ✅