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The Birth Year Chronicle
Turn any birth year into a newspaper-style keepsake
Pick a birth year, add a name, choose their interests and get a personalized one-page chronicle filled with hit songs, headlines, what things cost, who was born, and more. Every card is unique and free. Share it as a link. No app or account needed. Perfect as a last-minute birthday gift that actually feels personal.
Hey PH! I built this because I kept seeing those "Back in 19XX" posters on Etsy selling for $5-15 each, but they're all generic PDFs. I wanted something that's personalized to the person's actual interests.
Pick a year, add a name, select up to 3 interests (movies, music, sports, tech, etc.) and the app generates a newspaper-style card with curated facts from that year. You get a shareable link, paste it in iMessage, email, WhatsApp, wherever.
Built with Next.js, hosted on Vercel. All year data is hand-curated (1950-1990). Images are CC-licensed from Wikimedia Commons.
Would love your feedback. Is this something you'd share with someone for their birthday?
I'm also particularly interested in any ideas on if and how this could be monetized.
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About The Birth Year Chronicle on Product Hunt
“ Turn any birth year into a newspaper-style keepsake”
The Birth Year Chronicle was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 4 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #109 on the daily leaderboard. Pick a birth year, add a name, choose their interests and get a personalized one-page chronicle filled with hit songs, headlines, what things cost, who was born, and more. Every card is unique and free. Share it as a link. No app or account needed. Perfect as a last-minute birthday gift that actually feels personal.
The Birth Year Chronicle was featured in Movies (15k followers), Entertainment (1.9k followers) and Pop culture (460 followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 5.5k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted The Birth Year Chronicle?
The Birth Year Chronicle was hunted by Piotr Pluta. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Piotr Pluta
Hey PH! I built this because I kept seeing those "Back in 19XX" posters on Etsy selling for $5-15 each, but they're all generic PDFs. I wanted something that's personalized to the person's actual interests.
Pick a year, add a name, select up to 3 interests (movies, music, sports, tech, etc.) and the app generates a newspaper-style card with curated facts from that year. You get a shareable link, paste it in iMessage, email, WhatsApp, wherever.
Built with Next.js, hosted on Vercel. All year data is hand-curated (1950-1990). Images are CC-licensed from Wikimedia Commons.
Would love your feedback. Is this something you'd share with someone for their birthday?
I'm also particularly interested in any ideas on if and how this could be monetized.