HackYourNews
hackyournews.com/ →The real value of HN isn't in the headline — it's in the comments
WHAT IT SOLVES
HN headlines get more sensationalized by the day, and the actually useful takes are buried in 300-comment threads no one has time to read
WHY IT'S INTERESTING
"Desensationalized" — the whole point in one word
The author didn't build another HN client — they straight-up defang the clickbait. One example: a post titled 'I don't think AI will...' gets rewritten to 'Clear requirements and review capacity, not raw code generation, are the real limiters of software speed.' You know the actual conclusion before clicking
It doesn't just summarize the article — it digests the entire thread
Each brief combines article context with comment synthesis. Plus the author built their own 'HYN impact' score — 7.1/10 average across 1,812 analyzed comments. It's not a simple upvote rank; it's trying to answer 'is this thread actually worth your time'
「"The newest HackerNews stories, desensationalized."」
TECH GUESS
Likely Next.js frontend with dark mode, LLM backend (GPT-4 or Claude) for summarization and comment synthesis, polling HN API on a schedule
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