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Show HN: A Free RSS reader with a configurable recommendation engine

16 points by sammy0910 3mo ago

sixtyj 3mo ago
> I found the algorithm nudged me toward emptier, clickbatier content. I appreciate the effort as RSS is the best way to read a lot of sources but is login/signup really needed?
- sammy0910 3mo ago
  you can click any of the demo boxes on the home page to use it without signing up if you want to save your preferences though, we _do_ need you to sign up, so that we can save who you follow, etc. to a database. e.g. here is a direct link to the top headlines: https://sprinklz.io/demo/headlineNews https://sprinklz.io/demo/headlineNews glad you're feeling this way too!
  - lindnertim 3mo ago
    It should be: Demos: (no login required) Some may think it redundant. Not me.
    - sammy0910 3mo ago
      I added more info to the about section explaining signup. I also want to make the 'Demos' text better, but I'm still working out exactly what it should say. Unfortunately if I remove '(click a box below)', people don't know they can click on it lol. I'm thinking maybe "Try It Live (click a box below)" or maybe "Demos (click a box to try it first)", but idk its hard to get it right without adding visual noise. I agree though, and want to make it better.
wyattsell 3mo ago
I get a "failed to load feed with name home" on first load. Recurs on hard refresh
- sammy0910 3mo ago
  hm -- are you doing anything spicy with your browser? i tried signup on chrome/firefox/safari + demos and i can't manage to repro. im assuming this is after submitting signup?
  - wyattsell 3mo ago
    This is without logging in, on: https://sprinklz.io/feed/home https://sprinklz.io/feed/home. Occurs in incognito too. Nothing blocked on the network so seems client side.
    - sammy0910 3mo ago
      i have a guess at what's happening, but it would be a little bit of an unusual/edge case -- i made a backend change and it should maybe work now in this case? if not i will crawl into the deep cave for a longer debugging session
niles 3mo ago
Dark Reader on FF mobile can't redraw for some reason. Too bright white !
- sammy0910 3mo ago
  yes -- Sprinklz supports custom themes, and there's no good way to support the combination of custom themes + dark mode. See: https://sprinklz.io/demo/editThemes https://sprinklz.io/demo/editThemes for an example. (on nonmobile if you want to see the on-screen editor) We _could_ run something like https://github.com/sstraust/automagic-dark-mode https://github.com/sstraust/automagic-dark-mode , but I decided against it, because it makes for a confusing user experience. idk -- i wanted to support dark mode, but it's hard to make these tradeoffs correctly.
amboo7 3mo ago
I have my own. One Telegram bot for reading, summarizing etc. (using a local Qwen 3.6), another for improving it (OpenCode Telegram, free DeepSeek V4). I might put it on github soon.

16 points by sammy0910 3mo ago

> I found the algorithm nudged me toward emptier, clickbatier content. I appreciate the effort as RSS is the best way to read a lot of sources but is login/signup really needed?

sammy0910 3mo ago
you can click any of the demo boxes on the home page to use it without signing up if you want to save your preferences though, we _do_ need you to sign up, so that we can save who you follow, etc. to a database. e.g. here is a direct link to the top headlines: https://sprinklz.io/demo/headlineNews https://sprinklz.io/demo/headlineNews glad you're feeling this way too!
- lindnertim 3mo ago
  It should be: Demos: (no login required) Some may think it redundant. Not me.
  - sammy0910 3mo ago
    I added more info to the about section explaining signup. I also want to make the 'Demos' text better, but I'm still working out exactly what it should say. Unfortunately if I remove '(click a box below)', people don't know they can click on it lol. I'm thinking maybe "Try It Live (click a box below)" or maybe "Demos (click a box to try it first)", but idk its hard to get it right without adding visual noise. I agree though, and want to make it better.

wyattsell 3mo ago

I get a "failed to load feed with name home" on first load. Recurs on hard refresh

sammy0910 3mo ago
hm -- are you doing anything spicy with your browser? i tried signup on chrome/firefox/safari + demos and i can't manage to repro. im assuming this is after submitting signup?
- wyattsell 3mo ago
  This is without logging in, on: https://sprinklz.io/feed/home https://sprinklz.io/feed/home. Occurs in incognito too. Nothing blocked on the network so seems client side.
  - sammy0910 3mo ago
    i have a guess at what's happening, but it would be a little bit of an unusual/edge case -- i made a backend change and it should maybe work now in this case? if not i will crawl into the deep cave for a longer debugging session

niles 3mo ago

Dark Reader on FF mobile can't redraw for some reason. Too bright white !

sammy0910 3mo ago
yes -- Sprinklz supports custom themes, and there's no good way to support the combination of custom themes + dark mode. See: https://sprinklz.io/demo/editThemes https://sprinklz.io/demo/editThemes for an example. (on nonmobile if you want to see the on-screen editor) We _could_ run something like https://github.com/sstraust/automagic-dark-mode https://github.com/sstraust/automagic-dark-mode , but I decided against it, because it makes for a confusing user experience. idk -- i wanted to support dark mode, but it's hard to make these tradeoffs correctly.

amboo7 3mo ago

I have my own. One Telegram bot for reading, summarizing etc. (using a local Qwen 3.6), another for improving it (OpenCode Telegram, free DeepSeek V4). I might put it on github soon.