PyHN
Productivity
hacker news client
SHOW HN2016
79points
18comments
#484of 2,264 in 2016
Top 22%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
2 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score +0.08.
Execution: 1 for, 3 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Nifty concept and nice work
From 2 comments
Its a pretty nifty concept. Wish there was a way to browse comments without leaving the terminal though.
ecubed on HNNice work and I've installed it. One problem I found is the current subject titles focus blacked out. I fixed this in $HOME/.pyhn/config by changing: ``` FROM: 35 focus =…
bootload on HN
Objections
Installing via pip bypasses OS package management
From 2 comments
Great idea, but the delivery leaves much to be desired: I am not going to run "pip install" and bypass the software management subsystem of my operating system, thereby…
Annatar on HNMy operating system wouldn't know about this new content, which means that it would not be automatically reproducible. There would now be a change to the system that the system…
Annatar on HN
Requests
Ability to browse comments in the terminal
From 1 comment
Its a pretty nifty concept. Wish there was a way to browse comments without leaving the terminal though.
ecubed on HN
Questions
Why pip install instead of OS packages or virtualenv
From 2 comments
Genuinely curious - how does installing a Python library through pip 'compromise the integrity of [your] system'?
sixhobbits on HNWhy not just use a virtual env?
gourneau on HN
Alternatives named
vim-hackernews
From 1 comment
Your wish is granted: https://github.com/ryanss/vim-hackernews
ryanss on HN
haxor-news
From 1 comment
haxor-news can display comments in the terminal https://github.com/donnemartin/haxor-news
d0mine on HN
hnwatch
From 1 comment
There's also hnwatch from 2Ton, written exclusively in assembler ⌘ https://2ton.com.au/hnwatch/ There's a binary in the HeavyThing tarball so you needn't assemble the thing…
kseistrup on HN