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Show HN: HackerNows – Native iOS HN Client
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- JSR_FDED 4mo agoThis is the first HN app that immediately clicks for me. Would absolutely love it if the text could be made bigger (both for reading and commenting)! By the way, this reply was posted using the HackerNows app itself :-)
- maguszin 4mo agoThanks, i will work on that. Native dynamic fonts works, but i will add an in app option to change font size
- atombender 4mo agoYou might like HACK [1], then. It has a large set of options (maybe too many!) to change fonts, styles, colors, and spacing. It's probably the most extensive HN client for iOS. [1] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hack-for-hacker-news-yc-reader/id1464477788 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hack-for-hacker-news-yc-reader...
- murats 4mo agoI really like this. It feels clean enough that I might make it my main HN app.
- christofori 4mo agoNice job, bro! Keep it up!
- ngsevers 4mo agoAny plans for android?
- maguszin 4mo agoMaybe in the future, im working on a macOS version atm and since the app rely heavily on iCloud it makes it difficult to support Android
- toomuchtodo 4mo agoLooking forward to the macOS version!
- vforno 4mo agoI'm trying it, really interesting!
- maguszin 4mo agoIf some users start seen `HNNetwork.NetworkError error 0`, this could be related to HN rate limit, i will add a friendly message for this error on the next version
- tulio_ribeiro 4mo agoI don’t think the Firebase HN API has rate limits. By the way, how many concurrent requests are you doing?
- maguszin 4mo agoIm using Firebase API, Algolia and HN Site HN Site request are never concurrent and i only use it when i cannot use Firebase and Algolia
- nicce 4mo agoIs there some caching currently? And how login is handled? Are credentials routed through your own infrastructure?
- maguszin 4mo agoEverything is persisted on device using GRDB Credentials are stored on device keychain Nothing leaves the app, its all Firebase, HNSite and iCloud to store custom groups I dont have any infra supporting the app
- wesleynepo 4mo agoMuito foda, obrigado meu bom!
- functionmouse 4mo agowhy does this website need an app?
- woadwarrior01 4mo agoTo "delve into comments" (quoting from the app's website).
- fragmede 4mo agoit's a perfectly cromulent word!
- nicce 4mo agoIf it is not the data collection, then it is always the UX. Seems to be UX on this case. But highly opinionated, some people like the old feel here.
- forlorn 4mo agoWhy does any?
- _thisdot 4mo agoI have been using an app on my phone (HACK) for a while. The content is way more readable with the app. And the interactions (voting and replying) are much more native. Navigating the comments (collapsing and expanding) are way easier Also on the iPad, the two column view is nice too
- jazzypants 4mo agoDo you read it on your phone? This website's (lack of a) mobile design makes it really hard to read. If I don't use my mobile app of choice (Harmonic), I have to zoom in really close and scroll all over the place. It's really annoying. The font is way too small, and it's hard-coded.
- midasz 4mo agoThis looks fine to me? In long threads it gets a bit hard to follow, only thing I'm missing is a jump to next root comment. https://i.imgur.com/8e1Syyf.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/8e1Syyf.jpeg
- ngalaiko 4mo agogreat app, neat and native, but unfortunately the website still loads faster, which beats the whole purpose to me
- alentodorov 4mo ago+1. downloaded it to see if it’s faster, but comment section takes around 5-7 seconds to load. other than that, gj—-nice ux, polished, icon..
- wwalexander 4mo agoNot really fixable, unfortunately. The API requires an network call for each comment: > The v0 API is essentially a dump of our in-memory data structures. We know, what works great locally in memory isn't so hot over the network. When I played around with making a client, I found the best approach was to only load the first level of comments, and asynchronously fetch children inside DisclosureGroups on appear. Then I realized the only reason I was making an HN app was so it didn’t blind me at night, and then I realized Lobsters has all the same stories as this place but lets me filter out vibe coding articles, and I just gave up.
- trains39472 4mo agoYou can fetch the HTML (1 request), parse that, extract the comments, render the above the fold content, then use the API and blend the rest of the comments for the rest of the comments. You can also use the algolia api to grab comment data but the order doesn't match the website. At least, that's what claude would suggest doing.
- fallenchromium 4mo agoHey! Why a new app though? It's always interesting to understand the motives and the preferences of a person creating something new. I've skimmed through your website but you haven't highlighted what you missed in existing apps or what was your pain point
- maguszin 4mo agoFor this one i would say Custom Groups and iCloud sync All other features are pretty similar to other HN clients
- artur_makly 4mo agoFeature Request: allow me to see only posts by categories I want to create and filter by. For example: "AI" or "startups" or "discoveries"
- artur_makly 4mo agoFeature Request #2 Allow me to re-edit my comment after posting.
- rvz 4mo agoI predict that building an iOS app for HN will be so common, that it will become a standard AI benchmark.
- fragmede 4mo agoPretty cool. Any way to change the fonts?
- tulio_ribeiro 4mo agoHN clients are one of the most popular projects. I’m gonna agree with some of the other comment: this is nothing new. https://hnpwa.com/ https://hnpwa.com/
- ksncksmckwkf 4mo agoWhy does it have to be “something new”? Unless you’re making the same type of comment on every post about yet another nonsensical and useless AI post around here, I don’t think you have much right to complain. It’s a cool thing someone built. Let it be what it is.
- mstkllah 4mo agoFrist three apps won't even load.
- Glandalf 4mo agoIs it vibe coded? Sorry I ask this about ALL software now.
- ramon156 4mo agoThe website is, no idea about the app, though.
- maguszin 4mo agoYes, the site is vibe coded
- wmichelin 4mo agoHonestly? Why does it matter? This isn’t going away so we can all focus our energy on helping this workflow improve, or just ignoring it.
- mlacks 4mo agoWhy would that be relevant?
- Diti 4mo agoBecause support for the app stops the moment the Claude Code subscription ends. No-one enjoys unmaintained apps.
- fragmede 4mo agoThen use OpenAI Codex?
- nicce 4mo agoI guess it depends whether vibe coding means that human did not even review the code. If reviewed and fine-tuned, there shouldn't be a problem IMO.
- maguszin 4mo agoNo, the app is not vibe coded, all things, good and bad are 100% human made :D
- atombender 4mo agoAlways interesting to see new HN apps, and this one seems OK. Personally I prefer HACK [1], which is probably the most extensive HN client for iOS. The amount of options for controlling the look of the app means you can influence the reading experience quite a bit, which isn't true for this new app. My biggest complaint with HACK is search. Instead of a real UI, it uses its own kludgy search syntax to control what to filter. For example, "foo #stories" filters stories only. [1] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hack-for-hacker-news-yc-reader/id1464477788 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hack-for-hacker-news-yc-reader...
- Jotalea 4mo agoslightly related, what are the best open source RSS readers for iOS? as far as I know, HN has an RSS Feed available.
- stasomatic 4mo agoI don't know about "best", but I've tried many, Reeder, Feedly etc, for many years. These are not OSS though, but Reeder was my favorite of the bunch. I settled on running NewsBlur on an OVH instance, it's open source and so are the apps. https://github.com/samuelclay/newsblur https://github.com/samuelclay/newsblur On the desktop I use the default web interface, it runs and looks nice. A bit too many batteries included, but you can turn things off. It's Django, so you can vibe code to your heart's delight. I did.
- brycewray 4mo agoHighly recommend NetNewsWire, especially if one is already using it on any other Apple device. Recent updates have substantially improved its performance (on both iOS and macOS), so it's worth a second look if you haven't tried it recently.
- caste 4mo agoreally good app! super intuitive and the layout is so clean congrats!
- vfalbor 4mo agoThere is one email-newsletter (Top daily news from HN commented) that works from several months ago for HN that I'm using, you should check it: https://tokenstree.eu https://tokenstree.eu
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