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Show HN: Get notified of replies/comments on HN (or view in-browser)

3 points by mmarian 2y ago

mmarian 2y ago
Built a small web app that sends email notifications whenever someone replies to one of your comments or posts on Hacker News. And if you don't want to share your email, I also created a tool on the same site where you can view the replies received over the past 24 hours; it's on this page: https://hackernewsalerts.com/view-comments-replies/ https://hackernewsalerts.com/view-comments-replies/ Welcome any questions/feedback!
- PaulHoule 2y ago
  Fails for me because (1) I have uppercase characters in my username and (2) HN usernames are case sensitive.
  - mmarian 2y ago
    Thanks for the feedback! Funnily enough, initially I allowed usernames to be case sensitive because of what was said on this API https://github.com/HackerNews/API?tab=readme-ov-file#users https://github.com/HackerNews/API?tab=readme-ov-file#users . But after feedback (https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=mmarian#40857404 https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=mmarian#40857404) and self-testing (https://imgur.com/a/MKoJHcj https://imgur.com/a/MKoJHcj) I decided to make them case-insensitive. Now I need to revert back （─.─||）
Leftium 2y ago
Nice! It also sends notifications when someone comments on your submission. I don't think the other similar services do that.
- mmarian 2y ago
  Yes! That's what prompted me to build it. And it's already paying off for me as I got a notification about your comment which I would've missed otherwise: https://imgur.com/a/uSeahaK https://imgur.com/a/uSeahaK
Leftium 2y ago
Now that I've gotten some notifications, one suggestion: The notification email's subject is always "New comments/replies on Hacker News" This causes Gmail to sometimes combine them into a single "conversation." So it would be nice if the notification email included the title of the post. The title and original comment would be useful in the body of the message, as well. (See how https://www.hnreplies.com https://www.hnreplies.com does this)
- mmarian 2y ago
  Appreciate the feedback! I'll look into the suggestions tomorrow.

3 points by mmarian 2y ago

Built a small web app that sends email notifications whenever someone replies to one of your comments or posts on Hacker News. And if you don't want to share your email, I also created a tool on the same site where you can view the replies received over the past 24 hours; it's on this page: https://hackernewsalerts.com/view-comments-replies/ https://hackernewsalerts.com/view-comments-replies/ Welcome any questions/feedback!

PaulHoule 2y ago
Fails for me because (1) I have uppercase characters in my username and (2) HN usernames are case sensitive.
- mmarian 2y ago
  Thanks for the feedback! Funnily enough, initially I allowed usernames to be case sensitive because of what was said on this API https://github.com/HackerNews/API?tab=readme-ov-file#users https://github.com/HackerNews/API?tab=readme-ov-file#users . But after feedback (https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=mmarian#40857404 https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=mmarian#40857404) and self-testing (https://imgur.com/a/MKoJHcj https://imgur.com/a/MKoJHcj) I decided to make them case-insensitive. Now I need to revert back （─.─||）

Leftium 2y ago

Nice! It also sends notifications when someone comments on your submission. I don't think the other similar services do that.

mmarian 2y ago
Yes! That's what prompted me to build it. And it's already paying off for me as I got a notification about your comment which I would've missed otherwise: https://imgur.com/a/uSeahaK https://imgur.com/a/uSeahaK

Leftium 2y ago

Now that I've gotten some notifications, one suggestion: The notification email's subject is always "New comments/replies on Hacker News" This causes Gmail to sometimes combine them into a single "conversation." So it would be nice if the notification email included the title of the post. The title and original comment would be useful in the body of the message, as well. (See how https://www.hnreplies.com https://www.hnreplies.com does this)

mmarian 2y ago
Appreciate the feedback! I'll look into the suggestions tomorrow.