Plain Text Sports
Consumer and social
sports scores
SHOW HN2021
9points
7comments
#2,141of 2,533 in 2021
Top 85%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
3 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score +0.33.
Idea: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Very fast and simple, low data use
From 3 comments
Hey, HN! I got sick of how slow ESPN and nba.com are to load on mobile, so I made a site that shows sports scores (NBA and NHL for now), in plain text, as a single HTML file,…
CodeIsTheEnd on HNThis is awesome! I hate scrolling, I hate autoplay videos. I love scores. This is might as well be my homepage, single kilobytes.
abcanthur on HNGoddam this is actually awesome. Been looking for something like this the ESPN app is sooooo slow
franzwarning on HN
No scrolling or autoplay video
From 1 comment
This is awesome! I hate scrolling, I hate autoplay videos. I love scores. This is might as well be my homepage, single kilobytes.
abcanthur on HN
Requests
Add college basketball
From 1 comment
Super cool. You should add college basketball ASAP - it's March!
dangwu on HN
Favorite teams pinned to top
From 1 comment
It's more of a problem with college sports, but I'd also love the ability to favorite teams so their games are always at the top.
dangwu on HN
Open source the project
From 1 comment
I’ve become a fan of text-only sites and looking for a good sports one. This is great! Do you plan to make it open-source?
echoradio on HN
Questions
Will it be open source?
From 1 comment
I’ve become a fan of text-only sites and looking for a good sports one. This is great! Do you plan to make it open-source?
echoradio on HN
Alternatives named
ESPN app and nba.com
From 2 comments
Goddam this is actually awesome. Been looking for something like this the ESPN app is sooooo slow
franzwarning on HNHey, HN! I got sick of how slow ESPN and nba.com are to load on mobile, so I made a site that shows sports scores (NBA and NHL for now), in plain text, as a single HTML file,…
CodeIsTheEnd on HN