HackYourNews
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news aggregator
SHOW HN2025
How HN took it
1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score -0.11.
Design: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 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.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Good idea and useful for filtering news quickly
From 2 comments
I love this. I found fonts too small for my liking and wanted to filter sources quickly so I created an alternative site using yours as backend just now.…
cmdtab on HNI love the idea and what it provides but the UX is kinda rough. The line spacing and font makes it hard to focus (I dont know what it is). Also, Mistral Small would drive your…
syntaxing on HN
Objections
Line spacing and font size hard to read; entries run together
From 4 comments
I love the idea and what it provides but the UX is kinda rough. The line spacing and font makes it hard to focus (I dont know what it is). Also, Mistral Small would drive your…
syntaxing on HNIt would also help if there was more space between entries than between wrapped lines within an entry. Everything runs together.
NoahKAndrews on HNI think adding a marking like a bullet point would help a lot. It’s really hard to know where a new article title starts and end
syntaxing on HNHave you tried increasing the line-height for the links to increase readability? I think something in between 20px and 25px works best for me.
Levitating on HN
A link in the Hacker News section pointed to a Reddit thread
From 1 comment
The last link in the "Hacker news" section somehow points to a Reddit thread: > Vince Gilligan calls for more aspirational heroes in TV amid rise of real-life bad actors There's…
armchairhacker on HN
Requests
Increase line height and font size
From 2 comments
I love the idea and what it provides but the UX is kinda rough. The line spacing and font makes it hard to focus (I dont know what it is). Also, Mistral Small would drive your…
syntaxing on HNHave you tried increasing the line-height for the links to increase readability? I think something in between 20px and 25px works best for me.
Levitating on HN
Clearer separation between entries, such as bullets or dividers
From 2 comments
It would also help if there was more space between entries than between wrapped lines within an entry. Everything runs together.
NoahKAndrews on HNI think adding a marking like a bullet point would help a lot. It’s really hard to know where a new article title starts and end
syntaxing on HN
Cheaper model such as Mistral Small
From 1 comment
I love the idea and what it provides but the UX is kinda rough. The line spacing and font makes it hard to focus (I dont know what it is). Also, Mistral Small would drive your…
syntaxing on HN
Questions
Whether a thin line divider would work better than whitespace
From 1 comment
Would a thin line divider be preferable to whitespace?
ukuina on HN
Alternatives named
news-digest alternative frontend using this site's backend
From 1 comment
I love this. I found fonts too small for my liking and wanted to filter sources quickly so I created an alternative site using yours as backend just now.…
cmdtab on HN