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180points
80comments
#164of 2,264 in 2016
Top 8%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
7 positive, 24 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 7 critical, out of 41 comments about the project. Thread score +0.01.
Idea: 3 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 2 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstPerformance: 0 for, 3 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Login without providing credentials via HN bio token
From 3 comments
I like that I can login without providing my credentials.
stockkid on HNI really dig the login system! I thought it should be vulnerable to 1. find hash on victim's profile, 2. login using the hash + username But it seems the hash is never actually…
a1a on HN> Add the following token to your HN bio: hnchat:p2z9iJCaT5ZXWlWp5Vua Smart idea to verify users
greenspot on HN
Useful as a Hacker News oauth-style login
From 1 comment
What I liked the most is the fact that it creates a kind of hackernews oauth. Using this mechanism, you can have something like "Login with hackernews" apps. Cool!
symbolepro on HN
Objections
Too many chat apps already; prefer IRC or existing messengers
From 3 comments
Another chat app with mostly arbitrary ways to communicate? No thanks. I understand this is for HN community, but with XMPP, ICQ derivatives, IRC, etc I already have too many…
condescendence on HNYeah, the thing is, this needs some kind of IRC bridge, with auth. If you're an HN user, IRC is probably your usual mechanism for realtime textual communication, and I gather…
qwertyuiop924 on HNSorry about that I don't mean to shit on your project; honestly its pretty damn cool. I like the usage of django/daphne for a single page app...it came out nice. I just don't see…
condescendence on HN
Site went down under load, no rate limiting
From 4 comments
I'm getting a 500 from Heroku. btw, care to share the tech stack this is using?
jnpatel on HNHTTP 503 Service Unavailable "Request queue full."
Pyppe on HNAaaaand we broke it.
SparkyMcUnicorn on HNyep. should've implemented rate limiting. and probably memcached. and not heroku free.
milankragujevic on HN
Requests
IRC or XMPP bridge
From 2 comments
Yeah, the thing is, this needs some kind of IRC bridge, with auth. If you're an HN user, IRC is probably your usual mechanism for realtime textual communication, and I gather…
qwertyuiop924 on HNYeah, it would definitely be more interesting if it allowed users to connect via XMPP/IRC/telnet like PSYCed server does, for example.
Grom_PE on HN
Mute feature
From 1 comment
please add a mute feature, tga is annoying
iptables on HN
Username tab completion
From 1 comment
It would be nice to have tab completion for typing usernames.
Retr0spectrum on HN
Color usernames by hash
From 1 comment
Idea: Color each username based on a hash of the username. ``` '#' + username.md5().take(6).join('') ``` I did it for a chat I once built, users liked it, and it helps you keep…
danneu on HN
Questions
What tech stack is used and can it be self-hosted
From 2 comments
I'm getting a 500 from Heroku. btw, care to share the tech stack this is using?
jnpatel on HNNeat! I love it! What's it written in and can I host something similar myself?
mrmondo on HN
How is the HN bio token verification done
From 1 comment
`Add the following token to your HN Bio` on login screen. What means `HN Bio` ? Sorry, for dumb question.
indirpir on HN
Alternatives named
IRC (freenode #startups, #hn)
From 2 comments
I've been idling in #hn on freenode for years now, and sadly it's consistently been dead, activity wise. Eager to see if hnchat can change the game.
jaytaylor on HNCome over to #startups We are an international bunch of tech entrepreneurs and the channel is usually pretty active.
dardup on HN
Slack
From 1 comment
> If you're an HN user, IRC is probably your usual mechanism for realtime textual communication I doubt it. I see less and less developers using IRC outside of quick help and…
sotojuan on HN
Facebook Messenger
From 1 comment
> If you're an HN user, IRC is probably your usual mechanism for realtime textual communication Mine happens to be Facebook Messenger.
umanwizard on HN
Matrix
From 1 comment
shrugs Then again, look at the stacks you're looking at: they're all relatively new, and most of them are frontend, and thus more likely to jump on the new shiny. ##c on freenode…
qwertyuiop924 on HN