HackYourNews
AI
ai summarization
SHOW HN2023
335points
164comments
#118of 3,109 in 2023
Top 4%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
32 positive, 27 neutral or asking, 7 mixed, 25 critical, out of 91 comments about the project. Thread score +0.01.
Idea: 16 for, 8 againstDesign: 9 for, 7 againstExecution: 0 for, 9 againstPricing: 2 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 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
Useful for scanning links and deciding what to read
From 3 comments
I just want to point out that, after "living" with this for 10 minutes, it's totally changed how I read HN. I'm going much more slowly, but spending time on the summary of links…
gwbas1c on HNLoved the concept OP. Thanks for building this. It will save me quite some time and data dump scrolling through the best of HN. I can now easily glance over the summaries and…
no-exist on HNThis is the AI summary of HN I've been using for the last couple of months: https://hackernews.betacat.io/ It has totally revolutionized my use of HN. It saves me a lot of time…
qingcharles on HN
Clean minimal design, mobile view works well
From 2 comments
I love this. It _is_ useful. A tweak might be to increase the font size a smidge.
bovermyer on HNGreat idea, I would also regularly use this with a few tweaks: 1) Main one - Separate stories more clearly. Maybe slightly outdent, enlarge, or bold the title, or add a little…
JimA on HN
Objections
Summaries are verbose, boilerplate-heavy and bland
From 3 comments
> Overall, the comments provide a mix of technical insights, personal experiences, and opinions on the topic. Yeah, I'll bet. At first blush, I find this uselessly verbose. I get…
rexpop on HNGreat idea! Recommending tweaking the prompts so it uses more concise language without filler words (it seems to like starting with'The article is about...' or 'This is a…
waldrews on HNThe comments summary needs to be bullet points. And both summaries should be shorter.
cypress66 on HN
Summaries of self-referential or code pages go wrong
From 3 comments
Funny to see the site itself sitting at the 3rd position right now and the AI summarizing its own page. It seems to be using content that is not shown on the page though, maybe…
smashed on HNAs can be expected, we find that AI consistently chokes on lisp programs. Here is the description for number 8, John McCarthy's lisp program with a bunch of numerical conversion…
djha-skin on HNThis is very helpful! I see that a GitHub gist/file isn’t summarized and just mentions that it is code. What is the input to the summarization? Do you use the entire HTML…
gsharma on HN
Dehyped titles often just rephrase the original title
From 2 comments
Funny to see the site itself sitting at the 3rd position right now and the AI summarizing its own page. It seems to be using content that is not shown on the page though, maybe…
smashed on HNI don't think I'd use this in its current form. Its abbreviated the article but still not enough. What I'd prefer is just a more appropriate AI generated title in as dense a…
mentos on HN
Requests
Shorter, more concise summaries with length control
From 3 comments
> Summary: HackYourNews is a website that uses OpenAI's gpt-3.5-turbo to provide AI summaries of the top Hacker News stories and their comments... > Comments: HackYourNews is a…
welder on HNI don't think I'd use this in its current form. Its abbreviated the article but still not enough. What I'd prefer is just a more appropriate AI generated title in as dense a…
mentos on HNGreat idea! Recommending tweaking the prompts so it uses more concise language without filler words (it seems to like starting with'The article is about...' or 'This is a…
waldrews on HN
RSS export
From 2 comments
Could you add RSS to it?
ruanyf on HNDo you have rss export? Because that would be … delightful
baby_souffle on HN
Hide already-read summaries
From 1 comment
This works surprisingly well! I would probably just switch to using it instead of the native HN interface if it had the other article action buttons. Mainly I want to “hide” the…
joshuanapoli on HN
Bulleted comment summaries and surfacing controversy or mood
From 2 comments
The comments summary needs to be bullet points. And both summaries should be shorter.
cypress66 on HNI didn't expect to actually like it, well done for making me change my mind :-) Slight feedback: - Many "comments" summary start with boilerplate such as "This content discusses"…
Galanwe on HN
Questions
What is the input to summarization and how are GitHub pages handled
From 1 comment
This is very helpful! I see that a GitHub gist/file isn’t summarized and just mentions that it is code. What is the input to the summarization? Do you use the entire HTML…
gsharma on HN
Can it be trusted to be unbiased given LLM biases
From 1 comment
I'm not sure I would ever use this. I wouldn't use it for the same reason I cultivate my own RSS feed and pay very little attention to mainstream media and mainstream social…
senectus1 on HN
Alternatives named
hackernews.betacat.io AI summary of HN
From 1 comment
This is the AI summary of HN I've been using for the last couple of months: https://hackernews.betacat.io/ It has totally revolutionized my use of HN. It saves me a lot of time…
qingcharles on HN
HackerNewsletter
From 1 comment
Funny that in today's Hacker Newsletter [0], they exclude this thread from their Show HN section. Even though it has way more points than other stories. I think you're onto…
uaeu321321 on HN