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atombender 23 hours ago [-]
Always interesting to see new HN apps, and this one seems OK.
Personally I prefer HACK [1], which is probably the most extensive HN client for iOS. The amount of options for controlling the look of the app means you can influence the reading experience quite a bit, which isn't true for this new app.
My biggest complaint with HACK is search. Instead of a real UI, it uses its own kludgy search syntax to control what to filter. For example, "foo #stories" filters stories only.
There is one email-newsletter (Top daily news from HN commented) that works from several months ago for HN that I'm using, you should check it: https://tokenstree.eu
JSR_FDED 1 days ago [-]
This is the first HN app that immediately clicks for me.
Would absolutely love it if the text could be made bigger (both for reading and commenting)!
By the way, this reply was posted using the HackerNows app itself :-)
atombender 23 hours ago [-]
You might like HACK [1], then. It has a large set of options (maybe too many!) to change fonts, styles, colors, and spacing. It's probably the most extensive HN client for iOS.
Native dynamic fonts works, but i will add an in app option to change font size
maguszin 1 days ago [-]
If some users start seen `HNNetwork.NetworkError error 0`, this could be related to HN rate limit, i will add a friendly message for this error on the next version
nicce 24 hours ago [-]
Is there some caching currently? And how login is handled? Are credentials routed through your own infrastructure?
maguszin 23 hours ago [-]
Everything is persisted on device using GRDB
Credentials are stored on device keychain
Nothing leaves the app, its all Firebase, HNSite and iCloud to store custom groups
I dont have any infra supporting the app
tulio_ribeiro 24 hours ago [-]
I don’t think the Firebase HN API has rate limits. By the way, how many concurrent requests are you doing?
maguszin 23 hours ago [-]
Im using Firebase API, Algolia and HN Site
HN Site request are never concurrent and i only use it when i cannot use Firebase and Algolia
artur_makly 24 hours ago [-]
Feature Request: allow me to see only posts by categories I want to create and filter by.
For example: "AI" or "startups" or "discoveries"
ngalaiko 24 hours ago [-]
great app, neat and native, but unfortunately the website still loads faster, which beats the whole purpose to me
alentodorov 24 hours ago [-]
+1. downloaded it to see if it’s faster, but comment section takes around 5-7 seconds to load. other than that, gj—-nice ux, polished, icon..
wwalexander 24 hours ago [-]
Not really fixable, unfortunately. The API requires an network call for each comment:
> The v0 API is essentially a dump of our in-memory data structures. We know, what works great locally in memory isn't so hot over the network.
When I played around with making a client, I found the best approach was to only load the first level of comments, and asynchronously fetch children inside DisclosureGroups on appear.
Then I realized the only reason I was making an HN app was so it didn’t blind me at night, and then I realized Lobsters has all the same stories as this place but lets me filter out vibe coding articles, and I just gave up.
trains39472 23 hours ago [-]
You can fetch the HTML (1 request), parse that, extract the comments, render the above the fold content, then use the API and blend the rest of the comments for the rest of the comments. You can also use the algolia api to grab comment data but the order doesn't match the website.
At least, that's what claude would suggest doing.
murats 1 days ago [-]
I really like this. It feels clean enough that I might make it my main HN app.
artur_makly 24 hours ago [-]
Feature Request #2
Allow me to re-edit my comment after posting.
Jotalea 22 hours ago [-]
slightly related, what are the best open source RSS readers for iOS? as far as I know, HN has an RSS Feed available.
stasomatic 21 hours ago [-]
I don't know about "best", but I've tried many, Reeder, Feedly etc, for many years. These are not OSS though, but Reeder was my favorite of the bunch.
On the desktop I use the default web interface, it runs and looks nice. A bit too many batteries included, but you can turn things off.
It's Django, so you can vibe code to your heart's delight. I did.
brycewray 19 hours ago [-]
Highly recommend NetNewsWire, especially if one is already using it on any other Apple device. Recent updates have substantially improved its performance (on both iOS and macOS), so it's worth a second look if you haven't tried it recently.
fallenchromium 24 hours ago [-]
Hey! Why a new app though? It's always interesting to understand the motives and the preferences of a person creating something new. I've skimmed through your website but you haven't highlighted what you missed in existing apps or what was your pain point
maguszin 23 hours ago [-]
For this one i would say Custom Groups and iCloud sync
All other features are pretty similar to other HN clients
vforno 1 days ago [-]
I'm trying it, really interesting!
wesleynepo 1 days ago [-]
Muito foda, obrigado meu bom!
caste 19 hours ago [-]
really good app! super intuitive and the layout is so clean
congrats!
ngsevers 1 days ago [-]
Any plans for android?
maguszin 1 days ago [-]
Maybe in the future, im working on a macOS version atm and since the app rely heavily on iCloud it makes it difficult to support Android
toomuchtodo 19 hours ago [-]
Looking forward to the macOS version!
fragmede 23 hours ago [-]
Pretty cool. Any way to change the fonts?
rvz 23 hours ago [-]
I predict that building an iOS app for HN will be so common, that it will become a standard AI benchmark.
christofori 1 days ago [-]
Nice job, bro! Keep it up!
1 days ago [-]
functionmouse 1 days ago [-]
why does this website need an app?
jazzypants 24 hours ago [-]
Do you read it on your phone? This website's (lack of a) mobile design makes it really hard to read. If I don't use my mobile app of choice (Harmonic), I have to zoom in really close and scroll all over the place. It's really annoying. The font is way too small, and it's hard-coded.
midasz 23 hours ago [-]
This looks fine to me? In long threads it gets a bit hard to follow, only thing I'm missing is a jump to next root comment. https://i.imgur.com/8e1Syyf.jpeg
johnsonjo 23 hours ago [-]
> only thing I'm missing is a jump to next root comment
That's a two step process currently when you are just going through the comments you click "root" on any sub-root-comment and then "next" on the root comment. Next will always take you to the next sibling comment (called a sibling, because it's a tree data-structure basically and sibling comes from a family tree. In fact where I said sub-root-comment I could have said descendants or children.)
EDIT: I just realized that the first child of the root doesn't have the "root" button so you have to click "parent" on it and then "next".
cyberge99 22 hours ago [-]
Do you up or downvote? The icons are very small on mobile.
_thisdot 24 hours ago [-]
I have been using an app on my phone (HACK) for a while. The content is way more readable with the app. And the interactions (voting and replying) are much more native. Navigating the comments (collapsing and expanding) are way easier
Also on the iPad, the two column view is nice too
nicce 24 hours ago [-]
If it is not the data collection, then it is always the UX. Seems to be UX on this case. But highly opinionated, some people like the old feel here.
iwjcjwjcjjwf 24 hours ago [-]
Strange question to ask on a forum where people seem intent on showing their new “I used AI to build something completely useless that will be forgotten in a matter of minutes” and the vast majority of people think it’s the next coming of Jesus.
It doesn’t need one, but now the option is there.
woadwarrior01 23 hours ago [-]
To "delve into comments" (quoting from the app's website).
fragmede 23 hours ago [-]
it's a perfectly cromulent word!
forlorn 24 hours ago [-]
Why does any?
toomuchtodo 22 hours ago [-]
Web HN is almost perfect, but an app is nice for offline caching of threads and potentially hide and favorites made while without internet access (that could eventually be synced as idempotent ops once connectivity is available again).
tulio_ribeiro 23 hours ago [-]
HN clients are one of the most popular projects. I’m gonna agree with some of the other comment: this is nothing new.
Unless you’re making the same type of comment on every post about yet another nonsensical and useless AI post around here, I don’t think you have much right to complain.
It’s a cool thing someone built. Let it be what it is.
mstkllah 18 hours ago [-]
Frist three apps won't even load.
Glandalf 23 hours ago [-]
Is it vibe coded? Sorry I ask this about ALL software now.
maguszin 23 hours ago [-]
No, the app is not vibe coded, all things, good and bad are 100% human made :D
mlacks 23 hours ago [-]
Why would that be relevant?
Diti 23 hours ago [-]
Because support for the app stops the moment the Claude Code subscription ends. No-one enjoys unmaintained apps.
fragmede 23 hours ago [-]
Then use OpenAI Codex?
nicce 22 hours ago [-]
I guess it depends whether vibe coding means that human did not even review the code. If reviewed and fine-tuned, there shouldn't be a problem IMO.
ramon156 23 hours ago [-]
The website is, no idea about the app, though.
maguszin 23 hours ago [-]
Yes, the site is vibe coded
wmichelin 23 hours ago [-]
Honestly? Why does it matter? This isn’t going away so we can all focus our energy on helping this workflow improve, or just ignoring it.
Personally I prefer HACK [1], which is probably the most extensive HN client for iOS. The amount of options for controlling the look of the app means you can influence the reading experience quite a bit, which isn't true for this new app.
My biggest complaint with HACK is search. Instead of a real UI, it uses its own kludgy search syntax to control what to filter. For example, "foo #stories" filters stories only.
[1] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hack-for-hacker-news-yc-reader...
Would absolutely love it if the text could be made bigger (both for reading and commenting)!
By the way, this reply was posted using the HackerNows app itself :-)
[1] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hack-for-hacker-news-yc-reader...
Native dynamic fonts works, but i will add an in app option to change font size
For example: "AI" or "startups" or "discoveries"
> The v0 API is essentially a dump of our in-memory data structures. We know, what works great locally in memory isn't so hot over the network.
When I played around with making a client, I found the best approach was to only load the first level of comments, and asynchronously fetch children inside DisclosureGroups on appear.
Then I realized the only reason I was making an HN app was so it didn’t blind me at night, and then I realized Lobsters has all the same stories as this place but lets me filter out vibe coding articles, and I just gave up.
At least, that's what claude would suggest doing.
I settled on running NewsBlur on an OVH instance, it's open source and so are the apps. https://github.com/samuelclay/newsblur
On the desktop I use the default web interface, it runs and looks nice. A bit too many batteries included, but you can turn things off.
It's Django, so you can vibe code to your heart's delight. I did.
congrats!
That's a two step process currently when you are just going through the comments you click "root" on any sub-root-comment and then "next" on the root comment. Next will always take you to the next sibling comment (called a sibling, because it's a tree data-structure basically and sibling comes from a family tree. In fact where I said sub-root-comment I could have said descendants or children.)
EDIT: I just realized that the first child of the root doesn't have the "root" button so you have to click "parent" on it and then "next".
Also on the iPad, the two column view is nice too
It doesn’t need one, but now the option is there.
https://hnpwa.com/
Unless you’re making the same type of comment on every post about yet another nonsensical and useless AI post around here, I don’t think you have much right to complain.
It’s a cool thing someone built. Let it be what it is.