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Show HN: Thinker App – Automate Your Information Intake

20 points by personjerry 6y ago

personjerry 6y ago
Hey HN! I built this app that basically reads articles for you. I found I was opening too many HN articles and then never getting around to reading them, so I wrote a little script to help. I had tried bookmarking apps but they actually enabled my procrastination. I got some interest from friends, so I fleshed out the script into a small service, added some convenience features, and this is where I'm at. Please hit me with any questions or feedback! I'd love to hear what you think. I also added HACKER1 as a promo code in-app so HNers can get a free month of service :)
- jcahill 6y ago
  Thinker is an app that automates your learning. It enables you to: - Jump to key info instantly using AI. - Stop redundantly checking sites like Hacker News. - Permanently archive every article. How are you archiving the articles?
  - personjerry 6y ago
    What I'm doing right now is saving the page's HTML. Later on I plan to save the assets too.
- fouc 6y ago
  I took a look at the example articles and I just want to say that for a 13" macbook retina display with default 2x scaling at 1280x800, I found the font size to be a bit too small and thin. I personally liked it a bit more at font-size of 1.2em with a font-weight of 400, but that could use some fine tuning perhaps. I think the main issue is that using pt can be a problem, em/rem would display more consistently across screens.
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mk_chan 6y ago
I feel like it's better described as 'Filter your information intake' because according to what it says on the website, it highlights and extracts the non-(advertisy, rambly, clickbaity, etc) information. I can't try it yet because there's no android version out unfortunately
linkish_io 6y ago
Waiting for the android version too. Maybe make the Android button clickable which opens a popup and asks people to enter email ID so they can get an email when you finally launch it on android.
onyva 6y ago
Imho it needs to be native to feel nice to use. It feels 100% web view and doesn’t look very slick. Ie. At minimum swipe back and forth in the article stream. Right now it reveals the side bar, which is painful.
ellsthrow 6y ago
Interesting app, I see you've got an Android app planned too, just curious if you're going cross platform and if so what you've created it with?

20 points by personjerry 6y ago

Hey HN! I built this app that basically reads articles for you. I found I was opening too many HN articles and then never getting around to reading them, so I wrote a little script to help. I had tried bookmarking apps but they actually enabled my procrastination. I got some interest from friends, so I fleshed out the script into a small service, added some convenience features, and this is where I'm at. Please hit me with any questions or feedback! I'd love to hear what you think. I also added HACKER1 as a promo code in-app so HNers can get a free month of service :)

jcahill 6y ago
Thinker is an app that automates your learning. It enables you to: - Jump to key info instantly using AI. - Stop redundantly checking sites like Hacker News. - Permanently archive every article. How are you archiving the articles?
- personjerry 6y ago
  What I'm doing right now is saving the page's HTML. Later on I plan to save the assets too.
fouc 6y ago
I took a look at the example articles and I just want to say that for a 13" macbook retina display with default 2x scaling at 1280x800, I found the font size to be a bit too small and thin. I personally liked it a bit more at font-size of 1.2em with a font-weight of 400, but that could use some fine tuning perhaps. I think the main issue is that using pt can be a problem, em/rem would display more consistently across screens.
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mk_chan 6y ago

I feel like it's better described as 'Filter your information intake' because according to what it says on the website, it highlights and extracts the non-(advertisy, rambly, clickbaity, etc) information. I can't try it yet because there's no android version out unfortunately

linkish_io 6y ago

Waiting for the android version too. Maybe make the Android button clickable which opens a popup and asks people to enter email ID so they can get an email when you finally launch it on android.

onyva 6y ago

Imho it needs to be native to feel nice to use. It feels 100% web view and doesn’t look very slick. Ie. At minimum swipe back and forth in the article stream. Right now it reveals the side bar, which is painful.

ellsthrow 6y ago

Interesting app, I see you've got an Android app planned too, just curious if you're going cross platform and if so what you've created it with?