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New apps shouldn't be needed for this kind of thing. Get an RSS reader and use https://news.ycombinator.com/rss https://news.ycombinator.com/rss. If you want to
by kgwxd 9y ago
New apps shouldn't be needed for this kind of thing. Get an RSS reader and use https://news.ycombinator.com/rss https://news.ycombinator.com/rss. If you want to get your comment replies too, ask HN to start providing a feed for it, if they do, I couldn't find it. Start using the reader for everything you can. Most YouTube channels have a hidden feed, Reddit has feeds, most sites worth a damn have feeds. You will save countless hours of your life never having to sift through things you've already read or intentionally skipped. You can add your own filters for junk sites that are going to show you a pay wall, tell you to allow tracking or require you to sign up.
- hypercluster 9y agoI tried that but it gets quite tedious with HN. Even with hnrss.org "frontpage" lots of stories show up. And even with a filter >10 points there's a ton to look at. Still haven't figured out a good way to consume HN.
- jasonkostempski 9y agoCan you think of a feature a standalone app could provide to help with those concerns? Maybe you're just trying to consume too much at once? I leave my RSS reader running in the background against the regular feed and I've never felt like it was too much, even after the weekend. Only thing that bothers me is when titles get adjusted, they get introduced as new items but I'm willing to put up with that in order to never have to rescan over anything else ever again. I only have 4 other, very low volume feeds I deal with, maybe that's why HNs volume doesn't seem as bad to me.