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Show HN: My Personal Hacker News Reader

81 points by sorpaas 12y ago

alexivanovs 12y ago
I think some work needs to be done on how the content flows, at the moment it doesn't feel very read worthy, rather - a lot of text stuffed on a single page. Perhaps, adding separate containers/divs for each specific content piece might fix this problem? At the end of the day, I want to read stuff, not browse it. :)
moeffju 12y ago
It would be nice to have a demo where you don’t have to sign up (or install your own instance), or maybe at least screenshots.
- eastern 12y ago
  Or, change the title to 'Show the subset of HN that has docker installed: My Personal Hacker News Reader'?
  - FabianBeiner 12y ago
    You don’t need Docker, you could use his hosted version.
- FabianBeiner 12y ago
  Agree. Adding a screenshot to your project should be 101 for everything out there.
- amitamb 12y ago
  Check out this demo http://www.castbin.com/casts/rdcTPbRz http://www.castbin.com/casts/rdcTPbRz (It is made using my own tool.)
  - fredley 12y ago
    This is not a demo, this is a video of you using it.
    - amitamb 12y ago
      I may have meant demo as a loose term meaning walkthrough of capabilities. It is definitely better than a screenshot. According to Google demo (v) : demonstrate the capabilities of (software or another product). I guess you found it useless. I would be happy if you can share your feedback to amit@castbin.com
      - reitanqild 12y ago
        > It is definitely better than a screenshot. Didn't downvote, but here is a short explanation from one of those who prefer images to videos: Some of us have a high threshold to watching videos. The reasons might vary from person to person (bandwidth, easily bored, firewalls, blocking every video because of autoplaying ads etc) but the fact is if text is not enough and there are no screenshots there is a significant chance I might have already hit the back button. And before anyone goes off about entitlement: often I'm just reading something quickly while waiting for something else.
        skj 12y ago
        If I visit a page hoping for information, and there is a video with no text or other supporting context, I will close the tab immediately. If there is a video and something to read, I will make sure the video is not playing and then read the text. Images are no problem.
prottmann 12y ago
Some screens and description would be helpfull. So i cant see for what i should sign-up.
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sgibat 12y ago
this is good. I like the UX. one suggestion is to make the logo much smaller on article pages. it is nice, but unnecessarily large (as is the top margin on article pages).
kerridge0 12y ago
Thank you for publishing your code. Very nice to read through it. Can you tell me, is it possible to 'like' or unlike someone else's article, by guessing the id?
- puppetmaster3 12y ago
  I'd like to know also.
- sorpaas 12y ago
  Sorry I'm a bit late. No. It's not possible to guess someone else's article (I guess you probably mean reading records here). Those reading records must be get or set with a cookie that indicate the user has logged in with the right account (which is done by ajax in the code).
  - kerridge0 12y ago
    It looks to me that the url that calls queries_read_records.like_article() only requires a logged in user and a record id in order to set a read record as liked? Are you saying that is not possible to guess the id because it's not a sequential number by default in mongodb?
    - sorpaas 12y ago
      The article id is public (they are public on the Internet anyway). But it's not possible (at least as designed) to access any user-specific information if not logged in.
      - kerridge0 12y ago
        I'm not talking about an information leak I'm talking about a potential denial of liking attack ☺
leventcemaydan 12y ago
Nice tool! Thank you for sharing!
puppetmaster3 12y ago
Can you post a message?
SpoonMeiser 12y ago
Just one question: Can it automatically hide any links to techcrunch? That's the killer feature that's missing from all of these things.
Fryie 12y ago
I've tried to make an AUR package: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/reread-git/ https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/reread-git/ However, somehow I can't run the thing on my machine. I suppose port forwarding is not working for some reason.

81 points by sorpaas 12y ago

I think some work needs to be done on how the content flows, at the moment it doesn't feel very read worthy, rather - a lot of text stuffed on a single page. Perhaps, adding separate containers/divs for each specific content piece might fix this problem? At the end of the day, I want to read stuff, not browse it. :)

moeffju 12y ago

It would be nice to have a demo where you don’t have to sign up (or install your own instance), or maybe at least screenshots.

eastern 12y ago
Or, change the title to 'Show the subset of HN that has docker installed: My Personal Hacker News Reader'?
- FabianBeiner 12y ago
  You don’t need Docker, you could use his hosted version.
FabianBeiner 12y ago
Agree. Adding a screenshot to your project should be 101 for everything out there.
amitamb 12y ago
Check out this demo http://www.castbin.com/casts/rdcTPbRz http://www.castbin.com/casts/rdcTPbRz (It is made using my own tool.)
- fredley 12y ago
  This is not a demo, this is a video of you using it.
  - amitamb 12y ago
    I may have meant demo as a loose term meaning walkthrough of capabilities. It is definitely better than a screenshot. According to Google demo (v) : demonstrate the capabilities of (software or another product). I guess you found it useless. I would be happy if you can share your feedback to amit@castbin.com
    - reitanqild 12y ago
      > It is definitely better than a screenshot. Didn't downvote, but here is a short explanation from one of those who prefer images to videos: Some of us have a high threshold to watching videos. The reasons might vary from person to person (bandwidth, easily bored, firewalls, blocking every video because of autoplaying ads etc) but the fact is if text is not enough and there are no screenshots there is a significant chance I might have already hit the back button. And before anyone goes off about entitlement: often I'm just reading something quickly while waiting for something else.
      - skj 12y ago
        If I visit a page hoping for information, and there is a video with no text or other supporting context, I will close the tab immediately. If there is a video and something to read, I will make sure the video is not playing and then read the text. Images are no problem.

prottmann 12y ago

Some screens and description would be helpfull. So i cant see for what i should sign-up.

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sgibat 12y ago

this is good. I like the UX. one suggestion is to make the logo much smaller on article pages. it is nice, but unnecessarily large (as is the top margin on article pages).

kerridge0 12y ago

Thank you for publishing your code. Very nice to read through it. Can you tell me, is it possible to 'like' or unlike someone else's article, by guessing the id?

puppetmaster3 12y ago
I'd like to know also.
sorpaas 12y ago
Sorry I'm a bit late. No. It's not possible to guess someone else's article (I guess you probably mean reading records here). Those reading records must be get or set with a cookie that indicate the user has logged in with the right account (which is done by ajax in the code).
- kerridge0 12y ago
  It looks to me that the url that calls queries_read_records.like_article() only requires a logged in user and a record id in order to set a read record as liked? Are you saying that is not possible to guess the id because it's not a sequential number by default in mongodb?
  - sorpaas 12y ago
    The article id is public (they are public on the Internet anyway). But it's not possible (at least as designed) to access any user-specific information if not logged in.
    - kerridge0 12y ago
      I'm not talking about an information leak I'm talking about a potential denial of liking attack ☺

leventcemaydan 12y ago

Nice tool! Thank you for sharing!

puppetmaster3 12y ago

Can you post a message?

SpoonMeiser 12y ago

Just one question: Can it automatically hide any links to techcrunch? That's the killer feature that's missing from all of these things.

Fryie 12y ago

I've tried to make an AUR package: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/reread-git/ https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/reread-git/ However, somehow I can't run the thing on my machine. I suppose port forwarding is not working for some reason.