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27points
14comments
#1,744of 3,837 in 2025
Top 46%of 2025 by points

How HN took it

RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical

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 HN
    • 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

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 HN
    • It would also help if there was more space between entries than between wrapped lines within an entry. Everything runs together.
      NoahKAndrews on HN
    • I 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
    • Have 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 HN
    • Have 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 HN
    • I 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

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