Hacker News, without AI

About Hacker News, without AI

A better Hacker News reader for following stories, filtering noise, and keeping up with discussions.

In the maker’s words

Hello folks, I built a service to provide you with real-time push notifications whenever someone replies to you on Hacker News, served right through your browser: https://hcker.news/notifications It has always been difficult to keep track of replies here, especially across long threads (purposefully so[0]). What makes this differe nt from other implementations (notable prior art: hnreplies.com by @dangrossman): 1. Real-time or once a day: You can choose to have notifications sent immediately (you get notified within ~20 seconds) or once a day. 2. Stories + Replies: Choose to get notified of replies to your comments and your submissions. 3. Private: You don't have to provide an email address (many people value their pseudonymity) How it works: 1. Go to https://hcker.news/notifications and enter your HN username. 2. Allow browser notifications when prompted. 3. That's it. When someone repl…

Where people found it

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