Quacker News

Using an LLM kind of takes the sting out of an aloof parody of HN.

OK fine, this might be one of the best use cases for LLMs that I&#x27;ve seen. The output is pretty witty and impressive for the low cost of some basic scraping infra and a really short but effective prompt (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;dfeldman&#x2F;quackernews&#x2F;blob&#x2F;38893fdfbc047ac84494bc7c94118a1b3ac30154&#x2F;scripts&#x2F;hnsummarize.py#L15">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;dfeldman&#x2F;quackernews&#x2F;blob&#x2F;38893fdfbc047ac...</a>)<p>Well done OP

For similar fun, Whacker News:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;rachelbythebay.com&#x2F;fun&#x2F;hrand&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;rachelbythebay.com&#x2F;fun&#x2F;hrand&#x2F;</a><p>(refresh page for a fresh shuffle)

Would love to see this in the style of that “brutalist” hn from a few weeks ago so I can immediately immolate from acute second-hand embarrassment.

It seems a bit mean-spirited as it picks specific commenters from threads to mock. Satire is one of those things where if you&#x27;re not punching up it&#x27;s just bullying.

I thought this read as &quot;Quaker News&quot; which would be more compelling if the revival behind it played out.

This is brilliant, made only better by the comments so far.

Interestingly, all but one of the descriptions on the front page start with the word &quot;In&quot;.

Wow congrats this is useless.

A landing page duck could turn pun to punchline.

I miss n-gate