Freader
Productivity
rss reader
SHOW HN2013
How HN took it
0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 7 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score -0.55.
Design: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 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.
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What HN said
What people liked
Built with Angular, useful for learning auth patterns
From 1 comment
I like that it is built using angular so I can get some tips on how authentication is done. However I think the UI needs work, for example expanding a feed button is all the way…
tharshan09 on HN
Nice work overall
From 1 comment
I like that it is built using angular so I can get some tips on how authentication is done. However I think the UI needs work, for example expanding a feed button is all the way…
tharshan09 on HN
Objections
Feeds are fetched on the fly, so items can be missed
From 1 comment
The issue with this is that, say a feed contains 10 items, and that between checking the feed more than 10 items are posted, you will miss items.
eertami on HN
Passwords stored in plaintext
From 1 comment
Looking at the source (userDB.js) it seems that passwords are stored as plaintext. A major disappointment.
onestone on HN
Fails on Atom feeds and some RSS feeds
From 2 comments
It crashes on any Atom feed. It seems the code in scrapper.js only handles RSS, and even there makes some assumptions that might not hold for all feeds.
marijn on HNIt is not working and says invalid feed even though the address is correct and works with all other readers.
petrel on HN
Requires MongoDB for a small app
From 1 comment
I wish it didn't have the MongoDB requirement. IMO something with a few thousand messages can easily be done w/o a full blown database.
susi22 on HN
UI bugs and green background
From 2 comments
I like that it is built using angular so I can get some tips on how authentication is done. However I think the UI needs work, for example expanding a feed button is all the way…
tharshan09 on HNthe green background is gonna get annoying, fast :(
kbar13 on HN
Requests
Support Atom feeds
From 1 comment
It crashes on any Atom feed. It seems the code in scrapper.js only handles RSS, and even there makes some assumptions that might not hold for all feeds.
marijn on HN
Better UI layout and feed expansion
From 1 comment
I like that it is built using angular so I can get some tips on how authentication is done. However I think the UI needs work, for example expanding a feed button is all the way…
tharshan09 on HN
Hash passwords
From 1 comment
Looking at the source (userDB.js) it seems that passwords are stored as plaintext. A major disappointment.
onestone on HN
Questions
Why use a database for so little data
From 1 comment
I wish it didn't have the MongoDB requirement. IMO something with a few thousand messages can easily be done w/o a full blown database.
susi22 on HN
Whether feeds are fetched by cron jobs
From 1 comment
Are you using NodeJs for the cron jobs too? (I am assuming you have cron jobs running to fetch feeds periodically). Edit: I looked and it seems you are fetching the feeds…
skarmklart on HN