[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":475},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-32637996":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":45,"post_text":47,"what":48,"said":84,"maker_in_thread":196,"shape":207,"grid":211,"attempts":432,"same_week":438,"maker_shows":33,"maker_hidden":467,"reader_version":468,"card":469},"32637996","KTool","A tool to help you read Hacker News on Kindle","title","Show HN: I built a tool to help you read Hacker News on Kindle","https:\u002F\u002Fktool.io\u002Fhacker-news-to-kindle","ktool.io","longnguyen",1661779915,2022,393,78,87,2570,4,"legend","productivity","reading tool","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"hacker news kindle","send to kindle","read later","epub download","mixed",0.161,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},12,11,2,5,30,{"idea":37,"execution":40,"design":42,"pricing":43,"docs":44},{"positive":38,"critical":39},6,1,{"positive":39,"critical":41},0,{"positive":39,"critical":33},{"positive":39,"critical":33},{"positive":41,"critical":41},[41,41,46,34,41,41,41,41,41,34,41,41,41,41,46,39,46,46,41,41,41,41,46,46,34,46,46,34,39,34,46,41,34,46,34,39,34,46,46,46],3,"Hi HN, I'm Daniel Nguyen. In June, I quit my job to start indie hacking full-time.\n\nThe idea of KTool first came to my mind when I was reading \"Ask HN: I'm a software engineer going blind, how should I prepare?\"[0]\n\nI've been wearing glasses since I was 5. My right eye is basically blind. Doctors said there is no chance to cure it.\n\nI was genuinely scared. Like holy shit, if my left eye stops working, my life is done. Since then I've been very conscious about time spent on computer screens.\n\nThat's when I started using Kindle-related products: to offload as many reading materials as possible t",{"problem":49,"audience":55,"pricing":63,"motivation":75,"time_to_build":79,"stack":80,"openness":81,"stage":82,"team_size":83},{"value":50,"source":51,"evidence":52},"Reading Hacker News and web articles on screens causes eye strain; the maker wants to read them on a Kindle instead","maker",[53],{"id":54},"post",{"value":56,"source":51,"evidence":57},"Kindle owners who read a lot of online content",[58,59],{"id":54},{"id":60,"by":61,"text":62},"32645436","oidar","I just signed up for a year to try it out. A few things: 1) The way you get the kindle email address is slick, but some people might get squicked out from a privacy standpoint…",{"value":64,"source":65,"evidence":66},"Free-forever plan for a few articles per month; paid subscription around $4\u002Fmonth or $50\u002Fyear","commenter",[67,70,71],{"id":68,"by":11,"text":69},"32647187","It was exactly me a couple of years ago. KTool has the free-forever plan that you could send a few articles per month. I believe this fits you perfectly. TBF, nobody wants to pay…",{"id":60,"by":61,"text":62},{"id":72,"by":73,"text":74},"32639688","nabaraz","I use Amazon's official extension to send webpages to Kindle all the time. [1] My feedback: I can't justify paying $4\u002Fmonth to be able to send few packaged webpages to my kindle,…",{"value":76,"source":51,"evidence":77},"Maker's own eye condition (blind right eye) led him to offload reading from screens to Kindle",[78],{"id":54},null,[],"unknown","launched","solo",{"praise":85,"objections":101,"requests":121,"questions":151,"alternatives":173},[86],{"value":87,"source":65,"evidence":88},"Useful, slick setup process and a good alternative to Amazon's send-to-Kindle",[89,93,97],{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},"32641329","futhey","Been using this for a few months, really solid replacement for Amazon's own send-to-kindle, with a lot of potential.",{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"32639702","dchuk","I have to say, your setup process for your chrome extension is very slick. I look forward to giving this thing a shot, I use Pocket to save articles but it's kind of just a junk…",{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},"32640059","gigatexal","I love this. This is the killer feature that would get me to buy a kindle. If the affiliate program were still as lucrative as it was I'd use your link to do just that. what a…",[102,110,114],{"value":103,"source":65,"evidence":104},"Subscription price is too high for occasional use",[105,106],{"id":72,"by":73,"text":74},{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},"32644391","8675309t","Website says cancel with click of a button...can't find the button... Can't find an email to try to get a refund. found in email.",{"value":111,"source":65,"evidence":112},"Setup requires Kindle email lookup via Amazon account, a privacy concern",[113],{"id":60,"by":61,"text":62},{"value":115,"source":65,"evidence":116},"Some users dislike the idea of Kindle becoming a non-reading device",[117],{"id":118,"by":119,"text":120},"32643616","cgrealy","Just to play devils advocate, I 100% do not want this. I understand your reasons for making this and I fully support them, but the day Amazon make the Kindle into something other…",[122,129,140,144],{"value":123,"source":65,"evidence":124},"RSS support",[125],{"id":126,"by":127,"text":128},"32639877","xena","Do you have a way for me to demo the RSS support? I'd love to have a calm technology flow for reading articles on my kindle and I think ktool may just be what I'm looking for.",{"value":130,"source":65,"evidence":131},"Weekly or daily digest of top HN posts",[132,136],{"id":133,"by":134,"text":135},"32639246","mft_","Hi Daniel First, I love what you've done here, and why - congratulations on making it this far! A few suggestions: 1) An independent web route is important, but you could lower…",{"id":137,"by":138,"text":139},"32640344","akomtu","Something like a weekly digest of most popular HN posts in the epub\u002Fpdf format would be great.",{"value":141,"source":65,"evidence":142},"Share sheet support in iOS app",[143],{"id":60,"by":61,"text":62},{"value":145,"source":65,"evidence":146},"reMarkable and Kobo support",[147],{"id":148,"by":149,"text":150},"32639057","fudged71","Any chance to be able to use this on reMarkable? It has epub support",[152,162],{"value":153,"source":65,"evidence":154},"How does the Amazon 2FA approved-email requirement affect delivery?",[155,159],{"id":156,"by":157,"text":158},"32639023","password4321","> my vision for KTool I see what you did there. Didn't Amazon tighten up how custom content is delivered to Kindles fairly recently, requiring 2FA? So you need to connect the…",{"id":160,"by":11,"text":161},"32646255","Thank you for your work! Yeah I haven't run into the 2FA issue yet, but probably will. Is there any docs about this 2FA issue I can read (other than the short doc on amazon.com)?…",{"value":163,"source":65,"evidence":164},"How to use the tool and whether the EPUB can be downloaded without setup",[165,169],{"id":166,"by":167,"text":168},"32643607","rantingdemon","I may be missing something - but how exactly do I Use it?",{"id":170,"by":171,"text":172},"32688626","rugina","I was under the impression you can opt to simply download the epub and send it to Kindle yourself but the website will not let me do anything before I set up the Kindle upload.",[174,178,185,189],{"value":175,"source":65,"evidence":176},"Amazon Send to Kindle extension",[177],{"id":72,"by":73,"text":74},{"value":179,"source":65,"evidence":180},"Push to Kindle",[181,182],{"id":133,"by":134,"text":135},{"id":183,"by":11,"text":184},"32641721","Thanks for your feedback and I'm glad that the official extension works well for you. All I can say is you probably are not my target customers. Most of the time, the official…",{"value":186,"source":65,"evidence":187},"Instapaper",[188],{"id":60,"by":61,"text":62},{"value":190,"source":65,"evidence":191},"HN to Kindle \u002F hntoebook",[192],{"id":193,"by":194,"text":195},"32642263","Abishek_Muthian","Hi Daniel, Congratulations on the launch! I received an email from HN user telling me about this post because a while back I was running 'HN to Kindle' service[0] and since…",{"comments":197,"answered":198,"key":199},17,7,[200,201,204],{"id":160,"text":161},{"id":202,"text":203},"32639430","Thanks for your valuable feedback. 1. I've actually developed that[0]. Using the browser extension is even more powerful as it could send content behind paywalls to Kindle —…",{"id":205,"text":206},"32639537","Oh, I didn't know that using contacts is not advisable. Thank you. Between doing a LASIK and using contacts, I was leaning toward the latter. But now probably will just wear…",{"commenters":208,"max_depth":198,"maker_replies":197,"first_comment_mins":209,"lifespan_hours":210},53,79,92,[212,214,216,218,220,222,225,229,233,234,237,240,242,246,248,251,254,257,259,262,265,268,271,273,276,277,279,282,284,287,289,291,294,299,301,304,306,309,313,315,318,321,324,327,332,334,338,340,344,347,351,354,357,361,364,367,369,371,374,376,380,382,385,388,390,393,397,401,405,407,409,413,415,418,422,423,426,429],[193,41,41,213,194,41],"commenter\u002Fneutral\u002Fexecution",[160,41,41,215,11,39],"commenter\u002Fneutral\u002Fdocs",[217,41,41,213,194,41],"32646930",[133,39,46,219,134,41],"project\u002Fmixed\u002Fidea",[202,39,41,221,11,39],"maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fexecution",[223,39,34,224,134,41],"32639662","project\u002Fpositive\u002Fexecution",[226,39,34,227,228,41],"32642631","project\u002Fpositive\u002Fidea","heap_perms",[230,33,41,231,232,41],"32639252","commenter\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone","Bluecobra",[205,33,41,231,11,39],[235,33,41,231,236,41],"32640252","dangus",[238,33,41,231,239,41],"32640615","lolinder",[241,33,41,231,236,41],"32640845",[243,33,41,244,245,41],"32646214","commenter\u002Fcritical\u002Fnone","nrki",[247,33,41,231,236,41],"32650095",[249,33,41,231,250,41],"32647380","blacksoil",[252,33,41,231,253,41],"32641063","AngryData",[255,33,41,231,256,41],"32642526","mynameisnull",[258,33,41,231,250,41],"32647342",[260,46,34,227,261,41],"32639845","colincooke",[263,46,41,231,264,41],"32641043","tcmart14",[266,18,41,231,267,41],"32638996","Bakary",[269,18,41,231,270,41],"32639188","criddell",[272,18,41,231,267,41],"32639309",[274,18,41,231,275,41],"32674537","wiseowise",[156,34,41,231,157,41],[278,34,41,231,239,41],"32639328",[280,34,41,281,11,39],"32639454","maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone",[60,38,46,283,61,41],"project\u002Fmixed\u002Fdesign",[285,38,41,286,11,39],"32646230","maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fdesign",[72,198,39,288,73,41],"project\u002Fcritical\u002Fpricing",[183,198,41,290,11,39],"commenter\u002Fneutral\u002Fpricing",[94,292,34,293,95,41],8,"project\u002Fpositive\u002Fdesign",[295,296,39,297,298,41],"32639212",9,"project\u002Fcritical\u002Fdesign","jeffbee",[300,296,41,286,11,39],"32639590",[126,302,46,303,127,41],10,"project\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone",[305,302,41,281,11,39],"32640760",[307,32,41,213,308,41],"32639630","nik5",[310,31,41,311,312,41],"32639171","other\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone","cgb223",[314,31,41,311,270,41],"32639284",[316,31,41,311,317,41],"32639692","FinalBriefing",[319,31,41,311,320,41],"32639477","donio",[322,31,41,311,323,41],"32639807","protonbob",[325,31,41,311,326,41],"32652366","popcalc",[328,329,46,330,331,41],"32644332",13,"project\u002Fneutral\u002Fidea","azinman2",[333,329,41,281,11,39],"32646267",[335,336,46,281,337,41],"32641390",14,"SnooSux",[339,336,41,281,11,39],"32646294",[341,342,34,227,343,41],"32640452",15,"catchmeifyoucan",[345,342,41,346,11,39],"32640657","maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fpricing",[348,349,46,281,350,41],"32641586",16,"johnthescott",[352,349,46,281,353,41],"32646628","testmasterflex",[355,197,46,330,356,41],"32660153","jhoelzel",[358,359,41,311,360,41],"32639787",18,"novantadue",[90,362,34,363,91,41],19,"project\u002Fpositive\u002Fnone",[365,362,41,366,11,39],"32641816","maker\u002Fpositive\u002Fnone",[170,368,39,297,171,41],20,[98,370,34,227,99,41],21,[372,370,41,311,373,41],"32641504","Shorel",[148,375,46,330,149,41],22,[377,375,41,378,379,41],"32639215","commenter\u002Fneutral\u002Fidea","filato",[381,375,41,213,149,41],"32640129",[383,375,41,384,11,39],"32639618","maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fidea",[386,375,34,227,387,41],"32640629","fancy_pantser",[389,375,41,281,11,39],"32641312",[391,375,41,311,392,41],"32649370","flas9sd",[394,395,46,330,396,41],"32661838",23,"niutech",[398,399,34,363,400,41],"32642376",24,"replwoacause",[402,403,34,227,404,41],"32639801",25,"smoldesu",[107,406,39,288,108,41],26,[408,406,41,346,11,39],"32646286",[410,411,34,366,412,41],"32639972",27,"maninthere",[137,414,46,330,138,41],28,[118,416,39,417,119,41],29,"project\u002Fcritical\u002Fidea",[419,416,34,420,421,41],"32646395","project\u002Fpositive\u002Fpricing","brewdad",[68,416,41,346,11,39],[424,35,46,330,425,41],"32649324","imapeopleperson",[166,427,46,428,167,41],31,"project\u002Fneutral\u002Fdocs",[430,427,41,431,11,39],"32646323","maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fdocs",[433,437],{"id":434,"t":435,"points":436,"comments":46},"32596934",1661448187,33,{"id":4,"t":12,"points":14,"comments":15},[439,444,448,452,457,462],{"id":440,"name":441,"points":442,"category":443},"32600821","Devbox",515,"dev_tools",{"id":445,"name":446,"points":447,"category":443},"32654023","AHK_X11",500,{"id":449,"name":450,"points":451,"category":443},"32647227","Ubähnchen",278,{"id":453,"name":454,"points":455,"category":456},"32598062","Hyperbeam",268,"infrastructure",{"id":458,"name":459,"points":460,"category":461},"32622542","piano chord",206,"learning_science",{"id":463,"name":464,"points":465,"category":466},"32650878","EthicalAds",189,"web_saas",false,"v2",{"id":470,"name":5,"line":6,"ai":467,"cat":20,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rec":28,"s":471,"top":18,"kw":472,"maker":11,"domain":10,"tier":19,"attempts":33,"strip":473,"url":9,"mix":474,"praise":87,"objection":103,"sub":21},32637996,0.16,[24,25,26,27],"0035000005000031330000335335153053515333",[31,32,33,34],1794036624143]