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Show HN: Hackyournews.com v2

27 points by ukuina 2y ago

A year and a half after I published https://HackYourNews.com https://HackYourNews.com, I've rewritten it to be neater and added support for more news sources. HackYourNews.com v1 had a great response on HN [1] and consistently sees ~2k weekly unique visitors. There were many long-standing requests that I wanted to fulfill (thanks for your patience!): a proper dark mode, correct rendering on mobile devices, and more cogent summaries. This rewrite is the result. gpt-4o-mini reduces the cost of summarization to an absurd degree, so it's now sustainable to keep this free service going! Someday, I hope to use the Batch API [2] to drive down costs even further. Enjoy. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37427127 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37427127 [2] https://help.openai.com/en/articles/9197833-batch-api-faq https://help.openai.com/en/articles/9197833-batch-api-faq

armchairhacker 2y ago
The last link in the "Hacker news" section somehow points to a Reddit thread: > Vince Gilligan calls for more aspirational heroes in TV amid rise of real-life bad actors There's no corresponding HN article (see https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=%20Vince%20Gilligan&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...), and the "Comments" link points to https://old.reddit.com/r/UpliftingNews/comments/1iqvqfn/breaking_bad_creator_vince_gilligan_urges_more/ https://old.reddit.com/r/UpliftingNews/comments/1iqvqfn/brea....
- ukuina 2y ago
  Interesting; that story's already rolled off the front page, so I'm not seeing it currently.
Reventlov 2y ago
>Lobste.rs >Mastodon web app requires JavaScript or native apps for access Now that's hilarious (that's a link to https://chaos.social/@hexa/114009069746212598 https://chaos.social/@hexa/114009069746212598 )
- ukuina 2y ago
  Yeah, trying to figure out how to get JS-heavy content without resorting to a headed browser.
cmdtab 2y ago
I love this. I found fonts too small for my liking and wanted to filter sources quickly so I created an alternative site using yours as backend just now. https://news-digest-nine.vercel.app/ https://news-digest-nine.vercel.app/ Source code: https://github.com/cloudycotton/news_digest https://github.com/cloudycotton/news_digest REST API: https://news-digest-nine.vercel.app/hn https://news-digest-nine.vercel.app/hn If you need help with making the site more pretty, and optimise your backend calls, email is in the profile.
- deleted 2y ago
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- ukuina 2y ago
  That's an interesting layout! Thanks for sharing, will investigate improving the whitespace utilization.
Levitating 2y ago
Have you tried increasing the line-height for the links to increase readability? I think something in between 20px and 25px works best for me.
- ukuina 2y ago
  I've added this, and it already looks much better. Thanks for the actionable suggestion!
syntaxing 2y ago
I love the idea and what it provides but the UX is kinda rough. The line spacing and font makes it hard to focus (I dont know what it is). Also, Mistral Small would drive your cost even lower (https://mistral.ai/en/products/la-plateforme#pricing https://mistral.ai/en/products/la-plateforme#pricing)
- ukuina 2y ago
  I've increased the line height and font sizes as suggested in a sibling comment. Will investigate Mistral Small, thanks!
  - NoahKAndrews 2y ago
    It would also help if there was more space between entries than between wrapped lines within an entry. Everything runs together.
    - ukuina 2y ago
      Would a thin line divider be preferable to whitespace?
      - syntaxing 2y ago
        I think adding a marking like a bullet point would help a lot. It’s really hard to know where a new article title starts and end
        ukuina 2y ago
        I've increased the font weight of the article title; this bolded look alongside additional vertical spacing really helps to add visual separation. Take a look and let me know how it can be improved further!

27 points by ukuina 2y ago

armchairhacker 2y ago

The last link in the "Hacker news" section somehow points to a Reddit thread: > Vince Gilligan calls for more aspirational heroes in TV amid rise of real-life bad actors There's no corresponding HN article (see https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=%20Vince%20Gilligan&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...), and the "Comments" link points to https://old.reddit.com/r/UpliftingNews/comments/1iqvqfn/breaking_bad_creator_vince_gilligan_urges_more/ https://old.reddit.com/r/UpliftingNews/comments/1iqvqfn/brea....

ukuina 2y ago
Interesting; that story's already rolled off the front page, so I'm not seeing it currently.

Reventlov 2y ago

>Lobste.rs >Mastodon web app requires JavaScript or native apps for access Now that's hilarious (that's a link to https://chaos.social/@hexa/114009069746212598 https://chaos.social/@hexa/114009069746212598 )

ukuina 2y ago
Yeah, trying to figure out how to get JS-heavy content without resorting to a headed browser.

cmdtab 2y ago

I love this. I found fonts too small for my liking and wanted to filter sources quickly so I created an alternative site using yours as backend just now. https://news-digest-nine.vercel.app/ https://news-digest-nine.vercel.app/ Source code: https://github.com/cloudycotton/news_digest https://github.com/cloudycotton/news_digest REST API: https://news-digest-nine.vercel.app/hn https://news-digest-nine.vercel.app/hn If you need help with making the site more pretty, and optimise your backend calls, email is in the profile.

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ukuina 2y ago
That's an interesting layout! Thanks for sharing, will investigate improving the whitespace utilization.

Levitating 2y ago

Have you tried increasing the line-height for the links to increase readability? I think something in between 20px and 25px works best for me.

ukuina 2y ago
I've added this, and it already looks much better. Thanks for the actionable suggestion!

syntaxing 2y ago

I love the idea and what it provides but the UX is kinda rough. The line spacing and font makes it hard to focus (I dont know what it is). Also, Mistral Small would drive your cost even lower (https://mistral.ai/en/products/la-plateforme#pricing https://mistral.ai/en/products/la-plateforme#pricing)

ukuina 2y ago
I've increased the line height and font sizes as suggested in a sibling comment. Will investigate Mistral Small, thanks!
- NoahKAndrews 2y ago
  It would also help if there was more space between entries than between wrapped lines within an entry. Everything runs together.
  - ukuina 2y ago
    Would a thin line divider be preferable to whitespace?
    - syntaxing 2y ago
      I think adding a marking like a bullet point would help a lot. It’s really hard to know where a new article title starts and end
      - ukuina 2y ago
        I've increased the font weight of the article title; this bolded look alongside additional vertical spacing really helps to add visual separation. Take a look and let me know how it can be improved further!