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This is a macOS Hacker News reader, lightweight and clean. I would love to hear your opinions on this!

by mattrighetti 5y ago

kergonath 5y ago
Nice! It looks good, I’ll try it for a while.
sgt 5y ago
Code should ideally be on github as source code files, not inside a binary archive.
- mattrighetti 5y ago
  I am not going to open source the project at the moment, I have to clean things up a bit before that. I'm probably gonna do that as soon as it reaches a good first RC
  - tw04 5y ago
    I would imagine you're going to get a fraction of the users testing it that you're looking for then. I know I'm not going to put my username and password into a closed source app from a random stranger on the internet.
    - mattrighetti 5y ago
      At the moment it’s just a reader so login is not yet available
  - sgt 5y ago
    Isn't this the source code? https://github.com/mattrighetti/HNReaderApp/archive/refs/tags/v0.1.tar.gz https://github.com/mattrighetti/HNReaderApp/archive/refs/tag...
    - vlod 5y ago
      Nope just the readme.
      - mattrighetti 5y ago
        Open sourced now since it seems highly requested, link in the readme!
    - mattrighetti 5y ago
      I have inserted the link to the source code in the readme, I need to clean things up a bit right now
  - alisonkisk 5y ago
    Are you a paying customer of GitHub? I thought GitHub free user repos are required to be open source.
    - mattrighetti 5y ago
      I have a college student pro account, for free, so yeah :)
    - mtmail 5y ago
      Github changed their pricing model last year. Everybody, individuals or companies, can have unlimited private and public repositories.
    - Kwpolska 5y ago
      No, GitHub never required your code to be open-source. In the past, free accounts couldn’t create private repositories. Nowadays, they can, but those private repositories are limited. A public repository does not need to contain open-source code, or even any code at all. I imagine the repo just contained a README, and that’s completely fine GitHub-wise — why would GitHub mandate people to have code in repos?
  - iampivot 5y ago
    Don't worry about cleaning it up; that's the way to get more contributions!
codetrotter 5y ago
Looks neat. I don’t see any source code in the repository though?
- sgt 5y ago
  It's closed source. He uses github to distribute the binary.
  - mattrighetti 5y ago
    Yes, give me a week and it will be open sourced. I just need to clean the code a bit Edit: open sourced it!
imNotTheProb 5y ago
Why macOS?
- mattrighetti 5y ago
  I only have apple devices and I enjoy developing apps in swift, way easier and less tedious than other systems imho. Also SwiftUI makes UI design a lot easier than standard
  - imNotTheProb 5y ago
    If you get an MBA I highly recommend a marketing class. Otherwise it might be good just as a defense against psychology tricks.
JohnBooty 5y ago
My first thought is that I can only see a handful of HN topics at a time, versus 30 via the standard web interface. So, to me... in its current state this app would be a large downgrade. It's "nicer" looking than the web interface, but the web interface is fine for me. I don't need it to be pretty. For an HN app to be useful to me it would have to offer more information or features than the web interface.
- mattrighetti 5y ago
  I’ve just started this, it will become more complex in the future with some help from the community
grishka 5y ago
Doesn't run on 10.14, requires 11.0 or newer :(
- saagarjha 5y ago
  Probably because it's written in SwiftUI.
  - grishka 5y ago
    I do have the option to create a SwiftUI project in the last version of xcode that would run on my OS, so it should support at least some of it. The question to ask, then, is how much of the new stuff, if any, this app uses. edit: a lot of it. I tried changing the deployment target to 10.14 and building it. Got 101 "'SomeSwiftThing' is only available in macOS 10.15 or newer" errors.
    - mattrighetti 5y ago
      Yes, the toolbar should only be available with SwiftUI 2.0 which was released on macOS Big Sur

This is a macOS Hacker News reader, lightweight and clean. I would love to hear your opinions on this!

kergonath 5y ago

Nice! It looks good, I’ll try it for a while.

sgt 5y ago

Code should ideally be on github as source code files, not inside a binary archive.

mattrighetti 5y ago
I am not going to open source the project at the moment, I have to clean things up a bit before that. I'm probably gonna do that as soon as it reaches a good first RC
- tw04 5y ago
  I would imagine you're going to get a fraction of the users testing it that you're looking for then. I know I'm not going to put my username and password into a closed source app from a random stranger on the internet.
  - mattrighetti 5y ago
    At the moment it’s just a reader so login is not yet available
- sgt 5y ago
  Isn't this the source code? https://github.com/mattrighetti/HNReaderApp/archive/refs/tags/v0.1.tar.gz https://github.com/mattrighetti/HNReaderApp/archive/refs/tag...
  - vlod 5y ago
    Nope just the readme.
    - mattrighetti 5y ago
      Open sourced now since it seems highly requested, link in the readme!
  - mattrighetti 5y ago
    I have inserted the link to the source code in the readme, I need to clean things up a bit right now
- alisonkisk 5y ago
  Are you a paying customer of GitHub? I thought GitHub free user repos are required to be open source.
  - mattrighetti 5y ago
    I have a college student pro account, for free, so yeah :)
  - mtmail 5y ago
    Github changed their pricing model last year. Everybody, individuals or companies, can have unlimited private and public repositories.
  - Kwpolska 5y ago
    No, GitHub never required your code to be open-source. In the past, free accounts couldn’t create private repositories. Nowadays, they can, but those private repositories are limited. A public repository does not need to contain open-source code, or even any code at all. I imagine the repo just contained a README, and that’s completely fine GitHub-wise — why would GitHub mandate people to have code in repos?
- iampivot 5y ago
  Don't worry about cleaning it up; that's the way to get more contributions!

codetrotter 5y ago

Looks neat. I don’t see any source code in the repository though?

sgt 5y ago
It's closed source. He uses github to distribute the binary.
- mattrighetti 5y ago
  Yes, give me a week and it will be open sourced. I just need to clean the code a bit Edit: open sourced it!

imNotTheProb 5y ago

Why macOS?

mattrighetti 5y ago
I only have apple devices and I enjoy developing apps in swift, way easier and less tedious than other systems imho. Also SwiftUI makes UI design a lot easier than standard
- imNotTheProb 5y ago
  If you get an MBA I highly recommend a marketing class. Otherwise it might be good just as a defense against psychology tricks.

JohnBooty 5y ago

My first thought is that I can only see a handful of HN topics at a time, versus 30 via the standard web interface. So, to me... in its current state this app would be a large downgrade. It's "nicer" looking than the web interface, but the web interface is fine for me. I don't need it to be pretty. For an HN app to be useful to me it would have to offer more information or features than the web interface.

mattrighetti 5y ago
I’ve just started this, it will become more complex in the future with some help from the community

grishka 5y ago

Doesn't run on 10.14, requires 11.0 or newer :(

saagarjha 5y ago
Probably because it's written in SwiftUI.
- grishka 5y ago
  I do have the option to create a SwiftUI project in the last version of xcode that would run on my OS, so it should support at least some of it. The question to ask, then, is how much of the new stuff, if any, this app uses. edit: a lot of it. I tried changing the deployment target to 10.14 and building it. Got 101 "'SomeSwiftThing' is only available in macOS 10.15 or newer" errors.
  - mattrighetti 5y ago
    Yes, the toolbar should only be available with SwiftUI 2.0 which was released on macOS Big Sur