[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":580},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-5170182":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":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":33,"aspects":34,"strip":46,"post_text":48,"what":49,"said":96,"maker_in_thread":300,"shape":310,"grid":313,"attempts":541,"same_week":542,"maker_shows":40,"maker_hidden":572,"reader_version":573,"card":574},"5170182","Hacky","Hacker News app for Mac","title","Show HN: Hacky – Hacker News app for Mac","http:\u002F\u002Fwww.hackyapp.com","hackyapp.com","eliaskg",1360065268,2013,163,91,99,1739,6,"notable","consumer_social","news reader","desktop_app",[24,25,21,26],"hacker news","mac app","hacker news client","mixed",0.145,{"positive":30,"neutral":31,"mixed":18,"critical":32},18,24,10,58,{"design":35,"pricing":38,"execution":41,"idea":43,"performance":44},{"positive":36,"critical":37},8,3,{"positive":39,"critical":40},5,2,{"positive":42,"critical":40},0,{"positive":37,"critical":40},{"positive":42,"critical":45},1,[39,37,39,42,42,37,45,39,37,37,39,37,39,37,37,37,37,45,45,47,39,37,37,37,45,45,39,47,37,37,45,39,39,39,42,37,42,42,42,45],4,null,{"problem":50,"audience":57,"pricing":61,"motivation":69,"time_to_build":48,"stack":73,"openness":93,"stage":94,"team_size":95},{"value":51,"source":52,"evidence":53},"Quick, pleasant access to Hacker News stories without using the website","maker",[54],{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},"5170184","Hi, app developer here. I hope some of you may like my little app. To prevent too much ranting here are some quick answers to possible questions: Q: The Hacker News website…",{"value":58,"source":52,"evidence":59},"Frequent Hacker News readers on Mac",[60],{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},{"value":62,"source":52,"evidence":63},"Paid on Mac App Store; source free on GitHub under LGPL",[64,65],{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},{"id":66,"by":67,"text":68},"5170700","reidrac","Yes, it's a good idea and I like it too. It's OSS but you may pay for the convenience of getting the app perfectly packaged for your OS. Other OSS projects use that model (I can…",{"value":70,"source":52,"evidence":71},"Wanted a quick, friendly way to read HN stories and prefers Mac App Store distribution",[72],{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},[74,82,86],{"value":75,"source":76,"evidence":77},"Objective-C (Cocoa)","commenter",[78],{"id":79,"by":80,"text":81},"5170509","danpalmer","Nice app. Just a few UI and code comments. The titlebar is too big in my opinion. I'm writing an app with a thicker than usual titlebar and had a look around a number of apps…",{"value":83,"source":76,"evidence":84},"AFNetworking",[85],{"id":79,"by":80,"text":81},{"value":87,"source":76,"evidence":88},"PXListView",[89],{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},"5174132","lobster_johnson","As a fellow Cocoa dev, may I ask why you're using PXListView? AppKit has a view-based table view now (since 10.7?) that covers the same feature set. Moreover, PX has not been…","open_source","launched","solo",{"praise":97,"objections":139,"requests":192,"questions":251,"alternatives":273},[98,113,128],{"value":99,"source":76,"evidence":100},"Clean, minimalistic interface",[101,105,109],{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},"5170323","marceldegraaf","Nice! I really like the minimalistic GUI of the app. In addition to joren's comment below it would be great if Vim\u002FGmail navigation key bindings (or just configurable navigation…",{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},"5170483","jeffpalmer","Just purchased, nice work! This is a great minimalistic way to scan the headlines.",{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},"5170697","thejerz","Beautiful app, nice work. But if you're reading hacker news this much, how do you get anything done?",{"value":114,"source":76,"evidence":115},"Open source with paid App Store option",[116,120,124],{"id":117,"by":118,"text":119},"5170331","yuchi","I love the application. The thing I love most is your \"license\". I thought to distribute some app in the same way too: \"can you build it? It's free if you don't want to pay for…",{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},"5170327","nkohari","Killer work! Major kudos for making it open source and releasing it on the App Store. I think that's the perfect solution for quality niche apps like yours.",{"id":125,"by":126,"text":127},"5171140","bpatrianakos","In a perfect world you wouldn't have to explain that this isn't meant to replace the site or justify charging money for it, but we don't live in a perfect world. I'm on a Windows…",{"value":129,"source":76,"evidence":130},"Good work deserves payment",[131,135],{"id":132,"by":133,"text":134},"5170667","jug6ernaut","Hey there, awesome work! I just wanted to say good for you for charging for your app! Good work should be rewarded. Users of this developer centric website should understand this…",{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},"5172777","rcruzeiro","I'm going to take a look at the source but I am also buying it from the AppStore as there is no way that I can convince myself that you don't deserve $2.99 from me for this app.…",[140,155,166,177],{"value":141,"source":76,"evidence":142},"Lacks comments, voting and login features",[143,147,151],{"id":144,"by":145,"text":146},"5170254","kaolinite","This post made my day. I've been after a Hacker News app for Mac for ages now. Edit: have now bought it, it's fantastic. Really glad you made it open-source too. Are there any…",{"id":148,"by":149,"text":150},"5174836","hnriot","I just don't see the point, it's lacking in basic features and there's nothing wrong with a browser tab in my opinion. Best if luck, but I try not to replace perfectly functional…",{"id":152,"by":153,"text":154},"5174133","jurist","Your app may not be intended to replace the website but it doesn't actually work. That's the problem with your app; it isn't functional.",{"value":156,"source":76,"evidence":157},"Opens links in browser rather than built-in viewer",[158,162],{"id":159,"by":160,"text":161},"5171184","BSousa","Haven't tried it, but from the screenshots, it seems you need to open the url in the browser. If your goal is so the app allows users a quick view of the stories, having a built…",{"id":163,"by":164,"text":165},"5174329","srgpqt","No comment screen in the current version ; it opens HN in your web browser instead.",{"value":167,"source":76,"evidence":168},"Charging for an app that just links to the site is hard to justify",[169,173],{"id":170,"by":171,"text":172},"5171716","jhadi","$2.99 for just links to site? :\u002F",{"id":174,"by":175,"text":176},"5172238","maxpert","You should have kept reader free so that people actually download the app and keep features like commenting and ranking from app paid. Anywayz great work I will be sticking to…",{"value":178,"source":76,"evidence":179},"Menubar icon and read-later integration missing",[180,184,188],{"id":181,"by":182,"text":183},"5172699","manmal","Definitely need the menu icon! I bought it but was disappointed that this is not included. IMO this is needed for the product to be viable.",{"id":185,"by":186,"text":187},"5171773","hamxiaoz","It would be better if it could stay on the menubar, like the istat menus.",{"id":189,"by":190,"text":191},"5170998","jbrooksuk","I'll happily pay for this with \"Send to Pocket\" included :)",[193,205,217,229,236],{"value":194,"source":76,"evidence":195},"Keyboard shortcuts such as j\u002Fk and open\u002Fcomments keys",[196,197,201],{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},{"id":198,"by":199,"text":200},"5170945","slash-dot","I'd add j\u002Fk keyboard shortcuts and the ability to view comments within the app. Otherwise great work!",{"id":202,"by":203,"text":204},"5170286","joren","Great little app. Love the duo of Github and the Mac App Store. I also love my apps straight from the app store. Maybe something little to add to the app are more key-bindings.…",{"value":206,"source":76,"evidence":207},"Send to Pocket or read-later integration",[208,212,213],{"id":209,"by":210,"text":211},"5170526","serencial","Great job Elias! Just purchased. It would be great if you can add a \"send to pocket\" feature.",{"id":189,"by":190,"text":191},{"id":214,"by":215,"text":216},"5173390","ruswick","Pocket is in far wider use, and thus seems like a natural addition. Pinboard, although a relatively unknown service, would also be appreciated.",{"value":218,"source":76,"evidence":219},"Comments, voting and posting support",[220,221,225],{"id":144,"by":145,"text":146},{"id":222,"by":223,"text":224},"5170898","e1ven","Nice Idea! Purchased in the MAS. Since you seem to want to make it better, Let me give you a few suggestions. I like where you're going, but get the sense you want to improve it,…",{"id":226,"by":227,"text":228},"5172022","davidcollantes","I really like your app. It crashed once on me, but other than that, very nice. Having the ability to post\u002Freply comments would make it superb!",{"value":230,"source":76,"evidence":231},"Automatic refresh interval as a preference",[232],{"id":233,"by":234,"text":235},"5170524","jschuur","That feels a little aggressive. Should be a configurable option somewhere in preferences.",{"value":237,"source":76,"evidence":238},"Versions for other platforms such as Windows, Ubuntu or iOS",[239,243,247],{"id":240,"by":241,"text":242},"5170552","jmotion","This is awesome :) Would anyone be interested in something like this for Windows? If so I'd be willing to code it up in Adobe AIR.",{"id":244,"by":245,"text":246},"5171379","kunai","If I had a Mac, I would buy this in an instant. Would you consider developing a version to put on the Ubuntu Software Centre?",{"id":248,"by":249,"text":250},"5170440","idan","Pretty please port this to iOS too. Please. Please. Please?",[252,259,266],{"value":253,"source":76,"evidence":254},"Does it update automatically?",[255],{"id":256,"by":257,"text":258},"5170434","petercooper","Does\u002Fcan it update automatically at all?",{"value":260,"source":76,"evidence":261},"Which Hacker News API does it use?",[262],{"id":263,"by":264,"text":265},"5170833","julien_c","Great work! Which Hacker News API do you use?",{"value":267,"source":76,"evidence":268},"How well is the app selling and is niche app income sustainable?",[269],{"id":270,"by":271,"text":272},"5175807","randomsearch","Bought it... needs a bit more functionality, but it's a good start! I'd be fascinated to hear how many downloads you got through the app store and other sources after this post.…",[274,283,287,294],{"value":275,"source":76,"evidence":276},"News:YC iOS client",[277,280],{"id":278,"by":11,"text":279},"5170466","There already are really great apps for iOS. If you want a native one, check out https:\u002F\u002Fitunes.apple.com\u002Fus\u002Fapp\u002Fnews-yc\u002Fid434787119?mt=8 If you prefer a web app take a look at…",{"id":281,"by":215,"text":282},"5170986","I would highly recommend against News:yc, if only because of it's meager integration with read-later services. (Exclusively IP.) Although it is, from what I've seen, the best…",{"value":284,"source":76,"evidence":285},"Hacker Web App",[286],{"id":278,"by":11,"text":279},{"value":288,"source":76,"evidence":289},"ihackernews.com",[290],{"id":291,"by":292,"text":293},"5172586","lukes386","Try http:\u002F\u002Fihackernews.com\u002F",{"value":295,"source":76,"evidence":296},"node-hnapi",[297],{"id":298,"by":264,"text":299},"5171448","Interesting – Have you checked cheeaun's node-hnapi? https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fcheeaun\u002Fnode-hnapi",{"comments":301,"answered":18,"key":302},11,[303,304,307],{"id":55,"text":56},{"id":305,"text":306},"5170369","I will investigate key bindings! 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